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Do you mean that the city government is doing this? Or do you mean that this is something that private developers are doing in the cities? It's unclear from the context. City governments are the driving force. They are paying cash for everyone to leave their home, kinda of an eminent domain thingy... Developers then come in, tear down all of the houses, tear up the streets and literally start from scratch as if nothing had ever been there - it's all dirt. The configuration of the neighborhood is completely different from what it was. Even the street names are different and different shaped. Utilities are all placed underground. The new homes have solar panels and use "green" technology. Nothing is the same.
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Where are the city governments getting the cash to do this? It sounds quite bold in todays economic environment but from an outsiders view perhaps a good thing. Longterm.
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This has been happening since 2004. The last neighborhood to be redeveloped was in 2008. Most likely federal dollars were used in addition to the city floating bonds.
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I am not sure what Rick is speaking of, but what I know about involves mostly tax credits for builders who independently buy up parcels around transit hubs or new subway/light rail stops and transform under producing blighted properties into mixed use mid-rise complexes. No government funds are involved except that sometimes a credit is allowed for a period of years.
The legal requirement that I referred to is different. It merely requires cities to zone property in such a way as to permit density increases to match projected population gains. No public funds at all are involved.
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I am not sure what Rick is speaking of, but what I know about involves mostly tax credits for builders who independently buy up parcels around transit hubs or new subway/light rail stops and transform under producing blighted properties into mixed use mid-rise complexes. No government funds are involved except that sometimes a credit is allowed for a period of years. Program H-1.5.2: Create and publish on the City’s website a list of State and Federal low-interest land acquisition/construction funds available for development of homes affordable to low- and moderate-income households and provide this to interested home builders. Note: The intent of this program is to better facilitate the creation of new housing for lower income households and households with special needs. Read more at City of Concord (CA) website.
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Does the city also provide funds? So far as I know, West Hollywood does not. Instead there is a minimum of low - moderate income housing units requirement for developments.
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What some cities have done in NorCal, especially around BART stations, is to tear up entire neighborhoods and replace the neighborhood with new, modern, high-density housing where the house essentially has a "zero lot line."
...but these new communities are very expensive because they are right next to major public transportation and commerce (grocery, Post Office, etc) I hate to ask... Poor unsightly neighborhoods? Redevelopment?
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I hate to ask...
Poor unsightly neighborhoods?
Redevelopment? I asked a lady on our City Council subcommittee tonight how did that redevelopment work - because she works for the City of Concord as a financial analyst. She stated that it was never a neighborhood, but light industrial, and they simply tore it all down and put in high-density housing.
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My area has now had 4 straight days of rain, totaling over 7 inches and it is still raining with what they predict will be the heaviest later today. For a region often ridiculed for the sameness of its weather, Los Angeles can point to 2010 as proof that it, too, deals with the extremes of Mother Nature.
It was substantially cooler than average this spring and summer. Then in late September, Los Angeles registered its hottest day ever recorded. Now, Southern California is in the throes of a rainstorm that could result in its wettest December on record.
The sharp changes have even veteran forecasters scratching their heads and searching for answers. Many forecasters had predicted the region would have a dryer than normal winter. What were you saying, Rick?
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Winter just started today. Give it a chance to dry out!
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