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Crazy conservative Essentially every level of government (including planning commissions) in every Bay Area and L.A. basin city in control of these things is

• astrange 9y ago
  Do you think city planning commissions are partisan? I'm pretty sure they follow the will of their constituents who show up to meetings - and if you've ever been to one, those people are rich, white-haired, and big fans of the status quo.
• epistasis 9y ago
  Party politics have almost nothing to do with politics at this local level. And there's nothing stopping people from having very conservative views about local matters but progressive views for others on the larger stage. That is quite frequent in California: progressive views are held until it affects personal advancement. And the same is quite true for conservatives in other parts of the country, values are held until they get in the way of personal advancement. (E.g. abortion bans are just for other people, but I'm a good person and in a hard situation so it's ok if I get one, but I'll be out protesting next week.)