Coordinating Counties to Slow Development

Thank you for your inspirational piece on the Lipkis couple (“The Green Team” by Connie Koenenn, July 20). It warms my heart to know about these community building efforts. I think Los Angeles can do a lot to promote these concepts. However, it is difficult to imagine that the powers that be, with Southern California’s explosive growth, can coordinate other cash-poor cities to do the same. We need to coordinate counties, not just cities, to slow growth.

ANDREW BASMAJIAN

Santa Monica