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D.J. Waldie

D. J. Waldie (2017)

D. J. Waldie is the author of "Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir" and "Where We Are Now: Notes from Los Angeles," among other books about the social history of Southern California. He is a contributing editor for the Los Angeles Times.

D. J. Waldie (2017)
Of Sausage Making and Stadiums
Not all defeated projects deserved being ground down by CEQA challenges. Not all objections to development projects were principled. But they did reflect a bias in the law toward localism. That's the real target of so-called "CEQA reform."
Neighborhood, Night
Although it isn't exactly night.
M. L. Parker: Seeing Another Los Angeles
Mid-century L.A. was the subject of an almost forgotten photographer.
Cracks in the Social Compact
Crumbling sidewalks are diagnostic of a city in trouble.
Pacific Standard Time: First Light
Pots, painters, and photos . . . eastside and westside . . . first looks at the shows of a lifetime.
Redistricting from a Different Angle
The status quo suits everyone just fine for now.
Redevelopment Decisions a Tangled Web for Cities
In fighting to protect redevelopment, cities may have created a worse problem.
Trouble on Broadway
The politics of development is played rough and for keeps. The question is, who has the edge on Broadway?
Before the Fall
Autumn comes, and it's a subtle - but revealing - experience.
AEG is Cloaking its Downtown Stadium in 'Green' Snake Oil
Claiming "carbon neutrality" for a massive construction project that will have a usable life measured in decades is beyond the ability of good science (and common sense), but it sounds good in press briefings.
Spinning Wheel Turns
A traffic artifact of the 1932 Olympic Games still turns heads in Long Beach.
Getting from Supervisor to Mayor
Yaroslavsky will run, but will he know what the city he hopes to lead has become?
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