Beverly Hills in Crisis as Judge Mandates New Affordable Housing: "People Are Furious"

MSN ^ | 02/15/2024 | Kevin Dolak

[ChicagoConservative27]

For inhabitants of the country's most sought-after ZIP code, the unwelcome news came in December: In a move to pressure the city to zone for more affordable housing, a restrictive ruling by a Superior Court judge put a moratorium on Beverly Hills' right to approve any new home additions or project proposals by residents pending the approval of new homes for lower-income locals. In this ultra-exclusive community, where home remodeling is practically a sport, the notion that all renovations - from simple kitchen remodels to multimillion-dollar grotto installations - would require the ushering in of outsiders, or be delayed indefinitely, brought a particular unease.

That unease has turned to outrage for many living in the 5.71 square miles that make up the famed city, where rents and mortgages are more than double the national average. Following Superior Court Judge Curtis A. Kin's Dec. 23 ruling, the city now finds itself fully entrenched in a battle over what's become an urgent issue across many U.S. cities: the demand for significant and meaningful affordable housing projects. Many residents - already wary of the added foot traffic that will follow the opening of the Wilshire/Rodeo Metro station - just want the status quo to remain in Beverly Hills. Some argue that Beverly Hills simply does not have the space to accommodate any new housing at all - affordable or not.

[blam]

In the early 70’s the fed put section-8 housing into our small, well-kept, rural town...it is a black waste land today.

[EliRoom8]

There go the property values! They could load up the U-Haul and get dirt cheap housing in San Francisco.

[EliRoom8]

It’s time for the great governor of Texas to send some buses to nearby Westlake Village.

[linMcHlp]

Ted Lieu

http://lieu.house.gov/

District Map:
https://www.congress.gov/member/district/ted-lieu/L000582

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Lieu

[linMcHlp]

California State Legilature

Senator Ben Allen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_24th_senatorial_district

https://members.beverlyhillschamber.com/list/member/state-senator-ben-allen-47653

[catnipman]

“Beverly Hills in Crisis as Judge Mandates New Affordable Housing: “People Are Furious””

F ‘em: they voted for this shite ...

[peggybac]

They are trying to do the same thing to my quaint little neighborhood. The mayor is a commie and a lot of the council critters are as well. So bullsh*t.

[Sgt_Schultze]

That’s a great one, and so accurate of today’s reality.

[Organic Panic]

There are a surprising amount of conservatives in BH. I worked construction many moons ago fixing up older houses there. They know they have to play the game for the media and their careers. Only a few, like James Woods, come out of the closet.