{"id":1490,"date":"2019-10-07T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T17:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=1490"},"modified":"2019-10-07T12:41:12","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T19:41:12","slug":"mayor-faulconer-fighting-democratic-regulations-that-strangle-housing-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=1490","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Faulconer Fighting Democratic Regulations that Strangle Housing Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by Michael Palomba<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an effort to prevent San Diego\u2019s housing crisis from getting even worse, Mayor Kevin Faulconer recently vetoed new regulations affecting housing developers. This announcement came just hours after the City Council voted 5-4 in favor of the regulations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These regulations would have raised the fee that developers pay in lieu of including affordable housing in their projects by 73 percent. The mayor chose to veto the legislation because he agrees with opponents who call the regulations \u201ca tax on builders,\u201d which would worsen San Diego\u2019s housing problems by making affordable housing financially impractical for developers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While this veto is a victory for the housing crisis, there is still a lot of work to be done. A study conducted in 2015 from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pointloma.edu\/centers-institutes\/fermanian-business-economic-institute\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fermanian Business and Economic Institute<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> found that the convolution of rules and regulations added a whopping 40 percent to the cost of building a home in San Diego.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This doesn\u2019t come as much of a surprise considering that throughout California, the Democratic strategy to problems has been to tax someone or something and let the government handle the problem with those funds. However, as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California\u2019s sky-high <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/homelessness-grows-in-california-despite-new-government-spending-11559899801\">homeless rate<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reflects, that approach is not working (and homelessness is far from the only example).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mayor Faulconer has made the housing crisis one of his top priorities. Under his leadership, San Diego has benefited from a plethora of new housing solutions, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">some of which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiego.gov\/mayor\/news\/releases\/mayor-faulconer-meets-hud-secretary-discuss-housing-homelessness\">include<\/a>:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Constructing three temporary bridge shelters that serve nearly 700 individuals each night, with a fourth on the way.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opening a new storage facility where individuals can safely store their belongings while they access services, go to school, or attend a job interview. A second storage site is set to open later this fall.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expanding a proven successful Safe Parking Program for individuals living out of their vehicles.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Establishing a one-stop-shop for homeless services downtown, which is set to open later this fall.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His office also helped to develop San Diego\u2019s Landlord Engagement and Assistance Program, which has already connected more than 2,000 homeless individuals to vacant apartments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the City Council wants to make a change and help the homelessness problem, there are lots of great approaches they could take. One would be to incentivize developers to build affordable housing with tax deductions and incentives. Another method could be to remove some of the webs of regulations that make affordable housing so challenging to bring to the market. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/research\/is-californias-apartment-market-broken\/\">report<\/a> from the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brooking Institute<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> found that a pervasive strategy for blocking apartment construction is the California Environmental Quality Act. So, a reevaluation of this controversial law could make a difference in solving the housing crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/peasap\/510412688\/in\/photolist-8QNYK6-JgBNpc-M6ZUL-3RD7pW-8QNYHX-rPeA86-8LZjnR-8QNYFR-3RyEYX-8QS4rW-8QNYyF-8QS4Uy-3Rz17F-3RCSrs-8QS4wE-7uyTA-7oeaBW-7oagup-4HJx3e-Uph1e2-4WL3PH-8QS4N5-8QNYDM-8QNYCp-3RyJiF-at1nDp-at44bJ-8QNYdz-at1mfF-at47q9-ejKcma-eZFpfS-dqJFjf-9hP715-8QS4uu-3RDa5E-4HNM6o-6NV7sy-8QNYn6-5DpQhG-7oagdB-8QNYag-ak5hXS-8QS4tu-5QctvK-4WL4b6-at3Y3A-at1gHe-at489A-4WQm4A\">Photo via Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Michael Palomba In an effort to prevent San Diego\u2019s housing crisis from getting even worse, Mayor Kevin Faulconer recently vetoed new regulations affecting housing developers. This announcement came just hours after the City Council voted 5-4 in favor of the regulations. 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