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This file and the older Sustainable files are a visual affirmation of what my other files posted on Scribed are warning us about. It is visual, we here in the San Fernando Valley can see the high density apartments off of Vanowen and Variel, Reseda and Plummer, Corbin and Plummer, Sherman Way and Wilbur, De Soto and Victory and Hollywoods high-rise apartments. Redistribution of wealth is to punish the productive and reward the takers. It is about a countrys sovereignty. It is about race baiting and the hatred of capitalism. The importation of socialist and communist. It is about the United Nations agenda to create their One World Order and how the Obama administration is advancing this, see the Leon Peneta file. It is about how the Obama administration is giving the Middle East and Africa to the Muslim Brotherhood.

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In this file, on PDF page 10, you will find LAs effort to solve the housing crisis in the coming years: http://mayor.lacity.org/stellent/groups/electofficials/@myr_ch_contributor/documents/co nributor_web_content/lacityp_005875.pdf The city will partner with the private sector to spend $5 billion in affordable housing. This is part of that redistribution of wealth Obama was talking about and the Agenda 21 the United Nations is pushing.

Here are a few paragraphs:

A central challenge in the Los Angeles affordable housing market entails bridging the gap between the housing we produce and the housing we need. Housing That Works tackles this challenge by directing public resources toward the production and preservation of 20,000 homes across the income spectrum.

Adding Housing for Families at Every Income Level

The Mayors plan focuses on the disparity between what is built and what our community needs, and set specific goals for housing across the income spectrum.

Creating Sustainable Transit Communities

The Mayors plan focuses new development in the areas where it makes the most sense along public transit corridors and close to job centers. Under his leadership, this plan creates 20 transit district plans in 5 years, launches a sustainable community initiative, protects the environment, connects homes and places of work, and improves the quality of life for every Angeleno.

Promoting Mixed Income Housing

Under the Mayors leadership the City will adopt a mixed-income housing ordinance, ensuring that every community and every new development includes housing for families of all income levels and expands the housing options for LAs workforce.

So do you get that kids? Villaraigosa is going to force his Social Engineering, his Integrated communities on us by building massive apartment buildings along the transit lines. That is what he means when he says Mixed Income Housing. Our government is going to select the winners in this world.

The city already owns 30,000 units and he wants to add another 20,000 units. He explains this a little better on PDF page 16. PDF page 19 has a clear map, incomplete, but clear.

Heres my problem with this.

First of all, I have to cross Canoga Ave. and the Orange Line everyday and I already see that the Orange Line makes me wait too often three green lights to get across. The same thing happens on De Soto crossing Victory. It will become much worse when they densify it with their mixed-use-high-density apartments, some with retail on the ground floor. I know that this is Redistribution of Wealth. The government should not be building housing and they should not be selecting the developers that will profit. Our city was much better off when we attracted the educated and the high achievers, the high tech employers and aerospace. The high achievers moved out of the San Fernando Valley when they tried integrating our kids thru forced bussing in the 70s and 80s and now they are trying it again. Subsidized housing creates people dependent on the government and fosters single parent families. Dependent people become violent when what they perceive as entitlements are cut back as demonstrated in Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Argentina, Wisconsin, Michigan, the LA teachers and the LA dock workers. I read the white papers listed below. I see that 4 of our 4 mayoral candidates are going to proceed with this path to ruin. I want my house value to go up, not down. They just built two new low-income-high-density units in my neighborhood. The busses are all subsidized, they cant stand on their own.

The Brown Streak Train that is being built is intended to make a Radiator Springs from the movie Cars out of every town it bypasses and Brown says he will pay for it with Californias Cap and Tax. Once built, that tax will never go away. The city has been taking away parking and street lanes in order to make walking and bicycling more attractive. I like my own backyard. It is safe for my kid and pets and I grow my own vegetables.

Now at this link: www.mayor.lacity.org/Issues/Transportation/index.htm Under transit Orientation is a link at the line that says One product of this process, a White Paper of findings and recommendations, is available for download here. http://mayor.lacity.org/stellent/groups/electedofficials/@myr_ch_contributor/docum ents/contributor_web_content/lacityp_022367.pdf You will be taken to 110 pages of Villaragosas white paper titled

Developing and Implementing the City of Los Angeles

Transit Corridors Strategy

Coordinated Action toward a Transit-Oriented Metropolis
Ive read it. To them this is all about transportation and relieving congestion. It is not about smog anymore they say. BS. If they wanted to relieve congestion, they would sync the southbound lanes on Topanga and the northbound lanes on De Soto. They would sync the eastbound lanes on Victory and the westbound lanes on Sherman Way. They would take the busses off those routs because nobody that rides them needs an onramp anyway. The people getting off the busses make the right lane useless when they are crossing the street. In these white papers, they give examples of sustainable communities.

