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“Moratoriums give cities time to breathe and think about environmental issues,” said Peter Dreier, a professor of urban and environmental policy at Occidental College in Los Angeles. |
They have been implemented in towns big and small, with mixed results — and almost always accompanied by a political fight. |
In 1981, the Monterey Park City Council imposed a 45-day moratorium on construction of commercial buildings, apartments and condominiums. The measure was immediately branded a slap at the Los Angeles County city’s growing Latino and Chinese populations, wrote Timothy Fong in his book, “The First Suburban Chinatown: The... |
Across the country, Brookhaven, N.Y., in 1985, was grappling with a home-building explosion that had transformed the sleepy city in just a few years and threatened to overtax its infrastructure. In response, the City Council imposed a five-month moratorium on new multifamily housing to come up with a master plan. Two d... |
Around the same time, Boston issued a moratorium on the conversion of rental apartments into condominiums to deal with skyrocketing eviction rates caused by a development rush. The moratorium was lifted only when the rental vacancy rate rose to 5 percent. |
In the Mission, the fight is for survival of the city’s Latino and artistic community. Thousands of people have stories like that of Leila Salazar-Lopez, who has lived for 15 years in a rent-controlled, 10-unit building with her husband and, now, their two young children. Last year, a lawyer representing the management... |
Campos’ measure would impose a 45-day halt on planning approvals, demolitions and building permits for multifamily residential developments in a 1½-square-mile area. It could be extended for up to two years under state law. In the effected area, seven market-rate developments with 365 units are before the Planning Comm... |
Notably, the proposed moratorium area, bordered by Division Street, Valencia Street, Cesar Chavez Street and Potrero Avenue, does not cover many of the biggest and most controversial developments, including the 351-unit project at 16th and Mission streets that has been a focal point of anger in the neighborhood. |
Economists are divided about whether halting construction, even temporarily, would help or exacerbate the housing situation in the Mission. |
Christopher Palmer, an assistant professor at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, echoed that sentiment. “You can imagine existing Latino families are priced out of the Mission even more quickly because there is more intense competition for existing housing and existing land,” he said. |
The mayor, meanwhile, has set the goal of building or rehabilitating 30,000 units by 2020, a proposal Campos and others say is too little, too late. |
They want the mayor to commit to purchasing 10 parcels of land in the Mission and use them to build 3,000 units of affordable housing with money the city collects in fees from developers for that purpose — $32.8 million since July 2014 alone. They also want to revamp the city’s Eastern Neighborhoods Plan, a zoning mast... |
Approved in 2008, the plan governs everything from height limits to how much space must be preserved for light industry. But it is silent on how many market-rate residential apartment buildings and condominiums can be built, said Ron Miguel, a former member of the City Planning Commission. Instead, the commission large... |
“I haven’t heard of that type of zoning that would say once you have three (developments), you can’t have No.4 or 5,” Miguel said. |
He is skeptical of the effort to change it now, noting that the plan was developed by neighborhood advocates in response to the rash of development brought on by the dot-com boom. |
And while the likelihood of getting a moratorium in the Mission enacted is a long shot, it has tapped into a feeling of powerlessness among some city residents and forced the issue at City Hall. |
“A moratorium gives the community a fighting chance,” Campos told supporters last week. |
Don’t be surprised if you see construction happening at L. Leo Judice Elementary later this year. |
The Lafayette Parish School Board has allocated money to build a new library and renovate the existing one. |
The full project, which will be done in multiple phases, is expected to cost around $600,000. |
School and district officials have been finalizing plans with architects within the last few weeks. If all goes as scheduled, construction on the new library would start this fall. |
“We are crossing our fingers and optimistic that in August 2017, we will be in our new library,” said L. Leo Judice Principal Mia Lemaire. “We do a lot with very little, and we are thrilled with the idea of having our kids in this space. Every single one of us on campus pushes literacy and reading. |
The school’s librarian, Lisa Labarraque, said the new space would be more functional and easier on students. |
