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Patent attorney, astrophysicist, & Stack-and-Packist 🏙️🥑🔋⛷️. Ready to help enforce state housing law.
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Newsom really stepping up here. Hope he also applies pressure for sb79.
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You need to enclose that starting research and move the wheel to get it to be a lab.
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Oh you're activating hard mode more than I ever have. Good luck
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Did you accidentally open a volcano?
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I've made liquid uranium on purpose for melting rockets, but this seems unintentional....
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Musicians annoyed they have to work for donations. Come on.
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Everything gets shittier in the name of car brain aesthetics.
Giant front hoods kill and block sight.
Oversized wheels ruin handling.
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So can the builder prefer the smaller for their independent reasons? Yes obviously.
But can the public sue if there's a hint that approval was condition on the shrinking? Also yes.
Weird. Stuff. Hence my ideal remedy is forcing approval of both
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The main question would likely be if the original project was objectively zoning compliant, or was asking for a rezone.
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It's a very funky legal situation. The rights involved are essentially public. It's not just the builder v the city.
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It also doesn't really matter that the builder acquiesced. These are rights held by those eligible to reside in the housing, not just the builder.
The remedy is ideally forcing approval of both versions.
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I don't believe that predates the relevant laws.
That they resubmitted is very similar to the Lafayette and not dispositive. The argument would be they were effectively denied in their larger and thus approval was illegally conditioned on shrinking. That's the Lafayette case to a T.
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In the form of larger allowed building envelopes, allowance of single stair, allowance of exterior stair, funding for any affordability mandates, etc.
Yup.
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Especially if the new budget CEQA compromise gets passed, with its new clause extending the PSA to ministerial permits
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I'm excited more for the precedent than the likelihood it'll move the needle. Ministerial approval where their typical delayed exemption nonsense cannot occur.
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Perhaps the original project was asking for a variance though. That would be different.
It's interesting at least that the locals seem aware they cannot shrink the project.
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Recall that Sonja sued over a similar approval of a downsized project, since state law prohibits conditioning of approval on shrinking.
sonja-trauss.squarespace.com/lafayette0
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I was nervous she'd be similar to early Jesse, thrilled to be proven wrong.
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I think below inflation rent control is destructive policy and a takings, and I'm still with you that the how is clear. Very silly stuff.
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Sure, but the 9-0 vote in support was still a giant refusal of the old NIMBYs. Love to see it.
So many great young commenters. Especially loved the son in support after his parents spoke in opposition. Perfection.
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Next up is a young person who says that his parents spoke earlier against the proposal, but he's here to speak in favor of it! Lots of laughter in the audience.
Notes that Texas and Minneapolis are becoming more diverse, and it's because they're building housing.
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Winters with snow once a decade. But skiing a few hours up the mountain.
Summers with overnight cooling.
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I'm from the central valley. It's very very hot in the heat of the day. But it's so nice to have warm evenings. It's so nice that central house fans are useful. It's even kind of nice to have the searing dry heat, for days on the lake or water park.
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Interesting.
As long as it's no stricter than the current proposal, I will be overjoyed with the CEQA exemption generally, even if it needs minor cleanup later on the tribal consultation process.
I guess we'll see...
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incredibly offensive language, I'm hopeful the legislators see it for the overreach it is, and embrace a the mostly-clean compromise as-is
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you think it's going to have no wage requirements - or just maintaining the current proposal (which appear to be mostly fine)?
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"prevailing wage" being a very misleading term for well above typical market wages.
The budget deal does include some elevated minimum wage requirements, but they are mostly in line with actual construction industry labor rates, unlike "prevailing wage."
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I fear the upzoning is too small, doesn't come with bonus for more naturally affordable smaller homes that inherently need more common space like halfways, and will thus result in a small amount of more expensive housing. While not a bad outcome per se, it will be fodder for the opposition
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The amount they're centering what other groups are doing instead of policy is wild.
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Literally here's them saying it's a good bill but they won't cross their affiliate.
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Bay area 350 refused my efforts to get them to endorse sb423, because their so cal affiliate (run by a left-nimby) was already opposed.
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It's a nexus study level of nonsense. Whoever ordered the EIR put their thumb on the scale.
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If you ignore the capacity to divide land value by multiple homes, sure. But you shouldn't.
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Any democrats that want to tax new housing via super high labor wage requirements have two choices from my perspective. Pay for that with general taxes, or GTFO of office.
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At least Newsom is pushing publicly here. Not surprising that many Democrats are terrible, but so critical we win this CEQA exemption.
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Podcast on Mamdani talked about how he went to an area of the city Trump performed better in, and talked to Trump voters. They reported caring very much about cost of living issues! Mamdani clearly did well with that focus.