Posted on 07/18/2025 3:02:02 PM PDT by george76
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press office repeated the Los Angeles Times’ description of the RRA as “a new local authority” that would “buy burned lots, rebuild homes and offer them back at discounted rates to the original owners.”..
A controversial California bill that would have created a powerful “Resilient Rebuilding Authority” for the Los Angeles fires was put on temporary hold by state Sen. Ben Allen, D-Santa Monica, in response to widespread community concerns.
“I appreciate the input of the folks who have weighed in about the bill, and along with legislative colleagues have decided that it would be best for us to pause the bill until next year to give us more time to see if we can get it right,” said Allen in a statement on SB 549.
At the Assembly Local Government Committee hearing on Wednesday night, Allen conceded the bill’s lack of clear path for community input into the RRA’s decision making, while hinting at future changes to the legislation in 2026.
“I’m not looking to jam this down people’s throats,” said Allen. “On the community input question, it doesn’t cut out community input. It just doesn’t specify one path or another, so we’re going to have to build significant community input into the governance structure in order for this to pass the smell test with the locals.”
One of the bill’s two sections would create a Resilient Rebuilding Authority, which would be authorized to “purchase lots” for “land banking” and “open space,” buy and sell construction materials and equipment “in bulk,” deploy “subsidized financing,” and replace “affordable housing” lost in the Palisades, Eaton and Hughes fires.
Under the city of Los Angeles' Ordinance 188481, in so-called “higher opportunity” areas such as the Pacific Palisades, all destroyed “protected” housing — which includes all apartments built before October 1978 — must be replaced by “low income units.”
This ordinance — modeled on state law — means that even if these rent-controlled, but not income-restricted units were legally occupied by households of moderate income or higher, these households may not be able to return to the rebuilt “affordable” units due if their perhaps modest incomes exceed the required low-income limit.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press office repeated the Los Angeles Times’ description of the RRA as “a new local authority” that would “buy burned lots, rebuild homes and offer them back at discounted rates to the original owners.”
It’s unclear how many homeowners who couldn't afford to rebuild and would have sold to the RRA would have been able to afford to purchase the finished homes, even at discounted rates, given the high cost of construction in coastal Southern California. Before the fire, the median home listed in the Pacific Palisades for $4.6 million.
The bill’s second, and original, section would have updated NIFTI-2, a municipal financing mechanism for transit and "affordable housing.” Forty percent of the property-tax-based NIFTI-2 funds would have been required to be used for housing affordable to households making less than 60% of the median income, half of which must be spent on housing for the homeless or those making less than 30% of median income.
These required low-income housing projects would be required to be within half a mile of a “major” public transit stop, a definition expanded on Jan. 1 to include bus stops at which at least two bus lines intersect, and buses stop at least every 20 minutes during rush hour.
With NIFTI-2 requiring another 10% of the funds to be spent on beautification or “active transportation” such as bike or walking paths, the remaining half of NIFTI-2 funds can be spent on more “affordable housing,” transit and emissions-reduction programs that reduce vehicle miles traveled.
This means NIFTI-2 funding could be used to increase bus service and thus more qualifying “major” transit stops where required NITFI-2 low-income housing can be built.
Notably, NIFTI-2 does not override local zoning, limiting the applicable scope of NITFI-2 housing projects to where local authorities authorize multifamily housing, or where pending state laws such as SB 79 might override local zoning.
Without the RRA and NIFTI-2, government funding for building low-income housing in the Los Angeles may for now have to rely more heavily on Newsom’s allocation of $101 million in taxpayer funds for “multifamily low-income housing development” that will “contribute to a more equitable and resilient Los Angeles.”
“Thousands of families – from Pacific Palisades to Altadena to Malibu – are still displaced, and we owe it to them to help,” said Newsom in a statement at the time. “The funding we’re announcing today will accelerate the development of affordable multifamily rental housing so that those rebuilding their lives after this tragedy have access to a safe, affordable place to come home to.”
With the $101 million likely to be quickly depleted, private donors were revealed as another potential funding source at the Assembly Local Government Committee hearing.
“There’s almost half a billion of philanthropic funds waiting to be invested in this area,” said Laurie Johnson, a member of the Los Angeles County Blue Ribbon Commission on Climate Action and Fire Safe Recovery at the hearing while advocating for the RRA. “This gives a centralizing place for that to go.”
Californians can look forward to the Newsom and Communist style of living quarters permitted for the proletariat.
Stalin era.
Communal Apartments (Kommunalkas):
These were shared apartments where multiple families lived, each with their own room, but sharing common facilities like kitchens and bathrooms. This was the most prevalent type of housing during Stalin’s era.
Stalinka Apartment Buildings:
These were multi-apartment buildings constructed in the Stalinist Empire style, characterized by solid construction, full utilities, and non-combustible materials.
