Pleasanton identifies affordable housing sites; awaits state approval (Liberal judicial activism)

Contra Costa Times via San Jose Mercury News ^ | 7-21-11 | Robert Jordan

[wac3rd]

Pleasanton's affordable housing dilemma is expected heat up in 60 days after the state returns the city's list of possible sites that could be rezoned to house nearly 2,000 new homes.

Eighty percent or more would be reserved for either low- or very low-income households.

The City Council voted Tuesday to send a draft of its housing element plan, which includes a list of 17 possible sites throughout the city, to the state Department of Housing and Community Development for comments and approval.

Pleasanton agreed to update its housing element and plan for 1,992 more housing units -- of which 1,661 must be for those with low to very low income -- as part of a legal settlement with Urban Habitat, an organization that sued the city and won regarding the city's now-defunct 29,000-unit housing cap.

In Alameda County, very low income is a four-person household with an annual income of $45,150 or less, and low is $72,420 or less. (snip)

[wac3rd]

An Liberal activist judge, Judge Frank Roesch, ruled that our cap for housing units was illegal and wants 4,000 low income units to be built in our town.

In other rulings, he said Christians were bigots not wanting their children learning homosexual ed, ruled fo SEIU in a furlough situation and sits on the board of a Hispanic advocacy group.

Jerry Brown, as AG, also cut his teeth on this, helping over turn a lower court decision on appeal...

A group called Urban Habitat (social justice) sued and got the cap lifted.

Now, we are renting here...but it will soon be Fremont, Oakland or San Leandro...Section 8 and reduced housing values.

Marxists are on the march, people. There will be a war one day, and it will not be pretty.

This is another Berkeley Marxist ruling against our will from the bench.

They want to turn our town into Oakland.

[Zetman]

Oh great. I live near Pleasanton - it’s a nice town. That’s too bad.

However, I am not sure that Fremont is an improvement over Pleasanton. You may want to try Danville, San Ramon, or maybe even Walnut Creek instead.

[wac3rd]

Danville is the next logical choice for our family, or move back East.

[Terry Mross]

Maybe this Agenda 21 is for real.

[roscommon]

http://urbanhabitat.org/uh/newfront
“Urban Habitat builds power in low-income communities and communities of color by combining education, advocacy, research and coalition building to advance environmental, economic and social justice in the Bay Area.”

Seems to me this sorry lot took a wrong turn at Oakland (HQ) and somehow found there way to Pleasanton — must have been that BART extension. Such a shame to see their destructive “progressive” mindset creep over the hill into our little berg. Just think, in a few short years Pleasanton will be the beneficiary of more pollution, traffic congestion and plummeting school scores (e.g. Pleasanton Middle School). How sad.

[tal hajus]

Perhaps some can be built in hizzoner’s neighborhood. Maybe right next door.

[SC_Pete]

YOU TAKE FEDERAL DOLLARS, THIS IS WHAT YOU GET. HUD gives you the money so they can tell you how to run your community. It’s very simple—but politicians take the money anyway so they can advance their carreers. By the time the consequences are finally known, the perpetrators are long gone. Citizens must stop the politicians from taking the money. Good luck with that one. The citizens are usually at the celebration press conference as the MAYOR accepts the BIG CHECK. HOORAYYYYY!!!! Buy gold.

[jimfree]

Central planning worked great in the Soviet Union too.