Inside Every Liberal Is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out: The Death of the Neighborhood

Frontpagemag.com ^ | June 17,2015 | Arnold Ahlert

[Biggirl]

A policy at least two years in the making, and President Obama’s broadest attempt to fundamentally transform the United States of America, is moving forward. Unveiled in July of 2013 at the NAACP convention, a plan known as “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” (AFFH) will require the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to gather data on segregation and discrimination in every neighborhood in America and attempt to “fix” these alleged problems.

[Artie]

Please God, let the evaluations start in the Hamptons and Orange County. There’s probably some under representation in Hyannis Port, Newport and Montecito as well.

[Old Sarge]

H/T to our FRiend Biggirl for the post.

From the article, the Fed (specifically the Executive Branch) will "gather data on segregation and discrimination in every neighborhood in America and attempt to “fix” these alleged problems."

"Problems" as defined by dot-gov, with "discrimination" as defined by them as well - and symptomatic of the problem being things such as patriotic displays and gun ownership, perhaps?

And what will be the the "fix" that HUD will perform? Forced relocation? Asset and property forfeiture?

Ah, the possibilities are endless, when you have the resources of a nation-state at your fingertips...

For thus has the Lord said unto me:
“Go, set a watchman, Let him declare what he sees.”
Isaiah 21:6

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[mrsmel]

Never fear, everyone’s going to get their “fair share”. Since American born blacks are only app 13% of the population, and there aren’t enough for every neighborhood to get its “fair share”, I have thought that that’s one of the many (nefarious) reasons why this administration is supporting (with your tax dollars and mine) the importation of highly necessary and desirable talent such as the Somalis. We get to pay to bring them over, we get to pay to support them, we get to pay to keep them in prison when they commit crimes, we get to watch the neighborhood be culturally enriched when they barbecue goats on the living room floor and use the toilets until they’re backed up and then hang their azzes out the windows and let ‘er rip (actually happened).

[BobP]

Working link at The Patriot Post:

The Death of the Neighborhood

[Alberta's Child]

This is a good reason to live in a place that has a harsh climate for much of the year. You really have to want to live in a place like the northern Great Plains, so I imagine they don’t get too many useless misfits and professional malcontents migrating there.

[Ouderkirk]

THis is nothing more than an attempt to increase crime in more affluent areas and to then stuff the ballot box in those areas with democRAT votes.

It gives the FSA new places to go shopping, in the homes of the people who work, and then to give the democRATS who don’t have power in the suburbs more power in those areas which are now GOP strongholds.

It also will increase the incidence of FSA getting shot while doing a some “shopping”.

[OpusatFR]

How does he go about abrogating local zoning laws?

That will pose a problem to this plan.

[Biggirl]

What does “FSA” stand for?

[sauropod]

And Portland, and Berserkley, and Colorado Springs, and Ithaca...

[RABID_JACKAL]

This really is not a new policy (LBJ and the Great Society). It was used in Detroit in the sixties. Read a little history on HUD, blockbusting, and cross district busing in Detroit. It worked so well, Detroit has never recovered. Baltimore and Chicago are just catching up to Detroit. The future is here.

[Noumenon]

Free Sh!t Army.

[Senator_Blutarski]

This is a good reason to live in a place that has a harsh climate for much of the year. You really have to want to live in a place like the northern Great Plains, so I imagine they don’t get too many useless misfits and professional malcontents migrating there.

You are wrong. Minnesota and Wisconsin (of which I have knowledge) are welfare magnets. Small rural midwestern towns have been attracting Section 8 housing recipients for years. We have the rising crime rates and deteriorating schools to prove it.

[Biggirl]

....And the most likely that more of those “CCW” permits are going to be let’s just say “put to use.”

[Biggirl]

Thank-you.

[Buckeye McFrog]

How does he go about abrogating local zoning laws?

The plan is to bribe them with HUD money

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Look on the bright side: once the neighborhood AA goes into effect, gun sales will skyrocket, giving gun manufacturers a shot in the arm.

From neighborhood to 'hood Nanny State PING!

[Haddit]

A compilation of related California laws and selected text

AB 32 Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/05-06/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/ab_32_bill_20060927_chaptered.pdf
September 27, 2006
The state board shall ensure that the greenhouse gas emission reduction rules, regulations, programs, mechanisms, and incentives under its jurisdiction, where applicable and to the extent feasible, direct public and private investment toward the most disadvantaged communities in California and provide an opportunity for small businesses, schools, affordable housing associations, and other community institutions to participate in and benefit from statewide efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

And

The advisory committee shall be comprised of representatives from communities in the state with the most significant exposure to air pollution, including, but not limited to, communities with minority populations or low-income populations, or both.

SB 375
2008
SB 375 PDF from Berkely
http://sustainablecalifornia.berkeley.edu/publications.html

California passed its landmark climate change legislation, Assembly Bill (AB) 32, in 2006, ushering in a new era in state policymaking. Faced with a challenging new environmental mandate to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, state policymakers grappled with how to comply. One result was the passage of another piece of landmark legislation in the state – Senate Bill (SB) 375 – in 2008.

