After hearing community arguments for and against, Council denied an appeal about a planned housing development with 14 homes on 1.28 acres, only 1 of which would be "affordable", across the street from SDA on Santa Fe. Build, build, build! Same old, same old.
The appellant did a great job, and of course Marco Gonzales was on hand to mock her, and Tony Kranz proposed that she didn't have standing to even appeal.
Kranz was clearly prepped by Gonzalez. First words out of his mouth were to question the appellant's standing. He parroted exactly what Gonzalez later stood up to say.
Even Sabine finally had to say she was within her rights to appeal, that's how off Gonzalez and his mouthpiece Kranz were.
Desert Rose neighbors have been unable to use the public trails around the new Woodbridge Pacific Loden property for over two months because of a wet sewer connection that they can't seem to fix. The site also has landslides that the developer claims to have fixed. Lest anyone forget, Marco Gonzalez helped push this development over the finish line without an EIR. Gaspar, Kranz, and Barth voted to pass it, and Shaffer withheld her vote, which turned into a yes.
Cardiff neighbors, you have no idea of what is in store for you with this new development--especially since Marco Gonzalez is involved. September 13, 2019 at 6:55 AM
Please prove you're not a robot
Desert Rose neighbors have been unable to use the public trails around the new Woodbridge Pacific Loden property for over two months because of a wet sewer connection that they can't seem to fix. The site also has landslides that the developer claims to have fixed. Lest anyone forget, Marco Gonzalez helped push this development over the finish line without an EIR. Gaspar, Kranz, and Barth voted to pass it, and Shaffer withheld her vote, which turned into a yes.
Cardiff neighbors, you have no idea of what is in store for you with this new development--especially since Marco Gonzalez is involved. September 13, 2019 at 6:55 AM
Please prove you're not a robot
Desert Rose neighbors have been unable to use the public trails around the new Woodbridge Pacific Loden property for over two months because of a wet sewer connection that they can't seem to fix. The site also has landslides that the developer claims to have fixed. Lest anyone forget, Marco Gonzalez helped push this development over the finish line without an EIR. Gaspar, Kranz, and Barth voted to pass it, and Shaffer withheld her vote, which turned into a yes.
Cardiff neighbors, you have no idea of what is in store for you with this new development--especially since Marco Gonzalez is involved.
Marco Gonzalez plays a sham role as an quasi-environmentalist, since it is chique at the moment. In reality, he is the hired gun for developers to undermine voter initiatives for controlled growth or any citizen self-determination on how their community transforms itself. Money grubber basically.
Was there a prerequisite to have all roads blocked at specific times during the school year? Specifically between 730-8am and also around 3pm to dusk. From what I understand this should really limit greenhouse gases?
Did the "nature of the beast" Mayor Blakespear give a Council report on the SANDAG vote for the RHNA methodology she pushed through?
(An article is in the Coast News on the SANDAG agenda item.)
Encinitas Mayor Blakespear is the vice chair of SANDAG and was also the chair on the sub committee to write up the methodology on dividing up the 171,000 housing units that HCD required that must be built by the 18 cities and the county in this next 6th housing cycle. Blakespear is relentless in her push for more market rate housing hiding under the guise of low income housing. Encinitas property taxes are the main income that keeps the city afloat.
Blakespear’s comment on the nature of the beast should have been directed to the weighted vote that pushed through Blakespear’s “you will do” methodology. The “beast” cities used the weighted vote to override the majority of NO votes. These are the weighted YES votes – San Diego -42 National City – 2 Oceanside – 5 La Mesa – 2 Del Mar – 1 County A – 7.5 Carlsbad – 3 Chula Vista -8 Encinitas – 2
Residents have very few options to reverse this high density being pushed on each city by their elected representatives. Look up the names of the representatives that voted for Blakespear’s “you will do” methodology. Get the word out.
"unlimited waivers" brought a laundry list of setbacks from 25 feet down to 1 or 2. imagine a 1-foot-wide side yard! gonzalez blustered as usual and blakespear did her hands-tied as usual.
at one point hinze leaned over to ask blakespear if what she was saying was ok. blakespear has all four tied up as closely to her as she is to the attorney.
The problem is that that the people we get on council are beholden to developers and other special interests. We need people to represent Encinitas citizens. That was the way it was originally.
