Doug
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to not allow the massive amounts of regulation and environmental review and lawsuits and all these parties involved. We are going to just, instead of having to bid to a hundred different contractors and everybody gets to do a process and there has to be all this notice for all this stuff, right? They just acted and they got it done in two weeks.
to not allow the massive amounts of regulation and environmental review and lawsuits and all these parties involved. We are going to just, instead of having to bid to a hundred different contractors and everybody gets to do a process and there has to be all this notice for all this stuff, right? They just acted and they got it done in two weeks.
to not allow the massive amounts of regulation and environmental review and lawsuits and all these parties involved. We are going to just, instead of having to bid to a hundred different contractors and everybody gets to do a process and there has to be all this notice for all this stuff, right? They just acted and they got it done in two weeks.
And again, I want to, two weeks is what is possible if people aren't constrained by these massive amounts of regulation and processes. Versus two years.
And again, I want to, two weeks is what is possible if people aren't constrained by these massive amounts of regulation and processes. Versus two years.
And again, I want to, two weeks is what is possible if people aren't constrained by these massive amounts of regulation and processes. Versus two years.
So this is the main point I want to make. And it's the reason why I'm very passionate about this and very frustrated. And why, frankly, I'm just repulsed by the politicians who do this and the people who advocate for these things.
So this is the main point I want to make. And it's the reason why I'm very passionate about this and very frustrated. And why, frankly, I'm just repulsed by the politicians who do this and the people who advocate for these things.
So this is the main point I want to make. And it's the reason why I'm very passionate about this and very frustrated. And why, frankly, I'm just repulsed by the politicians who do this and the people who advocate for these things.
It's fine and good to advocate for a healthy environment and to be concerned about conservation and helping air quality and helping make sure that disadvantaged communities are served and that we can support minority-owned businesses. These are great things. But when you add so many of these processes and so many of these restrictions and so many goals that you're trying to do on every project,
It's fine and good to advocate for a healthy environment and to be concerned about conservation and helping air quality and helping make sure that disadvantaged communities are served and that we can support minority-owned businesses. These are great things. But when you add so many of these processes and so many of these restrictions and so many goals that you're trying to do on every project,
It's fine and good to advocate for a healthy environment and to be concerned about conservation and helping air quality and helping make sure that disadvantaged communities are served and that we can support minority-owned businesses. These are great things. But when you add so many of these processes and so many of these restrictions and so many goals that you're trying to do on every project,
then nothing happens and everybody suffers much more.
then nothing happens and everybody suffers much more.
then nothing happens and everybody suffers much more.
It's not worth jumping into it, but there's this video by reason TV called the insane battle to sabotage a new apartment building in San Francisco, which is just encapsulates in the most infuriating, unbelievable way.
It's not worth jumping into it, but there's this video by reason TV called the insane battle to sabotage a new apartment building in San Francisco, which is just encapsulates in the most infuriating, unbelievable way.
It's not worth jumping into it, but there's this video by reason TV called the insane battle to sabotage a new apartment building in San Francisco, which is just encapsulates in the most infuriating, unbelievable way.
No, there's plenty like this. This is a guy who wanted to turn his laundromat in the mission into a big apartment structure and create lots of housing. And how every single part of the city basically did everything they could to stop this.
No, there's plenty like this. This is a guy who wanted to turn his laundromat in the mission into a big apartment structure and create lots of housing. And how every single part of the city basically did everything they could to stop this.