Fruitvale, Oakland, California

Fruitvale Transit Village Plan includes La Clinica de La Raza, a senior center, Cesar Chavez library a charter high school, and a child care center (Head Start). The second phase is on hold. They failed to segregate the housing components from the rest of the villages uses. This negatively impacted the projects ability to garner financing. This resulted in a retail development component that was not attractive to tenants. It has not spurred additional real estate investment.

Market Creek, San Diego, California

Currently, the project consists of the commercial center (including a grocery store, a bank, and a coffee shop), Jacobs Center (an 80,000 square ft. community center and offices), and a surface parking lot. An outdoor amphitheater sits within the Chollas Creek drainage way with a bridge connecting Market Creek with the Jacobs Center. The housing and commercial components remain incomplete. The City of San Diego operates the Malcolm X Library. Ill finish going through these white papers later. But first, Ill highlight what is in it from memory. Most of the sustainable cities are failures with a few exceptions, one in Virginia. But in Virginia, a property is taxed on the potential value, forcing people to move after about 5 years. These white papers compare Los Angeles to what other cities from around the world has done. In Copenhagen, they forced people out of their cars and into bike paths by taxing the cars so that they cost 3 times what they would sell for anywhere else. One of the cities, in Oregon, has already gone bankrupt. Making the sustainable part of the city unfriendly to cars is their main tool. Other cities they use as examples are Hong Kong, some place in Brazil, and Singapore.

The Orange Line goes to Chatsworth now and now they have one in the planning stages going up Van Nuys to Foothill

110 pages of plans for Los Angeles This document was prepared by the University of California Berkely with the team leader being Ian Carlton. They based their studies on Fruitvale Village, Oakland, California Market Creek, San Diego, California The Beaverton Round, San Diego, California Copenhagen, Denmark Hong Kong, China Curitiba, Brazil the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor in Arlington, Virginia Market Creek, San Diego, California Ottawa, Canada Singapore http://mayor.lacity.org/stellent/groups/electedofficials/@myr_ch_contributor/documents/ contributor_web_content/lacityp_022367.pdf A 5 year, $5 billion housing plan for LAs families http://mayor.lacity.org/stellent/groups/electedofficials/@myr_ch_contributor/documents/ contributor_web_content/lacityp_005875.pdf Both of the above plans are for radically changing the City of Los Angeles. Villaragosa explains how we will discourage cars by using the transit corridors, dense housing and limited or no parking and paid street parking. The high density housing will integrate all levels of income and ethnicity. Business corridors will also be located on the transit lines. Metro and PDC Owner Team Up for WeHo Mega-Development - DevelopmentWatch http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/02/metro_and_pdc_owner_team_up_for_weho_mega development.php South Park Tower Developer Planning Two More Towers Nearby DevelopmentWatch http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/02/south_park_tower_developer_planning_two_more _towers_nearby.php

LA's First Parking Space Park Opens With Reservoir Dogs Imagery in Highland Park http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/02/las_first_parking_space_park_opens_with_reservo ir_dogs_imagery.php

Metro and PDC Owner Team Up for WeHo Mega-Development DevelopmentWatch http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/02/metro_and_pdc_owner_team_up_for_weho_mega development.php

Pricy new SaMo apartments encourage carless living http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/02/pricey_new_samo_apartments_hoping_residents_g o_carless.php Fifth Street, 100 units. residents will be able to live, work and play without ever needing to get into their cars. Leading this kind of lifestyle will save residents thoudsands of dollars in car-related expenses. From 525 to 1,395 sq ft, they will rent from $2,944 to $5,874.

WeHoans unhappy about surprise PDC-Adjacent megaproject http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/02/wehoans_unhappy_about_surprise_pdcadjacent_m egaproject.php Santa Monica near San Vicente in West Hollywood. Huge mixed-use complex with two high-rise towers, residential, retail, and hotel space plus a movie theater and open air amphitheater and sheriffs station and underground bus garage.

