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OK! We’re about to start #SB827 hearing with Sen. @Scott_Wiener. The bill would allow for 4-to-5 story buildings near transit. You can watch live here: senate.ca.gov
.@Scott_Wiener: "The status quo isn’t working and we need to do things different. We need an enormous amount of housing at all income levels … In California we have made a conscious decision that housing simply doesn’t matter."
.@Scott_Wiener: "Local control over housing is important but it is not biblical."
I'm at the Board of Appeals tonight for a little one unit house on a vacant lot.
The primary objection is that "no one could have expected that this lot be a home."
Well, why was it zoned for housing? Someone clearly expected it to be a home...
The primary objection is that "no one could have expected that this lot be a home."
Well, why was it zoned for housing? Someone clearly expected it to be a home...
Concern for "scale" with neighborhood got a bedroom lopped off, in order to cater to the housing secure who live on his block.
What are the rules? What are the hight limits? Why are they arbitrary?
What are the rules? What are the hight limits? Why are they arbitrary?
Troy worked for years with his planner at the Planning Department, only to have the Planning Commission make a completely arbitrary finding to scale the house back.
This is where we lose units. This is that death by a thousand cuts.
This is where we lose units. This is that death by a thousand cuts.
