toss_me_sc

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   by toss_me_sc 3y ago

   I don't think we really have a choice. If we don't build more housing, we'll just have more homeless. The scale at which we need to in order to clean up the river is much larger than I think most people realize
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   by toss_me_sc 3y ago

   Some of us actually want the density here. I think its better (and more environmentally friendly) to go up in santa cruz than out along the bay
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   by toss_me_sc 3y ago

   There's another piece that isn't discussed in this article and desperately needs technological solutions - Our permitting and building processes are completely broken. People who lost their homes in the CZU complex fires are givin
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   by toss_me_sc 3y ago

   It is $65/year. Compare this to Somerville, MA where it is 35% a year
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   by toss_me_sc 3y ago

   There aren't any magic solutions, but I think there are a lot of ideas that could incentivize affordable housing for people who actually live here. A number of my neighbors are Prop 13 'princelings'. Their parents snapped up
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   by toss_me_sc 3y ago

   As a Santa Cruz homeowner who has lived in other dense and sparse places, I love this. I can't wait for this to happen and wish I could do more to make it happen more quickly. With the introduction of the rail trail, Santa Cruz has the