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The fact is that American laws and policies are being set-up to serve only constituent - older baby boomers. This is especially true at the local level. I went
by dmode 7y ago
The fact is that American laws and policies are being set-up to serve only constituent - older baby boomers. This is especially true at the local level. I went to a city council meeting for my city, and it was 90% older white folks. Although the city is young and 60% Asian. There was constant stream of anti-development voices, with hardly anyone to counter them. This is almost non representative of the majority view, but younger people with work, commutes, and kids simply cannot attend these meetings. I have heard recently that SF is moving towards a representative focus group model to get community input instead of this random council meetings. That is the path forward. Abandon these open forums that only serves retirees. Increase outreach, create focus groups, and be more representative of the city's makeup
- dominotw 7y agodepends on who owns the houses. I live in a suburb in bay area where population is almost all house owners are indian and chinese. They have the same preferences as "older baby boomers". Are you implying that if in your case if they were reversed we would see some sort of different outcomes? Asians are more open to getting their house values going down by new development?
- dmode 7y agoI am just saying that input should be taken from a population that represents the city by moving away from a process that biases input