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Former TPR Editor Mott Smith Argues Against One-Size-Fits-All City Parking Requirements
Why wait for rail when community parking can help create pedestrian-oriented areas?
The Planning Report (April, 2005)

Former TPR Editor Mott Smith is Principal of Civic Enterprise Associates LLC, an infill real estate development firm in Los Angeles. He has built his career crafting real estate innovations from positions in private industry and the public sector. Prior to forming CEA, he was Acting Director of Planning for the Los Angeles Unified School District, where he helped launch the District's $1.6 billion Phase II school construction program.

LAUSD Director Of Housing & Relocation Knows:
To Build Schools, Neighborhood Collaboration Is Essential
The Planning Report (August, 2001)

New development impacts neighborhoods. And despite LAUSD's attempts to minimize it, sometimes there are no alternative sites. However, if you must impact someone, why not relocate them into a better situation and improve their quality of life? The Planning Report talks with Mott Smith, Director of Housing and Relocation regarding how the District is dealing with that issue, how he is helping that process evolve and how joint-use may be a product of this new paradigm.

Schools Weigh Plan to Build Housing Units
Los Angeles Times (October, 2001)

L.A. Unified proposes to help low income residents displaced by new campuses. The district would work with the city on the effort.

White Paper: The Parking Station

What is the Parking Station, and how can it invigorate mixed-use neighborhoods by providing new public parking facilities and/or upgrading existing facilities?