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From: Mejia, Anthony
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 9:56 AM
To: Christian, Kevin
Subject: FW: ALUC Override + workforce housing
DEC 09 2014
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PH 1 12/09/14
Anthony J. Mejia, MMC I City Clerk
City 011'san Luis Ouisi7O
990 Palm Street
Sari Luis Obispo, CA 9301
tel 805.781.7102
From: rosemary wilvert [mailto:rwilvertC 'b sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 9:56 AM
To: Ashbaugh, John; Marx, Jan; Christianson, Carlyn; drevoire @slocity.org; Carpenter, Dan; Mejia, Anthony
Subject: ALUC Override + workforce housing
Dear City Council,
I would be speaking at your meeting tonight but I've brought back a case of pneumonia from a three -
week visit to China's worse - than -I- had - imagined air pollution.
I've spoken and written many times about my incredulity over the SLO City Council even considering
the idea of overriding the ALUC's safety regulations.... and then there was yesterday's crash of a
small jet into a neighborhood in the DC suburbs ... which says more than I can.
I was overwhelmed at the backward planning in China -- capitalism riding roughshod over every
citizens' health and safety. Back in the clean air of SLO, I am healing slowly.
An article in SLO Life this week brought out not only the inadequate LUCE but the first positive
solution I've seen for workforce housing:
Instead of permitting the building of hundreds of new houses, which can be bought up by speculators
or Cal Poly parents to house students, the City should urge, help, force -- whatever it takes -- Cal
Poly to house all its students on campus. The creep of student rentals is wrecking neighborhoods and
keeping families out of affordable housing.
Money spent by the City in cooperation with Poly to help bring this solution about would be well spent
putting working families back into these small and medium size homes all across the City. Our
middle -aged son lives in one of these neighborhoods near the campus. The college students next
door and across the street make sleep impossible on weekend nights and degrade what used to be a
family neighborhood with their many vehicles, sometimes parked on their shabby yards, and often
obscene language. Police intervention doesn't seem to help; it just gradually gets worse with each
new crop of students.
I am writing to you as our City leaders to be pro- active on this whole interrelated problem. There are
easier, safer, more sure solutions than overriding ALUP regulations and building more unlivable
neighborhoods under flight paths. How would you like to live there?
trust you will give your vote tonight your heartfelt consideration.
Rosemary