Standard Plans
Cities all over the world pre-determine their architecture – it makes cities beautiful.
Zero Lot Line V Setbacks
The Difference Between Setbacks and Zero Lot Line Why LCI Removes Setback Requirements We have limited space in our city.
Mobility
Streets Creating a walkable, bikeable life where everyone can safely and pleasantly walk, bike, trike, use a golf cart, and
Resources: Parking Ruins Everything
Links to resources about the ways parking issues thwart the creation of affordable housing.
Resources: Car-Lite Communities
Links to resources related to car-lite living, traffic, and the 15-minute city.
Resources: Housing
Collection of links to resources related to housing, building, homelessness, and architecture.
Neighborhood Serving Retail
Small shops create destinations for a wide range of errands so residents can meet their daily/weekly needs within a few blocks from their house.
The Civic City
By developing civic attributes and placemaking, a public space can go from being the corridor between starting point and destination, to a destination in and of itself.
Guide to Quick Build
A method of using temporary, low-cost materials such as paint and planters that are quickly installed to implement a new street design cheaply, that can be easily reversed.
LCI: Climate
California needs to build 3.5 million homes. We also have a climate crisis, air quality crisis, and traffic crisis. The LCI offers a unique solution.
LCI: Equity
The Livable Communities Initiative (LCI) is a plan to build mixed-income and affordable housing that is attainable for all Angelenos.