Indeed CASA does not specifically identify a source of revenue to support the expenditures CASA would incur. However, the compact notes next steps include encouraging and promoting legislation that would provide such revenue. California legislators are busy as we speak doing just that. Of…
Indeed, there is no free lunch. But RM 3 is not good lunch. It piles up on an already unaffordable cost of living in the Bay Area, it weakens the rules on what is a fee and what is a tax, costs will be paid mainly by lower-income commuters in Alameda to subsidize projects in higher-income S…
Thanks for this article. This is a perfect example of legislators creating a problem, and then demanding inappropriate solutions that create even more problems. No, cities and counties did not create the housing affordability crisis; state legislators and regional bureaucrats did, by herdi…
Marcy commented on CASA Compact — A Pandora’s Box
Indeed CASA does not specifically identify a source of revenue to support the expenditures CASA would incur. However, the compact notes next steps include encouraging and promoting legislation that would provide such revenue. California legislators are busy as we speak doing just that. Of…
Marcy commented on Toll-hike measure aims to ease congestion
Indeed, there is no free lunch. But RM 3 is not good lunch. It piles up on an already unaffordable cost of living in the Bay Area, it weakens the rules on what is a fee and what is a tax, costs will be paid mainly by lower-income commuters in Alameda to subsidize projects in higher-income S…
Marcy commented on Housing bill raising local control fight
Thanks for this article. This is a perfect example of legislators creating a problem, and then demanding inappropriate solutions that create even more problems. No, cities and counties did not create the housing affordability crisis; state legislators and regional bureaucrats did, by herdi…