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We can't simply assume that removing those regulations will result in a disaster. Look at the actual data. Find, the regulations which limit the most building
by pascalxus 9y ago
We can't simply assume that removing those regulations will result in a disaster. Look at the actual data. Find, the regulations which limit the most building - maybe they're not even safety related. many parts of CEQA for instance does nothing to help the environment but has prevented huge amounts of housing. And for those that are safety related, maybe there's a way to alter them or at least get rid of them just temporarily until the homeless emergency has been mitigated. Anything is better than leaving people out on the street - in any case, that's not a decision you or i should make, but rather the people it affects.
- s73ver_ 9y ago"We can't simply assume that removing those regulations will result in a disaster. " Yes, we absolutely can. If business can get around it, they will. And then when an earthquake hits, all that housing is destroyed.
- peoplewindow 9y agoIt's not impossible to build taller buildings than what you get in the valley that are still earthquake safe. Even just burying parking lots underground would probably 1.5x the amount of space available for building.
- s73ver_ 9y ago"And for those that are safety related, maybe there's a way to alter them or at least get rid of them just temporarily until the homeless emergency has been mitigated. Anything is better than leaving people out on the street" I don't buy that argument for a second. Take, for instance, the Grenfell tower fire. Regulations were ignored, and 68 people died because of it.