Historic Preservation and Community Resilience: Protecting Memory While Planning for Growth Cities are never static. They grow, redevelop, absorb new populations, respond to economic pressures, and adapt their physical environments…
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Introduction Industrial land uses have played a fundamental role in the growth of American communities for generations. Manufacturing facilities, distribution centers, logistics hubs, warehouses, public utilities, and industrial service providers…
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When communities think about disaster infrastructure, they often imagine fire stations, hospitals, emergency operations centers, bridges, power grids, evacuation routes, and communication systems. Those assets are essential. Yet one of…
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How a whole-community approach helped address sheltering, transportation, safety, family support, and local recovery needs The structure fire at the Lineage Logistics cold-storage warehouse in Boyle Heights offers a powerful…
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How planning, housing, infrastructure, and neighborhood capacity shape the future of community resilience Urban development is often discussed in terms of buildings, zoning, housing units, roads, density, and land use.…
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As vehicle pursuits increasingly spill into Los Angeles County’s park trails, riverbeds, and storm drain systems, law enforcement agencies face mounting challenges in both suspect apprehension and public safety preservation.…
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California’s housing crisis isn’t confined to its coastal cities; it is reshaping communities like Ontario and the Inland Empire every day. Families are struggling with rising rents, limited housing options,…
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Imagine voting to take politics out of redistricting… only for your governor to suggest putting it right back in. That’s the political moment California now faces, while Texas deals with…
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The Impact of State-Mandated ADU Laws on Local Communities and Infrastructure I may be a little late to the game in addressing this issue, but it’s one that continues to…
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