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Imagine a natural disaster striking Los Angeles. The epicenter is Downtown. Tens of thousands of our neighbors are displaced across the county. The magnitude of the catastrophe means government aid is sluggish. People begin erecting tents on sidewalks. Years later, despite massive public... Read More →

John Yi is the Executive Director of Los Angeles Walks The Los Angeles civil unrest in 1992 upended so many of the norms for the Korean American community. Having immigrated here to build a life, my parents and their generations found years of labor gone overnight as Koreatown, abandoned by law... Read More →

Richard Willson, Ph.D., FAICP, Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Cal Poly Pomona   Right now, addressing the immediate prevention, health, and economic consequences of Covid-19 is everybody’s first priority. These near-term issues are likely taking most of your attention,... Read More →

Tamika L. Butler, Esq. is a land use, equity, environmental and social and racial justice advocate. She is the Principal at Tamika L. Butler Consulting.  This is really hard. Not just trying-to-think-of-the-last-time-a-whole episode-of-Saturday-Night-Live-was-good hard. Not just... Read More →

Planners of Los Angeles is a series of stories from APA Los Angeles members who are creating great communities for all. These are the stories of how they got where they are, who influenced them, and APA’s role in their careers.  We hope these stories help you see yourself in a variety of... Read More →

On June 28, 2019, a group of 41 stakeholders came together at Planning for Public Health: Taking Action Through Policy and Design, American Planning Association, Los Angeles Section (APA Los Angeles)’s first official event and foray into the national Plan4Health initiative.  Plan4Health is an... Read More →

APA Los Angeles recently conducted our bi-annual Membership Survey — administered every two years, the survey gives us an opportunity to check in with our members, learn about their needs, and evaluate our organization to ensure that we are serving both members and the greater planning... Read More →

Los Angeles is a majestic wonderland, a diverse world of opportunity, and an iconic urban city. LA is also in a pivotal point of transformation – and urbanists are dynamically working to expand mobility, provide affordable housing, reimagine public space, re-design our streets, and more.... Read More →

The Department of Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis at USC’s Sol Price School of Public Policy was proud to sponsor their annual student essay competition on salient topics in urban planning and design. Both graduate and undergraduate students were eligible to participate. Essays were... Read More →