SB 375 aims to achieve greenhouse gas reductions from land use and transportation through better coordination of local and regional development plans. The law requires that regions (through regional planning organizations, in cooperation with local governments) develop “Sustainable Communities Strategies” to achieve more efficient land use and transportation by aligning some planning processes that traditionally had been disconnected. However, SB 375 does not require that local governments comply with the Sustainable Communities Strategies nor does it redirect or create new funding sources to support sustainable planning practices or projects.
Many of the recommended policy actions would work together to ensure that governments and individual consumers face prices that more accurately reflect the full social and environmental costs of development, housing, and transportation choices.

Promote the development of vibrant “transit villages” and “transit corridors.”
Many of the report’s recommendations would help enable regions and localities to develop “transit villages” and “transit corridors” as vibrant, livable neighborhoods that provide not only efficient housing and transport options, but also public amenities such as schools, libraries, and parks. Some recommended policies would provide financing options for localities to “capture value” from the potential profits that transit villages and corridors can provide. Other measures would direct more state and regional resources and regulatory relief to support transit expansion and supportive land uses.

Transportation
1. Direct state and regional transportation funds to regions, priority development areas, and localities that achieve “smart mobility” performance targets and provide transit-supportive land uses.
2. Provide greater state and regional revenue-raising authority for transportation, contingent on those funds being used for SB 375 objectives.
3. Encourage parking strategies that promote efficient use of land and transportation.

U.S. Department of Transportation
Transportation for a New Generation
Strategic Plan Fiscal years 2012-2016
http://www.dot.gov/sites/dot.dev/files/docs/990_355_DOT_StrategicPlan_508lowres.pdf

Secretary Ray LaHood

Page 40
“STRATEGIES TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSES IN THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR, ESPECIALLY SMALL, WOMEN-OWNED, AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES”

2012
Greenhouse Gas-Reduction Investments to Benefit Disadvantaged Communities
http://www.calepa.ca.gov/EnvJustice/GHGInvest/

Disadvantaged communities in California are specifically targeted for investment of proceeds from the State’s cap-and-trade program. These investments are aimed at improving public health, quality of life and economic opportunity in California’s most burdened communities at the same time they’re reducing pollution that causes climate change.

Authorized by the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), the cap-and-trade program is one of several strategies that California uses to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. Funds received from the program are deposited into the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and appropriated by the Legislature. They must be used for programs that further reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.

In 2012, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 535 (De León) directing that, in addition to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a quarter of the proceeds from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund must also go to projects that provide a benefit to disadvantaged communities. A minimum of 10 percent of the funds must be for projects located within those communities. The legislation gives the California Environmental Protection Agency responsibility for identifying those communities.

In October 2014, following a series of public workshops to gather public input, CalEPA released its list of disadvantaged communities for the purpose of SB 535. To inform its decision, CalEPA relied on the California Communities Environmental Health Screening Tool (CalEnviroScreen), a tool that assesses all census tracts in California to identify the areas disproportionately burdened by and vulnerable to multiple sources of pollution.

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Funds are administered by state and local agencies for a variety of greenhouse-gas cutting programs, including energy efficiency, public transit, low-carbon transportation and affordable housing. Guidelines written by the Air Resources Board help these agencies develop programs that meet statutory requirements for reducing emissions while maximizing the benefits to disadvantaged communities.

SB 535 text
September 30, 2012
SB 535 Disadvantaged Communities (Map)
http://oehha.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Viewer/index.html?appid=dae2fb1e42674c12a04a2b302a080598

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_535_bill_20120930_chaptered.html
The bill would require administering agencies to report to the Department of
Finance, and the Department of Finance to include in a specified
report to the Legislature, a description of how administering
agencies have fulfilled specified requirements relating to projects
providing benefits to, or located in, disadvantaged communities.

…
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:

(a) California embraced the challenge posed by climate change with
the passage of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006,
enacted as Chapter 488 of the Statutes of 2006 (Assembly Bill 32).
Assembly Bill 32 recognizes the disproportionate impacts climate
change will have on disadvantaged and low-income communities in
California, which already face disproportionate impacts from
substandard air quality in the form of higher rates of respiratory
illness, hospitalizations, and premature death.

(b) Assembly Bill 32 recognizes the potential vulnerability of
California’s low-income and disadvantaged population to efforts to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions and requires that activities taken to
comply with Assembly Bill 32 do not disproportionately impact those
communities.

…
(d) Assembly Bill 32 requires that public and private investment
be directed toward the most disadvantaged communities in California
to provide an opportunity for small businesses, schools, affordable
housing associations, and other community institutions to participate
in and benefit from statewide efforts to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions.

…
(g) It is the intent of the Legislature that this act continue
California’s implementation of Assembly Bill 32 by directing
resources to the state’s most impacted and disadvantaged communities
to ensure activities taken pursuant to that authority will provide
economic and health benefits to these communities as originally
intended.

