97% of California Cities Failed to Meet State Housing Goals
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97% of California Cities Failed to Meet State Housing Goals
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Re: 97% of California Cities Failed to Meet State Housing Goals
#2Spoiler alert: Central planners' plans fail to materialize.
Re: 97% of California Cities Failed to Meet State Housing Goals
#3Spoiler alert: Central planners' plans fail to materialize.
Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments to Hacker News?
Re: 97% of California Cities Failed to Meet State Housing Goals
#4Re: 97% of California Cities Failed to Meet State Housing Goals
#5My experience in driving through California's interior doesn't jibe with that headline. When I stop for lunch or a break I like to check out the local real estate scene and its often the case in these cities that there are many houses and other living accommodations available at modest prices. Hard to imagine a city like Mojave not meeting it "goal". Of course if you limit yourself to cities of 1 millions residents or more, well I could see that they were having challenges.
As other people have pointed out, if California wants to lead then the state should be something to admire. And being 42nd out of 50 on K-12 education and highest poverty rate, aren't good things to lead with. Lots of opportunities to improve.
Re: 97% of California Cities Failed to Meet State Housing Goals
#6My experience in driving through California's interior doesn't jibe with that headline. When I stop for lunch or a break I like to check out the local real estate scene and its often the case in these cities that there are many houses and other living accommodations available at modest prices. Hard to imagine a city like Mojave not meeting it "goal". Of course if you limit yourself to cities of 1 millions residents o…
So, a couple of questions:
1. What do you consider modest prices?
2. What exactly do you do to check out the local real estate scene?
Because I recently left California to get off the street after moving around California a bit in search of affordable living and doing like 3 years of research, and my point of view and yours are so not on the same page, they aren't even in the same book.
Re: 97% of California Cities Failed to Meet State Housing Goals
#7My experience in driving through California's interior doesn't jibe with that headline. When I stop for lunch or a break I like to check out the local real estate scene and its often the case in these cities that there are many houses and other living accommodations available at modest prices. Hard to imagine a city like Mojave not meeting it "goal". Of course if you limit yourself to cities of 1 millions residents o…
> And being 42nd out of 50 on K-12 education and highest poverty rate, aren't good things to lead with. Lots of opportunities to improve.
How much does that have to do with its sanctuary status & high illegal immigration numbers.
California is home to 2.3 mil illegal immigrants, and 12.3% of all k-12 students in California are illegal immigrants. Other states with that high of an illegal immigrant student demographic are Arizona, Nevada, and Texas [1]. According to US News, Nevada is #49, Arizona #43, and Texas #41 in K12 public school rnakings by state. [2].
I'd assume that illegal immigrants are generally on the poor side. The children of illegal immigrants likely speak english as second language.
Generally speaking, kids who are ESL and kids who are poor score lower on standardized tests. Now imagine both poor & esl & having to deal with stress of being an illegal immigrant. These kids have everything going against them and are likely going to score worse. Put enough of these kids in a school, and you're going to bring down the education for the non illegal immigrants. You're only as good as who you surround yourself.
[1] http://www.pewhispanic.org/interactives/unauthorized-immigra...
[2] https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education
Re: 97% of California Cities Failed to Meet State Housing Goals
#8My experience in driving through California's interior doesn't jibe with that headline. When I stop for lunch or a break I like to check out the local real estate scene and its often the case in these cities that there are many houses and other living accommodations available at modest prices. Hard to imagine a city like Mojave not meeting it "goal". Of course if you limit yourself to cities of 1 millions residents o…
> And being 42nd out of 50 on K-12 education and highest poverty rate, aren't good things to lead with. Lots of opportunities to improve. How much does that have to do with its sanctuary status & high illegal immigration numbers. California is home to 2.3 mil illegal immigrants, and 12.3% of all k-12 students in California are illegal immigrants. Other states with that high of an illegal immigrant student demographic…
>How much does that have to do with its sanctuary status & high illegal immigration numbers.
Zero. It has zero to do with how California treats its most vulnerable immigrant population, and everything to do with how California funds its schools.
The Berkeley CA School board recently had to make hard choices in its yearly budget. Berkeley is one of the wealthiest cities in the state. It was forced to slash safety officers and special programs due to a $2 million dollar budget shortfall. Less than the cost of a house. [1] America funds its schools primarily via property taxes, so Proposition 13, a measure that freezes that tax revenue, keeps $2 million dollar properties taxed as though they were valued at ~$100,000. It ensures California schools will always be begging to meet the needs of the state's growing population. [2]
[1] http://www.berkeleyside.com/2018/02/09/berkeley-school-board...
[2] https://twitter.com/kimmaicutler/status/962425686039306240
Re: 97% of California Cities Failed to Meet State Housing Goals
#9My experience in driving through California's interior doesn't jibe with that headline. When I stop for lunch or a break I like to check out the local real estate scene and its often the case in these cities that there are many houses and other living accommodations available at modest prices. Hard to imagine a city like Mojave not meeting it "goal". Of course if you limit yourself to cities of 1 millions residents o…
> And being 42nd out of 50 on K-12 education and highest poverty rate, aren't good things to lead with. Lots of opportunities to improve. How much does that have to do with its sanctuary status & high illegal immigration numbers. California is home to 2.3 mil illegal immigrants, and 12.3% of all k-12 students in California are illegal immigrants. Other states with that high of an illegal immigrant student demographic…
I doubt the language is a problem, young kids pick it up extremely fast. I, myself, moved to the US in my 20's, and had no major problem assimilating. For the first few months I didn't speak English, my father would help me everywhere. But then I had to go to college, took ESL classes for a semester, and then started taking normal college classes.
I doubt it's poverty, I grew up very very poor (as many of my classmates did). Didn't stop me from getting good education.
Re: 97% of California Cities Failed to Meet State Housing Goals
#10My experience in driving through California's interior doesn't jibe with that headline. When I stop for lunch or a break I like to check out the local real estate scene and its often the case in these cities that there are many houses and other living accommodations available at modest prices. Hard to imagine a city like Mojave not meeting it "goal". Of course if you limit yourself to cities of 1 millions residents o…
You might have simply picked a bad example, but Mojave isn’t a city, it’s a CDP (census designated place). Most of rural California isn’t a city - but an unincorporated area.