Once the new library is up and running, Lemaire said the plan is to move the school’s computer labs into the existing library space. |
That, in turn, will free up classrooms for music and special education. The project may also allow more room for administrative offices and work areas. |
This will be the first significant construction at L. Leo Judice in decades. The school was built in 1950. Additions were made in 1963 and 1981. |
RELATED: When was your child's school built? |
Board member Mary Morrison said she’s already heard excitement about the project from Scott residents. |
“It shows that the Lafayette Parish School System is looking at all of the districts, and recognizing that all of the schools need some improvements,” Morrison said. |
DAR ES SALAAM, March 7 (Reuters) - The former chief executive officer of Tanzania’s Bank M was charged with fraud and money laundering on Thursday, two months after the central bank revoked the bank’s licence. |
Sanjeev Kumar, who denied the charges at a court in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, was sent to a remand prison as suspects in money laundering cases are not entitled to bail. |
Tanzania’s central bank took over the management of Bank M, which had assets of nearly $500 million last August after it suffered critical liquidity challenges, before transferring them to another bank, Azania, in January. |
Kumar, 63, who was also one of the shareholders of Bank M, was charged with multiple counts of fraud, obtaining money by false pretence and money laundering, court documents showed. |
Tanzania’s financial services sector, which is dominated by lenders like CRDB Bank and NMB Bank, has been hit by a spike in bad loans. |
thebahamasweekly.com - PYL: "Sir Roland Is no national hero" |
PYL: "Sir Roland Is no national hero" |
The Progressive Young Liberals have followed with great unease the announcement of Sir Roland Symonette as a National Hero and the governing party's attempts at re-writing history. |
We wish to state that two generations after Sir Roland Symonette unceremoniously left the political scene, a generation of young Bahamians trying to advance in this country are quite aware of the dark corners of our history surrounding the economic, social and psychological suppression of blacks, mulattoes, and the poo... |
It saddens us that the Prime Minister has made the historically and culturally offensive decision to honour Sir Roland with the highest honour a Bahamian can receive – that of ‘National Hero.’ Sir Roland fought tirelessly against institutional upliftment of black Bahamians. He fought against lowering the voting age to ... |
Sir Roland's legacy goes well beyond a man who led a racist government. History will remember him as a man who opposed what we know to be a free and independent Bahamas, equality for all and social and economic empowerment for all Bahamians. Sir Roland is no national hero. History has now proven that all he stood for i... |
The political conduct of this FNM government can not be justified by being right or good or fair; but justified by the Prime Minister’s bet that the timing of their decisions is safely so far away from the coming election cycle that wrong, bad, offensive or regressive policies will have time to shrink in value or disap... |
On this decision, we discern that the Prime Minister's hands are tied. Politics makes strange bedfellows. He must appease the special interests who financed his election. For we cannot imagine otherwise that a man who claims that his heart lies with the uplifting of 'the people' would honour the very man who kept the m... |
But know this. The Progressive Young Liberals wish to make clear to Prime Minister Hubert Minnis, his entire Cabinet and all FNM MPs who stand silently behind him - young Bahamians are watching and they are taking note. They note your hostility towards ordinary Bahamians. They note your lack of vision. They note your p... |
Young Bahamians, stay woke! Know your history! Ask your grandparents about the man named Sir Roland Symonette. Then ask your Prime Minister why he's decided to honour such a man, for he himself has yet to justify this decision. |
The hunters now have pen in hand and they are re-writing our history. Let's learn to write my people! |
What makes Andrew Scheer tick? |
Stephen Harper, together with his cabinet, thought they knew everything about anything related to science and, as it turned out, knew nothing. Those of us who have decent memories will remember Harper’s Conservative government’s attacks on science. |
The years from 2006 to 2014 were a catalogue of disastrous decisions regarding the environment, scientific research, health sciences and repositories of data. Research stations and science libraries were closed, boxes of data went to the dump, scientists were muzzled, policy changes to enable industrial development wer... |
In 2013, John Dupuis, a science librarian, posted a 13-page, event-by-event indictment of Harper’s environmental rampage. The following year, Michael Harris published Party of One about Harper. It is all there for the reading. He wasn’t as smart as he thought and lost the next election. |
