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City Planning

An Urban Planner on the Ground in South Central Los Angeles

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Community sign for East Rancho Dominguez
Community sign for East Rancho Dominguez, formerly known as East Compton. Photo: Jonathan P. Bell

 

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I wear a blue County jacket and dark pants, denim or Dickies, when I’m out doing zoning enforcement inspections. This isn’t a regulation uniform. I don’t have to wear it. I’m an urban planner, not a cop. [Read more…] about An Urban Planner on the Ground in South Central Los Angeles

Response to Comments: The Informal Housing Debate Remains Open

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Photo 1: “We Legalize Garage Conversions” contractor’s truck photographed in the City of Los Angeles

Earlier this summer, I published an article on these pages remarking on the growing scholarship on informality in the U.S. housing market. [1] My article was intended as an opening salvo to planning academics who, as I see it, fail to understand American informal housing from the implementation side of planning—the enforcement and regulatory standpoint. [Read more…] about Response to Comments: The Informal Housing Debate Remains Open

Images, Instagram, and City Planning

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#CITYPLANNING ScreenshotIt takes vision to plan and implement creative ideas to improve our communities.  Vision as used here refers to a vivid, creative conception or anticipation of what could be. [Read more…] about Images, Instagram, and City Planning