Big Bamboozle #2 – How LA Hopes to Extend a Real Estate Boom and Hold off its Eventual Bust Details
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bamboozle, a cavalier exercise to reverse engineer zone changes that further enrich real estate speculators already profiting from a housing boom.
It only took a week for hard evidence to appear that confirms this analysis. It is tucked away in the Notice of Preparation (NOP) and supportive Initial Study for the Housing Element’s Environmental Impact Review (EIR). While few people have the time to examine these documents, they reveal that that City Hall’s commitment to ending homelessness is only a convenient cover story. They buttress City Hall’s conviction that Los Angeles can grow its way out of overlapping crises by feeding the real estate sector’s appetite (for higher profits).
Will 2021 be the year offshore wind power finally takes off?
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January 20, 2021 12:30AM (UTC)
GREAT YARMOUTH, ENGLAND - JULY 19: The sun starts to rise behind Britain s largest offshore wind farm off the Great Yarmouth coastline on July 19, 2006 in Norfolk, England. The 30 turbines cost GBP75million and can generate enough power for 41,000 homes are seen by supporters as a clean and green way to generate electricity and a way of cutting down on harmful green house gas emmissions. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
The Area Council held its first regular monthly meeting of the new year on
Monday, January 4. Major topics discussed were: (1) Tahoma School District Board Update; (2) Countywide Planning Policies Update; (3) Issues/Questions for State Legislature; (4) Cedar Hills Regional Landfill; and (5) Upcoming Area Council Major Tasks.
Area Council Officer Elections
At its first monthly meeting of the year the Area Council conducts internal elections for its Officers. The positions and duties are: Chair: Maintain Council operations and interfaces and preside at all meetings; Vice-Chair: Serve in the absence of the Chair and Chair the Public Relations Committee which manages Area Council member elections; Recording Secretary: Prepare and distribute Council meeting minutes; Corresponding Secretary: Prepare and transmit all Council correspondence, author articles on activities, and control web site content; and Treasurer: Receive and be accountable for all Council funds, maintain accounts, and
John January 17, 2021 (8:28 pm)
Gondola…… Far less costly and can be completed in a few years. I’ve been on the gondola system in La Paz Bolivia. It was fantastic. A gondola arrived every 15 seconds capable of carrying 10 people. It covered the entire City. The views were spectacular. We wouldn’t need a second bridge either.
WSB January 17, 2021 (8:48 pm)
I’ll be writing about the currently circulating West Seattle concept tomorrow. It came up briefly at this meeting, when a board member noted she had been contacted by the West Seattle advocates. – TR
Eldorado January 18, 2021 (2:32 am)
Love it!
Peter January 18, 2021 (8:56 am)