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Redesigning the California dream

Redesigning the California dream

Design and Architecture · KCRW

March 5, 202017m 46s

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<p>Would you choose to rent or own a condo in a multifamily building, or own a single family home?</p> <p>If you are an Angeleno with the means, it is likely that you would choose the latter. After all, a house is a means to personal freedom, outdoor space, control over design choices, and accumulating wealth.</p> <p>That deep desire for a house and yard -- and the protection of that type of home -- has been promoted since the founding of Los Angeles. But now it may be getting in the way of upzoning the region.</p> <p>Can we make multifamily dwellings the new California dream?</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Frances Anderton talks to Christopher Hawthorne, LA’s Chief Design Officer, about reaching the “missing middle” with innovative ideas about the design and financing of homes.</span></p>