tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post3357124727275767697..comments2023-11-28T20:40:14.193-08:00Comments on Fix Pacifica: Sister District ("Blue Wave") Project, Democrats meeting, this Saturday July 21, 2018 Fix Pacificahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14451072441256706977noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-72993553695800241012018-07-24T16:08:59.230-07:002018-07-24T16:08:59.230-07:00Rent control can create more problems then it trie...Rent control can create more problems then it tries to solve. Look at San Francisco where rents are still sky high, unless you happen to have a rent controlled apartment and then many of those "protected" tenants game the system by Air-B-N-B ing or illegally subletting so the protected tenants makes profits, while the property owner loses out. Or locally after city council tried to pass rent control by a narrow 3-2 vote, plenty of local tenants received huge rent increases. If you own property and want to control it yourself, then NO on Prop. 10. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-60907111919166391592018-07-23T20:47:02.560-07:002018-07-23T20:47:02.560-07:00Jungle primaries are dumb as hell. It’s a barrier ...Jungle primaries are dumb as hell. It’s a barrier for grass roots candidates and others without huge bankrolls or connections (which is the unspoken point, of course).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-62574502276552000952018-07-23T14:04:31.548-07:002018-07-23T14:04:31.548-07:00But if you want a truly balanced primaries, wouldn...<i>But if you want a truly balanced primaries, wouldn't it be better to multi-vote candidates from different parties? That is, if I could vote for potential democrat & republican & 3rd & 4th & nth party candidates for debates .. wouldn't that be better?</i><br /><br />why bother with an extra step? you get to vote for whoever you want in the primaries regardless of political affiliation, so what you describe is almost exactly what happens at at that point. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-82970642169234920172018-07-23T13:08:39.510-07:002018-07-23T13:08:39.510-07:00First, are primaries even meant to be "truly ...First, are primaries even meant to be "truly balanced"? I'd contend that they're not. You seem to be arguing more for a general election as a primary, and that takes us back in a circle.<br />"... multi-vote candidates from different parties"? That's just another way of doing it (although I don't think it's been tried in anything bigger than city elections), and I'm not sure that it's any better (or any worse) than what we already have.<br />I'd argue that it's better to focus on making what we have be the best it can be, rather than wishing it was something different?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-50752277477461907022018-07-23T11:04:36.616-07:002018-07-23T11:04:36.616-07:00But if you want a truly balanced primaries, wouldn...But if you want a truly balanced primaries, wouldn't it be better to multi-vote candidates from different parties? That is, if I could vote for potential democrat & republican & 3rd & 4th & nth party candidates for debates .. wouldn't that be better?<br /><br />Wouldn't that be a true reflection of public intentions?<br /><br />The current pigeon-holing approach is only slightly better than selection in a smoke filled room. Actually, even with smoke filled room, the candidates are chosen by public representatives. So I am not sure there is much value for primaries that are driven by affiliations over smoke filled rooms -- other than the spectacle and theater of democracy.<br /><br /><br /><br />The Local Libertariannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-78492641850645893532018-07-22T16:26:08.994-07:002018-07-22T16:26:08.994-07:00Why? Because until sometime over 50 years ago, th...Why? Because until sometime over 50 years ago, the general election candidates used to emerge from smoke filled rooms, until the system was changed to let the voters decide in primaries -- and in order to make primaries work, you have to select which party's primary you want to vote in. Like most things that make democracies work, it's an imperfect process, but still better than the alternative(s).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-39987760403956346222018-07-21T22:11:29.622-07:002018-07-21T22:11:29.622-07:00Why should the individual register for a certain a...Why should the individual register for a certain affiliation? That is just some pigeon-holing nonsense. Our interests a varied and differ on our personal circumstances and background. No one party can ever truly serve or help our individual aspirations. <br /><br />This two party system is nothing but a complete fraud of democracy!<br /><br /><br />The Local Libertariannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-2819329795761678512018-07-21T18:32:42.626-07:002018-07-21T18:32:42.626-07:00"Thinking of registering independent."
..."Thinking of registering independent."<br /><br />I did that in 2004 or 2005. Very liberating. Steve Sinainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-34370749575489098472018-07-20T13:33:29.985-07:002018-07-20T13:33:29.985-07:00Perhaps, they are better off fixing the zoning reg...Perhaps, they are better off fixing the zoning regulations to allow for more housing? Is that too obvious? The Local Libertariannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-16886996259759857352018-07-19T19:32:00.448-07:002018-07-19T19:32:00.448-07:00It would be really bad for a senior renting out a ...It would be really bad for a senior renting out a room.Senior could be sued under just cause eviction claim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-10547153998944706902018-07-19T16:11:33.073-07:002018-07-19T16:11:33.073-07:00Im having a hard time reconciling how the Dems cou...Im having a hard time reconciling how the Dems could make such a bone-headed move. Do they not understand what that will do to communities! The committee has gone rouge in my opinion. Remember what the county committee did to Nihart. Well, the state committee just did that to homeowners. I've been a registered democrat since 1972, 44 years. Thinking of registering independent. <br /><br />https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/California-rent-control-ballot-measure-wins-13083099.php?cmpid=gsa-sfgate-result<br /><br />California rent control ballot measure wins backing from Democratic Party<br />www.sfchronicle.com<br />With crushing housing costs in California showing no sign of easing off, a measure that would give cities far greater leeway to impose rent control is shaping up to be one of the hardest-fought initiatives on the November ballot. The California Democratic Party voted over the weekend to endorse Proposition 10, which would repeal a 1990s law called the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act that barred cities from capping rents on housing built after the law took effect in 1995. That date is earlier in cities that already had rent control before the law’s passage. For example, rent control is limited in San Francisco to buildings built befPissed off Paulnoreply@blogger.com