Developers, Environmentalists, Urban Planners Participate in “Visioning Exercise” at USC to Plan for Los Angeles Region’s Explosive Growth
The 17 million people of the Los Angeles Basin -- a region embracing five counties (Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, San Bernardino and Riverside) and 88 cities -- have traditionally been bound more by a shared geography than a common vision. “We are together but separate,” said Dan Garcia, former president of the Los Angeles city planning commission and a speaker at the “Reality Check on Growth” conference held Oct. 10 at the USC Campus.