Planning January 2012
Planning January 2012
Special Conference Issue on Los Angeles
LA Reimagined
It's a denser, more transit-friendly city than most of us realize. Christopher Hawthorne takes a tour.
Web-Only Sidebar: Myth Busting by Todd Gish
First Among Equals
LA planning director Michael LoGrande describes his first year on the job. An interview by Kevin Madden.
My LA — Yesterday and Today
A close observer recounts three decades of change. By William Fulton.
Food Groups
Gabriela Worrel digs into LA's expanded menu of food policies — and choices.
Web-Only Sidebar: Find Your Foodshed by Bobbie Peyton
Restoring the 'Water Freeway'
Los Angeles is turning its river from an afterthought into a destination. A Planning Practice article by Lorelei Laird.
Sidebar: More Projects Afoot
New in Town
Steve Preston explains how ethnic diversity enriches the LA suburbs. With a sidebar by Lois Takahashi and a web-only sidebar by James Rojas.
The Red and the Black
From Main Street to the state capital, budget cutbacks are forcing agencies to work smarter. Paul Shigley counts the ways.
Web-Only Sidebar: Annexations, Incorporations, and Reorganizations by Robert Aldrich and Orange County LAFCO Staff
Water Warriors
Mike Taugher navigates the shoals in this Sustaining Places story.
Web-Only Sidebars: New entries in APA's Delta Urbanism Series
The Devil Is in the Delta by Paul Shigley
Climate Adaptation and Sea-Level Rise in the San Francisco Bay Area by Laura Tam
Perspectives
A regular column by CEO Paul Farmer.
News
Federal funding, New York zoning.
Legal News
Fair housing, rational basis test.
By the Numbers
Statistics in the news, compiled by APA's Research Department. This month: California facts.
Ever Green
Timothy Beatley interviews writer Elisabeth Tova Bailey, author of the best-selling The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating.
Letters
Historic Detroit, boomer housing.
Planners Library
Concentric rings, the just city.
Media
New reports, blogs, videos, etc.
Viewpoint
Predictions for 2012.
Cover: Walt Disney Concert Hall. Photo by Travis Conklin, LA Inc.