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Our Neighborhood Then and Now: Redlining, Gentrification and Housing in Los Angeles

01 Mar 2021
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This is the third installment of a three-part series. “The Marshalls were close to their Japanese-American neighbors, particularly the Hoshizakis and the Kakibas, who lived on either side of them. Their daughter, Barbara Marshall, remembers food and culture being exchanged over the hedges of...
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Homelessness is a Manmade Disaster

06 Jan 2021
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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...
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Three City Planning Norms to Ditch

10 Jun 2020
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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...
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Plan B

04 May 2020
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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,...
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Not Interested in Your New or Old Normal: This Shouldn’t Be Normal

27 Apr 2020
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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...
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Planners of Los Angeles – Meet Cristina Ungureanu, AICP

16 Aug 2019
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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...
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Planning for Public Health: It’s Complicated

14 Aug 2019
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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...
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APA Los Angeles Membership Survey Report

13 Jun 2019
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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...
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LA Demands Urbanists to Innovate

29 Aug 2018
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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....
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