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Yeah they're already doing that in Santa Cruz and it sucks across the board. Evidence: I live there and I like to go to open houses just to gloat at how badly
by scottlegrand2 7y ago
Yeah they're already doing that in Santa Cruz and it sucks across the board.
Evidence: I live there and I like to go to open houses just to gloat at how badly people have f*ed up otherwise perfectly workable floor plans to make a little extra cash.
OTOH reducing the cost of in-law unit permits to zero across the board would work wonders.
- jmspring 7y agoA lot of those conversions are illegal and substandard. It has been going on for decades. The various city fees for a 500 sq ft ADU, when I investigated it about a decade ago, ran well into 20-30% of the budget for the ADU.
- scottlegrand2 7y agoYou are preaching to the choir here. I loved when Micah Posner, one of the chief NIMBYs of Santa Cruz, turned out to be an illegal ADU slumlord. That in my opinion explains a lot about how Santa Cruz really works. Or as I refer to it to outsiders: Mayberry politics by the sea.
- georgeburdell 7y ago“Standard” is one of the reasons costs are so high. New builds and large remodels in my city require overhead sprinkler systems... why? 2 car garages too, even though everyone I know uses them for storage or as a workshop. We need to lower housing standards if we want to house everyone.