you know what is interesting? right down the street (1 block) is also a closed school, which many neighborhood people use as a park, for their dogs and kids, and to play. Meaning if this happened here, lots of people would be upset. Yet, we have 3 excellent parks within a 15 min walk of my house, but since this is across the street, I am sure lots of people would get upset. I personally want the school to reopen - Dublin has grown so much the schools are overcrowded, leading us to consider private school.
Mercentalist ideas do not work for too long. Employment and housing must have a balance. Bay area will end up shedding jobs (willingly or unwillingly) because the housing supply cannot be increased here proportionally without destroying open space and quality of living.
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This is my question⌠infrastructure. I am enjoying the vibrant concepts on both sides of this discussion. However the one question I have not seen addressed is resources. We are in a severe drought and in some places, extreme drought. Water is drying up. Fire risk is increasing. We only have so many freeways (few) and traffic is already a mess. How do we expand significantly without simultaneously addressing these needs? I havenât seen them addressed nearly enough.
I have also seen firsthand very wasteful expenditures on transit ⌠while transit use continues to decline. CA is not made for transit, I certainly canât go anywhere on transit. (Maybe one day but not now.) (Think the bullet train, at a billion dollars a mile, and completing a few miles every ten years?)
To me EV bus and taxi transit in dedicated lanes would solve a lot; would be nice to redirect dinosaur rail transit funds to real transportation needs, but trains seem to be the darling of many, even as they are huge wastes of money.
Ok. Donât have any ideas of where to bring water to CA as it expands.
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Some people still fighting the fight.
This is the funniest and most revealing post yet. Left-fighting-Left or Dog eating a Dog. One group want to build âaffordableâ living room with 1/3 kitchen and community bath room. The other group wants to build two rooms and a kitchen within space (roughly 400 -500 sq feet). Basically, Left is running out of ideas to make housing in California affordable.
The biggest use of water in California remains agriculture. I think the course of action is continue to grow even less water intensive crops, have better water management systems, shift some farms to Northern part of state instead growing in harsh and dry SoCal/Central Valley. and/or stop farming (maybe turn some of them into solar farms instead).
Today, farm production and food processing generate about 2% of Californiaâs gross state product, down from about 5% in the early 1960s.
Perhaps the Ag sector represents many jobs but it certainly not a big boost to state GDP.
It seems like we have been in drought for past decade but I still see homeowners, companies, and parks watering their sidewalks and watering during the day despite higher evaporation/water lost. We can do better, still.
Thereâs also option of boosting gray water recycling and reuse. Lastly we can use desalinization plants and innovate to reduce energy use and reduce harm of the discharge.
If countries like Israel and other Middle Eastern countries can build thriving cities in desert, we can figure out this water problem here in CA and the Southwest.
It will take vision, leadership, and will from our elected officeholders and government officials but this part is probably the hardestâŚ
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This is an interesting observation : Farmers should leave given not enough water in California for farming.
And for people in tech and jobs, Companies are finding hard to do business in state. Who will remain in California?
I just think we need to adapt to a changing world. I agree itâs way too hard do business in California already. There are too many regulations (often confusing and overlapping/differing from city/county/state) and too many licenses/certifications/taxes required and too expensive!
My point is: I guess in the end, we all move to Texas 
I am not a relocation fan. I think we can make California great again just by following the same principles that made California a great state in the first place.
Will do! Letâs do this. Trust me, I aint leaving!
But I do want those people to leave who come to state for freebies (pretty much all green companies sucking taxpayers). I also want those people to leave who want govt (or taxpayers) to pay their expenses from cradle to grave.
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We live in the USA and canât just do but I can understand the sentiment.
GTFO moochers!
This is my go-to YIMBY group. I donate some money to them every year.
The California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fundâs core mission is to increase the affordability and accessibility of housing in California by using legal advocacy and education to ensure cities comply with their own zoning ordinances and state housing law.
We are the preeminent and only non-profit in California that has focused solely on making sure that the hard-won legislative wins for housing at the State Capitol translate into equitable housing outcomes for all Californians.
In addition to housing impact litigation, we provide free legal aid, education and workshops, counseling and advocacy to advocates, homeowners, small developers, and city and state government officialsâŚ
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Also add to the list of people who should leave who want government to snatch other peoples property and money and hand it over them.
Are these organization not the source of the problem in the first place?
Are you serious? Looks like you donât have any farming experience. You just canât grow in cold weather â green-house / heating equipment will add to emissions, energy cost. Just grow the population & densify and let folks starve or eat highly processed junk.
Urban organic farming is going to be the future and you need a good mix of farming inter-mixed with living quarters for a civilization to thrive.
Iâm semi-serious but I still agree with you.
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Wow I didnât know you are a hardcore YIMBY!! Now I really miss you for the last 1.5 years!
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