Recent Streetsblog LA posts about City Planning

Monique López leads a participatory design workshop with stakeholders trying to combat a freeway expansion project in San Diego. Courtesy Monique López

When an Accidental Planner Brings Intentionality to Her Work: A Conversation with Monique López of Pueblo Planning

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 25, 2018 | 3 Comments

“Once you change the city planning process," says Monique López, founder of the participatory planning and design firm Pueblo Planning, "you're going to change the city in a manner that's more equitable, that's more sustainable, that's more human, and that's more just."

Sun shines through the Watts Towers. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

People’s Plan Helps Shape South and Southeast L.A. Community Plans

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 22, 2017 | 3 Comments

A ten-year community-led planning effort paralleled the city's own process and shaped the final form of the South and Southeast community plans.

City Planning posted the interactive map of Boyle Heights this past weekend to highlight zoning.

Interactive Zoning Map of Boyle Heights Community Plan Includes Look at “Innovative District”

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 1, 2017

The ability to isolate specific zoning changes along the river and see the shift toward lighter industry is a reminder that the city has yet to launch a meaningful dialogue with Boyle Heights about what it means to create an "Innovation District" on its western edge.

The draft zoning for Boyle Heights (at right) calls for greater density and transit-orientation along Soto, sets pedestrian-oriented guidelines, and looks to see the river district become a hub for biotech and green industries. Source: Department of City Planning

Boyle Heights Community Plan Aims to Guard Against Displacement, Still Lacks Teeth

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 27, 2017 | 13 Comments

This Saturday, city planning will be hosting an open house at Boyle Heights City Hall offering residents updates on the Boyle Heights Community Plan. The Boyle Heights plan, one of 35 community plans that make up the city’s General Plan Land Use Element, is meant to lay out the goals reflecting the vision for the […]

Detail of City Planning's proposed tiered zones for incentivizing transit-oriented development. Full DCP map below.

Planning Dept Releases JJJ-Driven Transit-Oriented Development Incentives

By Joe Linton | Mar 15, 2017 | 7 Comments

L.A. City Planning Dept has released new proposed guidelines to incentivize transit-oriented development. The incentives are mandated by Measure JJJ, which voters approved last November.

A rendering of The Reef luxury residential towers planned for 1933 S. Broadway. Source: Gensler + P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S, July 2015 DEIR

Measure S and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Status Quo

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 21, 2017 | 65 Comments

So here we are. Trapped in other people's debates. Unable to address the really urgent questions we should be addressing about how we are growing as a city. And forced to take a developer-friendly position just to maintain a deeply imperfect status quo.

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