That California NIMBY ideology is moving away from justifying land use controls in terms of externalities and towards arguments that economic growth needs to be restricted so prices don't rise and everything can stay the same is notable http://www.scag.ca.gov/committees/CommitteeDocLibrary/cehd080119Item01-John-Mirisch-073119.pdf …
-
-
Pro-tip, if you own a $2-3M property and you're paying <$1K in taxes per year from a $35K purchase price in the 1970s, that assessment doesn't keep up w/ the cost of schools, fire, police so the city has to find it somewhere else = GROWTH.https://48hills.org/2017/11/housing-crisis-caused-much-growth/ …
-
Pro-tip, if you advocate signing contracts that aren't adequately funded upfront that produce unfunded liabilities 30 yrs in the future, forcing your pension fund to put more capital into high-risk asset classes, you might be part of the growth machine:https://www.pionline.com/article/20190401/PRINT/190409988/calpers-not-alone-on-private-equity-shift …
- 4 more replies
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.