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Delgado, Adriana
RL Mann <ms.rachel.mann@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday,
To:Advisory Bodies
Subject:2022-05-25 Planning Commission Item 4b Please deny appeal of Spevack Johnson
Ave Project project
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Dear Commissioners,
My name is Rachel Mann. I live in Grover Beach, and I work in San Luis Obispo. I'm writing in support of the Spevacks'
project on Johnson Ave (APPL-0180-2022).
The appellants buried the lede, but I found it on the bottom of page ten:
"The Applicant has chosen an inexpensive house product that will, most assuredly, become a maximum profit student
housing complex, and yet another peaceful San Luis Obispo residential neighborhood will be forever destroyed."
Wow.
Can you smell the classism rising from this shitpile? Because it really stinks.
Thankfully, recent state laws are removing the power that snobbery and other subjective opinions like this once had to
block much needed infill housing.
The Spevacks propose a creative use of "pre-fab boxes" (another of the appellants' subjective opinions, used three
times) to lower cost and build-time, in a way that still meets objective standards. This makes them more affordable by
design. Considering the urgency of our regional housing crisis, this is admirable.
Might the renters be students? Um, Yes. It's a college town. Smart young people are part of what makes this area great.
Get over it.
They may also be teachers, nurses, admin assistants, housekeepers, landscapers, janitors, police, firefighters, yoga
instructors, therapists, scientists like my co-workers, engineers, restaurant owners, servers, cooks...
They might also be older neighbors realizing it's time to downsize. Bob and Mary Christianson were church friends in
their 80's who lived in a split level at 2462 Johnson Ave until 2018. They were waitlisted for seven years for an assisted
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living apartment, and eventually ended up in Santa Barbara. Before they were finally able to move, Bob fell down the
stairs, breaking several ribs. The injuries accelerated his physical decline, and he passed in 2019.
Imagine if one of the Spevacks' proposed single-level homes had been available? Bob and Mary could have moved just a
few doors down, and continued to enjoy the neighborhood they knew and loved a bit longer, with more safety.
This location is on bike and bus routes. It is within walking distance of several schools, a major healthcare employer, a
grocery store, and downtown businesses. Both reduce the requirement for a private vehicle, and therefore parking.
Please deny this appeal and allow the Spevacks' approved development to proceed.
Respectfully,
Rachel Mann
Grover Beach
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