Planning Los Angeles

Not so fast! Despite the city's reputation for spontaneous evolution, a deliberate planning process shapes the way Los Angeles looks and lives. Editor David C. Sloane has enlisted more than 35 essayists for a lively, richly illustrated view of this vibrant metropolis. Together they cover the influences and outcomes of planning for a diverse population, regulating land use and providing transportation in a sprawling city, protecting green space, and supporting economic development.

David C. Sloane is a professor and director of undergraduate programs in the Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. He serves as an associate editor of the Journal of the American Planning Association and recently completed his second term as a regional representative on the governing board of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning.

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction
Multiplicities/Multiple-cities	p. 1
History of Planning
Challenging the Myth of an Unplanned Los Angeles	p. 19
Regulating Visual Blight	p. 35
The 1970 Centers Concept Plan for Los Angeles	p. 36
LA's Love-Hate Relationship with Nature	p. 45
Neighborhood Councils	p. 53
Everyday Los Angeles	p. 62
The City as Textbook	p. 67
Evolving Demographics
Metropolis of Dispersed Diversity	p. 69
The Ambiguous Legacies of the 1992 Riots	p. 86
Tinker-Toy Urbanism	p. 91
Minority-Majority Suburbs Change the San Gabriel Valley	p. 92
LA Housing Stories	p. 99
Finding Public Space on Private Beaches	p. 105
Land-Use and Environmental Policies
One Hundred Years of Land-Use Regulation	p. 107
Almost New Urbanism	p. 122
Glendale's Downtown Specific Plan	p. 129
Regreening the LA River	p. 137
Planning as a Tool for Battling the Fast-Food Invasion	p. 139
More Than a PSA	p. 145
Mobility and Infrastructure
Back to the Future in Transportation Planning	p. 147
Regional Planning in Southern California	p. 162
Ballot Box Planning for Transit	p. 171
Reducing Pollution at the Port	p. 179
Systemic Change Through CiclAvia	p. 180
A Train on Rubber Tires	p. 188
Parks and Public Space
Green Spaces in the Auto Metropolis	p. 191
The Afterlife of a Master Plan	p. 204
An Orchard Spirals Out	p. 212
Reestablishing the Connection with Physical Planning and Design	p. 214
Managing Development Through Urban Growth Boundaries	p. 222
Unpaving Paradise: The Green Visions Plan	p. 230
Planning a Great Civic Park	p. 240
Economic Development
Policy and Community in Los Angeles Development	p. 243
A Planning Ordinance Injects New Life into Historic Downtown	p. 253
The Evolution of Entertainment Retail	p. 264
Politics of Food and Culture	p. 271
Community Benefits, Negotiations, and (In)Justice	p. 272
From Barbie to Banksy	p. 279
What the (Economic) Tide Left Behind	p. 285
From KAOS Comes Community	p. 292
Endnotes	p. 294
References	p. 303
Contributors	p. 320
Credits	p. 324
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