@tobyhardtospell
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29 Second Street. c. 1875.
Downtown, Troy.View quoted post on X
Nithya wants to make more city workers assigned *downtown* go back to the office, in part to increase foot traffic and encourage spending at stores.
“Hey, we are going to need you to sit in traffic for 2 hours per day and burn a shit ton of gas, just so you will buy lunch downtown.”View quoted post on X
But Ukraine can win. Thats why I back them. It’s a Russian talking point that Ukraine can’t win, cause Russia big blah,blah. If Ukraine kills enough Russians they will quit.View quoted post on X
Reasons for the Appeal: “It will create a building next to my house”
This is a real appeal filed last week for a small housing project in Echo Park
Processing this appeal costs the city $22,894
The cost to file the appeal? $229
Each year, the City of Los Angeles spends $3.3 million dollars subsidizing land use appeals, the vast majority of which are frivolous and denied.
Tomorrow, the City Council is scheduled to vote on an ordinance that will raise the cost from $229 to $1,145 ($2,289 for appellants further away).
This will certainly reduce the number of frivolous appeals. However, I don’t necessarily think this is the best way to resolve the problem. $1,145 might be trivial to a wealthy busy-body trying to extort concessions from their neighbor’s project, but an impossible barrier for a working mother with real concerns about an industrial plant proposed next door.
I think one component of a better approach would be to have a mandatory course required for subsidized appeals against housing projects. It would explain the City’s responsibilities under the Housing Accountability Act, and any appellant who wants a subsidy would need to grapple with whether they are asking the City to violate state law.View quoted post on X