To be forewarned is to be forearmed. That should include finding out what makes Andrew Scheer tick. |
I was shocked and saddened to see the front page story about Sarah McArthur, who was my doctor in the early 2000s. I never saw any details about why she stopped practising. This was all news to me, and terrible to read. |
A kinder, gentler, sweeter soul, I’ve never met. She was patient, listened and definitely did not recommend drugs. |
Within three years, I lost my partner, my parents, my sister and my job. I was not in a good place. She recommended therapy, yoga, meditation and exercise — not drugs. |
I don’t know what took her down the destructive path she followed. |
Obviously, I cannot condone the mistakes she made, although she has paid her debt to society and seems to be working hard on her recovery. |
But I would like her to know that at least one of her patients in Brantford remembers her as a wonderful doctor, and wishes her a good recovery and peace of mind. |
© 2019 Brantford Expositor. All rights reserved. |
I encouraged our patriot sister to keep the faith. Remarkably, Trump does not appear to be deterred by his enemies in both parties. Though under-reported, Trump continues to dismantle Obama’s horrific legacy. I believe Trump draws strength from the support of We the People. |
When Moses grew tired, Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, to encourage the people. As long as we continue to hold Trump’s hands up, he will perform God’s purpose. Our continuous prayers and support are the keys, strengthening our God given emancipator. |
The Washington DC establishment is advising Trump to stop tweeting, stop following his instincts and function more within their traditional norms. I respectfully say Washington DC norms are what got us into our current mess; a nation in cultural, moral and economic decline. |
When Obama was in office, fake news media threw out the rule books; the Constitution and the law. They paved the way for their Leftist messiah to take whatever immoral, unlawful and unconstitutional actions he deemed necessary to implement what they decreed the greater good. To push through Obama controlled health-care... |
Now that Trump is in office, suddenly fake news media are stickers for the rule-of-law. Fake news media is in full-court-press-mode to impeach Trump on a sinking-sand foundation of anonymous sourced accusations and lies. They are attempting to criminalize Trump not crossing every “t” and dotting every “i” according to ... |
In war, the aggressor sets the rules for battle. Fake news media’s battle rules says Democrats are free to lie, cheat and do whatever necessary to achieve their transformation of America. Meanwhile, Republicans must function within whatever we (fake news media) decreed to be legal. |
Too many folks on our side still do not understand the evil we are dealing with. Republicans and Conservatives are still advising Trump to moderate his tone. They want Trump to stop tweeting, stop following his instincts and play by rules set by his unethical dishonest enemies. In essence, they want Trump to bring an o... |
I am not offended by a little unconventional-ism in Trump’s efforts to undo Obama’s illegal messes. Note, I am not saying I would support unlawful actions by President Trump. |
It was frustrating hearing Republican Mitch McConnell say he would like to see a little less drama coming out of the White House. What part of fake news media is going to spin everything Trump says and does to create drama does Sen McConnell not understand? Meanwhile, these same fake news despicables pandered to by Sen... |
Frankly, I would hate to see Trump become more guarded in his words and actions. No, I am not advocating that the president say stupid things. But on the other hand, it is extremely refreshing and empowering to hear a Republican speak boldly and fearlessly; not walking on eggshells to appease fake news leftists. Thank ... |
Some on our side are outraged that Trump has threatened to cancel Daily Press Briefings. I say, why not? The press is not who they pretend to be. The press is a foaming at the mouth behemoth leftist monster seeking to devour America as founded. Reporting the truth is not on their agenda. So why grant gotcha opportuniti... |
Be of good cheer folks. Do not underestimate the power of We the People. Despite the Left’s billions of dollars worth of articles, fake news stories and 24/7 anti-Trump/pro-Hillary campaigning, Trump defeated their candidate in an electoral landslide. The daily fake news pounding of Trump “ain’t” going away. |
My wife Mary and I are in Montana with the Conservative Campaign Committee working to defeat Pelosi’s extreme liberal candidate for congress, Rob Quist. In essence, we are fighting the Democrats’ and fake news media’s impeach Trump scheme. |
All Trump has is us. We must stay engaged, ignore fake news media, support and pray for President Trump, our liberator. |
