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A. TEXT SOURCES

 

“Aliso Canyon Leak Sheds Light on National Problem." Environmental Defense Fund, 2016. Web. 22 June 2016.

Boxall, Bettina, and Joe Mozingo. “After 10 Years, Neighbors of  Wilmington Oil Drilling Operation Still Complain of Health, Environmental Issues.” Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb 2016. Web. 22 June 2016.

California Assembly Bill AB 1866, Wright. “Housing: density  bonuses”. January 31 2002. Web. 20 May 2016.

City of Los Angeles.  Inter-Departmental Correspondence from Peter Kim (Zoning Engineer) to Structural Plan Check Engineers.  Subject: “Dept. of Conservation, Div. of Oil & Gas Clearance (ZI 1195)”, 30 Aug  2002.  Web. (Source: http://www.zimas.lacity.org/doc        uments/zoneinfo/ZI1195.pdf) 25 May 2016.  

City of Los Angeles.  Board of Public Works. “Petroleum Administrator - Board Bulletin FINAL 
 06-08-16”, 8 June 2016.  Web. 20 June 2016.

Community Health Councils, Inc.  “Oil Drilling in Los Angeles: A Story of Unequal Protections.  Issue Brief (2015).  Web. 17 May 2016.

 

Cuff, Dana. Higgins, Tim. Dahl, Per-Johan.  “Backyard Homes”.  cityLAB, UCLA Department of 
Architecture & Urban Design.  Los Angeles, 2010. Print.

 

Cuff, Dana. Dahl, Per-Johan.  “Rx for the R1: Sustaining the Neighborhood”. In Sustain and Develop.  306090  Books, volume 13.  Bolchover, Joshua & Solomon, Jonathan, Ed. New York, NY: 2009.  Print.  

Cuff, Dana. The Provisional City: Los Angeles Stories of Architecture and Urbanism. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 2000. Print.

 

California Department of Conservation.  “State Oil &  Gas Division Issues $75,000 fine to Operator 
for Illegally Venting Natural Gas.  News Release #2016-06, 18 March 2016.  Web. 5 May 2016. 


DeShazo, J.R, Ryan Matulka, and Norman Wong. “Los Angeles Solar Atlas | Luskin Center.”     
Los Angeles Solar Atlas | Luskin Center. Luskin  School of Innovation, UCLA, 2011. Web. 5 May         2016.

Dougherty, Connor.  “How Anti-Growth Sentiment,  Reflected in Zoning Laws, Thwarts Equality.”    New York Times, 3 July 2016.  Web. 6 July 2016

“Garcetti, Council need to fix the development process before voters do it for them. ”  Los Angeles Time.  Editorial. March 21 2016. Web. April 2016. 

Gold, Mark, Stephanie Pincetl, and Felicia Frederico. “ 2015 Environmental Report Card for Los Angeles County.” 2015 Environmental Report Card for Los Angeles County. UCLA Institute for the Environment and Sustainability, 2015. Web.  05 July 2016.

 

Goodmon, Damien. “South LA’s Gentrifying Skyscraper: Poster Child for LA’s Broken and Corrupt Planning Process.” City Watch LA. 11 Aug. 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2015.  

Green, Nick. “AQMD board narrowly approves restart of ExxonMobil refinery in Torrance despite pollution concerns”.  The Daily Breeze.  2 April 2016. Web. June 2016.

 

“DispL.A. Case #29: Redlining Maps.” Los Angeles Maga        zine. Emmis Publishing L.P., 12 
Jan. 2013. Web. 4 June 2016.

“Here’s Why Mark Ruffalo Led Leonardo DiCaprio and Others on a Tour Through Parts of LA.” GOOD Magazine. N.p., 01 Mar. 2016. Web. 2 June 2016

Hertsgaard, Mark. “If Jerry Brown Is So Green, Why Is He Allowing Fracking in California?” The Nation. N.p., 18 June 2014. Web. 2 May 2016

Howland, Ethan. “LADWP Lays Groundwork for Further Solar Expansion.”American Public Power 
Association - LADWP Lays Groundwork for Further Solar Expansion. Public Power Daily, 16 Feb.    2016. Web. 05 July 2016.


Jacobson, Mark Z., and Mark A. Delucchi. “Providing  All Global Energy with Wind, Water, and Solar Power, Part I: Technologies, Energy Resource Quantities and Areas of Infrastructure, and  Materials.” Energy Policy 39.3 (2011): 1154-169.Http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti  

cle/pii/S0301421510008645. Web.

