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Who Is Michael LoGrande? Insights of a Planning Expert Who Supervised Him

Posted on July 28, 2010 by

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s nomination of Michael LoGrande, chief zoning administrator, to succeed tGail Goldberg as Director of the L.A. Department of City Planning won praise from pro-development interests and condemnation from many planning experts There was no nation search or … Continue reading →

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The Granny Flat Gambit: Vigilance and the Struggle for Self-Governance

Posted on December 19, 2009 by

“A people cannot have the consciousness of being self-governing unless they attend themselves to the things over against their doors.” — Benjamin Ide Wheeler. Those immortal words of the autocratic president of the University of California 100 years ago do … Continue reading →

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