*PLANNERS NETWORK (PN) ACTIVITIES IN LOS ANGELES DURING THE MEETING OF THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION (APA) - PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY*
* * *Planners Network members in Los Angeles have organized two local events as a progressive alternative to the APA events at the L.A. Convention Center.* *Sunday, April 15, 2012, at 6 pm Planners Network Dinner and Panel on Insurgent/Advocacy Planning Los Angeles and Beyond* *WHERE*: El Cholo Restaurant, 1037 S. Flower Street. This famous Mexican restaurant is at the intersection of 11th and Flower, several blocks north of the APA meeting. COST: The dinner is a no-fee event, and those attending can order from the El Cholo menu; however, the restaurant requires we pay with one check. PARKING: If you are driving, there is inexpensive parking on Hope Street, one block east. 1028 Hope Street charges $5. Two lots between 11th and 12th are slightly cheaper. PROGRAM: Introductory remarks by Marie Kennedy, co-editor of PN's journal, *Progressive Planning*, and report by the PN Chapter at UCLA. Followed by panel with several local activists engaged in major planning disputes determining the shape and character of Los Angeles and many other US cities for decades to come: 1) Sandra McNeill, Trust South LA, on community opposition to the nearby USC master plan and specific plan. 2) Doug Haines, East Hollywood Neighborhood Council, on the campaign to stop the high density/low amenity Hollywood Community Plan Update. 3) Jim O'Sullivan, Fix-the-City, a party to law suits against the City of Los Angeles for failing to maintain and monitor its legally required General Plan. *RSVP/CONTACT*: Dick Platkin, [email protected] or 213-308-6354, to establish a head count for the restaurant, give directions, and answer questions. *Saturday, April 14, 2012, at 3:00 pm A Peoples Planning Tour of MacArthur Park* Tour meet-up spot: Mama's Hot Tamales, 2122 W. Seventh St., Los Angeles, CA 90057 >From LA Convention Center: Leave Mobile Workshop departure area at 2:30 pm RSVP here: http://bit.ly/ze938U Located just east of Koreatown and just north of the largely Latino and Central-American Pico Union neighborhood, MacArthur Park sits at the crossroads of countless racial, ethnic, and linguistic communities. Although it is historically associated with gang violence and, more recently, with clashes between police and demonstrators, the park has become an incubator for some of LAs most innovative and successful social justice initiatives. The tour will highlight efforts by residents, labor, and community groups around MacArthur Park to support immigrant entrepreneurship, improve working conditions for low-wage workers, advance public safety for youth and families, create equitable transit-oriented development, and more. After the tour, we will head to La Cita Bar in Downtown LA for happy hour. The UCLA Planners Network chapter and UCLA Urban Spelunkers are hosting this tour. Dick Platkin [email protected] +1-213-308-6354 tel +1-323-938-8785 FAX on request www.plan-itlosangeles.blogspot.com SKYPE dick.platkin SMS [email protected] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
