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Which of the two chief executives tagged in this Twitter thread is supposed to have the legal authority to unilaterally overrule Long Beach’s zoning ordinances?

Which of the two chief executives tagged in this Twitter thread is supposed to have the legal authority to unilaterally overrule Long Beach’s zoning ordinances? Surely it isn’t newsom, but I bet Biden has even less authority. This is not a judgment on the merit of the idea bc the zoning rule seems dumb but what’s the point of proposing a “solution” which it isn’t clear either man can actually implement?

graton 5y ago
Mayor of Long Beach just increased it. https://mobile.twitter.com/RobertGarcia/status/1451679404757688320?s=20 https://mobile.twitter.com/RobertGarcia/status/1451679404757...
markdown 5y ago
You're telling me the "most powerful man in the world" can't declare a state of emergency and temporarily suspend local government zoning laws? Hilarious if true.
- ceejayoz 5y ago
  Time to familiarize yourself with the Tenth Amendment.
  - thephyber 5y ago
    Constitutional Law typically involves weighing multiple competing rights/interests. The Interstate Commerce clause is relevant to US ports and under many circumstances overrides the 10A. Also, the state governor can easily override a local ordinance temporarily under a State of Emergency. And IMHO we are approaching that point.
jeffbee 5y ago
The state legislature can strip Long Beach of its status as a charter city, but I think it would take a much more serious crisis than this to cause that. After all, every city across the state has participated in causing a housing crisis through poor zoning and the legislature hasn't brandished its powers at all.
lkbm 5y ago
The thread proposed five solutions. Only the first[0] (which is also the one implemented) is changing a local zoning ordinance. The second[1] was to use the national guard (controlled by the governor) and the US military (controlled by the president), and the third[2] was to establish a holding zone further inland on government land. [0] https://twitter.com/typesfast/status/1451543801194024961 https://twitter.com/typesfast/status/1451543801194024961 [1] https://twitter.com/typesfast/status/1451543803307905026 https://twitter.com/typesfast/status/1451543803307905026 [2] https://twitter.com/typesfast/status/1451543804482359297 https://twitter.com/typesfast/status/1451543804482359297

graton 5y ago

Mayor of Long Beach just increased it. https://mobile.twitter.com/RobertGarcia/status/1451679404757688320?s=20 https://mobile.twitter.com/RobertGarcia/status/1451679404757...

markdown 5y ago

You're telling me the "most powerful man in the world" can't declare a state of emergency and temporarily suspend local government zoning laws? Hilarious if true.

ceejayoz 5y ago
Time to familiarize yourself with the Tenth Amendment.
- thephyber 5y ago
  Constitutional Law typically involves weighing multiple competing rights/interests. The Interstate Commerce clause is relevant to US ports and under many circumstances overrides the 10A. Also, the state governor can easily override a local ordinance temporarily under a State of Emergency. And IMHO we are approaching that point.

jeffbee 5y ago

The state legislature can strip Long Beach of its status as a charter city, but I think it would take a much more serious crisis than this to cause that. After all, every city across the state has participated in causing a housing crisis through poor zoning and the legislature hasn't brandished its powers at all.

lkbm 5y ago

The thread proposed five solutions. Only the first[0] (which is also the one implemented) is changing a local zoning ordinance. The second[1] was to use the national guard (controlled by the governor) and the US military (controlled by the president), and the third[2] was to establish a holding zone further inland on government land. [0] https://twitter.com/typesfast/status/1451543801194024961 https://twitter.com/typesfast/status/1451543801194024961 [1] https://twitter.com/typesfast/status/1451543803307905026 https://twitter.com/typesfast/status/1451543803307905026 [2] https://twitter.com/typesfast/status/1451543804482359297 https://twitter.com/typesfast/status/1451543804482359297