Opinion: The Trump administration's toothless threat to local zoning (via latimesopinion)
The Trump administration has seized on homelessness as the latest illustration of the failures of liberal policies. But on closer inspection, it appears to be picking a fight with conservatives in California too.
On the second point, the courts have barred police from moving homeless people off the streets when there’s a shortage of available shelter beds, and it’s quixotic to believe that cops are going to have an easier time than dedicated outreach workers in persuading homeless people to get treatment or counseling.
What regulations are the problem? The report offers a laundry list: “overly restrictive zoning and growth management controls; rent controls; cumbersome building and rehabilitation codes; excessive energy and water efficiency mandates; unreasonable maximum-density allowances; historic preservation requirements; overly burdensome wetland or environmental regulations; outdated manufactured-housing regulations and restrictions; undue parking requirements; cumbersome and time-consuming permitting...
But attacking land-use regulations like zoning, density and parking edicts? Good luck selling that notion even in the most conservative parts of the San Fernando Valley. One can only imagine how that would go over if Trump suggested it at.
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