July 2025

July 25, 2025

Strong Towns: What Happens When Housing Prices Go Down?

Continuing TPR’s coverage debunking the conventional wisdom dominating the housing policy debate and degrading local control over planning and land use, TPR excerpts this essay from Strong Towns Founder, Charles Morohn, for its insightful examination of the market dynamics that affect—and require—increasing housing costs beyond simple supply-side economics.

July 25, 2025

From the Waterfront to Watts: Tim McOsker on Fighting for the “One-Five”

The Planning Report spoke with Los Angeles City Councilmember Tim McOsker—who represents the 15th District, home to both the Port of Los Angeles and the communities of Watts, Wilmington, and San Pedro—on the challenges and responsibilities of his first term in office.

July 25, 2025

Storper et. al: Yes, YIMBY-ism Is Profoundly Conservative—And Wrong on Housing Policy

TPR invited economist, urban geographer, and Distinguished Professor of Regional and International Development in Urban Planning at UCLA Luskin, Professor Michael Storper to respond to the Atlantic's recent coverage of the housing affordability debate. Here, Storper, along with Max Buchholz (UC Berkeley), Tom Kemeny (University of Toronto), Gregory Randolph (Georgia Tech) challenge what they call “deregulationist-upzoning groupthink.”

July 25, 2025

Councilmember Nithya Raman on Civic Distrust & Governance in Los Angeles

Raman shares her perspective on the structural challenges that hinder effective regional responses to Southern California’ complex challenges, the promise and shortcomings of Measure ULA, and the urgency of rebuilding civic trust in a time of fragmentation.

July 22, 2025

Dear Atlantic: Stop Publishing Propaganda on Housing. It's Too Important

In a sharply worded response to The Atlantic’s recent piece The Biggest Myth About the YIMBY Movement, Patrick Condon—James Taylor Chair in Landscape and Livable Environments at the University of British Columbia—rebukes what he calls the magazine’s “housing propaganda” and urges a more evidence-based debate on affordability. We support and share a related open letter from 27 well-known Metro Vancouver scholars, retired city planners, urbanists, developers and architects sent to Prime Minister Carney and Housing Minister Gregor Robertson, shared to us by Condon.

July 22, 2025

Rick Caruso: Accelerating LA’s Recovery & Restoring Trust

The Planning Report shares a candid and timely interview with Rick Caruso, who reflects on lessons from decades of community-centered development and elaborates on the work he’s undertaken to assist LA’s wildfire recovery.

July 22, 2025

Bay Area Council Report on The Economic Impact of Mass Deportation in California

TPR excerpts this latest report from the Bay Area Council Economic Institute on how shifting federal immigration enforcement policies and expanded immigration enforcement could impact California’s economy.

July 10, 2025

LADBS GM Osama Younan on Palisades Fire Rebuild: Speed, Safety & Self-Certification

TPR spoke with City of Los Angeles’ Department of Building & Safety General Manager Osama Younan about the department’s critical role in both emergency response and the long-term rebuilding efforts in the Palisades.

July 10, 2025

LAEDC Manufacturing Matters Panel: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

At the June LAEDC Board of Governor’s meeting, leaders from across LA’s manufacturing landscape gathered to assess the state of manufacturing in Los Angeles and offer a grounded view of the opportunities and barriers to re-shoring production and growing local industry and small businesses.

July 10, 2025

Blue Ribbon Commission on Climate Resilience & Fire Safe Recovery Recommendations

The Commission's primary recommendations are to establish a Resilient Rebuilding Authority with financing powers and tools to accelerate the pace and reduce the cost of rebuilding and to create Fire Control District with permanent funding for regional fire mitigation activities

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