Urban Planning is Not Boring

NO BUT URBAN PLANNING LITERALY IMPACTS EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR LIFE LIKE WHERE CROSSWALKS ARE, WHERE APARTMENTS ARE ALLOWED TO BE BUILT, HOW CLOSE PARKS ARE, AND HOW OFTEN THE BUS COMES LIKE EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR DAY IS PLANNED FOR YOU BY SOMEONE, AND NO ONE REALIZES IT

Check out @UPNBpod latest episode with SAJE staff Maria Patiño Gutierrez, Director of Policy and Research. They spoke on some of the challenges and successes that SAJE has experienced in our effort to fight against gentrification and displacement. …ban-planning-is-not-boring.castos.com/episodes/sitti…

Price Master of Urban Planning students Samantha Ellman and Natalie Ikhrata know how urban planning affects everything from #ClimateChange to #TrafficJams. So they created the @UPNBpod podcast to share the importance of #planning decisions. ow.ly/2a2h50NKZbq

.@USC Price knows NOTHING is boring about #UrbanPlanning. But, for anyone needing convincing, check out USC Price alumns Sam Ellman and Natalie Ikhrata as they dive into various related topics on their podcast Urban Planning is Not Boring (@UPNBpod)! …ban-planning-is-not-boring.castos.com

If you live in California, you’ve probably heard of CEQA aka the California Environmental Quality Act. In this episode, Sam and Nat give a very high-level introduction of the CEQA process, its purpose, and opportunities for streamlining. #urbanplanning #ceqa #california

BREAKING: By a vote of 3-2, Culver City Council just eliminated parking minimums CITY-WIDE. Parking minimums are officially ABOLISHED in Culver City.

More apartments built at one time in Santa Monica than in the last decade? A 15-story high-rise? And the beachfront city might not be able to stop them? Welcome to the "builder's remedy," a newly popular tactic for developers to bypass city councils latimes.com/homeless-housi…

Passionate about climate change mitigation, finding equitable solutions to the housing crisis, and more, @USC Price students created @UPNBpod. Sam Ellman and Natalie Ikhrata dive into various topics related to the field that are anything but boring: ow.ly/acli50LaNMH

This week, we have Elizabeth Pino, a community engagement specialist and Planning Commissioner for the City of Torrance, on the pod to discuss her role as a commissioner, how to get involved in public service, her experiences as a woman and mother, among other endeavors!

Our co-host was recently interviewed by @ucrspp - go give the podcast a listen!

Had a chance to listen to more of the recording. I don’t see how the councilmembers can ever again claim to represent their diverse communities, considering their deliberating plotting to disenfranchise black communities.

Join me at LA City Hall, Spring Street steps, TONIGHT for a candlelight vigil at 10 p.m. with a coalition of Black, Brown, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and Indigenous leaders to demand the Councilmembers immediate resignation. The time is now.

We're adding more frequent buses to many lines on Sunday, Oct. 23, as we continue to restore service to pre-pandemic levels. More: mtro.la/2wBM50L7Afb

I keep hearing a version of "But poor people need cars, we can't take away lanes from cars to put in a bus lane". This line of thought is missing two important things - one, people need cars because our built environment prioritizes and subsidizes car dependent infrastructure.

I remember discussing this in grad school. How Planners don’t consider the places Black people create as “good places” and therefore come to communities “placemaking” creating parks and murals that people in the community don’t desire.

#BeReal on the @metrolosangeles #KLine opening!

K Line Banner Breaking in 3, 2, 1…🎉

The K Line opens Friday at noon! Enjoy free rides on our entire system Friday through Sunday and join us at The K Line Fest at Leimert Park Plaza noon to 6 pm Friday. Here's a lil' video appetizer.

THE CONCEPT OF JAYWALKING WAS INVENTED BY CAR COMPANIES TO SHIFT THE BLAME FOR CRASHES ONTO PEDESTRIANS AND ENFORCEMENT DISPROPORTIONATELY TARGETS MINORITIES & UNHOUSED FOLKS. AND YOU COULD LITERALLY SIGN AB 2147 AND DECRIMINALIZE IT TODAY.

Rides are on us next weekend as we celebrate the opening of the K Line! Go Metro for free (including Metro Bus, Rail and Bike) starting Fri, Oct 7 at noon through Sun, Oct 9! mtro.la/4qou50KYGA1

Thank you for this shoutout! Listen to our latest episode where we interview @c1typlann3r about #EmbeddedPlanning!