Las Vegas-Adele’s Las Vegas residency is reportedly in doubt because she’s worried the climate would damage her voice. |
The ‘Hello’ hitmaker was said to have been lined up for a $500,000-a-show 12-month deal to perform at the Wynn Hotel but she’s hesitating about signing a contract as she’s concerned the Nevada desert conditions could cause her vocal problems. A source told the Daily Star Sunday newspaper: ‘’Adele is always looking at p... |
The reports comes a few weeks after it was revealed the Wynn were hoping to make Adele Las Vegas’ highest-paid resident with an offer that would also include VIP meet-and-greet packages, where wealthy fans splash out $25,000 a ticket to come face-to-face with their favourite musicians as well as seeing them perform. |
A source said recently: ‘’The days of entertainers coming to retire at Vegas are a thing of the past. |
The ‘Skyfall’ singer previously revealed she was heartbroken to have to pull out of the final two dates of her world tour after struggling to perform during her other two London shows. |
She tweeted at the time: ‘’You know I would not make this decision lightly. I’ve done 121 shows and I have 2 left. 2 left! Who cancels a show at Wembley Stadium? |
‘’To not complete this milestone in my career is something I’m struggling to get my head around and I wish I wasn’t having to write this. |
‘’I have changed my life drastically in every way to make sure I got through this tour that started at the beginning of last year. |
Enda Kenny met with all councillors from Dublin Central earlier this evening. |
THE TAOISEACH HAS heard calls to create a ‘Docklands Tax’ to help tackle problems in Dublin’s north inner city. |
A meeting earlier this evening saw Enda Kenny meet with all public representative from the Dublin Central constituency – the area where much of the recent gangland activity has taken place. |
Also in attendance at the meeting were Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald, minister for public expenditure and reform Paschal Donohoe and minister of state Damien English. |
Speaking at the meeting, Workers’ Party councillor Éillis Ryan proposed levying a tax on large businesses in the Docklands and International Financial Services Centre (IFSC). |
“The north inner city requires large-scale, sustained public investment to help reverse the neglect of decades,” said Ryan. |
Businesses in the Docklands and the IFSC have benefited hugely not only from their prime location in the north inner city, but also from a range of state support and infrastructural investment. |
Speaking at a press briefing earlier this evening, minister Donohoe did not offer a specific response to the proposal, but said that the redevelopment of the area would be part of a strategy to tackle social problems. |
As part of this there are plans to further invest in the Docklands, which Dublin City Council has designated as a Strategic Development Zone. |
There are also plans for a large residential construction project is set to begin later this year at the top of Sheriff Street. |
The meeting today also focused on security issues in the north inner city. |
Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald said that she was “very conscious” that the “heavy garda presence is very difficult for the families”, and that she was working toward a situation where “normal policing” could resume. |
It was also mentioned that community policing is at the heart of plans for the north inner city. |
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If you found a $4,000 diamond ring, would you keep it? Many would, but when a homeless man in Kansas City found a dazzling diamond ring in his change cup, he returned it to the woman who lost it – without hesitation. |
Billy Ray Harris, a homeless man who was begging for change in Kansas City, Mo., usually ends up with a plastic cup full of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. But last Friday, the man found an enormous engagement ring in his cup, about an hour after a woman had dumped in the change from her unzipped wallet, KCTV5 re... |
One look at the dazzling diamond was enough for Harris to realize how expensive the ring was. If the homeless man had traded it in for cash, he could have lifted himself out of poverty – at least, temporarily. The average value of a high quality 1-carat diamond ring is more than $4,000 – money that could be used to pay... |
“The ring was so big that I knew if it was real, it was expensive,” Harris told the television station. |
But rather than trade it in for cash, the homeless man held on to the ring, expecting to return it to its owner. |
Meanwhile, the ring’s owner, Sarah Darling, realized that she was missing her engagement ring and feared that she would never get it back. She remembered removing all her rings because they were uncomfortable, putting them in her coin purse for the time being. Saddened by the loss of a sentimental item, she took a day ... |
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