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They do in San Francisco. There's the power of the referendum (for instance, Prop C 2016), but more importantly, there's the power of the "community review" [1]
by GeneralMayhem 8y ago
They do in San Francisco. There's the power of the referendum (for instance, Prop C 2016), but more importantly, there's the power of the "community review" [1], with which a dedicated neighbor can stall construction for years by forcing reviews and appeals. The rules in other Bay Area cities are slightly different in construction, but not in result.
[1] https://hoodline.com/2015/11/sf-planning-101-how-community-input-affects-the-building-process https://hoodline.com/2015/11/sf-planning-101-how-community-i...
- masonic 8y agoThey do in San Francisco. Hence the "generally". Those particular 47 square miles excluded. There's the power of the refererendum (for instance, Prop C) Prop C was a charter amendment, not a referendum. "Referendum" has a specific legal meaning in CA and is almost never used because the signature threshold is the same as for Initiative statues that you can bend however you want. Referendum takes just as much work with far less utility. a dedicated neighbor can stall construction for years by forcing reviews Again a random "dedicated neighbor" has no power to "force" anything... even in SF. In SF, especially, it's money that talks.