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Very few people are pro- or anti- local control in general. People have specific policy goals, and achieve those goals at the level (local, state, federal) wher
by yaacov 8y ago
Very few people are pro- or anti- local control in general. People have specific policy goals, and achieve those goals at the level (local, state, federal) where they’re most feasible. There’s no hypocrisy there.
- rsync 8y agoI encourage you to read the local progressive press in San Francisco - for instance, the 48 hills blog[1]. There is a serious and growing sentiment that removing local housing authority and controls is the proper solution to these problems. In fact, there are governmental working bodies that are moving in this direction - Plan Bay Area comes to mind, as well as Governor Newsome's proposed transportation funding mechanism[2]. Or just read the literature from the Yimby party in SF[3] - see part VI, bullet #2 ... [1] https://48hills.org/ https://48hills.org/ [2] https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2019/01/gavin-newsom-housing-reform-transportation-budget-homeless/580192/ https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2019/01/gavin-newsom-... [3] https://yimbyaction.org/sf/platform/ https://yimbyaction.org/sf/platform/