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All across the bay area, ordinary citizens are saying "NO" to unreasonable housing quotas given to them by the Association of Bay Area Governments.
In Marinwood-Lucas Valley, we are being asked to grow our population as much as 25 percent despite the lack of jobs, transportation and basic services. In Marinwood-Lucas Valley the Board of Supervisors has unrestricted power to assign housing quotas without the inconvenience of a city government in the way. The citizens must address their concerns directly with the county.
This is why everyone in Marinwood Lucas Valley must become educated about what the 2012 Housing Element has in store for us. Attend meetings. Ask questions.
A rise of 25% in population means that our schools will be more crowded, it will strain our police and fire services, new infrastructure will need to be built and YOU the current taxpayer will pick up most of the bill.
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Sunnyvale disputes ABAG's housing allocation numbers
By Alia Wilson, Sunnyvale Sun
Sunnyvale city staff is asking the Association of Bay
Area Governments to adjust regional housing need allocation numbers, claiming
they are "overstated" and "unrealistic" for the city.
During the past 15 years, the city has built about 300 housing units a year
on average, with some variations. ABAG is asking for an average of 700 units a
year for the next eight years, more than twice the city's historic average.
"We expect the market to slow down a little bit and you see that throughout
the region, not just Sunnyvale," said Hanson Hom, the city' director of
community development. "In the last couple of years, residential construction
virtually came to a halt; now residential activity is much stronger, but the
realism of being able to maintain over 700 units per year is going to be very
difficult."
ABAG and the Metropolitan Transportation ....
full article here:
Sunnyvale disputes ABAG housing numbers
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