Disappointing but not surprising. Most Democrats are not in favor of building housing. It's too often politically suicidal at the local level to support development.
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the councilmembers that voted to oppose (district number in parenthases):
Traci Park (D11)
Jon Lee (D12)
Heather Hutt (D10)
Ysabel Jurado (D14)
Tim McOsker (D15)
Imelda Padilla (D6)
Monica Rodriguez (D7)
Katy Yaroslavsky (D5)
LA district map: https://www.zipdatamaps.com/politics/city/districts/map-of-los-angeles-ca-council-districts
vote.
Jurado's web page states: "She focuses on expanding affordable housing, ending homelessness, supporting small businesses, tackling the climate crisis, and building a more just economy for all."
The class war has a huge generational element.
The boomer is the problem... Owners enable it to leech off working people in exchange for the political cover.
Quality of life for people under 50 will continue to deteriorate until these parasites are dealt with at societal level
Only other solution is to quit being poor
A slim majority said Senate Bill 79 would take away the city’s control over housing growth.
Yes, your decisions have been found to be lacking, so now you're going to lose control over it.
One month ago, I actually wrote about this bill on the California instance.
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https://lemmy.world/post/33270682
If you live in California, you should really be calling your state legislators.
Remember that one idiot that gives a phone call has actually more political influence than 10 scientists that stay silent
Wasn't this the plot of the poolman movie or something?