TPR interviewed newly elected Santa Monica councilmember Jesse Zwick to hear his policy priorities and views on innovative models of community engagement as the city considers plans for the soon-to-be decommissioned Santa Monica Airport, the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, and other opportunities that lay ahead for the city.
In this interview, TPR asked the outgoing CCA President and CEO, Jessica Lall, about Downtown LA’s pandemic recovery, its challenges and opportunities, and how she expects new leadership to shape the city’s vibrant center.
Author Frances Anderton discusses her new book and shares how she reclaims the multi-unit dwelling as a vital element of the city's history and identity and asserts its role in addressing a housing crisis decades in the making.
Ahead of the LA City Council’s vote to end the city’s pandemic eviction protections, TPR sat down with District 8 Councilmember, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, for his views on housing and homelessness as the city’s top priorities ahead of the mayoral election.
LA City Council approved an $11.8 billion budget for 2022-23. To elaborate on the latter and on ongoing Valley projects and City initiatives, TPR spoke at length with the Chair of Council’s Budget Committee, L.A. Councilmember Paul Krekorian.
TPR to constructively contribute to the obvious need for a local mind-reset, sat down with Larry Kosmont to afford him an opportunity to share his views on what cities need to do to capture the value created by today’s economic restructuring for the public's benefit.
TPR shares this excerpt from Newsom's address highlighting remarks related to California's climate investments, economic recovery efforts, and homelessness.
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.
