TPR Archive

1988

With the September 1988 issue, David Kramer begins as the first editor of The Planning Report.

September 1988 Full Issue   

• A Letter to the Subscriber
• Interview with: Councilman Hal Bernson
• Vest Your Construction Rights Without Breaking Ground

October 1988 Full Issue

• Land Use News in Review
• A CZAR IS BORN: The Planning Report's Conversation with Carolyn Green, AQMD's Deputy Executive Director
• Specific Plans - A New Development Strategy?

November 1988 Full Issue

• Land Use News in Review
• Two Years at the Top: The Planning Report's Conversation with Kenneth Topping, Director for the City of Los Angeles' Planning Department
• 12 Years at the Planning Commission: A Retrospective by Daniel Garcia
• Development Fee Update: Blank Checks and Open-Ended Fee Conditions
• Raising the CRA Cap: Pros and Cons
• Business Responds: Guidelines for Managed Growth

December 1988 Full Issue

• Insider Planning
• Update: Permanent Sewer Hook-up Ordinance
• A Critic's View: L.A. 2000
• The Housing Problem: A Tale of Two Cities. The Planning Report's Conversation with Gary Squire, Housing Coordinator for the Mayor's Office
• Community Plan Revisions, or, "How To Do It Rights"
• "Vigilante Planning"

1989

January 1989 Full Issue

• Insider Planning
• Sewer Hook-Up... AQMD!... CRA Cap!... Mayoral Elections?!... Slow Growth!... Earthquakes! The Planning Report's Roundtable Discussion: Issues for the New Year
• News from the Courts: Building Industry Defeats Special School Fees
• Predictions! Predictions! 1989! 1989!
• Public Real Estate: The County as Developer

February 1989 Full Issue

• Insider Planning February 1989
• Unfinished Business: What We Must Do to Face the Future of Los Angeles Squarely
• Do People Make a Difference? The Planning Report's Conversation with William Luddy, the new President of the Planning Commission
• The Hillside Restrictions: A Case Study of the New Planning Commission
• What's Next for Housing? Focus Shifts to the City Council
• The Legalization of Citizens

April 1989 Full Issue

• Insider Planning April 1989     
• L.A.U.S.D.: What to Do, Where to Build? 
• 'Tis An Ill Wind, A Creative Response: The Transfer of Development Rights
• Urban Design Meets the Planning Commission: The Planning Report's Conversation with William Christopher, a recent appointee to the Commission
• The Air Quality Plan: What it Means for Land-Use Planning
• Los Angeles' Design Action Planning Teams

May 1989 Full Issue

• The Trip Equity Plan: A New Model Linking Planning & Transportation
• Insider Planning May 1989
• Councilman Michael Woo: Land Use Planning After the Voters have Spoken
• Mayor's Group Studies Mixed-Use Policy and its Implementation
• Asset Management: School District's Approach to Develop Revenue, Undertake Joint Ventures
• The Politics of Land Use Planning or... What I Say on the Campaign Trail 

June 1989 

• It Takes Two to Make a Deal: Los Angeles County's Perspective
• On the Horizon: Focus on Los Angeles County
• Insider Planning
• The County's Money Maker: Its Asset Development Program
• What is Regional Planning? The Planning Report's Discussion with Clinton Ternstrom, Chairman of the Regional Planning Commission

August 1989

• Politics of Planning and Growth: Cooperation or Conflict Among Us?
• Watts Next: Growth and Development Opportunities in Watts
• Mayor's Office Housing Initiatives
• Councilwoman Gloria Molina: On the City Council, Mayoral Relations, Housing, and Redevelopment
• LAX Northside: Design and Development Guidelines for New Business, Commercial Center
• The Public Facility Zone Ordinance: What it Means From the Perspective of a Public Agency

September 1989

• A Word From the Publisher
• Retain the Current $750 Million Cap on Tax Increment Spending by CRA
• Development Projects and EIR's: How Far will the City of L.A. Go?
• Housing Remedies in the Region: Two Case Studies
• Report From the AIA Urban Design Committee
• General Manager Warren O'Brien: On Life Inside the Department of Building and Safety

October 1989

• AB 3180 To Monitor Compliance: A Policy for Developers' Promises
• It's About Time: Los Angeles Needs Design Review for Project Approval
• Sewer Hook-Up: Prelude to Future Growth Mangement
• James Hartl, Director of Planning for L.A. County: On Growth, Development, and Simplifying the Process
• "The River Model" Analogy of Freeways: Dense Transportation Tributaries

