>> OF HAVE NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED.

WE'LL BRING YOU THOSE DETAILS SHORTLY.

CONTINUING OUR CONVERSATION ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE INTERVIEW LULU MICKELSON AND WHETHER THE STATE REFORMS WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN CALIFORNIA.

COMING UP ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

FROM THE TOP OF HUMBOLDT HILL.

I'M THANKS 4 JOINING US.

LAST WEEK WE SPOKE TO DESI WADE ABOUT AHA.

IN PARTICULARLY WE DISCUSSED THE KIND OF HOUSING THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE ON THE ECONOMIC FRINGES TO BUILD A FUTURE.

THIS WEEK WE'RE CONTINUING THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION AND AGAIN TRYING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION WHETHER RECENT CHANGES TO AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS WILL BRING ABOUT THE INCREASE OF IN HOUSING SUPPLY QUICKLY.

A RECENT RELEASED CAL MATTERS INDICATES THAT A CURRENT AND FORMER LEGISLATION WILL PROVIDE FOR NEW HOUSING ACROSS THE SPECTRUM.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN MOST PLACES AND MOST OF THE TIME MAY SOON BE EXEMPT THAT HOLD SUCH PRONGS UP.

TO QUALIFY PROJECTS WOULD HAVE TO BE QUALIFIED IN DENSE URBAN AREAS.

SET A SIDE FOR SOMEONE EARNING LESS THAN 80% OF THE MEDIAN.

COULD IT FINALLY RESULT IN THE ULTIMATE REVERSAL OF THE HOUSING PRICES SPIKE WE'VE.

>> THE MAN WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY A CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL IN WHO PAW OF.

>> IF FORENSIC CONCLUDED THAT DIED OF A DESIRE SHOT TO THE CHEST.

HAS BEEN NAMED AS NEIL JOHNSON.

HE IS THE CHP POSTED TO WILLOW CREEK.

OFFICER NELSON AND A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY WERE WATCHING WHEN THEY SPOTTED A VOLKSWAGEN WINDSHIELD WAS SHATTERED.

FROM THE CHP.

JETTA REVIEWED TO YIELD AND THE OFFICER BEGAN HIS PURSUIT.

ONLY THE JETTA PULLED OUT INTO A TURNOUT.

FLED THE VEHICLE, AND TOOK OFF DOWN A NEARBY DOWN "INTO THE WOODS."

NELSON ULTIMATELY SUFFERED SEVERAL DESIRE WOUNDS AND DIED AT THE SCENE.

INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED THAT NELSON HAD NO WEAPONS BUT THEY LATER FOUND A LOADED FIREARM IN THE VEHICLE.

UPON COMPLETION OF THE VEX THE STATE D.O.J.

WILL RETURN ITS FINDING WHETHER THE SHOOTING WAS JUSTIFIED.

EUREKA POLICE THAT THEY HAVE OF 27 YEAR HOLLAND ALBECK.

AFTER SHE TURNED HERSELF IN TO THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.

AND ACCORDING TO THE EUREKA POLICE AROUND 6:30 ON AUGUST 2ND OFFICERS WITH THE EUREKA POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A WEST SONOMA STREET ADDRESS AFTER A CALL REPORTING A FIGHT.

THEY FOUND HOLLAND ELVECK WITH A ULTIMATE MUSCLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS.

THIS NEXT STORY WILL COME.

A NEW STUDY BAIKAL PAL'S HUMBOLDT MIGHT HELP PROTECT THE MASSIVE ANIMALS AND THE DRIVERS.

ZICK MUST NOT AND GUNTHER ARE PARTICULARLY FOCUSED ON THE STRETCH OF HIGHWAY OF STONE LAGOON.

THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE HAS DESIGNATED THIS SPOT AS AN AREA FOR TRAFFIC COLLISIONS WITH WILDLIFE.

IT'S ALSO THE SPOT WHEN MY WIFE AND I 28 YEARS AGO WHEN A SNOURTING ELK APPEARED IN THE ROAD.

AND WHILE THE RESEARCHERS WILL BE PUTTING COLLARS OF ELK.

AND ON DEVELOPING SIGNS THAT STAND OUT FROM THE NORMAL SCENERY.

THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED ACROSS CALIFORNIA IN THE LAST DECADE.

ACTUALLY GET PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN.

>> I'M HERE WITH LULU MICKELSON.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

>> YOU GAVE US AN EDUCATION ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND SO I'M LOOKING TO REDO SOME OF THAT THAT.

>> GREAT.

>> EDUCATION.

SO BASICALLY WHAT I'VE HEARD IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME REFORMS IN STATE HOW CEQA WILL BE ENFORCED ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS AND THERE'S A LOT OF THE OTHER ELECTRICITY SHUN GOING AROUND THAT SUBJECT.

AND ALL TOLD THAT THE IDEA GREECE THE SLEDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE.

AND HELP WITHOUT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT YOURSELF.

YOU'RE A HOUSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATE.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT YOU DO AND WHY YOU THINK THE ISSUE IS IMPORTANT.

>> I'VE HAD 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCED WORKING IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AROUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING POLICY.

AND ACTUALLY ARRIVED AT HOUSING HOW DO WE SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOODS AND INDIVIDUALS FACING CHALLENGES AROUND POVERTY.

HOW DO WE CREATE COMMUNITIES THAT IS THRIVING.

AND TO HAVE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES THAT ARE INCLUSIVE WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO NOW I WORK WITH LOCAL NON-PROFITS AROUND THINKING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOW TO BRING COMMUNITY VOICE INTO THE HOUSING, AND IT'S A REAL PLEASURE TO TALK ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCED.

WE SHARE THIS.

BASED ON OUR LAST CONVERSATION WITHOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING YOU REALLY CAN'T BUILD THRIVING AND HEALTHY LIFE.

IN TERMS OF REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW HOUSING IS SO CENTRAL TO THE COMMUNITIES WE WANT TO BUILD.

>> HOW DO YOU THINK IT'S HOLDING PEOPLE BACK.

BECAUSE RENTS ARE REALLY HIGH.

MAKES YOU WANT TO GET INTO THE RETAIL MARKET.

SO HOW IS IT HOLDING PEOPLE UP.

>> ABSOLUTELY RIGHT NOW THE REALITY UNLESS YOU HAVE A LOT OF MONEY OR INTERGENERATIONAL WEALTH IT'S VERY HARD TO FEEL STABLE IN THE HOUSING.

YOU'RE A RENTER.

AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS PEOPLE ARE MAKING HARD TRADE-OFF CHANGE.

THEY FEEL STRUCK.

AND THAT PEOPLE LIVING UP FAR AWAY FROM WHERE THEY WORK.

THEY COMMUTE TWO HOURS A DAY JUST TO BE A NURSE OR TEACHER BECAUSE THE HOUSING IN THAT AREA IS NOT AFFORDABLE FOR THEM.

AND SO NOW WITH RISING GAS PRICES THAT'S BECOMING REALLY CHALLENGING FOR FOLKS AND IT'S ADDING EMISSIONS TO OUR AREA.

THAT'S NOT THE LOCAL COMMUTE WE WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE.

IT HAS ELT IMPACTS.

AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND FINANCIAL IMPACTS FOR THAT FAMILY.

>> DOESN'T MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY TO BE DRIVING AROUND.

>> THEY'RE CHOOSING HOUSING THAT HAS MOLD OR OTHER HEALTH CONDITIONS.

THEY'RE HAVING TO MOVE A LOT.

THERE'S SO MANY WAYS IN WHICH HOUSING CAN CREATE THIS RIPPLE EFFECT IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

WE TALK ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING AND SECURITY.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT HOUSING AND SECURITY PIECE.

I THINK WE SEE WHAT STREET HOMELESS LOOKS LIKE.

SOMETIMES THEY HAD TRAUMA BECOMING HOMELESS.

AND SOMETIMES HOMELESS HAS CREATED THE TRAUMA FOR THEM.

THERE'S ALL THESE PEOPLE THEY'RE LIVING IN THEIR CAR.

THEY'RE MOVING A LOT.

AND THAT IS SORT OF THE HOUSING INSECURITY.

MAYBE THEY'RE SECURELY HOUSED NOW.

CAR BREAKS DOWN.

SOMEONE IN THEIR FAMILY GETS SICK.

