Regarding the April 18 story, “Resistance is fierce for duplex law,” I read 240 cities in California have opposed the bill, i.e. Senate Bill 9. There are approximately 480 cities in California. So half of the cities in California have registered their rejection of this neighborhood-killing legislation. I suspect there are many more cities in California that dislike this bill but don’t have the political courage to stand up to their special interest contributors or a few Sacramento politicians. Senate Bill 9 is not a pro-housing bill, it is a pro-development bill and designed to steal the rights of local communities to maintain their own land use policies.
Well written, Mr. Altscher. A major reason to not support any politicians who supported this special interest return on investment. That means (based on recent LTE’s) don’t vote for Ms. Giselle Hale as she’s a big supporter of SB9.
You are absolutely right. SB9 was intended to fill Democrat coffers with dollars from developers while deflecting from their failure to do something about housing. What they should do is switch the funding from the HSR to building faster commuter rail transit to areas with more affordable homes.
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Well written, Mr. Altscher. A major reason to not support any politicians who supported this special interest return on investment. That means (based on recent LTE’s) don’t vote for Ms. Giselle Hale as she’s a big supporter of SB9.
You are absolutely right. SB9 was intended to fill Democrat coffers with dollars from developers while deflecting from their failure to do something about housing. What they should do is switch the funding from the HSR to building faster commuter rail transit to areas with more affordable homes.
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