L.A.'s ongoing identity struggle
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-la-vision-20170303-story.html [www.latimes.com]
2017-03-03 19:27
Is it a bungalows-with-gardens type of city, or an apartment-towers-with-pubs kind of place?
To better understand the battle for the future of Los Angeles, start with a long walk down a dim tunnel beneath the Hall of Administration. In a storage room under Grand Park where the county assessor keeps its map books, the clamor over Measure S — the March 7 ballot initiative aimed at regulating development in the city — seems far away.
“It’s all so Rambo.”
Bonus: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/livable-city/la-ol-traffic-toll-lane-freeway-20170303-story.html
There’s only one way to fix L.A.’s traffic, and it isn’t Elon Musk’s tunnels. We need tolls — lots of them