Update - Frustration dealing with Planning Commission in Campbell, CA

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[steve86]

He needs to replace two panels and the county wants him to get a permit to do it.

You'd need a permit for that virtually anywhere.

[Darteaus94025]

I had to submit [what a perfect word] plans to the planning commission in Menlo Park to build a house 13 years ago. What an ordeal that was.

My sympathies.

[vpintheak]

Come to Alaska! Freedom in huge quantities!

[Sacajaweau]

I do agree the locals have too much power.

My fight at present is with the Historic Preservation people....who have absolutely no business telling people what to do with their house to keep it "original". I tell them...if that's what YOU want..."Buy it".

There is no health, safety or welfare issues with these groups. In fact, the opposite...they keep dilapidated buildings alive when they should be demolished.

We just had a good example....an old church burned down. It had already been condemned...but the preservation people insisted on some right to save it.

[Utah Binger]

Here it is on Bascom Avenue.

[TMD]

Beautiful!!

[sergeantdave]

“A pox upon all their houses! “

Government control of private property was one of the primary tenets of Hitler’s fascist Germany. People were allowed to own private property provided its use advanced the goals of government. Those goals could change from day to day because the laws governing private property were vague and could be interpreted differently by various bureaucrats.

You are living in a fascist state.