Zev Yaroslavsky, L.A.’s most respected political figure of this generation, yesterday condemned Senate Bill 50 — an unprecedented attempt by the state legislature to end single-family housing and transform California’s …
SB 50 by Scott Wiener Devastates California Cities and Counties, See Chart
SB 50 by state Sen. Scott Wiener devastates California cities and counties. See below, a case study of Senate Bill 50’s effect on, and its takeover of planning and zoning …
Let’s Stop Crossroads, a Pay-to-Play Development that Displaces Latino Families for Luxury Penthouses
On Tuesday January 15, please join the Coalition to Preserve LA in speaking against Crossroads, a precedent-setting development that can only bring suffering and smog to L.A. The hearing is …
NYT: A Seismic Change in Predicting How Earthquakes Will Shake Los Angeles – How Was This Missed by the Los Angeles Times?
Earthquake engineers at a conference in Los Angeles were told to warn the public that buildings over 20 stories in Los Angeles, Seattle and San Francisco could collapse in a big …
Outcry in Hollywood Saves Huge Shade Trees on Cherokee from Destruction — For Now
Widespread anger at Los Angeles City government’s failure for three years to adopt best practices to save large public shade trees while repairing sidewalk cracks finally erupted, in Hollywood, last …
Los Angeles City Planning Commission Approves Diesel Truck Smog in an Angry Family Neighborhood
(Note: Under Los Angeles City Planning Commission President David Ambrose, L.A. has taken a distinct turn against working-class neighborhoods and environmental equity. Here is the latest example, from the respected …
Take L.A.’s Tree Survey and Save our Crucial Urban Tree Canopy: Survey’s Closed
Watch this space for Dudek’s report coming in December. Coalition to Preserve LA calls on the L.A. City Council and Mayor Eric Garcetti to rebuild our dying urban tree canopy. …
Oppose Millennium Hollywood, the Earthquake-Prone Twin Skyscrapers Renamed “Hollywood Center”
Get ready to fight the renamed Millennium Hollywood twin towers, which the badly tainted developers, Millennium Partners, are rebranding as “Hollywood Center,” without their name on it because they’re now infamous on …
Save Parker Center Initiative for the Homeless Pulls a Big Response
The launch of a Los Angeles ballot initiative to save long-empty Parker Center from demolition and renovate it as the Tom Bradley Center to house the homeless drew a big …
Big Tujunga Canyon Saved from Developers, a Huge Open Space Victory
Big Tujunga Canyon land to be preserved as public parkland, after $4.4 million conservancy purchase