Posted on 12/17/2023 7:22:36 PM PST by grundle
the state of California has also become widely known for its severe housing crunch, with affordability being the leading issue that has driven many natives and longtime residents to inland communities and lower-cost states.
According to The Wall Street Journal, California's complex regulations have played a major role in delaying the construction of a 49-unit apartment complex known as Lorena Plaza in the Boyle Heights neighborhood east of downtown Los Angeles.
In 2007, A Community of Friends, a local nonprofit organization, was given land to build a small affordable housing development, but construction on the project only began roughly a year ago.
The project was slowed down by the need for various approvals from politicians and commissions and higher construction costs caused by multiple delays, the Journal reported.
The city wants to build 450,000 new units of housing by 2029, according to The Los Angeles Times.
But the absence of housing remains a significant obstacle for many Angelenos right now. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, in their 2023 report, estimated that roughly 46,000 people in the city are experiencing homelessness on any given right.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, a former congresswoman who this month completed her first year in City Hall, said last December that the glacial pace of progress regarding Lorena Plaza was emblematic of policies she sought to reshape as mayor.
"How on earth could we expect to house 40,000 [homeless] people if we continue to do business as usual?" the mayor said at the Lorena Plaza site at the time, per The Journal.
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Well. at least we know that corrupt politicians and their corrupt contractor buddies are making some serious vig off this boondoggle...
Housing the homeless should not be the goal. The truth is most of them would just destroy the properties. The goal should be helping first time home buyers who have ties to the community and are being priced out of LA.
Meanwhile, in Texas, a 300 unit mixed use community with commercial on the ground floor and lovely balconied apartments took less than three years from acquisition, planning and zoning, building, to leasing.
The city wants to build 450,000 new units of housing by 2029,
The Leftists always complain loudly and continually about the lack of affordable housing.
In the immortal word of Walt Kelly’s character Pogo, We have met the enemy, and he is us.
Well, I’m not sure I’d want the development in my neighborhood. May have been some NIMBY going on.
Democrats. That’s why. Democrats. Get rid of democrats, and prosperity follows.
Indirectly, housing the homeless should be the goal. They belong in mental institutions where they can be treated.
We need to control the border and execute fentanyl dealers.
That won't solve everything but it will help to resolve some of the societal ills we are dealing with.
Total homeless-politician-corrupt developer-lawyer racket.
They want the problem to look bad ..so they can get paid while looking like they are “really solving the problem”..
Hypocrites.
How is the choo choo train running? I mean..well...it’s the thought.
Government housing policy changed from being construction based to being voucher based circa 1970. Housing construction is best left to experienced professionals.
It needs to be recognized that not everyone can live in LA. If they could, few people would live in Utica, NY or Duluth, MN.
But even all of this regulation were to be eliminated:
1) build cheap houses for crackheads
2) Give crackheads more cash money for crack
3) Anyone want to guess what incentivizing crackheads in this fashion is going to do vis-a-vis the number of crackheads?
This isn’t even Econ 101. It is common sense 101 for 8th graders.
But even all of this regulation were to be eliminated:
1) build cheap houses for crackheads
2) Give crackheads more cash money for crack
3) Anyone want to guess what incentivizing crackheads in this fashion is going to do vis-a-vis the number of crackheads?
This isn’t even Econ 101. It is common sense 101 for 8th graders.
Yes, that would be a better option.
Overall, the homeless want it that way.
Building them shelter is a fool’s errand.
Someone’s pockets are clearly getting very well padded.
This cannot go on much longer.
Profiting off of non-profit.
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