What the hell? I love you SF, but...as a friend...you have lost your goddamned minds.
Lafayette will face a lawsuit next week from an SF housing group that says it hasn't built enough housing: wp.me/p6YW4L-1g2B
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@johnolilly And how do you propose causing enough housing construction in the bay area to reduce redistribution of wealth to landowners?
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@davidbaron I don't, but I don't believe other cities have the burden to solve that problem.
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@johnolilly We can't just have an entire metro area full of cities declaring themselves "for rich people only".
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@davidbaron I think that is needlessly over general and antagonistic characterization -- not what i usually get from you. :)
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@johnolilly Well, the panel discussion last night (in cited article; I was there) had plenty of real examples. Sure, not whole metro area.
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@davidbaron I believe that Palo Alto and other cities should build higher density. 100%. I do not believe that casting aspersions on motives
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@johnolilly @davidbaron what other mechanism exists to address broader harm caused by city-level decisions?
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@gavinsharp @davidbaron we have plenty of ways to bring referenda to state voters to change the way things work. More in CA than anywhere.
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@johnolilly @gavinsharp And Lafayette is being sued for failure to comply with existing state law.
Dec 4, 2015 · 6:06 AM UTC
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