AB 467 by cultural marxist-trained Assemblywoman Tasha Boerner Horbarf requires that competitions being held on state land offer equal prize amounts for each gender. Because girls are stronger and faster and hit harder. THIS IS YOUR FUTURE - OBEY!
The appellant showed the state law saying it deferred to local zoning codes for whether gross or net acreage should be used to calculate the number of houses permitted under the density bonus law.
Our local code says net. Two examples were given that used net. The council said, nope, it's gross.
So which side was right according to state law and our municipal code?
I agree Blakespear and Kranz are owned by Developers and need to be replaced. The worst thing they do is support the absolute worse City Manager in CA. She is a completely spastic nightmare who institutes staff chasing their imaginary tails while nothing productive gets done unless your a developer. If you are a developer, you get on the VIP list and your projects get approved with a quick rubber stamp. Damn any negative impacts on the existing neighborhoods.
Existing residents and their property DO NOT matter. Its all about NEW, BIGGER, and most dense development to maximize the tax stream to pay for the huge Fire Princesses promotion and retirement scheme. Top 5 retirees pay- Fire princesses. with fat pay per year over $150k per year. Here is the pressure to sell out your community to developers. Check out the deep list here - https://transparentcalifornia.com/pensions/2017/calpers/?page=1&e=CITY+OF+ENCINITAS.
Please lets get some qualified people elected to the City Council to clean up City Hall and get a competent City Manager to care about residents and get the City going in the right direction.
After hearing community arguments for and against, Council denied an appeal about a planned housing development with 14 homes on 1.28 acres, only 1 of which would be "affordable", across the street from SDA on Santa Fe. Build, build, build! Same old, same old.
ReplyDeleteThe appellant did a great job, and of course Marco Gonzales was on hand to mock her, and Tony Kranz proposed that she didn't have standing to even appeal.
DeleteWhile sad, it is a meeting worth watching.
Kranz was clearly prepped by Gonzalez. First words out of his mouth were to question the appellant's standing. He parroted exactly what Gonzalez later stood up to say.
DeleteEven Sabine finally had to say she was within her rights to appeal, that's how off Gonzalez and his mouthpiece Kranz were.
It sounded like Roy also had been prepped by Gonzalez. He was reading a bunch of stuff that had a Marco tone to it.
DeleteApplicant showed on an overhead the state code. Gonzalez said his client was following state code, but provided no proof.
ReplyDeleteThe five sided with Gonzalez using the excuse that the applicant showed no proof of state code. Huh???
Desert Rose neighbors have been unable to use the public trails around the new Woodbridge Pacific Loden property for over two months because of a wet sewer connection that they can't seem to fix. The site also has landslides that the developer claims to have fixed. Lest anyone forget, Marco Gonzalez helped push this development over the finish line without an EIR. Gaspar, Kranz, and Barth voted to pass it, and Shaffer withheld her vote, which turned into a yes.
ReplyDeleteCardiff neighbors, you have no idea of what is in store for you with this new development--especially since Marco Gonzalez is involved.
September 13, 2019 at 6:55 AM
Please prove you're not a robot
Desert Rose neighbors have been unable to use the public trails around the new Woodbridge Pacific Loden property for over two months because of a wet sewer connection that they can't seem to fix. The site also has landslides that the developer claims to have fixed. Lest anyone forget, Marco Gonzalez helped push this development over the finish line without an EIR. Gaspar, Kranz, and Barth voted to pass it, and Shaffer withheld her vote, which turned into a yes.
Cardiff neighbors, you have no idea of what is in store for you with this new development--especially since Marco Gonzalez is involved.
September 13, 2019 at 6:55 AM
Please prove you're not a robot
Desert Rose neighbors have been unable to use the public trails around the new Woodbridge Pacific Loden property for over two months because of a wet sewer connection that they can't seem to fix. The site also has landslides that the developer claims to have fixed. Lest anyone forget, Marco Gonzalez helped push this development over the finish line without an EIR. Gaspar, Kranz, and Barth voted to pass it, and Shaffer withheld her vote, which turned into a yes.
Cardiff neighbors, you have no idea of what is in store for you with this new development--especially since Marco Gonzalez is involved.
So tell me three times.
DeletePoster is tech-challenged but the message is the point.
DeleteFix continues to be in between council members and developers and their lawyer of choice.
Yes, but are the sidewalks being steam-cleaned?
Delete9:05 AM, call your great-grandkid for tech support.
