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What is a StoryMap?
Combining interactive maps with multimedia content and text to impart information, City Plann

How Los Angeles Got Serious About Housing
Our City—rich in industry and creativity—has gained the unfortunate notoriety of being a major epicenter in the California housing crisis. The fundamental reason for our crisis is the same as in most global cities: an extreme shortage of housing, which has left Angelenos to face overcrowding, punishing commutes, or, all too often, homelessness.

What Are the Major Types of Planning Review?
Los Angeles City Planning receives thousands of project applications every year, varying in scale and complexity from something as large as a multi-block development to something as small as a retaining wall at a private residence.

Written by: Steve M. Garcia

Women's History Month
The demography of Los Angeles City Planning’s workforce in 2020 is one mark of the advances


You may have noticed a few recent changes at Los Angeles City Planning. We’ve grown, we’ve planned, and we’ve transformed. Part of this transformation is creating a concise, consistent, lasting, and relevant brand — Los Angeles City Planning.