Santa Barbara's state senator is being bashed by the build-baby-build crowd for coming to the aid of constituents outraged by a sleazy project that would desecrate the most sacred space in town.
Does Jerry Roberts realize that because we don't "build baby build" we are going to lose 4 Congressional seats in the next midterms to Florida and Texas? I guess we care about democracy and making it possible for people to live in California only up to the point it affects our scenic views.
Writing a law to take away one developer's lawfully obtained property rights is pretty much the antithesis of the rule of law. If Santa Barbara isn't happy with the project, it can 1) use eminent domain to buy the property for public use or 2) reach a financial and legal settlement to pay the owners not to build the project.
Just because this is giving Jerry Roberts the result he wants doesn't mean it isn't a textbook case of corruption--and it should be unconstitutional.
It also doesn't really matter that the developers are sleazy--which I concede they are. If there's a dispute over the use of the law, that is something to be resolved in the courts, not Monique Limon rewriting the law for her friends.
Don’t let them build that by the Mission. It will be so ugly.
Then Santa Barbara should seize the land under eminent domain and pay a fair market value
Does Jerry Roberts realize that because we don't "build baby build" we are going to lose 4 Congressional seats in the next midterms to Florida and Texas? I guess we care about democracy and making it possible for people to live in California only up to the point it affects our scenic views.
Writing a law to take away one developer's lawfully obtained property rights is pretty much the antithesis of the rule of law. If Santa Barbara isn't happy with the project, it can 1) use eminent domain to buy the property for public use or 2) reach a financial and legal settlement to pay the owners not to build the project.
Just because this is giving Jerry Roberts the result he wants doesn't mean it isn't a textbook case of corruption--and it should be unconstitutional.
It also doesn't really matter that the developers are sleazy--which I concede they are. If there's a dispute over the use of the law, that is something to be resolved in the courts, not Monique Limon rewriting the law for her friends.