Los Angeles Department of City Planning

April 2, 2014

City of Los Angeles' Initiative to Streamline Its Development Process Becomes Clearer

Kevin Keller, Director of Planning and Housing Policy under Mayor Eric Garcetti, provides insight into the city's development services reform in light of a recent report by Matrix Consulting.

September 19, 2013

Bill Fulton Tasked by Mayor with Reconstituting San Diego City’s Planning Department

San Diego Planning Director Bill Fulton talks community plans and rebuilding a department in the wake of a political shift in the city.

December 15, 2022

LA City Planning Director Vince Bertoni on State Housing & Planning Paradigm Shift

To better understand the impacts of increasing state control over local planning and landuse decisions, TPR recently interviewed Los Angeles City Planning Director Vince Bertoni who elaborates on the City’s path to compliance with new state Housing Element requirements, the city’s new form-based zoning code, Processes and Procedures Ordinance, and the DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update.

April 6, 2020

Bertoni on LA City Planning Department’s Response to Pandemic

Vince Bertoni shares the status of his planning department and the daily challenges to providing public-facing service and community meetings under social distancing orders.

February 16, 2016

LA City's Built Environment Has a New Steward Who Believes in the Necessity of a Shared Development Vision

Vince Bertoni, the new director of the Los Angeles Department of City Planning, comments on LA's complex needs and challenges.

April 29, 2015

LA’s Well-Managed City Building & Safety Department Examined

Ray Chan shares his plan to streamline development, collaborate across departments, maximize efficiency, and measure success.

March 24, 2015

Is LA City's Antiquated Zoning Code Fix Arguably Just an A-Political Exercise in Transparency?

Joel Miller clarifies the purview of re:code LA and questions whether the public should be interested.

February 26, 2015

LA City’s re:code—Pitched as Simplifying City’s Complex & Opaque Zoning Code

Tom Rothmann provides an overview of re:code LA’s objectives, funding, timeframe, and challenges.

June 30, 2014

Sam Hall Kaplan Opines on LA Public Dissatisfaction with Community Planning

Sam Hall Kaplan questions the future of planning in Los Angeles in the context of the Hollywood Community Plan.

June 30, 2014

Bernstein: LA Survey of City Properties with Historic Significance

Ken Bernstein updates readers on SurveyLA, part one of two.

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