(SJ has severe financial issues). Built a ton of residential, then Prop. 13 killed its financial structure.http://www.spur.org/publications/spur-report/2016-05-12/back-black …
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@chappiejones is the only reasonable person on this panel. Supported stronger tenant rights, mixed-use housing & transit villages.3 replies 3 retweets 39 likes -
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@chappiejones: Where are our teachers going to live, our firemen, our baristas? They can't keep commuting from Tracy.6 replies 10 retweets 54 likes -
1) Michael Goldman, Sunnyvale CM, says building more won't reduce housing. See Manhattan, he says.
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2) However, Sunnyvale's median home price is $1.47M https://www.zillow.com/sunnyvale-ca/home-values/ … and Manhattan's median is $1.24M https://www.zillow.com/manhattan-new-york-ny/home-values/ … LOL
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3) He also says Hong Kong would be affordable if building more reduced housing costs. (HK is 50% PUBLIC HOUSING.)
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@chappiejones asks audience: "Who here has lived in other cities that had high-density housing? Did the density automatically create slums?3 replies 1 retweet 14 likes -
Moderator asks panelists about jobs-to-housing ratio. Lydia Kou mentions Palo Alto's 3-to-1 ratio. Doesn't mention any solutions.
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OMG, the moderator mentions that she commutes four hours a day to work and back from San Jose.
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Pigs flying! Scharf said sth I agree with -- a developed country is not where the poor have cars, but where the rich use public transit.
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Goldman, who campaigned on his career at the EPA working on auto emissions: "Forget about public transit."
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It's amazing I'm at a gathering of Silicon Valley city council leaders, and *no one* is talking about autonomous vehicles in transit policy.
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@RoKhannaUSA leaves the building without time for public comment or questions. Audience is angry.4 replies 0 retweets 22 likes - 15 more replies
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