BIA Helps Kill "Inclusionary" Zoning In San Clemente
Posted by: Jubal | 05/21/2008 3:36 PM
Kudos to the BIA of Orange County for helping to kill the adoption of inclusionary zoning in San Clemente. Sometimes, the battle for free markets has to be won one trench line at a time.
BIA/OC CEO Kristine Thalman sent out this e-mail:
BIA/OC CEO Kristine Thalman sent out this e-mail:
Great News!!!!Again, kudos to Kris, Bryan and the BIA/OC team.
In the face of staff and subsidized affordable housing special interests proponents and the Planning Commission, BIA/OC obtained another political win by defeatinga mandatory Inclusionary Zoning provision in the City of San Clemente's Housing Element last night. Bryan Starr testified before the City Council last night and obtained a 4-1 vote to remove the IZ portion from the City's Housing Element AND to work with the BIA on adopting a green building program. Councilman Steve Knoblock was the champion in influencing his fellow councilmembers to vote against this draconian plan. Our letter of opposition to the City is attached.
I am so very proud of the work our staff is doing to protect this industry during the most difficult times. Next up ... working to defer fees in the OC Sanitation District, TCA (Toll Roads) fee deferral, and economic stimulus provisions in the Cities of Irvine, Huntington Beach, Santa Ana and Fullerton.
Please join me is congratulating Bryan Starr on another great win!!!
Best to you..
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Liberty, Politics Behind the Orange Curtain
Inclusionary zoning is the fattening middle of the socialist wedge. What's next - inclusionary supermarkets?
SC's done the right thing, but it's a blue state. We may see legislation mandating this as municipalities fail to come anywhere near their RHNA targets.
Kudos to the SC City Council for seeing the bigger picture on this issue. Inclusionary Zoning has become the bandaid fix for a much larger problem of housing affordability. Its too bad that cities go for low hanging fruit (homebuilders) rather than going after real solutions like stopping over regulation.
This is a response to the person who wrote to congratulate Bryan Starr, whom he or she felt had personally "killed" the inclusionary housing ordinance. That simply did not happen.
There was a bid to increase the inclusionary percentage from the current 4% to 12%. That didn't pass. Other than that, San Clemente still has an inclusionary housing policy and a good one, at that.
The increase would have paved the way for a more balanced housing market. If inclusionary housing is just a "bandaid fix", what are the solutions you alluded to, Mr. Naysayer?