DeleteMikey from O'side back on da payroll. 9:54 & 10:22. Sad.
DeleteMarco Gonzalez plays a sham role as an quasi-environmentalist, since it is chique at the moment. In reality, he is the hired gun for developers to undermine voter initiatives for controlled growth or any citizen self-determination on how their community transforms itself. Money grubber basically.
DeleteWas there a prerequisite to have all roads blocked at specific times during the school year? Specifically between 730-8am and also around 3pm to dusk. From what I understand this should really limit greenhouse gases?
ReplyDeleteThis Mayor and City Council is completely behind the developers! They need to be replacced!!!
ReplyDeleteDid the "nature of the beast" Mayor Blakespear give a Council report on the SANDAG vote for the RHNA methodology she pushed through?
ReplyDelete(An article is in the Coast News on the SANDAG agenda item.)
Encinitas Mayor Blakespear is the vice chair of SANDAG and was also the chair on the sub committee to write up the methodology on dividing up the 171,000 housing units that HCD required that must be built by the 18 cities and the county in this next 6th housing cycle. Blakespear is relentless in her push for more market rate housing hiding under the guise of low income housing. Encinitas property taxes are the main income that keeps the city afloat.
Blakespear’s comment on the nature of the beast should have been directed to the weighted vote that pushed through Blakespear’s “you will do” methodology.
The “beast” cities used the weighted vote to override the majority of NO votes. These are the weighted YES votes –
San Diego -42
National City – 2
Oceanside – 5
La Mesa – 2
Del Mar – 1
County A – 7.5
Carlsbad – 3
Chula Vista -8
Encinitas – 2
Residents have very few options to reverse this high density being pushed on each city by their elected representatives.
Look up the names of the representatives that voted for Blakespear’s “you will do” methodology. Get the word out.
Then get the upcoming three out: Blakespear, Kranz, Hinze.
Delete"unlimited waivers" brought a laundry list of setbacks from 25 feet down to 1 or 2. imagine a 1-foot-wide side yard! gonzalez blustered as usual and blakespear did her hands-tied as usual.
ReplyDeleteat one point hinze leaned over to ask blakespear if what she was saying was ok. blakespear has all four tied up as closely to her as she is to the attorney.
Hi everybody. I’ve been in a coma for ten years and just came back to EU?
ReplyDeleteDid I miss anything?
Are we still ranting ineffectively about City Council?
Yep. Looks like it. Carry on.
The problem is that that the people we get on council are beholden to developers and other special interests. We need people to represent Encinitas citizens. That was the way it was originally.
DeleteWhen?
Delete5:58 is right. Jerome Stocks got 60% of his campaign donations from out of town developers. I have the charts if you don't believe me.
DeleteAB 467 by cultural marxist-trained Assemblywoman Tasha Boerner Horbarf requires that competitions being held on state land offer equal prize amounts for each gender. Because girls are stronger and faster and hit harder. THIS IS YOUR FUTURE - OBEY!
ReplyDelete6:25 The original Nazi term was "cultural Bolshevic". I miss the days when our entire nation was antifa.
DeleteThe appellant showed the state law saying it deferred to local zoning codes for whether gross or net acreage should be used to calculate the number of houses permitted under the density bonus law.
ReplyDeleteOur local code says net. Two examples were given that used net. The council said, nope, it's gross.
So which side was right according to state law and our municipal code?
Marco, according to our council who ignore state law and municipal code - when it suits them!
DeleteI agree Blakespear and Kranz are owned by Developers and need to be replaced. The worst thing they do is support the absolute worse City Manager in CA. She is a completely spastic nightmare who institutes staff chasing their imaginary tails while nothing productive gets done unless your a developer. If you are a developer, you get on the VIP list and your projects get approved with a quick rubber stamp. Damn any negative impacts on the existing neighborhoods.
ReplyDeleteExisting residents and their property DO NOT matter. Its all about NEW, BIGGER, and most dense development to maximize the tax stream to pay for the huge Fire Princesses promotion and retirement scheme. Top 5 retirees pay- Fire princesses. with fat pay per year over $150k per year. Here is the pressure to sell out your community to developers. Check out the deep list here - https://transparentcalifornia.com/pensions/2017/calpers/?page=1&e=CITY+OF+ENCINITAS.
Please lets get some qualified people elected to the City Council to clean up City Hall and get a competent City Manager to care about residents and get the City going in the right direction.