Barracks:
Smaller, less developed housing units, sometimes used for temporary or transient populations.
Individual and Semi-detached Houses:
While less common in urban areas, some individuals and families also lived in single-story or semi-detached houses, some of which were privately owned.
The plan was to collect NO TAXES in that area and have it become an enormous TAX DRAIN on the taxpayers
Los Angeles has witheld rebuilding permits for all but seven of the 17,000 homeowners who lost their homes in the fires..
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“description of the RRA as “a new local authority” that would “buy burned lots, rebuild homes and offer them back at discounted rates to the original owners.”
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100% communist bs.
They really believe they are being kind, just and fair.
Original owners have property burn to the ground.
Confiscated by the local prog “government” (dictators) for everyone’s “safety.”
SELL (yeah, that’s right, SELL) the owners their own property “back” and pat themselves on the back for offering “discount rates.”
Yeah, they are just the little society savers aren’t they?
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Dem progress.
Less than a dozen Biden Administration EV charging stations for $7.5 Billion.
Not one mile of urban train tracks laid for California High Speed Rail Project but $15 Billion spent of the planned estimated $135 Billion on the way to the project.
And now seven homeowners with permits to rebuild their lost homes.
And just WHOSE property will Newsome be “buying” in Palisades? I can already smell their scheme.
Delay repairing the infrastructure rebuilding. Delay the permitting process indefinitely. Issue warning that property will be condemned if they haven’t built in 2 years. Make sure any permits take 4 years. Property seized by the city and the owner is paid pennies on the dollar.
Another California fiasco that will pour money into a black like the bullet train to hell. Every disaster presents an opportunity for Democrats to steal from the public treasury. They’re absolutely ruthless.
Ha haaaaaa! Just what we need here in Commiefornia. Another bloated bureaucracy.
The communists are in charge and on the march...
Look what else happened under Gavin’s nose
https://thedailybs.com/2025/07/17/law-enforcement-seizes-fire-truck-in-elite-la-neighborhood-amidst-disturbing-case/?utm_campaign=james&utm_content=7-17-25%20Daily%20PM&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=Get%20response&utm_term=email
Law enforcement seizes fire truck in elite LA neighborhood amidst disturbing case
Police and federal agents descended upon a California home Wednesday afternoon, seizing a fire truck and other evidence. This alarming incident appears to be linked to a Chino Hills man arrested nearly two years ago for impersonating a law enforcement officer and fabricating a fictional fire department. Such brazen acts undermine the very fabric of our society and demand swift, decisive action to uphold law and order.
The Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) Major Crimes Division, with assistance from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, confirmed they executed a search warrant at a residence in Brentwood.
Among the items confiscated from the home and impounded at a tow yard in Wilmington was a fire truck registered to the so-called Santa Muerte Fire Department. This revelation is particularly disturbing, as the Santa Muerte Fire Department and its supposed law enforcement arson investigative unit are entirely fictitious, despite a deceptive website claiming their existence. This elaborate deception highlights a dangerous new way of individuals undermining legitimate authority and creating chaos.
The fraudulent entity first surfaced in a July 2023 investigation in San Bernardino County. During that incident, a Chino Hills man, identified as then-42-year-old Andrew De Boer, was captured on surveillance cameras, brazenly dressed in a fake uniform, armed with a gun, baton, pepper spray, and a Santa Muerte badge, illegally conducting a traffic stop. This audacious act of impersonation is a direct threat to the safety and security of our communities.
De Boer’s vehicle, a white Ford F-350 truck, was equipped with California-exempt license plates, fire department decals, and emergency lights, further demonstrating his elaborate scheme to deceive the public.
De Boer was arrested and booked on charges of impersonating a law enforcement officer and false imprisonment.
Investigators with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant at his Chino Hills residence, uncovering additional evidence, including body armor, firearms, an identification card, badges, and uniforms with patches for the Santa Muerte Fire Department. The sheer volume of this illicit equipment points to a deeply troubling pattern of behavior that demands a thorough investigation and a firm response.
So far, the LAPD remains tight-lipped about Wednesday’s raid in Brentwood. The identity of the person taken into custody has not been released, nor have police clarified what other evidence was seized or whether there are direct ties to De Boer’s 2023 arrest.
A new local authority” that would buy burned lots, rebuild homes and offer them back at discounted rates.
It’s like getting a free ticket on the Titanic.
Updates...
Alexis Rivas
@alexisxrivas
LADWP’s “one-stop” fire-rebuild permit desk empty. Our staff was told it is staffed by LADWP for only 2 hours a day.
This is expedited rebuilding in LA City.
7:13 PM · Jul 30, 2025 30.8K Views
https://x.com/alexisxrivas/status/1950696346111078516
Pic at the link...
Meanwhile, on the foreign buyer purchasing properties people aren’t yet being allowed to rebuild...
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