#131 - Christopher Hawthorne, Chief Design Officer of Los Angeles on the 2028 Olympics, Solving the Housing Crisis, and Elon Musk's Tunnel System

Christopher Hawthorne was the Architecture Critic for the LA Times for 14 years prior to starting his position in city government. He has also taught at Occidental College, UC Berkeley, Columbia,and SCIARC and won an Emmy as Executive Producer of the program "Third L.A. with Architecture Critic Christopher Hawthorne". Mayor Garcetti Appoints First Chief Design Officer

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