Stephanie Klasky-Gamer to afford her a platform to elaborate on the daunting challenges nonprofits face developing housing and supportive services in LA County – resulting from the fractured approach that jurisdictions are undertaking both to access shelter and to clear encampments in the public right-of-way.

Like the call to return the LA River to a more natural state, the idea of recreating more natural cities, called “biomimicry”, is a hot topic in contemporary planning and climate change resilience. In this event put on by City Age, what follows are excerpts by TPR of three different conversations on how cities might better coexist with nature.

TPR shares this excerpt from Newsom's address highlighting remarks related to California's climate investments, economic recovery efforts, and homelessness.

TPR checked in with Council President Nury Martinez to shed light on LA City governance and equitable economic recovery in this challenging moment of transition.

TPR spoke with Kevin James, former president of the LA City Board of Public Works to afford him the opportunity to elaborate on his motivations and priorities for running to be LA’s next City Attorney.

As the Los Angeles City Planning Department continues its process of updating and releasing community and citywide zoning codes, Con Howe, former Los Angeles Director of City Planning from 1992 to 2005, provides TPR with an optimistic and rather bullish take on the current state of land use and urban planning.

In this panel from UCLA’s fourth-annual Luskin Summit, TPR excerpts a discussion moderated by Ananya Roy, Director of the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy Miguel Santana, President and CEO of the Weingart Foundation and Gary Blasi, Professor of Law Emeritus at UCLA who address the root causes of homelessness in Los Angeles and some of the strategies used to address this crisis.