New Wilshire Grand will be the west coasts tallest tower http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/02/new_wilshire_grand_will_be_the_west_coasts_tall est_tower.php 73 stories, 1,100 foot tall. 900 hotel rooms, 400,000 sq ft of office space, ground floor retail and a top-floor sky lobby. Echo Parks metropolitan water district apts. Are a year out http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/02/echo_parks_metropolitan_water_district_apts_are_ a_year_out.php 92 market rate condos on Sunset and Alvarado. It will be called 1111 Sunset.

Can Huge Jordan Downs makeover change its whole character? http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/02/can_huge_jordan_downs_makeover_change_its_w hole_character.php 1,400 new apartments and condos plus shops and restaurants. The affluent living side by side with the citys poorest. Wilshire Grand Tower rendered, subway construction kerfuffle http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/02/this_weeks_top_stories_things.php I have no idea what they said. Something about cars.

SaMo: Buldings with affordable units to go to head of the line http://la.curbed.com/index.php?page=2 Giving 15 percent of units to very-low income families and five percent for moderateincome units. Very low income household are for families of three who earn $37,950 annually. The Vermont reaches for Ktown sky, never built fete at Disneys house http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/02/the_vermont_reaches_for_ktown_sky_never_built _fete_at_disneys_house.php 22 and 28 stories mixed-use towers Hollywood Park getting casino Reno, But rest of huge mixed-use plans still on hold http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/02/hollywood_park_getting_casino_reno_but_rest_of _huge_mixeduse_plans_still_on_hold.php 3,000 mostly for-sale homes, a hotel, parks and a 620,000sq ft retail space.

Prolific Westside Developer planning 150 apts. For dt SaMo 6 stories, mixed use As Gold line ridership plateaus, Metro looks to add speed http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/02/as_gold_line_ridership_plateaus_metro_looks_to_ add_speed.php 42,476 for an average weekday, or 21,236 round trips Gehry-killing mixed user in WeHo could start very soon http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/02/gehrykilling_mixeduser_in_weho_could_start _very_soon.php The Domain project, a six-story building with 166 apartments and 9,000 square feet of groundfloor commercial space on Santa Monica Bouleard between Formosa and Detroit. 17 units will be for moderate-income tenants and 16 units for low income. The amenities will include a pool, lounge, theater and a fitness room. Bay Bridge party toll: $37 per walker [San Francisco-Oakland] 2/13/2013 7:58:58 PM by Lonely Bull 10 replies San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Wednesday, February 13, 2013 | Phillip Matier and Andrew Ross, Chronicle Columnists Bay Area bridge commuters will be ponying up $37 for each of the 150,000 people expected to walk across the new Bay Bridge span during the big Labor Day opening celebration. That's the breakdown on the math for the $5.6 million in toll money going toward the public side of the public-private celebration marking completion of the new eastern span. Councilman Richard Alarcn says son is homeless, helps launch housing project in Sunland-Tujunga http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_22373843/councilman-richard-alarc-243-n-helpslaunch-new Affordable housing apartment complex opens in Reseda with a 1,200-person waiting list http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_22373215/affordable-housing-apartment-complexopens-reseda-1-200 Warner Center developer proposes 600 apartments on Catalina Yachts property http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_22373044/warner-center-developer-proposes-600apartments-catalina-yachts Preliminary work begins on The Village at Westfield Topanga in Canoga Park

http://www.dailynews.com/business/ci_22428766/preliminary-work-begins-village-atwestfield-topanga-canoga?source=most_viewed Major mixed-use plan announced for fashion district downtown http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-mixeduse-fashion-district20130125,0,4896850.story College campuses, 945 housing units and 210 hotel rooms L.A. City Council sends group home plan to task force http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_22484668/l-city-council-sends-group-home-plantask Pasadena to unveil dedicated Bicycle Boulevard http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=8975160 Olkd Koreatown Mixed-Use tower plans back at 25 stories 25 story tower with 227 units http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/01/old_koreatown_mixeduse_tower_plans_back_at_2 5_stories.php 888 Olive St. 32 stories with 283 apartments and groundfloor retail http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/01/south_park_tower_begins_what_do_you_want_at_ union_station.php The American City Is Dying-And why the country will inevitable follow FrontPage Magazine ^ | January 30, 2013 | Daniel Greenfield - FrontPage Magazine - http://frontpagemag.com - The American City Is DyingPosted By Daniel Greenfield On January 30, 2013 @ 12:55 am In Daily Mailer,FrontPage | 5 Comments In an interview with the New Republic, Obama finally admitted that gun control was an urban problem. The reality of guns in urban areas are very different from the realities of guns in rural areas, he said. That admission might have been welcome if it had been packaged along with a serious conversation about what is wrong with cities like Chicago. Instead all the big problems are covered over with more claptrap about.

