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September 18, 2023

Downtown ‘Doom Loops’? CBRE’s Jessica Lall on a Struggling DTLA & Impacts of Remote Work

TPR spoke with CBRE’s Jessica Lall about how her firm’s research into downtown development is being put to use to shape the future of downtown Los Angeles. She also comments on her personal hopeful outlook for recovery in downtown Los Angeles and her continued investment in the city’s civic leadership.

September 18, 2023

Preservation Deserves a Place at the Table: Christy McAvoy on Preservation Planning in 2023

TPR spoke with historic preservation legend Christy McAvoy on preservation planning and how many organizations like the Conservancy will be at the forefront of cultivating the next generation of planners.

September 6, 2023

Beyond the Built Environment: Dr. Alisa Orduña on Homelessness Strategies & the Fight for a Continuum of Care

Dr. Alisa Orduña shares the lessons she learned from her time as Senior Advisor on Homelessness for the city of Santa Monica, her PhD research on the need for holistic approaches and community engagement in this time of crisis.

September 6, 2023

Hudson’s David Kramer Assesses LA Skid Row Housing Trust’s Collapse

TPR spoke with the President of Hudson Companies of NY, David Kramer, on the what housing models work and don’t work— as well as the different approaches New York City and Los Angeles have taken to date in their respective campaigns against the mounting pressures, external and internal, to prevent worsening homelessness conditions.

September 6, 2023

Santa Monica Councilmember Jesse Zwick on Homelessness, Civic Engagement & Land Use Priorities

TPR interviewed newly elected Santa Monica councilmember Jesse Zwick to hear his policy priorities and views on innovative models of community engagement as the city considers plans for the soon-to-be decommissioned Santa Monica Airport, the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, and other opportunities that lay ahead for the city.

August 17, 2023

LA City Councilwoman Yaroslavsky Statement on Council Vote to Reconsider Benedict Canyon Hotel Project

Los Angeles City Council backed a motion to ask the City Planning Director to reconsider a prior decision to allow a proposed 58-room luxury Bulgari Hotel in the Santa Monica Mountains.

August 17, 2023

Held v. Montana Ruling Sides with Youth in Landmark Climate Case

In a landmark decision, a Montana judge has ruled in favor of a group of youth plaintiffs claiming the state violated their constitutional right to a 'clean and healthful environment.'

August 17, 2023

What Can We Learn From the Dutch Social Housing System?

Continuing TPR’s coverage of international models to address housing affordability challenges, here is the latest report from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies highlighting the Dutch social housing system.

July 17, 2023

Blast from the Past: In Bilbao, Spain with Frank Gehry: A TPR Exclusive Interview (1998)

TPR caught up with Gehry in Bilbao, Spain, the site of the new Gehry-designed Guggenheim Museum, which has made an unprecedented international splash—both among patrons of the arts, who admire its space; and city boosters, who admire the power of a building to put a city like Bilbao on the map.

July 11, 2023

Insider Planning: NoHo Nightmare Reveals Pitfalls of LA's Housing Policies & Obsession with Density at Any Cost

The Planning Report is interested in—and shares this first-hand account—uncovering the failures in policy and governance that enabled and incentivized violent federal crimes in pursuit of housing density at any cost.

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