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August 29, 2025

Lessons From Katrina for Citizen Planners in L.A., Asheville, and Florida

In the aftermath of Hurrican Katrina, Steven Bingler, planner and citizen of New Orleans, as well as the founder of Concordia LLC, shares key takeaways from the post-disaster recovery planning for Hurricane Katrina and how cities like Los Angeles, Asheville, and Florida should incoporate community members and be human centered in their approach to rebuild. TPR excerpts this op-ed published originally by Common Edge.

August 22, 2025

Excerpt: Jeff Goodell on The New American Inequality

Jeff Goodell warns that extreme heat is dividing the U.S. into the “cooled” indoors and the “cooked” outdoor workers. Heat waves are deadlier, protections are weak, and low-wage workers — bear the greatest risks. The comforts of some are built on the suffering of others, a climate injustice that will only deepen as the planet warms.

July 3, 2025

LA Alliance for Human Rights v City of LA: Judge Carter Rules Against Receivership

TPR excerpts U.S. District Judge David O. Carter's June 25 decision declining to place the city of Los Angeles’s nearly $1 billion homelessness programs into receivership.

July 27, 2021

Sam Hall Kaplan on The Politics of Preservation in Los Angeles

Former LA Times Urban Design Critic, Sam Hall Kaplan reviews Ken Bernstein's "Preserving Los Angeles" in which he reflects on the notoriously contentious politics surrounding historic preservation in the city

August 18, 2020

Remembering Ron Deaton: Remarkable Public Servant, Accomplished and Trusted City Builder

In memory of the legacy of Ronald F. Deaton, who died August 4, TPR is honored to share words of tribute from municipal and civic leaders recognizing the impact that he had on the civic fabric of Los Angeles.

April 19, 2020

'City Under Attack': LA Mayor Eric Garcetti's 2020 State of the City Address

Facing budget shortfalls and fiscal hardships already dwarfing those of the Great Recession, the economic aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic was the focus of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's 2020 State of the City address.

March 12, 2020

LA City Planning Director Bertoni Lauds DTLA 2040’s Community Plan as a Model for Zoning Reform

Bertoni addresses his city’s efforts to incentivize affordable housing and noted the responsibility shared at the state, regional, and local level for policy & regulatory change to incent provision of affordable housing.

February 16, 2020

C40 Chair & LA Mayor Eric Garcetti Kicks Off the Climate Decade at VX2020

Mayor Garcetti delivers remarks on how cities, like Los Angeles, are demonstrating the transformative power of the green economy to drive robust and sustainable growth while embracing the existential imperative of this decade, the Climate Decade.

February 25, 2019

Los Angeles CAO on City Budget Transparency & Asset Management

Los Angeles City Administrative Officer Rich Llewellyn shares the challenges of managing the city's significant assets and investments to combat homelessness.

April 2, 2017

Skid Row Neighborhood Council's April 6 Election & The Value of Community Plans

Ahead of the vote on whether to create a neighborhood council for the Skid Row area, civic leader Yuval Bar-Zemer of the neighboring Arts District provides insights.

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