We asked the Times readers: “By thinking before 2050, how could you reconfigure the city so that it is a sustainable house for everyone?” Here is a sample of their comments:
Use the Chicago river, apartments, architecture, etc., as an example. We may have a flourishing green space with the river, the cycle path, the community parks, the gardens, etc.
Los Angeles knows how to resist a crisis – or two or three. Angelenos exploits this resilience, striving to build a city for everyone.
Go international and use Florence or Tokyo as examples. Press beautiful buildings at a single step, public art, clean sidewalks and streets that are protected in the city’s budget, and reliable automatic trains that last every four minutes so that people do not feel trapped by their cars.
Our legislators must adopt public policies and change their cities for the best. Instead, the Los Angeles municipal council allows a literal land space behind the town hall to be used for random events instead of new housing or a shared and protected public park.
– Rachel Smith
I would focus on pure air in each public space. Whether concern is viruses or forest smoke or anything else, no public space should have poor air quality. We must monitor air quality levels in all public spaces and put appropriate air filtration.
The Pacific Palisades house is dressed in fiber cement. The roof is made of Deptuge TPO (thermoplastic polyolefin), the bridge is made with wood specially treated for fire resistance and a system for removing fires at the rear of the house from the fire sprayed on the vegetation.
(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
– Annette Majerowicz
I don’t live there, but I hope to retire. I want areas accessible on foot with sidewalks and shadow maintained.
– Cindy Riachi
The moment finally came to Los Angeles to develop seriously. The urban sprawl which has come to define the city has now become one of its greatest threats. EsteemIn the United States, one new in four houses is built in areas subject to forest fires and around 95% of forest fires in California are “created by humans”. This existential question has been largely not dealt with in the past 25 years, especially since the region has respected its formula of increasing communities more outward.
Now we find a region that has started to stagnate while fires continue to beat its doors and its residents question their future and their security there, while fighting the price increase.
There are a lot of opportunities that accompany construction, the ability to reshape the city, obtain high density, durable residential buildings which can mitigate the housing crisis and even reduce traffic as some studies have shown. The emphasis on land management and parks can open the city’s spaces while protecting it from the threat of forest fires.
– Matthew Perez
For the love of God, can we just get cycle paths?
– Evan Gillespie
Landscaping? Yes, but make sure it is tolerant of drought and geographically appropriate.
(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
To transform Los Angeles into a sustainable and equitable city by 2050, we need a holistic approach that takes up climatic challenges while promoting the well-being of the community. My vision is rooted in architecture, landscaping, neighborhood planning and inclusive design practices.
Resilient architecture and accommodation: Buildings must be designed to withstand the growing threat of forest fires and other climate -related events. This means the use of fire -resistant materials, the integration of green roofs for natural cooling and air quality and adaptable modular structures that can be quickly reconfigured or moved if necessary. The accommodation must be dense but on a man’s scale, with flexible spaces that meet changing family structures and the needs of the community.
Sustainable landscaping and urban ecology: The landscaping in 2050 Los Angeles will move away from high water intensity practices, adopting native and tolerant plants with drought that support local biodiversity. Urban forests will play a crucial role in reducing heat islands, while community gardens and urban farms will be an integral part of the identity of the district, offering both food security and green spaces.
Connected and climate -concerned neighborhoods: To minimize the dependence of cars, the districts will be designed as poles accessible on foot and respectful of bikes that mix housing, workspaces and leisure areas. Public transport will be integrated transparently into these communities, encouraging active mobility and reducing emissions. We will rethink the zoning to allow more live workspaces, eliminate long journeys and promote local savings.
Community planning: Planning will focus on the community, prioritizing equity by involving residents in decision -making processes. Each district will develop its own identity and its objective – some focusing on the management and treatment of water, others on urban agriculture or the production of community energy. This localized approach will strengthen social cohesion while resolving specific climatic challenges.
Welcoming and inclusive urban fabric: By 2050, Los Angeles will embrace its diversified population by assessing the skills and contributions of all residents, including immigrants. Adapted accommodation and support systems will ensure that no one lives in the street, and public spaces will be accessible and inclusive
Could IA robots pick up all our garbage in the future?
(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
– ENA (Ana) Yanchapax
Stop responding to developers, large companies and monopolies. We must prioritize citizens and businesses so that people can stay locally.
– Josh Walters
* Use AI robots to pick up and organize all waste 24/7.
* Light light rail on the 10 and 405, 105, 101, 5. Put the tram on each artery from East to Major.
* Close all oil refineries
* Move the airport outside the city.
* Coastal areas in massive ecosystems of wetlands / chaparral.
* Return Altana and Pacific Palisades to a Chaparral ecosystem.
* Develop sidewalks / pedestrian access; Create places to increase walking.
* Reduce water imports to help the rest of California and make it more resistant to climate change.
* Create more via motorways for wildlife.
* Replace the service stations with electrical load stations managed by the state
* Fruit trees throughout the city
* Dense common life options.
Plant more fruit trees? Why not?
(Jeanette Marantos / Los Angeles Times)
– Matt Ceran
Repeal and eliminate prop. 13, and rezone most of the city so that we can build multifamilial accommodation, communities more accessible on foot. Simply build more accommodation and see how the majority of the city’s problems will decrease or disappear completely. Oh, and plant more trees. I think it is a tragedy that the city with the most incredible time in the world was made so soggy.
– Michele Medina
Los Angeles must first rethink its history by car first if we will make breakthroughs towards a more sustainable future. The permanent fight permanently for better public transport is the easy response because we see the metro working in new projects, but there must also be a super local push towards intelligent density, plead for more accessible districts on foot, less developments in unifamilial housing and completely overhaul of cities and cities so that people can access what they need to drive everywhere.
– Charles Vignola
I think Los Angeles must make more space for people and nature, and less for cars. Tons of apartments everywhere, bicycle and bus tracks, trains and parks. Much of this is difficult, a little job you see on a neighborhood scale, but there is a major project that I would like to see: bury the 101 and build a linear park in the Cahuenga pass. This would give more people access to a giant park, would reduce the pollution of the car and provide a safe passage to the mountain lions to cross the Griffith park. The views of the valley and the basin would be spectacular, and it would be a refuge, a reconstruction of the old Tongva walking track.
– Jonathan Eby
