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Originally Posted by KA24DESOneThree

Ay mami, you're breaking mi corazon!



My goal is keeping ICE cars on the road by moving low-income people who work low-paying jobs to those jobs.



My goal is letting low-income people keep more of that money in their pocket if they so wish, allowing them the option of getting an education, be it college or vocational training, or allowing them the option of moving to an area where they have advancement opportunities.



What you're not understanding is that I want low-income housing built in industrial zones, like run-down blocks in Vernon. I want low-income housing replacing a whole block of small, dilapidated houses off E Slauson. See that empty lot at the corner of Telegraph Rd and E Washington Blvd in Commerce? Put a 30-story apartment complex there for the people who work in Commerce and Vernon. Take a block on the outside of the Fashion District and put up a building.



You'd have to consider pedestrian infrastructure, parking for residents who still want to own cars, etc. It can't be half-assed, it needs to be thought through not only for now, but for 50 years from now. It needs green spaces and needs to be free from addicts ODing on benches.



Depending on how well you prepare, you might start reducing the need for 12-lane highways. You might need 10-lane highways, giving you the ability to put light rail in existing transit corridors.



Build in protections against predatory investment firms and international investors. Sit down, start with the idea, and start going through everything affected by that idea.



Do you really think it's the American Dream to own a house you can barely afford an hour and a half away from where you work? Is it the American Dream to have two financed cars in the driveway and an 8'x8' square of front yard?



We need to be smart if we're trying to tackle complex problems. We need to think holistically, we need to involve people smarter than ourselves, we need to let scientists and data analysts actually help drive our decision-making.

I agree with this as long as people won't be pressured or forced in some way to live in these apartment complexes in the city. I for one have lived in these human bee hives and can't stand them.