The Houseboat Wars of Richardson Bay
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The Houseboat Wars of Richardson Bay
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#2yeah, well, we might have our heads up our asses when it comes to housing people, but at least we can order shit online that shows up the next day!!!
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#3yeah, well, we might have our heads up our asses when it comes to housing people, but at least we can order shit online that shows up the next day!!!
There is no "heads up our asses" going on in the SF Bay Area, only intentional and malicious stalling of new construction for bullshit reasons to maintain housing prices. I recently moved to a new city that doesn't give a shit about NIMBYs and it's astonishing the increase in density compared to SF. When you require a billion different environmental assays, force the developer to basically redo the entire block's sidewalk and street, don't approve buildings unless they have low income units, don't approve buildings if they look a bit too _not run down_, and limit height to the size of an 1800s Victorian era apartment complex, it's no wonder housing costs are going insane.
Oh, and forced union contracts paying at well above market rate. Basically legalized racketeering.
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#4yeah, well, we might have our heads up our asses when it comes to housing people, but at least we can order shit online that shows up the next day!!!
There is no "heads up our asses" going on in the SF Bay Area, only intentional and malicious stalling of new construction for bullshit reasons to maintain housing prices. I recently moved to a new city that doesn't give a shit about NIMBYs and it's astonishing the increase in density compared to SF. When you require a billion different environmental assays, force the developer to basically redo the entire block's sid…
I'm trying to change a roofline. Now the whole building is considered new construction, and requires a geotechnical survey as if I were breaking fresh ground. No dirt is being moved. Thanks California.
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#5yeah, well, we might have our heads up our asses when it comes to housing people, but at least we can order shit online that shows up the next day!!!
There is no "heads up our asses" going on in the SF Bay Area, only intentional and malicious stalling of new construction for bullshit reasons to maintain housing prices. I recently moved to a new city that doesn't give a shit about NIMBYs and it's astonishing the increase in density compared to SF. When you require a billion different environmental assays, force the developer to basically redo the entire block's sid…
> intentional and malicious stalling of new construction for bullshit reasons to maintain housing prices.
It's even worse than that. If I had to explain the Bay Area post-WW2 anti-housing mindset in one graph, it would be this one: https://belonging.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/blacks_ch...
Source/context:
https://belonging.berkeley.edu/racial-segregation-san-franci...
https://belonging.berkeley.edu/racial-segregation-san-franci...
Re: The Houseboat Wars of Richardson Bay
#6> According to the official police report, however, Smith aimed the flare at Harbormaster Curtis Havel, who was in the process of towing Warlock to the nearby Army Corps of Engineers’ dock
> Smith battened down the hatches of Projectile, installed explosive booby traps on its chamber doors, and holed up in the cabin of the anchored-out boat
> The police report states Smith defended his position by attempting to stab deputies with a tool that had two metal spikes affixed to a pole.
I did not see it mentioned in the article, but I am guessing that the guy was white. There is no way a black man could have done all that to the police and not have been shot dead.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is no "heads up our asses" going on in the SF Bay Area, only intentional and malicious stalling of new construction for bullshit reasons to maintain housing prices. I recently moved to a new city that doesn't give a shit about NIMBYs and it's astonishing the increase in density compared to SF. When you require a billion different environmental assays, force the developer to basically redo the entire block's sid…
> intentional and malicious stalling of new construction for bullshit reasons to maintain housing prices. It's even worse than that. If I had to explain the Bay Area post-WW2 anti-housing mindset in one graph, it would be this one: https://belonging.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/blacks_ch... Source/context: https://belonging.berkeley.edu/racial-segregation-san-franci... https://belonging.berkeley.edu/racial-segreg…
Thanks for the sources. The aggressive NIMBY'ism of the Bay Area is really bizarre. Part of it is well explained by textbook racism.
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#8They crush people’s boats? That seems out of character for US systems
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#9vessels are only allowed to drop anchor for 72 hours, according to a law codified in 1987 by the Richardson’s Bay Regional Agency. After that, they are supposed to leave for at least a week before returning to drop anchor again.
Problem is, that law wasn’t really enforced in the quarter of a century that former Harbormaster Bill Price patrolled Richardson Bay.
After Price retired in July 2019, the RBRA hired Havel to finally implement the anchorage’s 72-hour time limit and to ensure that every vessel in the harbor is seaworthy — a contentious term among seamen, especially those living, working, or recreating on Richardson Bay.
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Generally speaking, these guidelines are meant to determine whether a vessel is “a risk to life, limb, or property” and/or poses “an environmental hazard.” While these rules are ostensibly in place to protect humans, wildlife, and the broader ecosystem, the anchor-outs of Richardson Bay say the RBRA is unfairly targeting those living on their boats while ignoring other abandoned, derelict, and drifting vessels. This accusation recalls critiques of other so-called “poverty taxes” — regulations that may pose something of an inconvenience to individuals with means but threaten the very livelihoods of the poor.
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#10They crush people’s boats? That seems out of character for US systems
That surprised me. Not exactly sure what other options there are, maybe impounding them somewhere but they would just accrue fees that couldn't be paid and probably be destroyed or auctioned (if anyone actually wanted them).