The dust from the November election is far from settled, but Los Angeles is already headed back to the ballot box in March. The big ticket item for planning in the city: Measure S, also known as the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative.

Planetizen has been covering the genesis of the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative since its earliest days—specifically, November 2015.

Now the city is just a few short weeks away from voting on the initiative's controversial reforms of the city's development process, now described by more prosaic nomenclature: Measure S. Election day is March 7, 2017, but Los Angeles residents have been inundated with mail on either side of the issue, while the city has been plastered in billboards financed by the Yes on S campaign.

Online, however, the No on S campaign has dominated the discussion, led by former Planetizen blogger Shane Phillips. Phillips has published in several forums about the realities of the city's housing market (i.e., despite the Yes on S campaign's claims about runaway development, the city is building well short of enough housing to meet the demands of its growing population). Here's a roundup of articles by Phillips:

In the past week, several high profile endorsements have also voiced strong opposition to Measure S, including the Green Party of Los Angeles County and the Los Angeles Times editorial board. The headline of the Los Angeles Times editorial uses a memorable turn of phrase to drive home its argument: "Measure S isn't a solution to L.A.’s housing woes, it's a childish middle finger to City Hall. Vote no." Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti also recently announced his opposition to Measure S, as did the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition. Curbed Urbanism Editor Alissa Walker, whose name will be familiar to Planetizen readers, has also taken to Twitter.[fn]source: Panetizen