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By the way...pretty cool video of a couple of drones.
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Better than fireworks in a lot of ways.
How do you propose to do that? I don't know if you'd consider real estate trade organizations as left or right but they are constantly fighting new zoning regulations (as funded by developers, contractors etc that are both Left and Right). Tough to roll back existing zoning regulations when you're constantly fighting new ones. It's also tough when your fighting with time, resources and $$$ against other anti-business measures like the rollback of Prop 13 for commercial properties.
You also have to understand that oftentimes you have to pursue a General Plan Amendment before you can even get a zoning change. You know how long that takes? Years, on top of your regular entitlement process. Not many developers have the fortitude to invest that amount of time and money.
Like Russian collusion?
When the GOP runs California, let us know. I might not have to move. Gavin is a worthless piece of shit and you know it. Like every other democrat in 2023, it's all about keeping power by buying votes.
Newsom’s solution was to make it the city‘s problem. The city is required, by state law, to have an approved housing element. If a city doesn’t have an approved housing element, then the city loses the right to deny permits for qualified projects. So Newsom decided to stop approving the bogus housing elements most cities submit.
This way, when a city drags their feet on amending the General Plan, that’s not a barrier. Developers will submit projects under the builder’s remedy, and housing will get built.
The city is free to clutch their pearls all they want, and talk about how horribly difficult it is to rezone. They can even leave their old zoning maps in place. But the housing can get built despite those (now invalid) maps.
On the Governor's own website they cite SB6 and AB2011 as the bills to accomplish the above. Both have prevailing wage requirements. That basically kills any affordable housing coming as a result of these bills.
Anyone with a brain would have killed high speed rail years ago. Gavin Newsom hasn't done a single thing that's good. Maybe if he wasn't ass raped over unemployment/Covid benefits and actually did something productive with homelessness instead of grow it? But hey... he needs to uh... pause between... words to... dramatize his intelligence and... good hair to... chastise the governor who is taking taxpayers from him every single day.
And you are as much a partisan fanboy as anybody.
Awe... Railroad Joe and Breakfast Tacos Jill love their son. Hunter is "the smartest guy" The Big Guy knows. They support him as he rebuilds his life... and helps illegally fund their glorious retirement.
In that case, why don't you enlighten all the knuckle-draggers here as to why you created that thread? That will clear the muddy water you love to swim in so often.
Well look who jumped into the conversation this morning a little over an hour after @espola woke up and had his first cup of coffee. I'm guessing @espola realized @Hüsker Dü needed to up his post count so he signed him in for a "like" and a comment. How cute.
Outrage and anger? Where? Post it if you can find it. I'll wait. (Jeopardy music playing on a continuous loop while we wait..and wait..and wait.)
Bad guess.
Ok. I'll guess again. You had too much Baileys in that first cup of coffee, followed by the next...and the next. You haven't even realized you need to sign back in as @Hüsker Dü to reply. Maybe tomorrow. (Another possible bad guess on my part. Time will tell once the Baileys wears off.)
How have any of those policies worked out this far? From what I see and read, the “housing” crisis has only gotten worse in CA under Newsome.
How many people need to be living in their cars before you stop needing quotation marks to refer to the housing crisis?
That’s some serious “callousness“ you are showing to your fellow man.
There are tens of thousands of people living in their cars up here. We don’t need bonus punctuation to realize there is a problem.
I am happy to discuss solutions, and willing to admit that Newsom’s SF policies were naive and useless. But there are more than enough head in the sand folks up here. No need for one more.
Because it’s not a “homeless” problem it is a drug and mental illness problem. As long as it continues to be mislabeled I will use quotes. In the same manner I did with your “vaccine”.
I work n downtown LA and deal with it everyday. From people smoking meth outside my office window, watching drugged out, mentally ill people wandering in and out of traffic attacking people with various objects. Having them scream at the invisible person while standing on the side walk outside my office. Then there is the shit…literal shit. How many times have you left your office and look over to see someone’s bare ass a few feet away from you taking a shit? How many times have you seen families having to walk in the street to get to school because there is an encampment blocking the sidewalk?
I count 5-10 people each day as I drive thru DTLA actively doing drugs in public. How about you?
Run up against friction long enough, callous does develop.
Callousness v Ignorance…which is worse?
Why did you put "vaccine" in quotes? Do you think that strengthens your position?
Why do you stick you nose in conversations it doesn’t belong with your stupid questions?
If you wish to have a private conversation with someone, there are ways to do that. However, if you make a statement in public, you should expect responses.
I was talking about the people living in parked trailers. What drug addict can hold down a job well enough to buy an RV?
The vehicle dwellers are your dishwashers and gardeners.
Do you need the extra punctuation to be willing to discuss it?
Many addicts have "RV's" or trailers, unemployment, SS and/or they game the system for money. The stench coming from some of these vehicles is unbelievable. Many of the RV's are inoperable or were only operable enough to get to their current location. They're not showing up in 2022 Prevosts.