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
Today, planning scholars are examining informality in the United States housing market with the gusto once reserved for the Central Place Theory and other mainstays of planners’ education. [1] This surge of research is encouraging. Until recently, the subject of informal dwelling units in the U.S. housing market remained glaringly understudied. The developing scholarship builds on pioneering – though scant – research on “shadow markets” [2] and “accessory apartments” [3] in American single-family housing. [Read more…] about Converting Garages into a Dissertation: A Conversation with Jacob Wegmann
