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March 30, 2012

LA City’s Water Reclamation Projects Highlight Success of Clean Water Efforts

Adel Hagekhalil, Assistant Director of the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation, provides MIR with a another is a series of essays on clean water projects in Los Angeles. The City’s partnerships on water and landscape design stand out as some of the most innovative projects taking place in US cities today, making use of the region’s ecological infrastructure. 

March 30, 2012

Westside Urban Forum Examines Life Without the CRA

In March the Westside Urban Forum held, “Life After the CRA: A New Paradigm for Affordable Housing and Economic Development,” featuring LA County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, LAANE co-founder Madeline Janis, and Community Corporation of Santa Monica Executive Director Sarah Letts. Moderated by Renata Simril of Jones Lang LaSalle, the discussion reveals an understanding that CRAs in California are dead, despite efforts in Sacramento.

March 30, 2012

FoLAR’s LA River Vision May Require Jurisdictional Coordination & Governance Change

Lewis MacAdams, poet and founder of Friends of the Los Angeles River, and Charles Eddy, retired attorney, environmentalist, and current FoLAR board member, discuss their work to create a management authority for the Los Angeles River. Having advocated for opening the river up to public use for decades, they have turned to Sacramento for help. SB 1201, should it become law, would place control of the river into the hands of a multi-agency and jurisdictional council.

March 30, 2012

Chet Widom: New California State Architect Opines on Priorities

Chet Widom spoke to leading architects in the Los Angeles area at an AIA event in March to explain what he intends to accomplish in his new position as State Architect. Review boards and documentation slow down the design and construction process significantly, and Widom faces the difficult challenge of speeding the process up with limited resources in a complicated bureaucracy.

March 29, 2012

Mayor Richard Daley: The Vital Role of Metropolitan Regions in Boosting Exports

Former Mayor of Chicago Richard Daley spoke at the Global Cities Initiative on March 21—a joint project of Brookings and JPMorgan Chase. Mayor Daley focuses on the steps major US cities must take to compete for jobs, business, and branding at an international scale, pointing to his efforts as Mayor to revive Chicago’s economic horizon. Through education, infrastructure, and public-private partnerships, cities can prepare for an interconnected world.

March 21, 2012

Martha Welborne on Balancing Planning Responsibilities, Goals, and Constraints at Metro

TPR sat down with Martha Welborne, Executive Director of Countywide Planning at Metro, to discuss her duties towards the Metro Board, project completion, and the people of Los Angeles County. Building Los Angeles’ new transit system will take decades, and Measure R’s seemingly reliable flow of money means that Metro will feature prominently in the purviews of local governments across the county for the foreseeable future.

March 20, 2012

VerdeXchange 2012: Global Models for Fostering Cleantech Innovation and Commercialization

TPR offers the following excerpts from a 2012 VerdeXchange panel. As LA looks to expand its economic base through its own CleanTech Incubator (LACI), how can we learn from other efforts to grow business opportunities across the globe?

March 19, 2012

Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institute: A Deadlocked Washington Means US Metro Regions Must Address Manufacturing and Exports

Bruce Katz’s Export Nation 2012 examines the role that exports sectors in US metro areas play in a new global economy. Regions like Los Angeles hold vital positions in a country that does not properly value its export industries, and metro areas should take steps to establish positions in an increasingly urban global economy. TPR spoke with Katz ahead of his March 21 Global Cities Forum at USC. 

February 26, 2012

Yaroslavsky to NBC Universal: Save Studio Production Jobs

NBCUniversal released it’s ‘Evolution Plan’ calling to replace their back lot for studio production with 3,000 housing units. LA County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky explains his stance against NBCUniversal’s housing plan, as well as his thoughts on the end of redevelopment in California.

February 26, 2012

Tim McOsker: What Are CRA’s Legal Obligations?

TPR presents an interview with Tim McOsker, one of the three appointees charged by Governor Brown to wind down the affairs of the Los Angeles CRA. McOsker illustrates what the future holds for the redevelopment agency’s existing obligations, remaining employees, and how removing a major player from the Los Angeles development arena will play out for the city. 

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