PLANNING WATCH / PLAN-IT LOS ANGELES

By Dick Platkin, CityWatchLA, August 29, 2019 PLATKIN ON PLANNING -With the mainstream news media attracting eyeballs through endless stories about Jeffrey Epstein, Roger Ailes, R. Kelley, and other lowlifes, it is getting harder to be outraged. Nevertheless, the recent LA Times lobbying corruption stories about former Director of Planning, Michael LoGrande, managed to raise a few eyebrows. He blatantly broke LA’s revolving door law, which bars prominent City officials from lobbying their colleagues for one year after leaving City employment. When a City Hall whistleblower called out Mr. LoGrande’s lobbying violations to the City’s Ethics Commission, the former Planning Director readily agreed to pony up a record fine of $281,000. It is apparently much easier to buy forgiveness than ask for permission. But that is not where the story ends. The LA Times also reported that when Mr. LoGrande was shown th...

--> Wendell Cox Consultancy demographia.com · publicpurpose.com PO Box 841 · Belleville, Illinois 62222 USA +1.618.632.8507 · demographia@outlook.com DRAFT Community Plan Areas The city of Los Angeles is divided into 35 Community Plan Areas (CPAs) , through which citizens participate in preparing community plans under the auspices of the Department of City Planning. New Population Estimates The latest population estimates for the CPAs are from the 2010 United States Census. 1 There is a need for later estimates as community plans are considered throughout the city. Using available sources, Demographia has used the best available US Census Bureau trend data to estimate populations of each CPA for July 1, 2016 and to develop a projection for April 1, 2020 (the next U.S. Census date). These data were modeled using U. S. Census Bureau resources as described below. 2016 (July 1) Population Estimate Census tract population estimates f...