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A City Planning Department ‘out of touch’ with neighbors

Suzan Filipek · May 30, 2024

A big push from City Hall to build affordable housing fast has left many communities perplexed and angry. Including ours. Called ED 1, the mayor’s executive directive to speed construction […]

City’s Housing Element threatens our historic districts

Columnist · October 26, 2023

In October the governor signed 56 new housing bills in an effort to address California’s housing crisis. The majority of these only continue to chip away at the issue through […]

Citrus Square: paradise planned next to Hancock Park

Columnist · March 2, 2023

George Allan Hancock was truly one of the great aristocrats of his day. Scion of the Gilded Age, he was the son of Major Henry Hancock (the owner of the […]

Councilman Soto-Martinez: Use preservation to protect our treasures

Columnist · January 26, 2023

The historic upset victory over incumbent Councilman Mitch O’Farrell by political newcomer Hugo Soto-Martinez reverberated not only throughout Council District 13, but in City Hall and the historic preservation community […]

Room to Grow?: Preserving not-yet-designated historic districts

Columnist · October 27, 2022

I was having lunch with my friend, James Dastoli, who has newly moved with his family into a historic house located in the Wilton Place National Historic District. We had […]

Proposed changes to the Mills Act spark opposition

Columnist · September 1, 2022

Recently released recommendations for proposed changes to Mills Act contracts have sparked opposition throughout the preservation community and beneficiaries of Los Angeles’ premier economic incentive program for historic preservation. A […]

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