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It's not just SF, I sat in on some such meetings in Mountain View. It's petty tyrants in positions of power showing the plebes the extent of their authority. On
by oppositelock 7y ago
It's not just SF, I sat in on some such meetings in Mountain View. It's petty tyrants in positions of power showing the plebes the extent of their authority. One of them even acknowledged that everything was up to code in a restaurant, but they wanted changes made anyway due to subjective aesthetics.
- kapuasuite 7y agoAnd somehow this all passes Constitutional muster...
- Ohn0 7y agoDoes anyone really care about the Constitution anymore? At least in SF, I doubt so.
- Decade 7y agoSadly, the racist Supreme Court under former President Taft ruled that the city does have pretty much unrestricted ability to interfere with what people do in their homes and businesses, as a police power. Euclid v. Ambler (1926) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_of_Euclid_v._Ambler_Realty_Co https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_of_Euclid_v._Ambler_Re....
- masonic 7y agothe racist Supreme Court under former President Taft It was a 6-3 decision, and one of the dissenters was, in fact, a Taft nominee.
- zip1234 7y agoAlmost every single zoning rule or HOA rule out there is based on subjective aesthetics without taking into account the immense tradeoffs.