November 1989

• The Central City West Specific Plan: What it Means for Los Angeles
• Nate Holden's Moratorium: Aberration or Precedent?
• The Housing Linkage Fee: Point/Counterpoint Debated by Experts 
• Councilman Hal Bernson Defends Porter Ranch, Proposes Bond Issue, Wants No More ICO's

December 1989

• The Federal View: Affordable Housing for Low and Moderate Incomes
• John Tuite, CRA Administrator in the Spotlight
• The Creative City: Uncertainty Abounds in West Hollywood
• The Year in Review: 1989 Was An Active Time in the Field of Land-Use Regulation

1990

January 1990

• Light Rail on Santa Monica Right-of-Way: A Point/Counterpoint
• New Deputy Mayor Edward Avila: Increased Responsibilities
• Regional Mobility Plan: Attempts to Return to Traffic Levels of 1984

February 1990

• The New Sewer Hook-Up Interim Ordinance: A Point/Counterpoint
• A Review of TFAR Pricing: What's Fair Price for Buyer, Seller, and Public?
• Santa Monica: Small Coastal City Balances Development Pressure
• Housing Corner: Newly-Formed Los Angeles Housing Partnership Plans to Spend $100 Million on Affordable Housing

March 1990

• In Pursuit of Urban Beauty: Design Review Boards and Other Band-Aids
• Glendale's Planning: City of Opportunity, Land of Moratoriums
• Are Non-Profit Developers the Answer to L.A.'s Housing Shortage?
• Los Angeles' Draft Landscape Ordinance: Performance Point System Monitors Development

April 1990

• Planning Strategies for the Next Decade: TPR Talks with Ken Topping
• Let's Put an End to Single Issue Planning in Los Angeles
• In Defense of Design Review Boards: To Protect Quality of Life
• An Exceptional Ordinance... Eleven Projects Which are Not Required to Pay the Housing Linkage Fee

May 1990

• Two New Faces Downtown: James Hunter and Carlyle Hall on Growth
• Site Plan Review: Where Did it Come From and Where Will it End?
• Court Decisions Create Uncertain World for EIR Alternative Analysis
• About Urban Beauty: The Livable City

June 1990

• Response to the Jobs/Housing Balance: A Critical Analysis
• Code Talk: New Parking Standards and Building & Safety Updates
• The L.A. Board of Zoning Appeals: An Insider's View
• Lesson to Developers: Hang in There

With the July-August 1990 issue, Kenneth Bernstein takes over as editor of The Planning Report, replacing David Kramer.

July-August 1990

• New Housing Department May Bring Policy Changes in City Hall
• Housing Department No Panacea: An Interview with Dan Garcia
• USC's Dean Kreditor: Regulatory Reforms can Produce Housing
• Focus: Non-Profit Housing
• Cranston: New Federal Legislation Will Bring Housing Investment to Los Angeles
• "TFAR II-The Sequel," or "Money for Nothing and the Land is Free"

September 1990

• Point-Counterpoint: Molina and Hunter Debate Downtown TRIP Fee
• CEQA at a Crossroads: Are Changes Ahead in the EIR Process?
• Watts Redevelopment Plan: A Non-Starter Without Citizen Participation
• TPR Roundtable: Consultants and EIR's
• La Vina Ruling Neglects Realities of EIR Process
• Pasadena: One Approach to Growth Management 

October 1990

• Fabiani Describes Mayor Bradley's Planning Visions for Los Angeles
• SCAG Retreats: Whatever Happened to Jobs-Housing Balance?
• Picus: Neighborhood Planning Should Remain Council's Domain
• The Case of the Missing Dome and Minaret
• SB 2011: Affordable Housing Yes, NIMBY's No

November 1990

• Topping Out, Squier In: Will New Faces Bring New City Policies?
• Bob Gay: Lindsay Deputy in Limelight Discusses Downtown Planning Issues
• Maguire Thomas on Playa Vista: Biggest Hurdle is Approvals Process
• Mixed-Use Development in Los Angeles: A Special Planning Report Roundtable
• City of Claremont: A Small City Case Study

December 1990

• Richard Katz: New Development to be Linked to Transportation Plans
• An Environmentally-Driven Land-Use and Transportation Strategy 
• TPR Roundtable on CRA's Future: What Will the Next Regime Bring?
• Congestion Management Program will Add New Layer to Project Approval Process
• New Transportation Regulations: Their Impact on Land Use and Development

