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DESCRIPTION: The Livable Communities Initiative, founded in 2019, is comprised of urbanists, architects, developers and advocates who want to reimagine Los Angeles and address the housing, mobility and climate crisis at the same time. \n\nThe goal: charming, walkable streets with an urban fabric of affordable density above neighborhood-serving retail located near job centers and transit. This human-scale and human-centered urbanism is the most-sought-after housing typology and neighborhood amenity – winning over neighbors and future homebuyers, and it is the key to unlocking feasibility and broad public and political support.\n\nProfessor Chris Elmendorf, an adviser to LCI, finds, in his recent paper, "How Sociotropic Aesthetic Judgments Drive Opposition to Dense Housing Development," that aesthetics and fit with the surrounding built environment determine the level of neighborhood acceptance of new housing.\n\nJoin us for this multi-faceted discussion of urban planning and architectural design and their implications for housing advocacy and approval.\n\nSpeakers:\nLindsay Sturman / Co-founder, Livable Communities Initiative, Bike Talk podcast co-host\nChristopher S. Elmendorf, J.D. / Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law\n\nFor details, click here: https://spur.secure.nonprofitsoapbox.com/component/events/event/534
SUMMARY:The Livable Communities Initiative and the Importance of Housing Aesthetics
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