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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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How is City Planning Incentivizing Affordable Housing Production?
How is City Planning Incentivizing Affordable Housing Production?
2021-06-23

Increasing rents, combined with the economic hit resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, have left more than 40,000 residents across Los Angeles homeless. On any given night there are men, women, and children who must resort to living on our streets, without access to shelter and basic medical attention.

#AffordableHousing, #DowntownLA, #DowntownCommunityPlan, #SkidRow, #Housing

How Cities meet their housing needs Banner
How Do Cities Meet Their Housing Needs?
2021-03-23

Across the United States, cities are striving to be desirable places to live. From incentivizing the production of new affordable units to increasing the number of available housing options, cities like Los Angeles are doing their part to support the economic well-being of their neighborhoods.

#HousingElement, #Housing

Housing Element Poll Results
New Housing Poll Reveals that Angelenos Support More Housing Citywide & Support Tenant Protections
2021-03-03

Angelenos want a variety of affordable housing options in every part of the City. That is one of the top findings from City Planning’s housing poll. Responders also expressed the desire to expand tenant protections along with more, deeply affordable housing across the City.

#HousingElement, #Housing

What is Transit Neighborhood Planning?
What is Transit Neighborhood Planning?
2021-02-18

Focusing future development projects near public transportation hubs in large cities like Los

#TNP, #Transit, #Metro

MLK Jr Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
2021-01-14

On the third Monday in January, we commemorate the life of civil rights legend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

#MLK Day, #CivilRights, #HousingElement, #Equity, #Communities

West Adams Terrace
West Adams Terrace
2020-12-16

#OurLA 

#HPOZ, #OurLA, #WestAdamsTerrace, #Architecture, #LocalHistoricDistrict

Weeks Poultry Colony
Weeks Poultry Colony, Winnetka
2020-11-12

#OurLA

#WeeksPoultryColony, #OurLA, #Winnetka, #SanFernandoValley, #Runnymede, #Owensmouth , #CanogaPark, #IntensiveLittleFarm , #PoultrymensAssociation , #SurveyLA , #HistoricPlacesLA, #OfficeOfHistoricResources, #OHR