Local officials say that if he was up to them, they would oppose new apartments
Apparently, parking spots are a higher priority than giving human beings a roof over their heads.
We should be connecting dense housing with buses and trains.
One of the turning points in my political thinking was realizing that the quickest way to get a car towed is to sleep in it.
It is absolutely fucked up that we think nothing of making sure everyone has a place to put their car on public property, but the instant you need to live in the car, it’s suddenly a problem.
Whenever I hear a conversation about parking, when we’re talking about expanding affordability, I immediately recognize it as a bad faith argument. NIMBYs are the biggest ladder-pullers in the world.
Removing trees and bike racks!??
AND red lanes–i.e. where only emergency vehicles are allowed to park.
I’m so confused as well, we’re talking about a country with endlessly sprawing sub-urbs. Just change a bit of zoning there; so many single-famlily homes that could easily be converted into other types of homes.
Well this is specifically silly San Diego suburb people, not California in general.
