What Can Portland Teach Los Angeles?

When MIR recently sat down with U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer (Portland) to get his perspective on what it will take for L.A. to shape its future in a livable way--including a 24-hour downtown, neighborhood schools, new regional boundaries, and softened fiscal zoning--the Congressman consistently pointed out that the real key for putting all of these things on the ground lies not so much in additional funding or better programs--but in an implementation phase that works. And that, he says, is where the next Mayor of L.A. must focus.

Thanks to Metro Investment Report