tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post4852924483252205079..comments2024-03-28T16:54:44.319-07:00Comments on The Emeryville Tattler: They Said ItUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-36560030696862803422011-01-07T18:45:12.419-08:002011-01-07T18:45:12.419-08:00The City Council is free to ignore any ruling from...The City Council is free to ignore any ruling from any of its subordinate committees or even any committees subordinate to the School Board, something they do frequently (especially the bike/ped committee). They can also take the advise of any of the committees from anywhere. No committees hold any authority over the City Council and the Council is free to use any ideas it wants to (so long as they are legal). In fact, the City Council could even take the advise of a unconnected citizen who also does not work for the Council.<br /><br />It's all really about politics...it's what people and what ideas have the juice and how perception influences things is how politics works. Your model doesn't represent the real world.Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-20617906505030488812011-01-07T13:55:57.141-08:002011-01-07T13:55:57.141-08:00The Housing Committee advises the City Council and...The Housing Committee advises the City Council and thus can affect housing policy with its recommendations. The Measure J Oversight Committee advises the School Board, which has no authority over housing policy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-8491663930884634492011-01-07T13:47:29.449-08:002011-01-07T13:47:29.449-08:00The Measure J Oversight Committee can place in its...The Measure J Oversight Committee can place in its purview the goal of increasing family friendly housing if it so desired and it could speak with as much authority as any other committee or grouping of people in Emeryville save the City Council. It is only the City Council that may take action in a "meaningful way". Every other committee is advisory to the City Council and yet, committees exist for a host of topics and wield considerable political power, emasculated from taking "action" so they are. <br /><br />The Measure J Oversight Committee voting on family friendly housing action items would have the same power as any other committee voting on anything.Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-55520646628433371112011-01-07T13:46:29.021-08:002011-01-07T13:46:29.021-08:00The underlying problem here is two-fold--measure J...The underlying problem here is two-fold--measure J has passed for a new joint-school, but a school without e-ville children will mean one of two things: the school will be privatized or the school will be integrated into Oakland or Berkeley at a later date, with a caveat that e-ville residents get to use the facilities.<br />The second problem is that residents carry the full weight of measure J bonds for a city without many children. As the redevelopment agency (city council and staff) has also indebted the residents to the benefit of developers, loan/bond holders, bankers and the like, shouldn't all those that have received and still receive subsidy benefits pay some of the costs for school measure J? <br />An additional consideration: All redevelopment agencies take tax away from schools and the state (part of the reason for the state's huge debt) and put that money into private hands. Part of the MANDATE for redevelopment monies is that they build 20% low to moderate housing. E-ville has skirted this mandate--the intent of which was and is to provide family housing for those on limited incomes--and given us transitional housing for young professionals. This is helpful to the companies in town but not the long-term residents.<br /><br />It's the usual lose, lose for residents, and families with children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-38293770170007011192011-01-07T13:35:16.638-08:002011-01-07T13:35:16.638-08:00While it is true the Measure J Oversight Committee...While it is true the Measure J Oversight Committee can "contain housing as an element of debate if they wanted to," the committee cannot take any action that affects housing in any meaningful way. Why should they waste their time discussing it if they can't affect it. Let's leave that to a committee that can actually make decisions that effect housing. Oh, wait, we have one: the Housing Committee. How convenient.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-14105656875067701852011-01-07T13:14:36.869-08:002011-01-07T13:14:36.869-08:00The second commenter's opinion is in direct op...The second commenter's opinion is in direct opposition to the School District's interpretation of state law. The Oversight Committee could contain housing as an element of debate if it wanted to.<br /><br />The third commenter contained a personal attack and was deleted.Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-13897613156291399512011-01-07T12:56:34.119-08:002011-01-07T12:56:34.119-08:00The above commenter is incorrect; the Measure J Ov...The above commenter is incorrect; the Measure J Oversight Committee is legally entitled to have in its purview family housing if it so desired. In fact the Oversight Committee will be addressing a number of non-fiscal topics in its official syllabus, just not family housing.Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-90446773177883395202011-01-07T12:55:02.905-08:002011-01-07T12:55:02.905-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-91858887411593446542011-01-07T12:54:54.615-08:002011-01-07T12:54:54.615-08:00The Measure J Oversight Committee has no authority...The Measure J Oversight Committee has no authority over providing housing and thus it would not even be possible for it to be in the Committee's purview. Any rational person reading that quote can tell that what Board Member Simon was saying is that housing is in the purview of the Housing Committee and not the Measure J Oversight Committee, which is absolutely true. Whether or not the Housing Committee does a good job of enforcing their purview is up for interpretation. However, it's still inappropriate to give the Oversight Committee purview over something they have no authority over and can't have authority over pursuant to state law. There is no story here. This is a lame blog entry. Tell us something we care about that is actually an accurate representation of the facts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-41744783407009485102011-01-07T12:45:44.175-08:002011-01-07T12:45:44.175-08:00The measure J over site committee is in charge of ...The measure J over site committee is in charge of overseeing the expense of the Measure J funds; not running city government. That's kind of like asking the Emeryville Tattler committee to edit the Oakland Tribune. It's simply not within the legal purview of the committee to do so. <br /><br />That said, I agree that Emeryville developers play the city council like a cheap set of marionettes dancing on strings. Family friendly housing means 3+ bedrooms folks.. not a loft. If your developers won't build it, get new developers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com