<story><title>California affordable housing is more expensive than luxury housing</title><url>https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2020-04-09/california-low-income-housing-expensive-apartment-coronavirus</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ab_testing</author><text>The bullshit and nimbyism in California is truly breathtaking.&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  That happened in the wealthy San Diego County enclave of Solana Beach, where the Pearl was cut from 18 apartments to 10 and its approval required an underground garage with 53 parking spots.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>algeoMA</author><text>From the article: &amp;quot;“Low-income people tend to own cars that are in disrepair and ride motorcycles adding to the noise of a ‘lights out at 8 p.m. community,’” Marylyn Rinaldi, a neighboring condominium owner, wrote in 2011 in a letter to the City Council that was later cited in a lawsuit over the project.&amp;quot; Nimbyism at its finest.</text></comment>
<story><title>California affordable housing is more expensive than luxury housing</title><url>https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2020-04-09/california-low-income-housing-expensive-apartment-coronavirus</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ab_testing</author><text>The bullshit and nimbyism in California is truly breathtaking.&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  That happened in the wealthy San Diego County enclave of Solana Beach, where the Pearl was cut from 18 apartments to 10 and its approval required an underground garage with 53 parking spots.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>doorstar</author><text>I admit I don&amp;#x27;t know much about the affordable housing efforts, but I don&amp;#x27;t know why anyone would put a lot of work into building affordable housing in Solana Beach.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;goo.gl&amp;#x2F;maps&amp;#x2F;X1MN673Pwc57eS2C9&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;goo.gl&amp;#x2F;maps&amp;#x2F;X1MN673Pwc57eS2C9&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s a tiny ( by CA standards ) town right on the beach and most non-service jobs are a crowded commute away.  I don&amp;#x27;t object to having affordable housing everywhere, but if I wanted to build some in San Diego county, it&amp;#x27;s about the last place I would go.</text></comment>