Big bucks for bikes? [San Francisco; as much as $500 million over five years] www.sfgate.com ^ | Jan 28 [2013] | Michael Cabanatuan Its no secret that San Francisco hasnt invested much money in bicycling improvements almost nothing until the past couple of years. But even those relatively small investments have led to a surge in the number of commuters riding their bikes in San Francisco. Over the past decade the number of trips being taken by bicycle have increased by 71 percent. Now, bike advocates and the Municipal Transportation Agency would like to see what happens if they put some real money perhaps as much as half a billion over the next five years behind biking.

LAs first parklets open in Feb., Sidewalk updates on Sepulveda http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/01/las_first_parklets_open_in_feb_sidewalk_updates_ on_sepulveda.php

New Plans launched to create LA River District in Northeast LA http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/01/new_plans_launched_to_create_la_river_district_i n_northeast_la.php Eight miles of river, Atwater Village, Elysian Valley and portions of Lincoln Heights, Cypress Park and Glassell Park The plan is to make the concrete LA River look like a real river and introduce bike parking and bike and car sharing.

Here are SoCals 40 planned transportation Projects http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/01/here_are_socals_40_planned_transportation_proje cts.php There is only one mass transit project in America that makes money. All the rest are subsidized by the people that drive cars, but that is a problem, with the cars being mandated to get better mileage, the government is running out of taxes and will start charging us by the miles we drive. They will sell our freeways to companies that will turn them into toll roads. And, they are redesigning our cities based on their proximity to the government owned mass transit system. The purpose here is to create a barrier that prohibits cars from crossing their China Wall and thusly forcing us into their subsidized apartment buildings on the transit system corridor mixed with one third of the people they have imported with no marketable skills, the people that generally become gangbangers.

Downeys Apollo Program past torn down for big box complex http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/01/downeys_apollo_program_past_torn_down_for_bi g_box_complex.php In another incident of the hatred for manufacturing the city is replacing the manufacturing site of the Apollo modules with a market place called Tierra Luna Marketplace. LGBT Oldsters getting Hollywood & Western apartment complex http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/01/lgbt_oldsters_getting_hollywood_western_apartm ent_complex.php The government spending your money. Developer attempting Washington Blvd. gentrification in Culver City with 3 mixeduse buildings http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/01/developer_attempting_washington_blvd_gentrifica tion_in_culver_city_with_3_mixeduse_buildings.php 149 apartments.

Highland Park doesnt want transit village threatening parking http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/01/highland_parkers_dont_want_transit_village_to_th reaten_parking.php 80 condos and apartments with reduced parking, 225 spots would be lost. Some people get it.

Mixed-Use complex planned near downtown SaMo Expo stop http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/01/mixeduse_complex_planned_near_downtown_sam o_expo_stop.php 421 units near the Santa Monica Expo Line with retail on ground floors.

Long delays James hotel on Sunset Strip sells to Europeans http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/01/longdelayed_james_hotel_on_sunset_strip_sells_t o_europeans.php Six-story, 196 room hotel with four extended-stay or residential units.

Bicycle Sharing rolls out in Anaheim http://www.ocregister.com/articles/bike-383621-bicycle-center.html Visitors to Anaheim Convention Center, Honda Center or Anaheim train station have the first bicycle sharing service in Southern California. It will expand to Long Beach and Fullerton in April.

Gold Line-Adjacent Highland Park Transit Village ready to go http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/01/gold_lineadjacent_highland_park_transit_village_r eady_to_go.php 80 units, 20 condos and the rest apartments including affordable units next to the Gold Line station.

Another 600 new apartments on the way in Warner Center http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/01/another_600_new_apartments_on_the_way_in_wa rner_center.php 600 new apartments will join the 300 unit Warner Park complex and the 395 units being guilt on Variel Avenue.

Century Plazas two-tower makeover is a go in Century City http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/01/century_plazas_twotower_makeover_is_a_go_in_ century_city.php Both towers will be 46 stories high. The hotel will have 394 rooms and suites and 63 luxury condos. Plans are for a future station to the Purple Line.

