Patt Morrison Show Highlights

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

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2:06 – 2:19
OPEN

2:21 – 2:39
Controlling the McMansions
Chances are you’ve seen them sprout up on your block: Over-sized, cookie-cutter mansions squeezed onto small lots that brood over their neighbors single-story, modest homes. The “McMansion” phenomenon is nothing new, but the backlash against them is growing as more cities try to regulate the size of new houses. Now it’s the Los Angeles Planning Commission’s turn to take up “mansionization control” as they ponder new limitations at a community meeting on Thursday. Will the Commission go far enough to box in big box houses?

Guests:
Wendy Greuel, L.A. City Councilwoman, District 2

Unconfirmed:
Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association

Betsy Weisman, Principal City Planner of Los Angeles

National Association of Home Builders

Pasadena City Planner

2:41 – 2:58:30
CIA to Air Dirty Laundry
The CIA will declassify hundreds of documents on long-secret operations, some it reportedly involving serious illegal abuses. These include assassination attempts, spying, kidnapping and infiltration, or what intelligence operatives call its “family jewels.” Patt talks to intelligence experts on the implications and significance of this move.

Guests:
TBD

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