Johnson, Sue C. The Role of the San Fernando Land  Syndicate in the Los Angeles Water Problem. La Verne, CA: La Verne College, 1970. Print.

“LA Has a Terrible Track Record on Land-Use Rules. Is That About to Finally Change?” Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2016. Web.  25 May 2016.

 

“LADWP Lights Up New Solar Program for L.A.”  Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, 11 Jan. 2013. Web. 05 July 2016 Angeles Department of Water and Power, 11 Jan. 2013. Web. 05 July 2016

Liam, Dillon, and Andrew Khouri. “How to Solve California’s Housing Shortage? Build ‘granny Flats’ in Homeowners’ Backyards.” Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2016.

Lopez, Steve. “Power Grab Topples Another Defender of California’s Environment.” Los Angeles Times. Los  Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2016. Web. 26 June 2016.

 

Los Angeles Department of City Planning.   “The Long View Planning for 2035: A Strategic Plan for Long Range  Planning in Los Angeles”.  Los Angeles Department of City Planning, Nov. 2014 

 

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power.  “Aliso Canyon Action Plan to Preserve Electric Reliability for Los  Angeles Issue Briefing and Frequently Asked Questions.  LA DWP. April 5 2016. Web.  10 JUNE 16. 

May, Julia, et al.  “The Increasing Burden of Oil Refineries and Fossil Fuels in Wilmington, California and How to Clean them Up”.  Communities for a Better Environment, Huntington Park, CA:  April 2009.  Web.  20 March 2016. 

Mosingo, Joe. “A Wilmington Neighborhood Is An Island in         a Sea of Petroleum.” Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2016. Web. 20 March 2016.

Natural Resource Defence Council.  “Fracking in California: Who is at Risk?”. NRDC R:14-09-A. October 2014. Web. June 15 2016

re:code LA.  “Refresher on Current Zoning Code Processes”  from A New Zoning Code for a 21st Century Los Angeles.  Zoning Advisory Committee Presentation. 9        December 2015.  Web.  15 May 2016.

Reyna, Janet; Chester, Mikhail.  “Metropolitan-scale Building Infrastructure Environmental Life Cycle Assessment: Los Angeles Embedded Impacts”.  Arizona State University SSEBE-CESEM_2013-WPS-004 Working Paper Series.  Web 2013. 3 April 2016
 
Reyes, Emily Alpert. “L.A. Leaders Want Someone Overseeing Oil Operations in the City Full Time
L.A. Leaders Want Someone Overseeing Oil Operations in the City Full Time.” Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2016. Web. 5 May 2016.

 

Rich, Nathaniel. “The Invisible Catastrophe.” The New York Times. The New York Times, 02 Apr. 2016. Web. 2 April 2016.

Romero, Dennis. “Is L.A. Backtracking on Its Fracking Ban?” L.A. Weekly. L.A. Weekly, 11 Nov. 2014. Web. 06 July 

 

Sahagun, Louis. “L.A. in Talks with Oil Producer about Reopening Facility near USC.” Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2015. Web. 26 June 2016.

Solomon-Cary, Hagerenesh.  Memo 2: Land Use Impacts and Regulatory Analysis Gaps and Limitations”.  Clean Up Green Up.  Los Angeles Department of City Plan        ning. Web. May 7th, 2014.  Accessed June 2016. 

Taylor, Alan. “The Urban Oil Fields of Los Angeles.” The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2016. Viven, Ruben et al.“Refinery explosion dust poses hazard; facility had 2 serious violations”. Los Angeles Times. 2 Feb 2015. Web. June 2016. 


Warren, Bill.  “California Map Society, Occasional Paper No. 6: Plan de la Ciudad de Los Ángeles”.  California Book Club.  San Francisco. 1999.  Republished by         California Map Society. Date unknown. Web. May 20 2016. 


Whittemore, Andrew.  “The Regulated City:  The Politics of Land Use Regulation in Los Angeles, 
1909-2009”. UCLA.  Los Angeles. Print. 2010. 

Whitmore, Andrew. “Zoned Into Mediocrity: How the 1946 Code Keeps Los Angeles from Reaching It Potential.” PLAN Re:code. Re:code, 8 July 2014. Web. 12 Mar. 2016.

Water & Power Associates, Inc. April 2016 Newsletter  Year 45, Vol. 2 Newsletter.

