friend and colleague Sam Tepperman-Gelfant re: the Governor’s Housing Proposal http://cal.streetsblog.org/2016/07/05/damientalks-42-sam-tepperman-gelfant-and-the-governors-housing-proposal/#.V31Bj9Wq-rM.twitter … via @streetsblogcal
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Sam helped approve 12K housing units in Concord, with >25% being affordable. He's a thoughtful advocate who understands nuance
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Sam doesn't understand the relevant academic literature. Neighborhood review increases racial & class segregation.
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It's a tool of segregationists. Progressives need to drop it.
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1) The vast majority of the time the only people who can make the time to come to hearings are wealthy retirees.
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2) "Community review" is hardly community review. Only those w/ particular interests participate in the system.
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3) The general interest is better represented at the polls, rather than Thurs afternoons during working hours.
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and lets not forget that who goes to the polls is also highly determined by class, race, & age.
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The question is not "what system is perfect" it's "what system is better." Voting > hearings
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hearings enable a discussion/probing that our electoral clusterfuck simply doesn't allow. not either/or
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This theorizing is such bullshit. Look at the results - hearings worsen segregation and inequality.
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