THEY LOSE THEIR JOB.

THEIR JOB MOVES TO PART-TIME HOUR.

SO WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE ON THE EDGE NOT BE ABLE TO FEEL SECURE IN THEIR HOUSING AND THAT HAS MENTAL AND OTHER IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY THE TECHNICAL DETAILS AND HOW MUCH HOUSING WE'RE PRODUCE.

AND WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE SECURE HOUSING IT HAS THIS HUYNHING RIPPLE EFFECT ON THIS YOUR LIFE.

BECAUSE THE RENT PRICES HAVE GOTTEN SO HIGH.

A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF THEIR INCOME THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE ADVISABLE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS ARE.

IF PEOPLE ARE SPENDING 50% OF THEIR INCOME TO RENT THEIR PARM.

THEY'RE NOT SPENDING THAT GOING OUT TO EAT AND SPUR THE ECONOMY.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WHEN YOU -- SO UNDER THE FEF ANYTHINGS YOU'RE RENT BURDENED IF YOU'RE PAYING 30% OF YOUR RENT.

A LOT OF US PAY A LOT MORE THAN THAT.

I'VE BEEN WORKING AT OPEN DOOR.

ONE OF FOUR THEM PAYING MORE THAN 50% OF THEIR INCOME ON RENT.

WE DID A MATH.

THAT'S NOT A LOT LEFT OVER TO SURVIVE LET ALONE CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE EQUATION AROUND THE HOUSING CRISIS WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HOUSING.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT HOUSING, AND BUT THERE'S THE OTHER PIECE.

WHILE HOUSING PRICES HAVE GONE UP & UP PEOPLE'S WAGES HAVEN'T.

SO YOU HAVE THIS REAL MISMATCH WHAT PEOPLE ARE EARNING AND CONSTANTLY GROWING COST OF HOUSING BOTH TO RENT AND TO OWN.

THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SEEING THIS MOMENT OF CRISIS.

THAT'S WHY THESE STUDIES FOLKS FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS THEY'RE OLDER ADULTS AND FAMILIES.

THEY'RE THE PEOPLE WHO'RE ONE EMERGENCY AWAY FROM FACING HOUSING INSECURITY.

>> AS A FATHER OF FOUR, AND WITH MY WIFE WE'VE HAD MOMENTS WHERE WE STRUGGLED.

ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL OF THE WELL-BEING YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD ACCUMULATED IT'S GONE.

AND YOU'RE CONFRONTED WITH THIS FEAR.

THAT RUINS SO MANY OTHER ASPECTS OF YOUR LIFE.

I KNOW THAT FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCED.

HOMELESSNESS IS A HUGE PROBLEM ESPECIALLY IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

BUT THAT'S A VISIBLE PROBLEM.

I THINK THERE'S A LARGE SEGMENT OF OUR POPULATION THAT IS STRUGGLING WHETHER IT'S THE COST EVEN FINDING A PLACE.

IF YOU HAVE BAD CREDIT ALL OF WHICH CAN BE STRESSFUL AND TOXIC TO YOU, AND CAUSE IMPACTS.

>> YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS.

I WANT TO PEOPLE LEAVE.

THAT IT CAUSES DISPLACEMENT AND PEOPLE HAVE TO FIND COMMUNITIES WHERE WHERE THEY CAN FIND HOUSING.

CALIFORNIA FOR THE FIRST TIME IS STARTING TO SEE POPULATION LOSS AS A DIRECT RESULT OF OUR HOUSING LOSS.

WE'VE FEELING THEY DON'T HAVE A FUTURE HERE BECAUSE OF THE PRICE OF HOUSING.

WHEN WE DID OPEN DOOR STAFF WE FOUND THAT 45% SEE THAT HOUSING COULD BE A BARRIER IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO STAY IN THE COMMUNITY AND STAY AT OPEN DOOR.

THAT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL.

WE'RE NOT WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING COMMUNITY.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A REALLY BIG PART OF MAKING A COMMUNITY ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE.

>> OPEN DOOR THEY MAKE DECENT WAGES.

THEY'RE NOT WORKING AT MINIMUM WAGE.

NOW ONE QUESTION I WANTED TO GET AT BEFORE WE GET INTO THE LEGISLATIVE.

