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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...
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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...
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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. ...
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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...
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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,...
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Future Visions for Planning – USC Sol Price School Student Paper Competition Spotlight

13 Jul 2018
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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....
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A Case for Landscape

12 Jun 2018
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So often landscape is written off as a fluff luxury good, something you do when you have a little extra money to make things just a bit prettier. It is yard, flowers, grass, mulch, a fountain, a patio. It is, conventions say, something the leisure classes get to do.  Yet...
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Just Say Oui! Implementing the Paris Climate Change Accords at the Local Level

01 Jun 2018
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Written by Ryan Shepard On Saturday, April 14th, urban planning and design practitioners, academics, students, and community members gathered at All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena to attend Just Say Oui!, a climate change summit hosted by the Southern California Planning...
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It’s Time for NIMBY Cap-and-Trade

25 May 2018
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In California, we have reached a critical point in deciding how we will address the two biggest challenges facing the state—housing and homelessness. While it is not uncommon to hear the word ‘crisis’ used to describe these issues, it’s less common to see bold solutions advanced...
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