Friday, March 9, 2012
New Encinitas spared; Cardiff, Leucadia brace for high-density development
Thanks to the well-organized New Encinitas Resistance Front (NERF), the awful Housing Element of the General Plan Update was killed Wednesday night. And the Berkeley consultant who looted Encinitas for $1 million was told not to come back.
Unfortunately, the council appears committed to pitting Encinitas neighborhoods against each other in a death match to determine who gets their neighborhood ruined with high-density development. And the crazy thing is that none of this is necessary.
The whole development mandate is based on obviously bogus population growth projections from SANDAG. Yet our Machiavellian city council, one of them a SANDAGger himself, appear determined to keep using bogus numbers to claim that over-development is mandated by the state and we have no control over what happens in our city. What better way to deflect voter anger and ensure re-election than turn Encinitans against each other?
Garbage-in, garbage-out. Use realistic population numbers and give us a General Plan Update we all can live with.
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Great point! I attended the ERAC meeting last night and noticed that this piece of garbage plan has now been turned over to a comission that is overwhelmingly comprised of developers--many of whom don't even LIVE in Encinitas! So MIG left town with 6 fiigures of our money and it goes to the experts who want to really rape our city for profit? The updated Draft is not deserving of consideration for anything, and we need to return to our current General Plan!
ReplyDeleteThe way I saw this play out was: MIG did what they were paid to do, all of the areas of Encinitas was represented, the meetings were well publicized and attended. Then Stocks publicly berates staff and say they didn't let anyone know about the meetings, Andreen plops in crying foul and representing all businesses everywhere,?, the super majority hand chooses the ERAC committee, "that is overwhelmingly comprised of developers--many of whom don't even LIVE in Encinitas!" and will come to the concenses that the super majority, who picked them, want them to come to and will call it the will of the people while they reward their friends.
ReplyDeleteThis council majority can do serious harm to our future.
We need to change this council majority.
Http://ourmayorstocks/2012/03/erase-erac-what-was-lost-what-is-cost.HTML?m=l
ReplyDeleteAnd the council chose Peder Norby as the facilitator. The same tactic was used in Cardiff for the Specific Plan to push for mixed use and three story buildings. Beware of wolves in sheep clothing.
ReplyDeleteI do not believe Norby is a tactic. He is the best for the job and should be paid for it. He is not owned by anyone.
DeleteNorby is paid $100K per year to be the hwy 101 coordinator, that's plenty. The city shouldn't pay him a nickel more. Just add to his duties, he he balks let him go back to making donuts.
DeleteNorby is running the ERAC show. He makes the decisions. The planning department usually makes audio recordings of meetings but won't record the ERAC meetings. Minutes of the meeting will be nonexistent. Action minutes instead.
ReplyDeleteThe low income housing thing is a ruse... Just scrap it. It is a joke at both the state and Encinitas level. I know a number of people in low income units, and none of them are low income. 1 is in the low 6 figures per year.
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