Opinion: Housing factions use two state laws as weapons
Down in the trenches of California’s seemingly perpetual clashes over housing, warring factions are employing two decades-old state laws as weapons.
Those who oppose specific developments, particularly high-density apartments for low- and moderate-income families, often invoke CEQA, claiming they have negative impacts on the environments of their communities, such as increased traffic. The housing conflicts have been particularly sharp in San Francisco, whose left-of-center Democratic politicians are often starkly divided by housing issues. Last year, their incessant squabbling manifested itself in a confrontation over a 27-story, 495-unit apartment building proposed for a former department store parking lot.
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