2/ DYING (however, click through and read the reason story. It's actually VERY similar - a corrupt building department official took bribes to nod-and-wink at something that broke the law).https://twitter.com/anomalyuk/status/1418210694181232640 …
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Rural Travis County TX didn't used to require building permits and it did just fine
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the topic is "San Francisco and its existing government policies", not Travis County TX
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Honestly, have you ever heard of someone just building something against regulations and hoping the local government will give them a pass?
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yes, but it's mostly residential homeowners building sheds or similar. however the government is so autistic they'll notice on the satellite images if you do these days
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It’s like this guy has never met a city bureaucrat before… “Yeah we don’t have permits for these apartments, but are you really gonna knock them down and make people homeless?” Bureaucrat: *ignoring him while telling the demo crew to get started*
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they don't even have to demolish. the developer can sell the units, say they're waiting for approval from local gov't for occupancy. when approval never comes, the intended occupants are left both holding the bag *and* homeless. not all of them will be able to afford to sue
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Inspectors are a disappearing breed. Good ones are already gone. Contractors are getting away with what will likely be electrical fire murder. The code books are used for kindling, these days.
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All true. I can tell you exactly how this will be fixed though: the developer will hire a certain former mayor/former Assembly Speaker’s law firm to “handle” the mess. Fee will be high 6 figures or more. 3 months later, presto chango……pic.twitter.com/vF319tSUbJ
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San Francisco makes the worst parts of grifter’s New Orleans and NJ/NY/Rhode Island’s mobbed up construction shitshow look like kindergarten class.
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