1991

January 1991

• Woo on Hollywood Redevelopment: Simon/CRA Deal Pivotal
• Is Permit Streamlining Act a New Protection or a False Hope?
• Planning Report Roundtable: Experts Offer Predictions for the Year Ahead
• 1990: A Review of Last Year's Planning Developments

February 1991

• Ken Topping: Departing Planning Director's Retrospective on L.A.
• Council President Ferraro: New World Order for Planning
• CRA Board Member Carlyle Hall: A New Monthly Perspective?
• Growth Management: The State's Role
• The Goleta II Decision: California's Supreme Court Creates New Test for EIR Alternative Site Analysis

March 1991

• Water Hookups: Yaroslavsky's 1991 Slow-Growth Initiative?
• CCEEB Outlines Growth Management Strategy for State
• Elsesser and Squier Promote New Housing Department Agenda
• Blueprints for Change at the Planning Department Offered at First Planning Report Luncheon Session

April 1991

• AQMD Stakes Out Increased Role in Basin's Land Use Regulation
• "The Stealth Agency:" TPR Luncheon Panel Demystifies LA's CRA 
• City Council Hopefuls Share Their Planning and Land Use Agendas
• High-Rise Retrofits: A Safe but Expensive Idea

May 1991

• Neil Peterson: LACTC's Emerging Role in Real Estate Development
• Acting Planning Director Outlines Her 1991 Agenda
• CRA's Wage Policy for Service Employees: A Point-Counterpoint
• Patsaouras: Rail Planning Flawed
• Central City West: Now, The Real Work Begins

June 1991

• TFAR Policy Passed by Council: What Will it Mean for Downtown?
• TPR Interview: Dennis Luna on the New, Improved CRA
• "Entitlement Finance": New Tools for Public/Private Cooperation
• Resolution Trust Corporation Explains its Activities

July-August 1991

• Audit of Planning Department Depicts L.A.'s Planning in "Crisis"
• CEQA/EIR Update: Courts Send Mixed Signals to Localities
• TPR Interview with Ed Avila: Credibility Returns to the CRA
• Design Review Boards: A View from the Inside
• Los Angeles Design Review Board Update
• State Moves Toward Growth Management Legislation
• Does FPPC Outlaw City Recovery of Processing Costs?

September 1991

• Point-Counterpoint: Galanter and Department Debate LAX Expansion
• TPR Interview: City Attorney's Lesel on CRA's Legal Advice
• Courts Ruled in August on La Vina EIR Case, Housing Linkage Fees
• Inside Planning: Around the Los Angeles Region
• Mega-Cities Project Finds Grass-Roots Solutions
• Developers and Environmental Laws: Caveat Emptor

October 1991

• The Real Estate Credit Crunch: Its Causes and Market Impacts
• For-Profit/Non-Profit Housing Partnerships: How Do They Work?
• Mark Slavkin: LAUSD's Expansion Plans Pose Land Use Challenges
• Inside Planning: Notes from Around the L.A. Area
• Santa Clarita: Young City Grapples with Rapid Growth

November 1991

• The Warner Center Specific Plan: Local and Regional Visions Crash
• Rick Cole: Pasadena's Planning Isn't About "How Much" Growth
• TPR Interview: Zucker Elaborates on L.A. Planning Department Audit
• Inside Planning: Notes from the Region and State
• Garcia Comments on Warner Center
• CHAS Chastised as Misguided by Homeowner Alliance

December 1991

• L.A. Coliseum Renovation Process Unites Developer, Preservationists
• Mixed-Use: Maguire Thomas Recounts Obstacles and Challenges
• Roundtable: Housing Development Through the Eyes of Nonprofits
• Inside Planning: Around the Region and State
• Another Reorganization: the Los Angeles CRA
• TPR Breakfast Panel, Development Fees: Have They Preceded the Vision?
• USC's Kreditor Comments on Housing Fees

1992

January 1992

• Patsaouras: Transit Superagency's Impact on Region's Development
• The Year in Review: Planning and Land Use Actions in 1991
• TPR Subscribers Share Their Expectations for the Year Ahead
• Inside Planning: Around the Region and State
• "Safety Net" Financing Can Fill Housing Gaps

February 1992

• Governor's Office Offers Insights on Growth Management Proposals
• Howe Will He Do?: Reactions to Planning Director Appointment
• Point-Counterpoint: CRA and USC Square Off on Downtown's Future
• Inside Planning: Around the Region and State
• Economic Questions Loom Large for Planning in '92
• Tooley: Opportunities in a Slow Market

