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Tea Party Advocates Big Government?

  • Politics
September 24, 2012July 3, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

…same all over the country, especially at the local level. Those, like The Becket Fund and others, who travel the country defending the land use rights of churches and other…

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Why Land Use is One of the First Liberties

  • Politics
April 18, 2012June 8, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

…call myself a ‘communitarian;’ land use and other forms of regulation are one area where I, not at all a philosophical libertarian, tend to be ‘libertarian.’ And it is usually…

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‘Smart Growth’ or Housing Opportunity

  • Politics
October 30, 2011July 3, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

…a land use libertarian, I would in practice draw a half-mile circle around these major transit hubs [not all bus stops are “major transit hubs” but only where several bus…

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Why Non-Suburbanites Distrust Suburbanites

  • Economics
August 30, 2011July 17, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

…through the power of covenants and deed restrictions that create a quasi-state. One major city, Houston, relies exclusively on private covenants to control land use, other than ‘health and safety’…

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I Like Some Taxes Less Than Others, Notes on the California Situation

  • California
February 3, 2011July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

…which is why homeowners have usually not been able to bear the uncertainty of a free market of land owners deciding on land use and instead have insisted on zoning,…

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New Urbanism: Not Suitable for Large Families

  • Culture
November 1, 2010July 3, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

…article, I will comment here on those aspects of it that hit my favorite hot button, land use and land use law. Mr. Last declares, “Studies show the same results…

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The Urban Bike Tribe of Los Angeles

  • California,
  • Culture
October 23, 2010July 23, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

A recent Los Angeles Times article chronicled a showdown between drivers and bicyclists, inspired by the installation of bike lanes and — more significantly — the reduction of auto traffic…

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Respectable ‘conservatives’ are Becoming More Open to ‘Metropolitan Government’

  • Politics
July 15, 2010December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

…Speck, I believe that county or metro governments will have to allocate Locally Undesirable Land Uses such as waste dumps, high schools, social service organizations, and housing of higher density…

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Where I’m Still Libertarian (With a couple of shameless plugs.)

  • Politics
November 18, 2009December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

…justice implications. I would say, first, that I am still concerned about religious liberty in relation to land use law. Religious liberties, and all our liberties, are liberties to be…

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