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By APA Los Angeles   On March 7, 2017, local voters will be asked to make decisions on a critical ballot measure pertaining to planning and development policy in the City of Los Angeles, as well as a Countywide homeless services funding measure and more. Read below for our snapshot guide... Read More →

By Shane Phillips This post is an extract from the blog post: http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2017/2/20/los-angeles-complete-no-on-measure-s-reference-guide   A fitting juxtaposition. Photo by Alissa Walker.   On March 7th, Los Angeles voters will cast their ballots on Measure S, a... Read More →

By APA Los Angeles     On March 7, 2017, Los Angeles-area voters will be asked to make decisions on a critical ballot measure pertaining to planning and development policy, as well as the processes used to approve plans and specific projects. Measure S, formerly known as the... Read More →

By James Rojas Since the November elections, many folks, especially women and minorities, are on edge. People are hurting and looking for how to engage and heal communities. As an urban planner, I find that much needed community engagement has become more difficult. Can urban planners take on a... Read More →

By Andrea Pavia, Blog Editor Dear members of our varied and eclectic association: Happy New Year! I will be the blog editor for this year, and I am happy and excited to get to interact with many of you in the coming months.  I am also hopeful that we will be able to foster some great exchange... Read More →

By Georgia Sheridan, AICP Manager, Systemwide Planning, LA Metro This fall marked my 10th year in Los Angeles. I live in a small guesthouse with a pomegranate tree in the front yard and a lemon tree out back. My street is named after the golden state’s favorite fruit – avocado. A Church of... Read More →

Courtney Elizabeth Knapp, PhD, AICP is a consultant and Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Her research interests include race and urban development, housing, placemaking, citizen engagement and participation,... Read More →

Our Professional Development Co-Director Richard Rojas serves as a Senior Planner at the City of Carson, having previously worked in Riverside County; Henderson, NV; and San Luis Obispo. He is experienced in development review, preparation and maintenance of comprehensive plans and development... Read More →

By Andrea Pavia, Principal Consultant – Urban Design + Planning Steer Davies Gleave “The ordinary practitioners of the city live ‘down below,’ below the thresholds at which visibility begins. They walk – an elementary form of this experience of the city; they are walkers, Wandersmaenner, whose... Read More →