…
39711. The California Environmental Protection Agency shall
identify disadvantaged communities for investment opportunities
related to this chapter. These communities shall be identified based
on geographic, socioeconomic, public health, and environmental hazard
criteria, and may include, but are not limited to, either of the
following:

…
(b) Areas with concentrations of people that are of low income,
high unemployment, low levels of homeownership, high rent burden,
sensitive populations, or low levels of educational attainment.

…
39713.
(a) The investment plan developed and submitted to the
Legislature, pursuant to Section 39716, shall allocate a minimum of
25 percent of the available moneys in the fund to projects that
provide benefits to communities described in Section 39711.

(b) The investment plan shall allocate a minimum of 10 percent of
the available moneys in the fund to projects located within
communities described in Section 39711.

[Haddit]

Senate Bill 862
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB862
[Approved by Governor June 20, 2014. Filed with Secretary of State June 20, 2014. ]

SEC. 7. Section 39719 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:
39719.

(a)The Legislature shall appropriate the annual proceeds of the fund for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in this state in accordance with the requirements of Section 39712.

(b)To carry out a portion of the requirements of subdivision (a), annual proceeds are continuously appropriated for the following:

(1)Beginning in the 2015–16 fiscal year, and notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, 35 percent of annual proceeds are continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, for transit, affordable housing, and sustainable communities programs as following:

(A)Ten percent of the annual proceeds of the fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the Transportation Agency for the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program created by Part 2 (commencing with Section 75220) of Division 44 of the Public Resources Code.

(B)Five percent of the annual proceeds of the fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the Low Carbon Transit Operations Program created by Part 3 (commencing with Section 75230) of Division 44 of the Public Resources Code. Funds shall be allocated by the Controller, according to requirements of the program, and pursuant to the distribution formula in subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 99312 of, and Sections 99313 and 99314 of, the Public Utilities Code.

(C)Twenty percent of the annual proceeds of the fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the Strategic Growth Council for the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program created by Part 1 (commencing with Section 75200) of Division 44 of the Public Resources Code. Of the amount appropriated in this subparagraph, no less than 10 percent of the annual proceeds, shall be expended for affordable housing, consistent with the provisions of that program.

http://www.citylab.com/commute/2015/03/another-reason-to-love-california-high-speed-rail-its-drought-friendly/388670/
Another Reason to Love California High-Speed Rail: It’s Drought-Friendly

Despite what critics say, the project will encourage higher-density growth – and save precious water over the long term.

Laura Bliss
March 26, 2015

Here are some things to understand about the San Joaquin Valley, where HSR construction recently kicked off. Even without the fancy train, tremendous population growth is certain to occur there. Currently, the SJV’s eight counties are home to 4 million people, a number that’s projected to growth to more than 7.5 million by 2050. It’s the fastest-growing region in California, whose overall population (currently 38.8 million) is expected to grow by about 12 million in the same time-frame. Also of note: the SJV is also overwhelmingly farmland, grows the vast majority of America’s produce, and plenty of the world’s. It is also among the absolute poorest regions in the country.
Those millions of people coming to the SJV are going to set roots somewhere. No matter what, hundreds of thousands of acres of land that are currently used by agriculture are going to be sold to developers and become urbanized. And if California had no big infrastructure project planned, and merely allowed historical patterns to unfold, urbanization of the Valley would continue in its current shape: sprawling, low-density development, with greater quantities of farmland swallowed up. Think “ranchettes,” the bane of every SJV farmer’s existence: non-farming, suburban-style homes on ten-plus-acre parcels.

• Press statement from President Felipe Calderón ahead of Lima climate negotiations
London – November 28th, 2014: Felipe Calderón, former President of México and Chair of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate issued the following statement before the talks:
“Leaders gathering in Lima have as an opportunity to build stronger economies and to send a clear signal to businesses and investors.”
http://newclimateeconomy.net/content/press-release-economic-growth-and-action-climate-change-can-now-be-achieved-together-finds

• Cities: Building better connected, more compact cities based on mass public transport can save over US $3 trillion in investment costs over the next 15 years. These measures will improve economic performance and quality of life with lower emissions.
• Land use: Restoring just 12% of the world’s degraded lands can feed another 200 million people and raise farmers’ incomes by $40 billion a year – and also cut emissions from deforestation.
• Energy: As the price of solar and wind power falls dramatically, over half of new electricity generation over the next 15 years is likely to be from renewable energy, reducing dependence on highly polluting coal.
• Resource efficiency: Phasing out the $600 billion currently spent on subsidies for fossil fuels (compared to $100 billion on renewable energy) will help to improve energy efficiency and make funds available for poverty reduction.
• Infrastructure investment: New financial instruments can cut capital costs for clean energy by up to 20%.
• Innovation: Tripling research and development in low-carbon technologies to at least 0.1% of GDP can drive a new wave of innovation for growth.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

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