Another thing, RE âthe state can always sueâ. There is not anywhere near enough lawyers in the ATGâs office working on this to possibly hold bad-faith cities accountable through lawsuits alone.
No, we are not going to undue years of reform even if the prize is Costa-Hawkins.
See it in Palo Alto, Atherton, Wild-Cat Sanctuary Woodside (hear about that one?). But of course, This Time Is DifferentâŚ
Look, what is going on here is well-intentioned orgs and people (including yourself perhaps) want to use AHFâs pharma-scam slush fund to take on the Apartment Association and repeal Costa-Hawkins. A noble goal in itself. Devils bargains with AHF always end in tears: www.latimes.com/homeless-hou...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded a $10-million grant this month to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation to assist tenants in low-income developments with organizing. But foundati...
Even if that were true, a multiyear court fight during which projects languish and die is a victory in itself.
More to the point: why not do a clean repeal of Costa Hawkins? Why push the affordable % determination to municipalities?? And why is this coming from the man and org that has fought every measure since the YIMBY movement began to increase municipal accountability? Why?
affluent municipalities seeking to derail projects.
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Susan Atkins, Buffy Wicks, Scott Wiener and a multitude of our pro-tenant allies have already called bullshit. For the past 3 years, me snd members of my org have been fighting Palo Alto to produce a semi-honest Housing Element. The local affordable % lever will absolutely be abused by
When Republican NIMBY City Council members say that they intend to use 33 to torpedo multifamily in affluent communities, I take them at their word: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
