The Office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti partnered with the Urban Land Institute—LA to present “Progressive Cycles, a Meeting with Gabe Klein” on January 17.
Former City of San Diego Planning Director Bill Anderson discusses plans by the newly elected Mayor Bob Filner to unmerge the Planning and Development Services department.
Larry Kosmont elaborates on the converging trends driving a paradigm shift in how cities approach economic development and the current tools available to capture and leverage the value created by zoning for housing density
Sam Hall Kaplan’s new book 'Urban Odyssey: A Critic’s Search for the Soul of Cities and Self' offers a candid retrospect on his life and work as a metropolitan reporter for the New York Times, long time urban design critic for the LA Times, and contributor to The Planning Report
As the Los Angeles City Planning Department continues its process of updating and releasing community and citywide zoning codes, Con Howe, former Los Angeles Director of City Planning from 1992 to 2005, provides TPR with an optimistic and rather bullish take on the current state of land use and urban planning.
Bertoni addresses his city’s efforts to incentivize affordable housing and noted the responsibility shared at the state, regional, and local level for policy & regulatory change to incent provision of affordable housing.
Embarcadero Institute’s plain-language analysis of SB 330's preemption of local planning and zoning processes and limited public engagement in development decisions.
