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Jeremy Levine's avatar

Really amazing work, progress the entire housing movement depends upon. To hear a council member say they will die on the hill for housing to preserve their ability to avoid even more housing—bittersweet music, but mostly sweet

I wonder how cities would be responding to these laws if they were as flush now as they were in the 2010s. It’s weird to see how the combination of an uncertain economy + uncertain federal funding + longterm infrastructure debt piling up makes cities much more likely to comply with basic laws to avoid the consequences

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Ryan M Allen's avatar

Wonderful story. Thanks for sharing it. Inspiring us down in OC.

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Remgrandt's avatar

RAHHHH LETSGO

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blake harper's avatar

Bravo — doesn’t just happen overnight. Well done y’all.

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Dollyflopper's avatar

Maybe it's just some overly casual phrasing and not the intention. If the he state will rubber stamp the changes, ergo it's not a threat then why would the city not go that route? What legs would the lawsuit have to stand on if the state approved those changes?

Feels like a contradiction, no?

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Sonja Trauss's avatar

The state agency, HCD, is just one opinion. The final arbiter is the court system and the courts have many times made a different decision than HCD.

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Dollyflopper's avatar

Thank you.

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