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    Design and Architecture

    Build Better LA

    The Neighborhood Integrity Initiative is a proposed ballot measure that would stop construction of large-scale residential projects requiring a planning amendment or variance. Now there's a competing measure, The Build Better LA initiative, currently in the signature gathering phase.

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    By Frances Anderton • Mar 29, 2016 • 1 min read

    The Neighborhood Integrity Initiative is a proposed ballot measure that would stop construction of large-scale residential projects requiring a planning amendment or variance. Now there's a competing measure, The Build Better LA initiative, currently in the signature gathering phase. But the proponents of NII call BBLA a "wolf in sheep's clothing." What's going on and why has housing become a ballot box battle?

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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    Modern Trades, Build Better LA, TOM House
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    2. 12:06Build Better LAYou’re reading this
    3. 17:52TOM House
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