Posted by Jack
California will punish cities and counties that don’t meet their housing goals under a deal Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders announced Thursday.
If a court finds that a city or county violates a state law that sets targets for how much housing a community must plan to build, the fines could range from $10,000 to $600,000 per month, according to the bill language published Thursday.
Local governments would have a year to comply before the fines kick in after a court finds them in violation of the law. The fines would increase over time if the local government remains out of compliance.
Skyrocketing development costs and loss of state and federal subsidies are undermining Los Angeles’ goal of adding 10,000 units of homeless and affordable housing in a decade, officials said Friday.
At the current rate of spending, the $1.2-billion bond authorized by Proposition HHH would fall as much as 4,000 units short, they said in a report to the citizen oversight committee for the bond program.
With about a third of the money already committed, city officials are projecting that fewer than 6,000 units could be built at the current rate of spending before the money runs out.
The 10,000-unit goal for the bond was based on an assumption that the city could spend about $140,000 per unit. The remainder would be made up primarily by state funds and federal tax credits that can be sold on the financial markets.
Edwin Gipson, director of finance and development for the city’s Housing and Community Investment Department, told the committee that the federal tax reform law has lowered the value of those credits by about 25%, reducing the money available to the developers.
At the same time, costs are up in a booming construction market, and builders of permanent supportive housing are competing for labor with much larger projects that offer long-term employment, Gipson said.
A Times analysis of the 29 projects currently approved for funding found their average cost to be more than $476,000 per unit. Two projects will cost more than $650,000 per unit and five more than $550,000.
And your problem with this is?
This is what modern governments do. They formulate social policy and facilitate it’s implementation. Are you denying that we got a housing shortage in this state? Are you denying that it is the impoverished portion of the population who are doing without?
Will you deny that in a market based economy, there is absolutely NO incentive to the profiteers to provide housing to impoverished people?
So? What? Just let it be?
No, Jack. That was all very well during the olden days, but some of us have evolved a form of government that intercedes … and are dragging you, crabbing and yowling, in its wake.
Jack, thank you for deleting that bigoted fake news post about Muslims in Europe. It was the right thing to do, and I’m proud of you.
Did not vett the story, my bad. No excuse.
Again, I appreciate you making the right call once you realized your error.
“…but some of us have evolved a form of government that intercedes…”
Anyone want to see how that “evolved form of government” works? Take a trip to downdown S.F., L.A. Seattle, etc., etc., etc.
Yes I agree with that point CJ, when I read the “evolved” comment my first thoughts leaned somewhat toward Darwinism.
Darwin had his ideas regarding evolution. It was his understanding that finally helped to explain that our instincts were only ‘orientations to and not understandings of the world around us’.
Speaks volumes about the feel good theory liberals apply to social issues that that never get resolved.
Chris, Libby…do you support Antifa?
Crazy Bezerkeley is at it again.
Daniel Turner: California’s latest descent into liberal madness – Berkeley bans natural gas:
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/daniel-turner-berkeley-natural-gas-ban-new-homes-businesses?fbclid=IwAR1EXy3Xs5GiLhJ677t9afQojtU0_toInVyehyzzV5s12IVz350hkGq_9OU
Yep, they are so concerned about their carbon emissions, but NG is incredibly low in pollution compared to electricity is generated by coal fire plants that sells their energy to CA and Berkeley. What a bunch of maroons.
Plus, Bezerkeley is a city on the bay where fog and clouds block the sun more days than not. I can just hear all of those gas and diesel generators running to keep the food in the frig and freezer from spoiling.
On the other hand the city residents voted for their council members. Some people just need to learn the hard way when they lack common sense and critical thinking skills.