Where is Scott Wiener going to house all the skilled construction workers his building boom will require? There aren’t enough workers in California to fill the need, thereby necessitating the demand for workers from other states, thereby increasing California’s population in the high density hot spots. Guess how they will…
SB 827: More of the Same, Even with Amendments
SB 827: More of the Same, Even with Amendments By Dick Platkin and Casey Maddren* LA Mayor Eric Garcetti has waffled State Senator Scott Wiener’s SB 827, a bill that would do away with local zoning restrictions in transit-rich areas. Garcetti’s initial concern was adding protection for existing rent-stabilized units.…
LGBT Activists Fight YIMBY Gentrification
“Developers have seized on desperate times by funding the build-now, apologize-later movement called Yes-In-My-Back-Yard (YIMBY). Its followers believe that building more market-rate condos that are unaffordable to most will be the Reagan-esque trickle-down policy to end the housing crisis. Victoria Fierce, a white techie with purple hair who moved to…