Y does LAT regularly quote at length folks like Manville, but never an urban geographer?
This is a bold-faced lie.
Removing development requirements only ensures greater profits (& often higher land value). It does NOT lower prices!
The way to lower prices is to MANDATE IT.
This is a bold-faced lie.
Removing development requirements only ensures greater profits (& often higher land value). It does NOT lower prices!
The way to lower prices is to MANDATE IT.
https://twitter.com/laurafriedman43/status/1574054805181382656
And weird (but understandable) to see Garcetti carrying our flag.
#AB2097 eliminates the lone (paltry, flawed but better than nothing) optional inclusionary zoning policy (around transit stops) that exists for the 99% of CA cities.
Calling this a win for equity is insulting.
#AB2097 eliminates the lone (paltry, flawed but better than nothing) optional inclusionary zoning policy (around transit stops) that exists for the 99% of CA cities.
Calling this a win for equity is insulting.
This is the result of a well-funded campaign to deregulate housing development & thereby ANY POSSIBLE LEVERAGE locals have to push speculative/for-profit market-rate developers to be slightly responsive to the current need for affordable & mod-income housing.
It’s insane.
It’s insane.
It is literally the exact opposite of what needs to be done, & I argue that is intentional. Shouldn’t be shocking though: history is filled w/Democratic politicians pushing urban cleansing/remake. The current scale of it though is shocking.
This history and an explanation of the current forces & circumstances that are leading to our worsening housing crisis can be easily explained by an urban geographer. Instead LAT gives head YIMBY econ prof essentially an op-ed.
Another bold-faced lie.
Not even in the Koch Bros financed studies (often filled with conditions), does it say increased unit production puts lowers prices.
THAT’S NEVER OCCURRED.
And in gentrifying communities we absolutely know what lots of market-rate units do.
Not even in the Koch Bros financed studies (often filled with conditions), does it say increased unit production puts lowers prices.
THAT’S NEVER OCCURRED.
And in gentrifying communities we absolutely know what lots of market-rate units do.
And folks need to stop pushing for developer profits/wholesale deregulation under the false claim of supporting affordable housing production.
It was completely within the legislature’s ability to LIMIT the elimination of parking minimums to SOLELY affordable housing projects.
It was completely within the legislature’s ability to LIMIT the elimination of parking minimums to SOLELY affordable housing projects.
Wow. It’s worse than I thought.
Bill initially had an affordability requirement for 40-unit plus projects for the removal of parking minimums & they stripped it out of the bill! #AB2097
Bill initially had an affordability requirement for 40-unit plus projects for the removal of parking minimums & they stripped it out of the bill! #AB2097
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