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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m at BCC right now at this “listening session”. It’s packed. Probably 500+ people. They just did a show of hands. ~90% of the audience here is against it. [/quote]

That 10% I’m sure has been to every event.[/quote]

I just hope the council listens. I’m in district 6 and Fani-Gonzalez seems completely uninterested in hearing from residents who have concerns about this issue.[/quote]

She is pretty erratic except when it comes to planning. You have no hope of changing her mind. She’s definitely a yes along with Friedson and Glass. [/quote]

I have no doubt that they will sell us out.  This whole thing is Friedson’s baby.[/quote]

I don’t know who “us” is in your sentence but Planning has done no assessment of whether the AHS could make the housing crisis even worse. That’s malpractice. [/quote]

Us = homeowners

Homeowners who vote, which is why it would never have been put to a vote.  We will be voting in 2026, though.  [/quote]

Which will be too late.  You don't fully appreciate the orchestration and timing that have gone into this.  The intention is to enact it quickly in the new year, with the only current concern being the impact to Alsobrook's Senate candidacy that might come from collateral damage if it were to move forward sooner.[/quote]

I do appreciate that, and I’ve been saying the same.  My point is that they have to hear from us when we have the opportunity.  This might be passed, but nothing is irreversible.  Also, if they are willing to do this, what else do they have planned?  We can put a stop to some of it in the next election.[/quote]

It is not necessarily reversible due to provisions in HB 538 and constitutionally vested property right that can occur from rezoning. Reversing it could potentially be a takings clause violation and therefore be illegal. [/quote]

This. They should time limit it as a pilot, which would probably have the effect of pulling some development forward and help the initiative show some results more quickly than if it’s a perpetual grant of density. For that reason, the YIMBYs should support that approach. [/quote]

I might be characterized as a YIMBY and I do in concept support a pilot.  (I also support scaling back this proposal...to start by taking the "octo-plex" off the table.)

But how would a pilot work?  Presumably any lot that was granted a permit for a multi-unit structure would remain that way, right?  Just those that had not would not?  And I feel like you would need a somewhat long time horizon to appropriately evaluate results?  Minimum of 8 years or so to allow for lots to become available, permits to be issued, construction, and to see the effects of new units on the market?

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