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The Smart Growth Conference: Part II

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The "Latino New Urbanism" session will examine the impacts Latino Urbanism has on the built form and discuss needed policies to address such issues. As great numbers of Latino immigrants settle into large parts of Los Angeles, they bring a different use of urban space to an already existing built environment. Additionally, Latino growth is occurring at a time when California is conflicted about its urban development models--choosing between competing and contradictory programs: developing compact cities, preserving the environment, or increasing urban sprawl and slums. Council member Maribel De La Torre, of the city of San Fernando will moderate.

Next post, James describes the session he calls the "most fun".