March 1992

• Leon Whiteson: An Open Letter to L.A.'s New Planning Director
• Does Warner Ridge Decision Mean a New Consistency Program?
• "Dirt Bond" Reforms: Treasurer Kathleen Brown's Perspective
• Inside Planning: Around the Region and State
• ADA: New Civil Rights Law Will Affect Development

April 1992

• Studio Expansions: What Are the Appropriate Regulatory Reactions?
• Bill Christopher: An Open Letter L.A.'s Con Howe
• Inside Planning: Around the Region and State
• Mark Ridley-Thomas: Bank CDCs Offer New Hope for Urban Vitality
• L.A. Learns the ABCs of Bank CDCs
• Concluding Analysis: Economic Changes Bring New Land Use Realities

May 1992

• TPR Interview: New L.A. Planning Director Con Howe Takes Charge
• School Board's Mark Slavkin: An Open Letter to Con Howe
• Inside Planning: Around the Region and State
• Picus: Split L.A.'s Planning Commission Into Four
• Roundtable on Joy Picus' Commission Proposal
• Antelope Valley Trends: Palmdale/Lancaster Prove Their Resilience

June 1992

• Rebuilding L.A. After the Riots: What's Been Done So Far?
• Point-Counterpoint: Yaroslavsky and Ridley-Thomas Debate CRA
• Dan Garcia on the Zev/Ridley-Thomas CRA Point-Counterpoint
• Richard Weiss: L.A. City Charter Undermines Public Accountability
• TPR Roundtable: What Kind of L.A. Should We Be Rebuilding?
• Insider Planning: Around the Region and State
• An Open Letter to Peter Uebberoth by Michael Pittas

July 1992

• Point-Counterpoint: California Legislature's State Growth Plan
• AQMD's RECLAIM: Impact of Emissions Trading on Land Use
• TPR Interview: DWP President Mike Gage on Water and Growth
• Inside Planning: Around the Region and State
• DWP's Water Offset Proposal for Development
• Lucas Case: U.S. Supreme Court Rules on "Total Takings"
• South Park Stakeholders Group Offers a New Vision
• Heal the Bay: Model Land Use Ordinance on Runoff
• New Growth Management Package: Call it "Economic Recovery"

August 1992

• DPSAC Leaders Offer Glimpse of Downtown Los Angeles' Future
• SCAG's Comprehensive Plan: Can Home-Grown Regionalism Succeed?
• Bill Luddy: Exit Interview with L.A. Planning Commission Chair
• Inside Planning: Around L.A. and the Region
• The Case for EER's: Entitlment Evaluation Reports

September 1992

• State's Housing Director Spells Relief: "Less Local Regulation"
• Ventura Blvd. Plan, at a Crossroads, Provides Insights on L.A. Planning
• Mayor Cole: Pasadena Offers Region a Model General Plan
• Inside Planning: Around the State and the Region
• Architect Michael Lehrer Comments on Patsaouras' Proposals
• Katz: State Creates New Planning Trust Fund for L.A.

October 1992

• Point-Counterpoint: Watson and Burke Debate L.A. County Planning
• The Rebuild L.A. Process Six Months Later: TPR Readers Offer Proposals
• Joel Kotkin: Localities Should Focus Policies on Wealth Creation
• Inside Planning: Around the State and the Region
• Allan Alexander: Metro Rail Belongs on Wilshire
• The "Duchy" of L.A. Confronts a Brave New World

November 1992

• Michael Woo's Mayoral Agenda for L.A. Planning and Governing
• CEQA Update: Court Decisions Shed New Light on Land-Use Law
• The CMP: What Changes Will it Bring to Local Land Use Policies?
• Inside Planning: Around the State and the Region
• Effects of Budget Cuts on CRA's Housing Programs
• RLA Co-Chair Offers Summary of Planning Goals
• RLA: Why is the San Fernando Valley Excluded?

December 1992

• Calif. Redevelopment Agencies in the 1990s: A TPR Discussion
• The Citywide General Plan Framework: A New Vision for Los Angeles?
• The L.A. Mayoral Election: What Should Be the Planning Agenda?
• Inside Planning: Around the State and the Region
• Congestion Management Program: Four Analyses

1993

January 1993

• Planning Trends of the City, State, and Region: 1992, a Year to Forget
• TPR Interview: Mayoral Candidate Tom Houston Shares Planning Visions
• Inside Planning: Around the State and the Region
• L.A. CRA's 1993 Mission: To Jump-Start Debate on Economic Revival
• Clean Air Act Sec. 176 (c) Gives SCAG a New Role
• Councilwoman Picus Fights Aerial Transit for Valley