Streetcar Out, Light Rail or Busway in for Van Nuys Boulevard http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/01/streetcar_out_light_rail_or_busway_in_for_van_n uys_boulevard.php

11.2 mile light rail running along a dedicated route, mostly along Van Nuys Blvd, and a 12 mile bus rapid transit project. It will cost between $1.8 and $2.3 billion and will serve 37,000 daily riders.

Mayoral candidates agree: There should be more housing in LA http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/01/mayoral_candidates_agree_there_should_be_more _housing_in_la.php

Eric Garcetti, Wendy Greuel, and Jan Perry agree there should be more housing in Los Angeles. Making downtown less dodgy (Urban renewal in South Africa) The Economist ^ | Jan 12th 2013 DAYLIGHT filters through the ether in Africas tallest residential building, a brutalist cylindrical skyscraper with a hollow core that drops 54 floors to a ragged base of exposed bedrock. The view into the interior is eerie, a dim light giving it a sci-fi feel that recalls the film Blade Runner. But the outward-facing windows offer breathtakingly clear views, some of the best in Johannesburg, South Africas commercial capital. Ponte City was a posh address when it opened in 1975 at the edge of what was then the trendy innercity district of Hillbrow, during the race-segregated era when central Johannesburg boomed..

Affordable housing apartment complex opens in Reseda with a 1,200-person waiting list http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_22373215/affordable-housing-apartment-complexopens-reseda-1-200 Sherman Village a 73-unit affordable housing apartment building. Canby Woods, another affordable housing project in Reseda will be open this spring. Riverwalk Reseda, another affordable housing project at 18425 West Kittridge St. will have 77 units and open 2014. Warner Center developer proposes 600 apartments on Catalina Yachts property http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_22373044/warner-center-developer-proposes-600apartments-catalina-yachts 18 of the units will be live/work apartments with businesses at the front. 8 of the buildings will be 5 stories tall and one will be 6 sotries with a six level parking garage to accommodate 990 cars. Catalina Yachts moved to Floriday 2 years ago. Also, there will be a 395 unit complex across Variel. A 300 unit complex is nearing completion at 6701 Eton Ave. 4,000 multi-family units will be built at the Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne lot. Councilman Richard Alarcon says son is homeless, helps launch housing project in Sunland-Tujunga http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_22373843/councilman-richard-alarc-243-n-helpslaunch-new They are spending $15 million on a 46 unit apartment complex for the homeless and lowincome mentally ill. Tears over death of SaMo Norms and Dennys, Pets on Furniture http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/01/tears_over_death_of_samo_norms_and_dennys_pe ts_on_furniture.php Mixed-use projects will replace them with 100 units each near the Expo Line. Rim of the Valley project could draw Griffith Park, LA River, El Pueblo into National Park System. http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/01/rim_of_the_valley_project_could_draw_griffith_p ark_la_river_el_pueblo_into_national_park_system.php The plan would also include Hansen Dam, Sepulveda Basin, Los Encinos State Park, Debs Park, and El Pueblo de Los Angeles City Monument.

Another plan would increase the land grab of more of the Simi Hills and Santa Susana Mountains and edge north toward Los Padres National Forest.

About That Overpopulation Problem Slate ^ | Jan. 9, 2013 | Jeff Wise The worlds seemingly relentless march toward overpopulation achieved a notable milestone in 2012: Somewhere on the planet, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the 7 billionth living person came into existence. Lucky No. 7,000,000,000 probably celebrated his or her birthday sometime in March and added to a population thats already stressing the planets limited supplies of food, energy, and clean water. Should this trend continue, as the Los Angeles Times noted in a five-part series marking the occasion, by midcentury, living conditions are likely to be bleak for much of humanity. A somewhat more arcane milestone, meanwhile, generated no media.. Hoping to discourage car trips downtown, Austin may drop parking requirement American-Statesman ^ | Dec. 11, 2012 | Ben Wear Austin might soon ditch a three-decade-old policy of requiring downtown buildings and tenant businesses to have a minimum number of parking spaces tied either to square footage or the number of condos and apartments in a building. Supporters of the move say the minimum requirement has caused a parking surplus downtown, encouraging people to use their cars rather than bikes, buses and rail. Take away that requirement, they say, and eventually garage parking will become a more scarce (and expensive) resource, encouraging people to use alternative transportation. (excerpt) 16 Ways Asian Cities Are Making Their US Counterparts Look Like The Third World Business Insider ^ | 01/03/2013 | Joshua Berlinger Despite the global economic slowdown, Asia's cities are continuing to widen the perceived technological gap between its American counterparts. The juxtaposition is visible from the moment your feet leave the plane. Many of the airports in Asia's biggest cities are stunning, engineering marvels and make those in the U.S. seem outdated. Has America's early leadership in technology and engineering evaporated? Or is it hidden at first glance? 1) The Shanghai Magnetic Levitation (Maglev) floats on magnets and is the world's fastest commercially operated train, traveling at speeds up to 268 mph. 2) Seoul's local government has launched a $44.. lacityp_005875.pdf http://mayor.lacity.org/stellent/groups/electedofficials/@myr_ch_contributor/documents/ contributor_web_content/lacityp_005875.pdf lacityp_022367.pdf http://mayor.lacity.org/stellent/groups/electedofficials/@myr_ch_contributor/documents/ contributor_web_content/lacityp_022367.pdf

