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June 28, 2022

Transformative Capital Improvements Underway at LAX: LAWA’s Samantha Bricker

TPR spoke with Samantha Bricker, Los Angeles World Airport’s Chief Sustainability and Revenue Management Officer, about the numerous (ongoing and future) capital, operational, and workforce investments that she presently oversees.

June 28, 2022

Getting Small & Minority-Owned Firms Government Contracts with Ingrid Merriwether

In this interview with TPR, Ingrid Merriwether, the President and CEO of Merriwether & Williams, discusses her firm’s role in implementing the Los Angeles Contractor Development and Bonding Program to lift up small and minority-owned businesses to be awarded government contracts they otherwise might not be able to receive.

June 28, 2022

LA City Council Approves $11.8 Billion 2022-23 Budget – Councilmember Paul Krekorian On His & City’s Priorities

LA City Council approved an $11.8 billion budget for 2022-23. To elaborate on the latter and on ongoing Valley projects and City initiatives, TPR spoke at length with the Chair of Council’s Budget Committee, L.A. Councilmember Paul Krekorian.

May 19, 2022

Marta Segura: LA City’s First Climate Emergency Mobilization Director

TPR interviewed CEMO Director Marta Segura, a longtime environmental justice advocate who has spent decades designing programs and social change campaigns to address inequities and health gaps in communities across Los Angeles.

May 18, 2022

Jerry Meral on The Potential for CEQA Reform Post-UC Berkeley Case

TPR turned to an expert in the field, Jerry Meral, to opine on the outcome of the Berkeley case and what is next in store for CEQA.

May 3, 2022

CNU's Cole Calls for 'QUIMBY' Alternative

With Pasadena and other cities continuing to battle with the state over new housing policy coming out of SB 9 & 10, TPR spoke with the Pasadena's Former Mayor, former City Manager of Santa Monica, former Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles, and current Executive Director of the Congress for the New Urbanism , Rick Cole, on his views of what this legislation means for the Golden State.

April 13, 2022

Pasadena Mayor Gordo Speaks Out Against SB 9 - What's at Stake!

TPR excerpts Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo's response to Attorney General Bonta, in which he highlights the City's commitment to protecting its unique architecture and the character of its neighborhoods as irreplaceable cultural and educational resources.

April 13, 2022

Architects Criticize As 'Inhumane' Proposed Munger-Funded UCSB Student Dormitory

TPR below offers two examples (a statement by the Santa Barbara Chapter of the A.I.A & a response by the former chair of national AIA, Ron Altoon) of the critical outrage which has been expressed by architects, educators and, planners in California and nationally in reaction to Charlie’s Vision for UCSB’s Munger Hall.

March 31, 2022

Larry Kosmont’s Land Use & Development Playbook For Value-Capture & Creating Currency For Local Community Development

TPR to constructively contribute to the obvious need for a local mind-reset, sat down with Larry Kosmont to afford him an opportunity to share his views on what cities need to do to capture the value created by today’s economic restructuring for the public's benefit.

March 16, 2022

LA Family Housing’s Stephanie Klasky-Gamer Unpacks Daunting Challenges Facing Homeless Service Providers in LA County

Stephanie Klasky-Gamer to afford her a platform to elaborate on the daunting challenges nonprofits face developing housing and supportive services in LA County – resulting from the fractured approach that jurisdictions are undertaking both to access shelter and to clear encampments in the public right-of-way.

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