Blog

Los Angeles City Planning engages with community members on a variety of land use issues. In addition to hosting events and speaking at neighborhood council meetings, City Planning staff maintain a blog to share updates and insights on planning matters.

For additional information, contact: planning.media@lacity.org.

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What is a StoryMap?
What is a StoryMap?
2022-04-18

Combining interactive maps with multimedia content and text to impart information, City Plann

#StoryMap, #HarborLAPlans, #CommunityPlans, #Wilmington, #HarborCity, #HarborGateway, #SouthwestValley, #SouthwestValleyCommunityPlansUpdate, #PurpleLine, #TransitNeighborhoodPlan, #TNP, #PurpleLineTransitNeighborhoodPlan, #SlausonCorridor, #TNPPlanning, #PlanningConcepts, #CityPlanning, #LA, #LosAngeles , #planning4la

How Los Angeles Got Serious About Housing
How Los Angeles Got Serious About Housing
2022-03-17

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.

#Housing, #HousingElement, #planning4la

Planning Website on the Application Page
What Are the Major Types of Planning Review?
2021-05-19

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.

#Application, #DevelopmentServices, #DSC, #Approvals, #Ministerial, #Administrative, #Discretionary, #projects

PRIDE
Before Stonewall, Angelenos Demonstrated for LGBTQ+ Rights at The Black Cat
2020-06-10

Written by: Steve M. Garcia

The Black Cat, Pride, LGBTQ+, George Floyd, LGBT, Demonstration, Andrea Jenkins, Marsha P. Johnson, Pride Parade

Women's History Month
Women's History Month
2020-03-25

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

Women's History, Women's History Month, Women in Planning, Jane Jacobs, Urbanist, Urban Planning

Planning a City within a City
Planning a City within a City
2019-12-17

 

Planning4LA
Los Angeles City Planning. We are #Planning4LA.
2019-09-27

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.

City Planning, About, Brand