When local officials talk about how they need control rather than focusing on how a policy might solve problems, they reveal their priorities: their own local power. State officials are elected democratically. Pick whatever style of democracy that SOLVES PROBLEMS above all else.
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"They say we have a housing crisis, but then they don't take action. ..if we had a health crisis, people would move quickly. ...but many people say, 'well, I've got a home, so how bad can it be?'" - Sonoma Councilmember
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"We need more people, we need more types of housing... ...We all know it's true: certain jurisdictions do a lot to stop housing."
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Sonoma is taking this crisis extremely seriously, and more of the elected officials need credit. Supervisor
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Reminder that it's now midnight and folks are steadily turning into pumpkins.pic.twitter.com/qqSKE2Q2YQ
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Crowd gets a bit disruptive as landlord on ABAG talks about how he pays a lot of taxes and that business can't take too much, and there will be a taxpayer revolt. The landlords clap. Tenants mutter.
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Marin is outlining how they're doing good. "We're doing our job, just as much as we can." YIMBYs look at one another meaningfully.pic.twitter.com/fW4ADltslF
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We'll have the list of votes later... but for now... 21 votes YES. 9 votes NO. (one absent). CASA at ABAG passes!pic.twitter.com/4KgxBGIz5n
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