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California needs to lighten up on regulations. I like California. I have lived here my entire life, but the regulations/fees/fines are outrageous. I looked i
by hellbannedguy 5y ago
California needs to lighten up on regulations.
I like California. I have lived here my entire life, but the regulations/fees/fines are outrageous.
I looked into buying some property years ago near Bolinas. I asked the Realator why it was so cheap. She said you can't build-- can't even set up a tent. You can't even take a nap on the land. He, "So what's it good for?". Her, "Maybe leech lines?".
Want to build your cabin, or home.
In my town, of San anselmo, the town council decides pretty much every aspect of your build down to window placement (Homeowner might see Karen naked if that window isn't higher. They even ok your roof type, wether you use stucco, or shiplap, and even the Petunias in your front yard.
Neusom is trying, but ADU's are being used by rich people to gain more house footage.
And there's a part of me that wants all building stopped until we figure out this water problem.
- zbrozek 5y agoIf there's another major earthquake it'll take the Bay Area seventy years to get the permits to rebuild half of what was already standing.
- phone8675309 5y agoIf another major earthquake hits the Bay Area in the next twenty years then it's a sign from god that the Bay Area was a mistake.
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- DoreenMichele 5y agoDon't be silly. A lot of it is no longer legal to build and will never be rebuilt.
- zbrozek 5y agoThat's the other half.
- adrianN 5y agoMaybe they don't rebuild the sprawling car-centric infrastructure they currently have.
- kybernetyk 5y agoBut without highway overpasses where will all the homeless and drug addicts go?
- syshum 5y agoDon't be silly. In California the homeless do not live under highways. They live anywhere they damn feel including your front yard Don't you dare complain about it and when they shit on your path just call up the local poop patrol who will come out in 2-4 weeks to clean that up
- TimTheTinker 5y agoDefinitely happens in SF - the behavior of homeless there is rather shocking to outsiders. But there are parts of California where you don't see that. I live in a conservative county and the worst I see is illegal panhandling next to freeway exits.
- kybernetyk 5y agoYou're getting downvoted for telling the uncomfortable truth.
- syshum 5y agoI am used to it. The ability to see the world though an objective non-emotional lens is a skill many do not have unfortunately, that is after all how government retains power by way of emotional manipulation of the population mainly through fear or jealousy
- cronix 5y agoThat's where some people are apparently going wrong. Some people have already figured out that you don't actually need a septic system, and it's completely legal. Just poop on the ground and call a phone number already set up explicitly for the purpose of having them come clean it up for you, at taxpayer expense. Just say you're homeless in that camper on your own land and you won't be required to put in a septic.
- Robotbeat 5y agoIt’s agriculture that is causing the water problem, and desalination is cheap for residential purposes.
- skybrian 5y agoBut sometimes fiercely resisted. I don’t know if the desalination plant will happen near Monterey.
- rocqua 5y agoWhat are the public arguments against desalination? Are there any interests at risk?
- mixmastamyk 5y agoIf not done properly it can kill sea life.
- Gibbon1 5y agoLot of liberals think about development the same way conservatives think about government. AKA starve the beast. Conservatives by trying to cut taxes. Liberals block things that they think enable development.
- mcny 5y agoTwo questions: 1. What is the power source? 2. Where does the extra salty brine go after desalination? These aren't big questions for small operations but become important for larger plants.
- Robotbeat 5y agoI mean, these questions have simple and quick answers. 1) The California Grid. and 2) The nearby ocean. The briny water can be made as close in salt content to seawater as you want, it just increases costs slightly. I think what you're saying is that environmental review takes years. But I don't think delays really help the environment. They just slow progress.
- xvector 5y agoI find it amazing that these regulations exist but apartments aren't even required to have AC. I remember spending many a summer in the Bay trying to survive by putting ice cubes in front of my desk fan in the day, under my pillow at night, etc. It was especially bad on days where fires meant that opening the window was bad for health. When I first arrived, I was shocked to realize that AC was considered a luxury feature in the Bay. I've lived in dwellings in developing countries better capable of managing summer heat than most Bay Area apartments.
- eyelidlessness 5y agoYou probably shouldn’t move to Seattle. Quite a bit hotter summertime, and quite a lot of rentals explicitly prohibit AC window units.
- alexilliamson 5y agoTrue about the AC. But Seattle is slightly cooler year-round, right?
- ghaff 5y agoProbably depends where in the Bay Area you're talking about. The microclimates vary a lot. SF or the Santa Cruz mountains is one thing. The middle of Silicon Valley is something else.
- eyelidlessness 5y agoI compared average temperatures with a few SV cities and the Seattle average is indeed lower than some. I compared recent years and it’s the opposite. Our all-time record this year (112-116 depending on where measurements were taken) certainly threw some of the averages off. But Seattle summers have been increasingly hot for the better part of a decade and I don’t expect that to trend the opposite way.
- jtms 5y agoIn new york a bunch of people use those portable rolling type units that sit inside and vent out the window with a big flexible accordion style tube. Always an option if a window banger isn't and much easier/safer to install/uninstall.
- webinvest 5y agoThis may be too blasphemous for some people but Democrats appease lobbyists and donors by adding regulations to law and Republicans appease lobbyists and donors by cutting regulations from law. Independents, moderates and third parties strike a balance between regulation and deregulation depending on their platform and beliefs. California usually only elects Democrats. So California has a ton of regulations.
- gumby 5y agoI suspect “can’t even put up a tent” was an exaggeration (but can’t live there indefinitely). But laws like that are why houses don’t collapse in earthquakes, landslides are uncommon, sewage systems are adequate for load and don’t kill people, etc. I am surprised that a public town can make aesthetic choices, though set of potential roof material can reasonably be regulated to prevent spread of fire. I agree that is absurd. A lot of regulation (speed limits, electrical outlets every six feet, fireproof and firefighter safe roofing, automobile pollution level…) are ways to think of things ahead of time that you are unlikely to remember to think of properly for yourself. There are dumb or egregious ones (municipal aesthetic codes) but most are for externalities (bread is safe to eat and your home isn’t a firetrap, which would threaten not just me but possibly you too). Residential water use is a small percentage of California’s water consumption. Growing rice and cotton in a desert with free water is the problem.