The shame game

The author is 1000% correct. 1if you convert La Quinta to housing similar to Shores Landing in Redwood Shores there will be built in negatives from day one.

HomeKey, MidPen, Callagy and Canepa will spew forth promises that will be a memory in less than two weeks.

The above mentioned foursome will verbalize how they will have their own management employees in house to mitigate the behavior of poor behavior, drugs, alcohol and general unrest.

It won't happen. The first thing residents of Millbrae will notice is how many police will be pulled away from other duties to respond to 911 calls.

Next will come loitering and reports around schools of unsavory characters lurking.

Then grocery stores loss prevention deficits will skyrocket and anybody associated with the La Quinta conversion will deny there is any relationship.

Learn from your past mistakes. County employees making 200 thousand dollars will force their poorly thought out agenda on the residents of Millbrae.

If the city council and the residents of Millbrae cave in and let the conversion happen then you will shortly never be able to recognize Millbrae as it is currently.

Thanks for your letter, Mr. Donnelly, and for your comment, JustMike650. Keep the letters, testimonials and the warnings coming, early and often.

Hello, Tim

Part and parcel of the county's proposal for Millbrae is a promise to assign more law enforcement resources to the project. Why would the county commit extra resources to the area near the supportive housing site unless an increase in calls for service are being anticipated by the county?

Should we be trying to shoehorn the homeless into already densely developed areas? Perhaps we can look at sites like acreage off Seaport Blvd in Redwood City. Only a mile or two east of Highway 101, it can easily be connected with shuttles to shops, services, and a transit hub. We could provide housing that is more like a real home instead of a hotel room. Go the other direction... there should be nothing sacrosanct about potential housing sites close to I-280. Again, easily connected to shops, services, and transportation that connects to jobs up and down the Peninsula.

City councils could help with supportive housing if they would end their fixation with rubberstamping commercial developments. Those developments routinely include provisions for the creation of some affordable housing below market, but that's not the same as supportive housing. Squeeze the developers for monies to help fund some supportive housing.

Great post - ..... " get these folks back on the right path and not allow self destructive behavior. Every life is precious, and we all want to see everyone make the most of theirs.