Recent Streetsblog LA posts about City Planning

Community meeting that Central City United collectively held to engage with our community members about the plan - photo via Central City United

Planning for Equity: Putting the Community in the Downtown Community Plan

By Manuel Pastor and Sissy Trinh | Jun 9, 2021 | No Comments

The Department of City Planning has the chance to live up to its statements on equity by prioritizing meaningful engagement in planning with communities, and creating programs and policies that will ensure outcomes that are fair, sustainable, and community-supported.

The new DTLA 2040 plan expands where housing can be built. Map via City Planning

Latest Draft Downtown L.A. Community Plan Released for Input

By Joe Linton | Aug 7, 2020 | No Comments

DTLA 2040 incentivizes affordable housing, eliminates parking requirements, favors walk/bike/transit, and strengthens adaptive re-use

L.A. mixed-use affordable housing - photo via L.A. Dept. of City Planning

L.A. City’s Transit-Oriented Communities Affordable Housing Incentives Are Working

By Joe Linton | Feb 28, 2020 | No Comments

In 2019 the Transit-Oriented Communities program accounted for 42% of all proposed housing in L.A. City - more than 14,500 permitted units

The Metro Expo Line through downtown L.A. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

City Council Approves Expo Line Signal Prioritization and Final Expo Line Neighborhood Plans

By Joe Linton | Nov 5, 2019 | No Comments

L.A. City Council approved maximizing Expo Line signal prioritization, and the Exposition Corridor Transit Neighborhood Plan which fosters affordable housing, jobs, and walkability at five stations

Proposed zoning under DTLA 2040. Capture via DCP website interactive map

L.A. Proposes Eliminating Parking Requirements Downtown

By Joe Linton | Oct 31, 2019 | No Comments

Downtown L.A. follows Lancaster, Santa Monica, San Diego, San Francisco, Houston, and Cincinnati in eliminating unneeded parking requirements.

Jay Beeber rendering of six-story "giant apartment buildings to be built along Nordhoff towering over our single family homes"

Fact Check: Will BRT Automatically Trigger Corridor Up-Zoning? Not Anywhere Near as Much as Opponents Say It Will

By Joe Linton | Sep 17, 2019 | 22 Comments

BRT won't automatically up-zone entire corridors and bring giant new six-story canyons of towering apartment buildings. L.A.'s TOC incentives do help the city add affordable housing where it's most needed.

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