Dick Platkin

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Dick Platkin is a former LA city planner who writes articles on planning issues for CityWatch

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Mailers for and against Measure S Photo by Avishay Artsy 
 If you live in Los Angeles these days, you may be feeling deluged by billboards and mailers for a March 7 ballot initiative…

Measuring the impact of Measure S

Mailers for and against Measure S Photo by Avishay Artsy If you live in Los Angeles these days, you may be feeling deluged by billboards and mailers for a March 7 ballot initiative…

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