![]() This “pack-them-and-stack-them” concept of low-income housing is reminiscent of the federal government approach that resulted in ghetto-like conditions everywhere it was implemented. The state rejected the complaint and approved the project without allowing any input from either city planners or the City Council. Please reload the page and try again.Īt the time Lompoc pointed out that 76 percent of the available multifamily housing units in town were already in the low-income category. ![]() Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. In August 2018 the city filed an objection to the conversion of a market rate apartment complex to a so-called tax credit project which is California government shorthand for rent subsidized housing. And who will pay to charge all those electric vehicles if this is a low-to-moderate income housing project if utilities are included in the rent?įor at least four years, the city of Lompoc has been subjected to similar heavy-handed affordable housing mandates. And since “rent estimates, including utilities, have been adjusted to between 30% and 60% of the area’s median income,” who will pay the difference between the actual cost of electricity used and what the tenants pay?Īnother question concerns a mandate to convert to all-electric vehicles, will the project eventually include parking and charging stations for 378 cars, or will seniors have to take their car to a distant charging location and wait a couple of hours while the battery recharges?Įven if the tenants can afford the cheapest electric vehicle, they’ll still have to recharge them regularly. Considering the location of this project, there is very little, well almost no on-street parking available, and it’s more than a half-mile walk along a very busy street to the nearest retail services.Ĭonsidering the new “green energy” initiatives (mandates) it makes one wonder if these units will be all electric even though the city doesn’t require it. SB 35 would “limit the authority of a local government to impose parking standards or requirements,” so there may only be limited parking on site. It’s simply out of place and inconsistent with the building types in the neighborhood. ![]() In addition, they would have to fast-track the project, meaning there would be no public hearings to air any issue’s associated with the project.įor example, this project consists of a five-story building in an area where all the surrounding buildings are single story. In other words, local planners and/or the City Council or Board of Supervisors would have no input into the planning process, other than applying state level building and fire safety standards. But this “bill would prohibit a local government from adopting any requirement that applies to a project solely or partially on the basis that the project receives ministerial or streamlined approval pursuant to these provisions.” Prior to the passage of SB 35, the “Planning and zoning: affordable housing: streamlined approval process act” cities and counties had the ability to apply zoning standards to all housing projects. Officials say a 218-unit second phase has not yet started the permitting process.” This relates to hormone replacement therapy, women’s sexuality, birth control, and preventative care.According to a recent Noozhawk report, a new 160-unit project was “Fast-tracked by state law instead of the often-glacial local approval process, a new affordable housing project for seniors is rising fast in Santa Maria. A main focus for Stephanie is to empower women with a greater knowledge of their bodies, and to encourage a more active role in their healthcare decisions. Stephanie has a large private practice, and is known for being thorough, gentle, and having great expertise on the most current trends in women’s health. At that time, Stephanie decided to dedicate her professional life to women’s health, concerning all aspects of a woman’s life from pregnancy to post-menopause and in-between. In her early 20’s, while Stephanie was in her labor and delivery rotation in nursing school, she attended a birth that changed her life. Stephanie has been a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner in private practice since 1998 and prior to that she was a labor & delivery nurse for 3 years.
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