ARE THERE PRESSURES IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY THAT MAKES OUR SITUATION BETTER OR WORSE.

>> I MEAN I WOULD SAY THAT THERE IS STILL YOU KNOW AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE'RE SEEING SUCH INTENSE SPECULATION IN OUR MARKET YET WHERE WE CAN START TO PUT SAFE YARDS AROUND PROTECTING EXISTING HOUSING.

WE TALK ABOUT THE TENANT PROTECTIONS.

IT'S THE PRESERVATION OF EXITING HOUSING.

AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION TO THE HOUSING.

EACH OF THOSE HAVE DIFFERENT POLICY GOALS.

IN HUMBOLDT INCLUDING PRESERVING OUR EXISTING HOUSING AND STAYS ACCESSIBLE TO FOLKS.

BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN A PRETTY HOT MARKET.

IT'S INCREASING.

>> THE PRICES, THE INTEREST IS GROWING, WHICH I THINK IS EXCITING IN SOME WAYS AND ALSO REQUIRE US TO BE CREATE TO MAKING WE'RE PUTTING SAFEGUARDS TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SECURE.

I THINK THAT THE OTHER PIECE WE HAVE SO MUCH WILD AND AGRICULTURAL LAND THAT MAKES THIS AREA SPECIAL.

HOW DO WE BUILD HOUSING TO ACCOMMODATE OUR PEOPLE WHO'RE HERE THAT CANNOT FIND HOUSING.

THERE IS A MOMENT OF RECKONING HOW THAT HOUSING IS GOING TO BE BUILT.

A LOT OF THE ADVOCATES WHO ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS IS ENTER CONNECTED.

WE WANT TO INFILL HOUSING.

IN AREAS THAT ARE ALREADIELED DEVELOPED.

WE WANT TO SEE INCREASED DENSITY AND GROWTH THERE.

WHAT'S EXCITING ABOUT THE VISION OF THE FUTURE WHEN YOU BUILD UP A LITTLE BIT YOU CAN HAVE MORE TRANSPORTATION.

AND YOU CAN HAVE WE'VE SEEN IT IN DIFFERENT POCKETS.

IF WE DON'T ALLOW FOR INFILL THIS INTENSE OF DENSE IF I GO AREAS.

IT REQUIRES CARS.

IT'S NOT INCLUSIVE.

I THINK WE'RE AT A LITTLE BIT OF A MOMENT.

WHAT IS THE GROWTH OF HUMBOLDT.

AND THE GROUPS ARE SEEING INFILL AS THAT SOLUTION.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE THAT'S AN EXCITING IDEA BEING ABLE TO DENSIFY.

>> I MEAN ON THAT LOCAL FRONT THERE'S BEEN AN INITIATIVE ABOUT PARKING LOTS AND THERE WAS A PLAN ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF EUREKA WITH THE Y IoT T TRIBE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THE SURFACE ABOUT THAT PROPOSAL >> ABSOLUTELY.

WE HAVE GREAT LOCALLY OF PLANNING EFFORTS THAT ARE STARTING TO DO THIS INFILL HOUSING.

SUPER EXCITING.

PARKING LOTS ARE NOT THE HIGHEST USE OF LAND AND THANKS ARE THAT COULD HOUSE HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES.

THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.

WHERE IT HAS VERY LIMITED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.

SO THIS IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY.

I SEE THAT AS A REALLY PROMISING INITIATIVE.

THE FIRST ROUND OF THAT PROGRAM THE DEVELOPER LINK HOUSING JUST WON $30 MILLION TO BUILD THAT PROJECT.

SEA THEY'RE ABOUT TO SCATTERED SITE WHICH IS THREE DIFFERENT SITES.

THEY WON THIS $30 MILLION TO BUILD HOUSING.

HUGE DEAL.

AS YOU THE DISKIMA.

AND THEY JUST WON THE NEXT BID.

THESE ARE NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS WHO'RE BRINGING TRULY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THEY'RE RESTRICTED.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE FOUR PEOPLE MAKING THE MEDIAN INCOME AND BELOW.

DENSIFYING TO FOR A TALLER DEVELOPMENT AND MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO WE HAVE REALLY PROMISING INITIATIVES.

