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Old 03-06-2013, 12:46 PM
 
Location: Lafayette, CA
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Anti-development forces join with neighbors to throw the kitchen sink against any new development and hope something sticks. They all try to sound reasonable about smart growth in general, just not this specific project. The cumulative effect, when combined with strict local zoning and permitting laws, means very little makes it through to actual construction. Development gets pushed out to exurbs (and Texas and Arizona . . . ) - out of sight, out of mind. That seems to be the story to me
So how do you overcome that "uncomplicated" obstacle? Remember, far richer people than you have been trying for over 20 years.
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Old 03-06-2013, 02:28 PM
 
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So how do you overcome that "uncomplicated" obstacle? Remember, far richer people than you have been trying for over 20 years.
Higher levels of government (regional, state, federal) need to recognize that this process occurs and need to develop laws and policies to counteract it. CEQA reform this year is part of that. Environmental groups need to be on the side of growth in the right places, not no growth anywhere, because that is both impossible and destructive.
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