Southern California Director @HACdotorg
City Councilmember @santamonicacity
Jan 26 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Bc Measure ULA reform will get a vote on Tuesday it’s time I share a personal story.
I was approached in 2021 by advocates working on a permanent source of funding for affordable housing in LA.
As a big proponent of affordable housing, I was all in. What could go wrong? (1/11)
At the time, advocates weren't set on where the revenues should come from, but soon the idea of a real estate transfer tax came into focus.
Having read @ShaneDPhillips 2020 paper on this subject, I was intrigued... but also wary. (2/11)
We’re living in a remarkable moment where every major progressive/ liberal Democrat agrees we cannot solve our segregation, homelessness, and climate crises until we get serious about ending exclusionary zoning.
And yet so many local dems haven’t caught up. 🧵
The @JoeBiden White House has been on a tear, demonstrating how exclusionary zoning fuels racial segregation, consigns people of color to poorly performing schools and heat islands, and causes more than 30 percent of the Black-white racial wealth gap. whitehouse.gov/cea/written-ma…
