Mayor Eric Garcetti must end the disarray and secrecy surrounding his Open Space plans for Los Angeles in light of new earthquake zone maps released last week that show areas of …
Mayor Eric Garcetti Must Lead on Harmful Black Lung Lofts
Mayor Eric Garcetti must lead and finally take action in protecting the public’s health from the serious hazards of freeway-adjacent housing, also called “black lung lofts.” Garcetti has known about …
Garcetti and L.A. City Council Must End Slow Approach to Homeless Crisis
Homeless, tearful L.A. community college students and the spreading tents of Garcetti-ville are a wakeup call to Mayor Eric Garcetti, City Council Housing chairman Gil Cedillo and the City Planning …
Hollywood Community Plan Update Ignores New Census Data, Again
Los Angeles City Hall’s latest effort to update the Hollywood Community Plan, released in mid-June, badly misses the mark by using outdated data that ignores the slowing growth rate for …
Coalition to Preserve L.A. Pushes for Rent Reform and Transparency
In late May, at Los Angeles City Hall, the Coalition to Preserve L.A. and its allies met with Mayor Eric Garcetti and Planning Department Director Vince Bertoni to discuss important …
L.A. Homelessness and Rents Will Jump Under City Hall’s Shoddy Plan
L.A. City Planning Department has released a backward-looking, slow-moving, poorly reasoned plan — more than a year in the making — that fails to reduce greed-driven evictions of residents, or …