I THINK WHEN WE'RE SEEING THESE INITIATIVES THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF COMMUNITY RESISTANCE.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT.

IT REALLY CONNECTS TO THE CEQA CONVERSATION.

>> YEAH.

>> KIND OF WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT LEGISLATORS ARE STARTING TO THINK WHAT IS SLOWING DOWN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOW CAN WE SPEED UP THE PROCESS SO IT MEETS LESS RESISTANCE.

I'D LOVE TO SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT.

WHEN I STARTED WORKING IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WHY IS IT SO HARD TO BUILD.

THERE'S NOT ONE ANSWER.

THE WAY WE'VE FINANCED AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN AMERICA.

IT'S A THAT INVOLVES TAX CREDITS.

IT INVOLVES THIS COMPLEX FINANCING MODEL THAT BLENDS DIFFERENT SOURCES AND TAKES A LONG TIME.

IT'S EXPENSIVE TO BUY LAND IN CALIFORNIA.

AND ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PIECES MAKE IT HARD TO GET TO A GREEN LIGHT ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

IT DOES HAPPEN.

IT TAKES A LOT OF ENERGY.

THE SO HERE WE HAVE A LOT OF NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS DOING ALL OF THAT WORK, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE HITTING REALLY INTENSE COMMUNITY RESISTANCE THAT ADDS COSTS, AND SLOWS PROJECTS DOWN.

>> IT DERAILS THEM.

THIS IS PART OF AN UNDEREXAMINED PIECE.

SURVEY OF HUNDRED DIFFERENT PLANNING COMMISSION COMPHAETINGS AND LOOKED AT WHO WAS SPEAKING.

WE KNOW THIS ANECDOTALLY.

I'VE BEEN RESEARCH WHO IS AT THESE MEETINGS.

THE HOMEOWNER'S ARE 25% MORE REPRESENTED IN THESE MEETINGS.

THERE'S A DISPROPORTIONAL OF EXISTING HOMEOWNER'S.

THAT THEY'RE ALSO OLDER.

THEY'RE WHITE.

>> SO THEY'RE CONSERVATIVE POLITICALLY.

>> THEY'RE HOUSING SECURE.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO'RE HOUSING SECURE.

SHE FOUND ONLY 15% OF COMMENTS WERE IN SUPPORT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

IN THE SAME JURISDICTIONS YOU WOULD SEE 56% OF THE VOTE GO TO PRO HOUSING LEGISLATION AND BALLOT MEASURES LOCALLY.

WE'RE SEEING 15% COMING OUT IN SUPPORT OF THESE BUT THE MAJORITY OF COMMUNITY VOTING FOR PRO HOUSING OFFICERS.

>> WHO'RE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR PROPERTY VALUES OR WHICH IS ACTUALLY UNTRUE.

HAVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN YOUR AREA DOESN'T LOWER.

OR THEY WANT TOIC KEEP THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY'RE SLOWING DOWN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IN THE CEQA.

CEQA IS ONE OF 9 TOOLS.

PEOPLE MEET THESE STANDARDS IN ORDER TO BUILD AND THEY WHAT THEY CONSTRUE AS VISIONS AND THAT CAN HOLD THINGS UP.

IT'S MORE FOR THE NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS TO MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS.

CEQA IS NOT THE BOOGEYMAN.

IT'S ONE OF MANY CHINKS IN A COAT OF ARMOR THAT'S TRYING TO MAKE A COAT OF ARMOR.

THE CEQA WAS INTENDED TO MAKE THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF A PROJECT ARE BEING SURFACED.

BUILDING IN A WETLAND THAT HAS SOME NEGATIVE IMPACTS.

I THINK IN SOME HOUSING PROJECTS THE WAY THAT IT'S VERY MISS SON STRUED PEOPLE ARE USING THAT FRAMEWORK TO BECAUSE THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.

IT'S NOT IN MY BACKYARD ETHOS.

THE BERKELEY AND YOU U CRUCHLT BERKELEY TO USE PARK STUDENT HOUSING WHICH IS MUCH NEEDED THERE AND LOCAL NEIGHBORS USE CEQA, AND SAID THEY WHEN THEY DID THEIR CEQA IT CREATED.

NOISE.

THAT'S NOT IN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT THIS LEGISLATION WAS INTENDED OF.

