part of the bike plan, including the city's first separated cycletracks proposed as part of the MyFigueroa streetscape improvement project (above) for downtown and South L.A. (Garcetti publicly stated last night that he supports the project, which is currently facing serious opposition.) He also plans to expand the city's urban design studio office, which currently consists of one person, into a three-person committee. This would give support to transformative public architecture projects like schools and libraries, as well as the city's ongoing river revitalization, which he equated to a High Line for L.A.


Garcetti's commitment to urban design will also be seen in the success of re:code LA, an ambitious plan to rewrite the city's zoning code, which has not been updated since the 1946. Garcetti cautioned that it'sthe mind

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