The Los Angeles Times outlines the challenges that will be faced by a new Planning Director, and provides a brief history of planning in the city.
The search for a planning director "has prompted repeated calls for a director who will be the urban planning equivalent of Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton, outspoken and strong enough to stand up to a developer or neighborhood activist unwilling to do what's best for the city.
...One irony of Los Angeles is that its original mass-transit system contributed to its sprawl. By the 1920s, L.A. was at the center of a 1,100-mile-plus network of trolley lines that allowed area residents to travel as far as Orange County."
Thanks to Chris Steins
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