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What My Christian Faith Brings to My Views on Land Use

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  • Politics
August 8, 2020August 30, 2022
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I have attempted to think through the implications of the teaching of the Scripture, and of the Christian faith, for land use and land use law.  One issue for me is that a lot of land use law in our […]

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Should Transit-Oriented Housing be Limited to the Carless?

  • Politics
June 11, 2019May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In addition to the NIMBYs and the YIMBYs, we now have the PHIMBYs:  Public Housing in My Back Yard. This new acronym represents those who believe that public-subsidized housing should be added to our cities, but no private enterprise market-rate […]

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‘The End’ of Redevelopment Agencies

  • California
December 30, 2011July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The best news of a rather dreary year. Redevelopment has done a few good things, like gaslamps, but they could as easily be done through Business Improvement Districts or the city treasuries, which are more directly accountable to the electorate. […]

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L.C.B. says Brown’s Redevelopment Plan is Illegal

  • California
May 4, 2011July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I was tempted to say horrible things about Legislative Counsel, but if the money were to go into the cities’ regular budget instead of the redevelopment slush fund, I would have no problem with that. Related “Legislative counsel says Brown’s […]

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Redevelopment and Housing

  • California
April 27, 2011July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

There is a lot of worry that getting rid of redevelopment will get rid of the one affordable housing program we seem to have in California.  A quota of 20% of redevelopment land to be used for “affordable” housing was, […]

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Dan Morain: One Town’s Enterprise Zone Steals Another Town’s Lunch

  • Politics
February 24, 2011July 3, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Apparently enterprise zones have turned out to be the same sort of corporate welfare and beggar-thy-neighbor deal that redevelopment has been.  I don’t know much about Business Improvement Districts, but I think they’re kind of like residential homeowmers associations and […]

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Herdt: On taxes, redevelopment and teamwork

  • Politics
February 20, 2011July 3, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Timm Herdt of the Ventura County Star does an excellent column on how redevelopment cuts across traditional partisan lines.  I still say we have the social justice opportunity of the century! Related “Herdt: On Taxes, Redevelopment and Teamwork” by Timm Herdt […]

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San Francisco Leaders Defend Redevelopment Agencies

  • Politics
February 1, 2011July 3, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I would like to see all the local government leaders involved in trying to defend redevelopment to lose their re-election campaigns, whenever they may be. Except who has a vested interest enough who could afford to support such an effort? […]

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The Social Justice Opportunity of the Century

  • California
January 20, 2011July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Much to the surprise of all of us, the new governor of California, Jerry Brown, has proposed shutting down all redevelopment agencies in the state.  The reason for this is that a city (or probably a county, where a county […]

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