South Los Angeles Town Hall to Oppose SB 50 on January 18!
Please join community leaders and officials from South Los Angeles and neighboring areas at the Town Hall to Oppose SB 50. Where: FAME Renaissance Center 1968 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90018 When: Saturday, January 18, 2020 at 2 PM Doors open @1:30 Parking available onsite. Refreshments will be served SB 50 is fatally
The Media is Wrong about SB 50, a Reckless Bill that Obliterates Your Own Block
Press Release, January 2018 Contact: Rick Hall, chair, Livable California / [email protected] SB 50 is Back and the Media Must Rev Up its Understanding of its Impact Livable California and its allies call on the California media to show a deeper understanding of the war over Senate Bill 50, whether it be the Mercury News,
2019 Legislative Year in Review: We Fought SB 50, SB 330, SB 592, AB 68 and AB 1487
In 2020, all California cities face an existential battle to save their livability, affordability and environment from state Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco, and his dozen or so hardcore followers in the legislature, who embrace Wiener’s failed theory that building dense luxury housing will “trickle down” to the rest of us. LivableCalifornia.org is a
L.A.’s Transit Guru, Denny Zane, Slams Sacramento for Targeting California’s Single-Family Homes
In this fascinating September interview by David Abel of The Planning Report, former Santa Monica city official Denny Zane, who is widely viewed in Los Angeles as the region's biggest transit promoter, slams Sacramento for overstepping its role on housing, and creating anger, resentment and disgust in cities statewide: Denny Zane: "We created a more
L.A. Luxury Building Boom is Hurting Everyone
By Dick Platkin in citywatchla.com PLATKIN ON PLANNING-No, your eyes aren’t lying. Los Angeles is experiencing a building boom, mostly high-rise luxury hotels and apartments in a few select neighborhoods. Some are already open, others are under construction, and the rest are either pulling permits or finalizing financing. Those claims that LA’s zoning is so