WHAT WE'RE SEEING THE STATE LEGISLATURE PUT THESE PROTECTIONS IN PLACE INFILL AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DON'T HAVE TO HAVE CEQA BE WHAT HOLDS THEM BACK.

>> BECAUSE IT'S ALLOWED.

>> THE FIRST CEQA WAS FOR LARGE STADIUMS AND LARGE CORPORATIONS.

THEN WE SHOULD DEFINITELY EXEMPT FOR AUTHORIZE INFILL AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

>> IT'S ALREADY BY INFILL IT'S IN AN DOWNTOWN AREA.

WE'RE NOT BUILDING IN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS LIKE THAT.

THE FEAR I SHARE THAT CEQA IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL TO HARM COMMUNITIES.

I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR THE REPEAL OF CEQA EVEN IF THERE'S WAY TO MAKE IT BETTER.

I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE TOOLS WE CAN TO JUST TO MAKE IT GO SLOWER TO MAKE IT LESS LIKELY TO HAPPEN.

WHAT THE LEGISLATURE OF CHAIN ARMOR IS TO JUST MAKE THOSE PRONGS HAVE MORE STRENGTH TO MOVE THROUGH AND GET BUILT.

>> DO YOU THINK THERE'S ANY ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS WITH THIS.

>> THAT IT'S FOCUSING ON 1% INFILL HOUSING.

AND OF BRINGING CEQA LAWSUITS AGAINST THESE ARE REALLY ABOUT OBSTRUCTION.

THEY'RE NOT ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS.

I'D LIKE TO SEE WE'RE SEEING THE POLICIES OF DELAY HERE IN HUMBOLDT WITH THE GATEWAY.

>> SO WITH THE GATEWAY AREA PLAN IT'S BEEN THIS VERY LONG PROCESS.

>> ARCATA.

>> AS THEIR NUMBER ONE CONCERN.

THE CITY WORKED WITH THIS PLAN TO INCREASE DENSITY AND NOW IT'S BEEN A 2-YEAR VERY LONG PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET THAT NEW ZONING INSTITUTED AND IT'S NOT STILL CONFIRMED.

A FEW NOT FOR IT.

AND ADDRESS THIS CRISIS WE'RE ALL HURTING FROM.

IN THE GATEWAY AREA PLAN.

THE ROB ARCUALLY BACKED MISLABELED HOUSING FOR ALL BALLOT MEASURE THEY'VE TRYING TO PUT ON THE BALLOT.

>> YES.

THAT THAT'S ALSO THE POLITICS.

THAT'S THE LINK HOUSING THAT'S CONVERTING PARKING LOTS TO HOUSING.

THEY'RE SAYING WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT TURN INTO HOUSING.

IT THAT WOULD SO WE'RE SEEING EVEN LOCALLY MAYBE THEY'RE NOT USING CEQA.

IT'S USING ACTORS THAT ARE HOUSING SECURE.

WE HAVE 90 SECONDS LEFT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BOTHERS ME IN OUR SOCIETY WE VIEW REAL ESTATE OR WHERE YOU LIVE AS MORE SPECULATION WEALTH GENERATION THAN JUST SCPLIING QUALITY PLACES TO LIVE.

IS THERE ANY HOPE OF DIALING THAT BACK.

>> THIS IS AFTER YEARS OF WORKING IN HOUSING THIS IS MY DREAM.

WE MOVE TOWARDS A FUTURE WEE-WEE DECOMMODIFY HOUSING.

IT SHOULDN'T BE ABOUT GENERATING WEALTH FOR YOUR FAMILY.

SO COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS TAKE HOUSING OUT OF THE COMMODITY MARKET AND START TO MAKE IT A RIGHT AND GUARANTEE FOR FOLKS.

I'M REALLY HOPEFUL AROUND THAT.

IT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM IF WE WORK TOWARDS DECOMMAED IF I GO HOUSING.

>> IT'S ABOUT MAKING THE.

I THINK WE'RE AT IT.

>> THANK YOU.

WHAT A TREAT.

YOU'RE BRILLIANT.

I APPRECIATE YOU CLEARING IT UP FOR US.

S IS >> THAT'S IT FOR TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED AND STAY INFORMED.