Thursday, June 25, 2009
Jerry Brown Sues Pleasanton
People / Politics / Transportation Robert Gammon — Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 7:02 AM
California Attorney General Jerry Brown sued the City of Pleasanton, alleging that its 1996 law that caps the total number of homes in the city violates state law, according to the Chron. Pleasanton is on the verge of approving a plan that calls for another 45,000 jobs within city limits, but no new housing. Brown alleges that the cap on housing forces workers to live elsewhere, thereby adding to suburban sprawl and worsening greenhouse gas emissions. We have to applaud Brown on this one; he appears to be right on the money.
In addition, affordable housing advocates have opposed Pleasanton's law for years, saying the city refuses to accommodate the workers employed there. They're right, and the solution appears to be fairly simple. Pleasanton should relax its law and begin planning for a housing/transit village, featuring dense workforce housing near its BART station.
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I agree that Pleasanton needs more mixed-use housing near BART, but it's funny that Brown picked Pleasanton for this lawauit. I guess if you are a cool/hipster/super liberal town in Marin or the Peninsula it's ok to limit housing growth. If you're Pleasanton, and don't meet the urban coolness standards of Robert Gammon and the Express Express, a lawauit like this is great. Sorry, sometimes I forget towns like Mill Valley and Menlo Park are beyond reproach and don't need to build any houses when you can put it all on the backs of towns like Pleasanton. God forbid the the East Bay Express have anything good to say about Pleasanton (even though it has great schools, a thriving downtown, low crime, etc.), the writers might look bad in front of their hipster buddies at the Berkeley coffee house.
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