Everyone should read the entire staff report and attached documentation. Included with the vote to approve AB1033 was approval to permit "Low Barrier Navigation Centers" in the downtown area, the Barlow and the single-family neighborhood immediately adjacent to Analy High School. Imagine a homeless shelter on the vacant "hotel property" between the Barlow and the city center.
The “Navigation Center” is described by the state to include individual units (e.g. tiny homes, pods, cabins, shipping container rooms, a tent village (with services), temporary modular structures or relocatable facilities (trailers). Low barrier references removal of eligibility and behavior requirements. Pets must be allowed. Storage for personal items must be provided, no sobriety requirement and no exclusion for active substance abuse, mental health conditions or criminal background.
Councilmembers Hinton, Mauer, Zollman and Carter voted for this...no discussion, not mentioned by anyone at two meetings. Just quietly approved.
It used to be that conflict of interest included the "appearance". In our new political world, as long as you fully explain your conflict, it is acceptable legally, if it benefits the broader segment of the population. The discussion about what design criteria might be considered never happened. Once Councilmember Mauer said she was fine with Mobile Homes, Councilmember Zollman moved for a vote. Effectively this cut off meaningful discussion about potential design criteria that could have protected the neighbors and neighborhoods whom Mayor McLewis was try to protect. Oddly enough if you read down through the pages of documentation, the council also voted at this meeting to modify already existing design criteria for ADUs established by the city back in 2020. One example was a requirement to elevate windows facing adjacent properties or glaze them to provide privacy. Seems like a reasonable accommodation to neighbors. Four members of this council could have voted to restore these accommodations for the Condo ADUs. They did not. It seems possible that homeowners building ADUs, like our two council members, may not want such restrictions on their own choices of an ADU design.
The tax code needs to be changed to allow countries to levy an income tax that is progressive. And the state needs to tax vast wealth. The governor is against the November vote to tax the very rich more progressively saying it’s a nation issue. But poverty is apparent and house trailers in neighborhoods is a bandage for a disaster.
I couldn't agree with you more "house trailers in neighborhoods is a bandage for a disaster". The 4 council members who voted for this voted for anyone to be able to put a mobile home on their property up to the street, 2 stories, as long at it is 4 feet from their neighbor's property line. Because they didn't put in any design standards (which is what our Mayor was trying to do) to make the buildings compatible with the neighborhood, anything goes. A short block near me can put in 6 two story mobile homes in a little over 100 yards. That is a trailer park. Look at the picture - anyone think the property values on that street are going up because of the trailer?
Where we stand all depends upon where we sit.
Everyone should read the entire staff report and attached documentation. Included with the vote to approve AB1033 was approval to permit "Low Barrier Navigation Centers" in the downtown area, the Barlow and the single-family neighborhood immediately adjacent to Analy High School. Imagine a homeless shelter on the vacant "hotel property" between the Barlow and the city center.
The “Navigation Center” is described by the state to include individual units (e.g. tiny homes, pods, cabins, shipping container rooms, a tent village (with services), temporary modular structures or relocatable facilities (trailers). Low barrier references removal of eligibility and behavior requirements. Pets must be allowed. Storage for personal items must be provided, no sobriety requirement and no exclusion for active substance abuse, mental health conditions or criminal background.
Councilmembers Hinton, Mauer, Zollman and Carter voted for this...no discussion, not mentioned by anyone at two meetings. Just quietly approved.
It used to be that conflict of interest included the "appearance". In our new political world, as long as you fully explain your conflict, it is acceptable legally, if it benefits the broader segment of the population. The discussion about what design criteria might be considered never happened. Once Councilmember Mauer said she was fine with Mobile Homes, Councilmember Zollman moved for a vote. Effectively this cut off meaningful discussion about potential design criteria that could have protected the neighbors and neighborhoods whom Mayor McLewis was try to protect. Oddly enough if you read down through the pages of documentation, the council also voted at this meeting to modify already existing design criteria for ADUs established by the city back in 2020. One example was a requirement to elevate windows facing adjacent properties or glaze them to provide privacy. Seems like a reasonable accommodation to neighbors. Four members of this council could have voted to restore these accommodations for the Condo ADUs. They did not. It seems possible that homeowners building ADUs, like our two council members, may not want such restrictions on their own choices of an ADU design.
House Trailers in neighborhoods:
The tax code needs to be changed to allow countries to levy an income tax that is progressive. And the state needs to tax vast wealth. The governor is against the November vote to tax the very rich more progressively saying it’s a nation issue. But poverty is apparent and house trailers in neighborhoods is a bandage for a disaster.
Wealth exists, but is hoarded. IMHO.
I couldn't agree with you more "house trailers in neighborhoods is a bandage for a disaster". The 4 council members who voted for this voted for anyone to be able to put a mobile home on their property up to the street, 2 stories, as long at it is 4 feet from their neighbor's property line. Because they didn't put in any design standards (which is what our Mayor was trying to do) to make the buildings compatible with the neighborhood, anything goes. A short block near me can put in 6 two story mobile homes in a little over 100 yards. That is a trailer park. Look at the picture - anyone think the property values on that street are going up because of the trailer?