Eleve Lofts, Designed just for Millenials, Tops out in Glendale http://la.curbed.com/archives/2012/12/eleve_lofts_designed_just_for_millenials_tops_out _in_glendale.php

208 unitsmicro-one-bedrooms under 400 sq ft, two-bedrooms, and two-story lofts on six levels. 14 affordable units, restaurants and retail venues.

Richard Meier-Designed 9900 Wilshire adds parking, ditches units for the help http://la.curbed.com/archives/2012/12/richard_meierdesigned_9900_wilshire_adds_parki ng_ditches_units_for_the_help.php

235 unit Condo development

Geoff Palmer Building big Fauxtalian mixed-user in Bunker Hill http://la.curbed.com/archives/2012/12/geoff_palmer_building_big_fauxtalian_mixeduser _in_bunker_hill.php

526 apartments and 14,000 sq ft of groundfloor retail

10 miles of new sidewalks in SaMos Bergamot Area Plan http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/01/10_miles_of_new_sidewalks_in_samos_bergamot _area_plan.php

San Jose, CA light rail among the nation's worst San Jose Mercury-News ^ | 12/27/12 | Mike Rosenberg there was no grand celebration this month as Silicon Valley marked 25 years of light rail... The near-empty trolleys that often shuttle by at barely faster than jogging speeds serve as a constant reminder that the car is still king in Silicon Valley -- and that the Valley Transportation Authority's trains are among the least successful in the nation by any metric. Another Silicon Valley Perk Free Shuttle Service 12/27/2012 12:39:28 PM by Lorianne 21 replies Transportation Nation ^ | 27 December 2012 By now youve heard about the perks that come with working in Silicon Valley. Free lunch, 20 percent time thats the work time you can use to pursue independent projects. Well, another perk? A private bus that picks you up in your neighborhood in San Francisco and shuttles you down to your corporate campus about an hour south in the suburbs of Silicon Valley. During rush hour in San Francisco, you see them everywhere, said Eric Rodenbeck, the creative director of Stamen Design in the Mission District of San Francisco. Theyre just so big, Rodenbeck says. These buses are...

 U.N. Taking Over City Councils Across America! Youtube ^ | 1/5/12 | WACCTV Stacy Lynne educates We Are Change Colorado about the International Council on LOCAL Environmental Initiatives. An arm of the United Nations Agenda 21 and how they are using "GREENWASHING" to take over America

http://news.yahoo.com/un-panel-says-retool-world-economy-sustainability164515165.html UN panel says retool world economy for sustainability AFP Mon, Jan 30, 2012 The world can no longer afford to ignore the environmental cost of economic growth and must redefine the very concept of national wealth, a UN panel of heads of state and environment ministers said Monday. The panel challenged leaders to recognize that "current global development is unsustainable." "We need to chart a new, more sustainable course for the future, one that strengthens equality and economic growth while protecting our planet," UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in Addis Ababa to mark the release of the panel's report, which outlines more than 50 policy recommendations. By 2030, the report warned, the planet will need at least 50 percent more food, 45 percent more energy and 30 percent more water. These needs are emerging "at a time when environmental boundaries are throwing up new limits to supply," it said. Continuing along the same path as today risks "irreversible damage to both ecosystems and human communities." Entitled "Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing," the 100-page report seeks to shape in broad strokes the agenda for the Rio+20 summit this summer. The June 20-22 event in Rio de Janeiro takes place 20 years after the landmark 1992 Earth Summit that set down the UN conventions for protecting biodiversity and tackling global warming. Led by Finnish President Tarja Halonen and South African President Jacob Zuma, the 22member panel said a new blueprint for growth and low-carbon prosperity must be "mainstreamed" into economic policy as quickly as possible. Social and environmental costs must be factored into how the world prices and measures economic activity, and into a revised measure of wealth that goes beyond the narrow calculus of gross domestic product (GDP), it said. "Our report makes clear that sustainable development is more important than ever given the multiple crises now enveloping the world," Zuma said in a statement. The report called for: -- a new nexus between food, water and energy. "All three need to be fully integrated, not treated separately, if we are to deal with the global food security crisis";

