Micah Parker
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first heard Feb 2025
last heard Mar 2025
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Also, in another bizarre move, Bass did an interview with Fox 11 where she tried to deflect blame for lack of preparation and her questionable trip to Ghana. claiming she received no warnings about the fire danger from Chief Crowley and calling for an investigation into why she was allowed to go to Ghana in the first place. Here's that audio.
Yeah, John. Well, the Los Angeles fires have left entire communities in ruins, destroying thousands of homes and now forcing all of those residents to consider what rebuilding is going to actually look like. But for areas like the Pacific Palisades, which is historically a fluent enclave, the reconstruction process, it might not be as simple as just returning to their former address.
Pending housing law, the Citywide Housing Incentive Program, also known as CHIP, could fundamentally alter the neighborhood's economic makeup, potentially preventing many of those residents from moving back into their old addresses through a series of new zoning requirements.
The Palisades, like the rest of LA, it's not just populated by homeowners living in houses, but also renters living in apartments. And for those residents, this is especially concerning.
Yeah, well, the CHIP ordinance aims to increase housing affordability by requiring that at least 20% of new apartment units be designated as, quote, affordable housing. Proponents claim that this initiative is designed to create more inclusive communities and provide lower income families with access to, quote, high opportunity areas. Sort of lots of DEI buzzwords in there. Yeah, no kidding.
So under the ordinance's guidelines, many middle to high income earners would exceed the eligibility threshold for affordable housing, but they're still going to struggle to afford market rate units, especially with construction costs and rental prices expected to surge post-disaster.
Essentially, this policy could price out former residents in favor of newcomers who meet that lower income criteria.
Well, I had the opportunity to speak to LA real estate developer and formal mayoral candidate Rick Caruso, and he believes that this is simply not the time to have a planning discussion and that the most important thing right now is to get people who have lost their homes back into the same address they had before as quickly as possible.
And if you change the zoning requirements, it could prevent that, leading to more pain and heartbreak. So here's Caruso discussing the proposed zoning laws on a recent podcast.
Well, they argue that it's part of a broader push towards the so-called 15-minute cities, and more specifically, Smart LA 2028. This is a concept in urban planning that seeks to create self-sufficient neighborhoods where residents can live, work, and access essential services within a short distance. This plan was adopted in December 2020 by former mayor Eric Garcetti.
With the plan prioritizing the reduction of car dependency and lowering carbon emissions, critics fear it's going to lead to government overreach and restrictions on personal freedoms. And then the emphasis on developing housing in high opportunity areas raises more concerns.
By mandating more affordable housing in affluent neighborhoods, skeptics believe the city is not only trying to address housing inequity, but also restructuring urban development in a way that limits mobility and concentrates populations in specific zones. So we could be seeing the Pacific Palisades, once a symbol of exclusive coastal living, at the center of this social experiment.
Not at all.
Well, the CHIP ordinance has cleared several hurdles in the LA City Council and is expected to be finalized soon. And if fully implemented in the wake of the fires, it could set a precedent for how rebuilding efforts in disaster zones across the city and potentially the state are handled.
While supporters champion it as a necessary step towards addressing LA's housing crisis, those who have called Pacific Palisades home for years may find themselves priced out, not by the free market, by policy.
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