B. WEB SOURCES:

American Legal Publishing Corporation
http://www.amlegal.com/

Los Angeles Municipal Code, Chapter 1: General Provisions and Zoning: 
http://library.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/California/lapz/municipalcodechapteriplanningandzoningco/chapterigeneralprovisionsandzoning/article2specificplanning-zoningcomprehen?f=templates$fn=default.htm$3.0$vid=amlegal:lapz_ca$anc=

 

Angeleno Group
http://www.angelenogroup.com/Default.aspx

 

California Energy Commission 
http://www.energy.ca.gov/

 

California Renewable Energy Overview and Programs: 
http://www.energy.ca.gov/renewables/ 

 

California Department of Conservation
http://www.conservation.ca.gov/

 

Clean UP Green UP 
http://planning.lacity.org/PolicyInitiatives/TOC_CleanUpGreenUp.htm

 

Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources (DOGGR)
http://www.conservation.ca.gov/dog


California Map Society
http://www.californiamapsociety.org/historic-cartography/maps-stories/plan-de-la-ciudad-de-los-angeles

 

City of Los Angeles 
https://www.lacity.org/

 

Cornell Univeristy Legal Information Institute [LII] 
https://www.law.cornell.edu/

 

El Segundo Planning
http://www.elsegundo.org/depts/planningsafety/planning/

 

Go Solar California!
http://www.gosolarcalifornia.ca.gov/

 

Grid Alternative LA 
http://www.gridalternatives.org/

 

LA Times Neighborhoods
http://boundaries.latimes.com/sets/

 

Los Angles Department of City Planning (LADCP)
http://planning.lacity.org/

 

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP)
http://www.myladwp.com/

 

Los Angeles County Department of Regional Plannin
http://planning.lacounty.gov/

 

Los Angeles County Energy Atlas (UCLA)
http://www.energyatlas.ucla.edu/

 

Los Angeles County Solar Atlas (UCLA)
http://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/content/los-angeles-solar-atlas

 

Los Angeles Solar Efficiency Report (LASER)
http://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/LASER_Atlas.pdf

 

Long Beach Planning 
http://www.lbds.info/planning/

 

Mayor’s Office of Sustainability
http://www.lamayor.org/plan

 

PLAN for a Healthy LA
http://healthyplan.la/

 

re:code LA
http://recode.la/updates/news/brief-history-planning-zoning-los-angeles

 

RePowerLA
http://www.repowerla.org/

 

South Bay Clean Power
https://southbaycleanpower.wordpress.com/

 

Stanford Center for Professional Development 
http://scpd.stanford.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=17554223

 

STAND-LA 
http://www.stand.la/

 

Water & Power Associates
http://waterandpower.org/museum/Electricity%20on%20the%20Aqueduct.html
Accessed 4/13/16

 

ZIMAS
http://zimas.lacity.org/

 

C. GIS DATA SOURCES:

CalEnviroScreen 2.0*

DOGGR (Division of Gas and Geothermal Resources) Well Finder
LA Times Neighborhoods 
Los Angeles City Data Portal
Los Angeles County Data Portal  
Los Angeles County Energy Atlas (UCLA, Luskin)*
Los Angeles County Solar Atlas (UCLA, Luskin)
Plan for a Healthy Los Angeles (LADCP)
United States Racial Dot Map* 

*Produced with data from 2010 US Census

D. INTERVIEWS: 

Alison Brown
Founder, Flux Energy 

 

Dana Cuff
Founder, cityLAB (UCLA); Director Urban Humanities Initiative (UCLA) Professor, Department of Architecture and Urban Design (UCLA)

 

Eui-sing Yi/Thom Mayne 
Prinipal/Founder, Morphosis;Director/Founding Executive Direcotr, The Now Institute 

 

Jane Blumenfeld 
Senior Fellow, cityLAB; Former Deputy Director of the Los Angeles Department of City Planning 

 

Michael Kadish
Director/CEO, Grid Alternative Los Angeles

 

Nancy Sutley
Chief Sustainability & Economic Development Advisor, LADWP 

 

Dr. Stephanie Pincetl
Founding Director, California Center for Sustainable Communities, UCLA, Energy Atlas

 

Eric Lopez & Yi Lu 
City Planners, RE:CODE/LA Code Studies 

 

Walker Wells 
Vice President of Programs and Director of the Green Urbanism Program, Global Green; Member, Green Building Code Advisory Committee; Lecturer, Department of City Planning, UCLA. 
   

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