Good Planning for Los Angeles
Five years ago more than 50 planners, academics, community activists, and researchers signed an open letter about the need to find a planning director who would share the vision and have the skills to plan for a “Livable City.” That letter laid out 17 areas critical to better planning. Some, though not all of the principles and ideas identified by the Livable City letter have begun to be addressed. As the new Planning Director takes his post, we are asking individuals and organizations to be part of several opportunities to get good planning on the agenda.
1. Sign the Open Letter to LA's New Planning Director
Open Letter to Michael LoGrande
2. Submit Your Ideas for new Planning Decisions
While the letter is general in scope, we’d like to hear your specific ideas for planning initiatives you’d like to see implemented by Mr. LoGrande. Please email your priority items to Giulia at gpasciuto@oxy.edu. Ideas will be compiled and used to inform the Q&A session and any further activities that may arise from this event.
3. Dialog with the new Planning Director
UEPI and the Los Angeles Times are co-sponsoring a Q&A with Christopher Hawthorne, L.A. Times Urban Affairs and Architecture writer and the new LA City Planning Director, Michael LoGrande. Come early for a special interactive workshop on planning your own version of a livable Los Angeles with James Rojas.
December 1, 2010
5:30pm - Visioning LA 2050 Workshop with James Rojas - (Johnson Hall Room 204)
7:00pm - Dialog with the new Planning Director led by Christoper Hawthorne, LA Times - (Johnson Hall Room 200)
Events will take place in Johnson Hall at Occidental College, 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles, CA 90041
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