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