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but it is not left up to a 'small pool of top earners', it is left to voters - if people don't vote, thats the problem that needs to be fixed.
by ejb999 4y ago
but it is not left up to a 'small pool of top earners', it is left to voters - if people don't vote, thats the problem that needs to be fixed.
- HDThoreaun 4y agoBut these communities have defined themselves so that all the voters are massively wealthy landowners. The average income in los altos hills is $400,000. That's why the state, made up of normal people needs to step in and fix the zoning situation.
- micromacrofoot 4y agoa lot of times it's not even a vote — abutters and nearby busybodies will complain until they get a project shot down... people who want to live there but can't afford to have no voice zoning should be flexible and applied equally within a region (rules as determined by the voting population) but in expensive cities this is not the situation
- sangnoir 4y agoMost political candidates in local politics are from the same small pool of top earners. Look up the biographies of your councilors.