LA's mayoral candidates explain how they will retool Los Angeles to cure its urban ills.
Envisioning Los Angeles with an adequate school supply, a jobs/housing balance and a successful mass transit system is difficult to do. However, the mayoral candidates attending last month's Westside Urban Forum were able to explain with seeming ease how they'd retool L.A. to cure these historic ills. The panel announced that this race is about more than just "feel-good" ideas--rather, it's about the ability to implement real, positive change. The Planning Report presents this excerpt of the forum, including mayoral candidates Steve Soboroff, Xavier Becerra and Antonio Villaraigosa, who discuss what they see as L.A.'s biggest challenges--and how to overcome them.
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