-- a stronger interface between science and policy. "We must define what scientists refer to as planetary boundaries" beyond which human activity could wreck the planet; -- reducing social exclusion and closing the widening gap of social inequality. European Union Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard, one of the report's authors, said it should be a "wake up" call for action. "Government support for fossil fuel industry is about seven times more than for renewable energy," she said in a statement. "We simply can't continue as if business as usual was the cheapest solution. It is not." Hedegaard said the Rio+20 summit was an opportunity to "kick off this global transition towards a sustainable growth model for the 21st century."
UN Bosses Secretly Plot Global Govt Through Green Economy" for Rio+20 http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech-mainmenu-30/environment/10834-un-bossessecretly-plot-global-govt-through-green-economyq-for-rio20 United Nations boss Ban Ki-moon and his top deputies gathered in secret last year to chart the future course of humanity through sustainable development, a controversial concept the UN equates with saving the planet in what would ultimately entail a radical and complete transformation of human civilization. But even though the erection of a global so-called green-economy regime is a top UN priority, leaked minutes of the meeting revealed that the term itself remains undefined. Snip According to critics and the UN itself, however, the global body and its allies around the world have ambitions that go far beyond simply protecting the environment. In fact, many experts especially in the United States fear that the UN actually envisions a global government, an erosion of private-property rights, and even an end to the individual freedoms enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. And based on UN documents dealing with sustainability, the concerns appear to be justified. Snip According to critics, who base their opposition to the schemes on the content of UN documents, so-called sustainable settlements would involve cramming people into compact human habitation zones. Much of the world would be off limits to people. The small areas permitted for use by humanity, meanwhile, would be tightly regulated. And consumption would also be severely restricted.

Could Pittsburgh Be The Next Paris? (gag) KDKA - Pittsburgh ^ | 12/26/2012 PITTSBURGH (KDKA) Paris the city of lights and love, and a destination for millions of tourists could that be the future Pittsburgh with some sensible, healthyfocused city planning? Pittsburgh has wonderful parks, and you also have that wonderful next to the river walking pathway, says Dr. Richard Jackson, a physician and urban designer. Jackson, who teaches at UCLA, says Paris is a good example of a healthy city that Pittsburgh could become.

Sierras, a Canoga Park landmark, to close its doors http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_22246651 Sierras opened 43 years ago. They will close along with Mission Burrito because the new zoning in the San Fernando Valley has made the property worth more than the restaurant. Sierras is on Canoga, parallel to the Orange Line busses. Pratt and Whitney, across the street has already planned to close and has sold its land to a developer. Look for even more high density housing and traffic. First locations announced for LAs huge bike share program. http://la.curbed.com/archives/2012/12/first_locations_announced_for_las_huge_bike_sha re_program.php Draft South and Southeast LA Plans limit density and car use http://la.curbed.com/archives/2012/12/draft_south_and_southeast_la_plans_limit_density _and_car_use.php Richard Meier Designed 9900 Wilshire adds parking, ditches units for the help http://la.curbed.com/archives/2012/12/richard_meierdesigned_9900_wilshire_adds_parki ng_ditches_units_for_the_help.php A 235 unit condo development on the edge of Beverly Hills Eleve Lofts, designed just for millenials, tops out in Glendale http://la.curbed.com/archives/2012/12/eleve_lofts_designed_just_for_millenials_tops_out _in_glendale.php

Downtowns Canvas LA converting empty retail to live/work http://la.curbed.com/archives/2012/12/downtowns_canvas_la_converting_empty_retail_t o_livework.php 204 apartments with ground floor retail has had zero retail tenants

Motor Makeover: Second mixed-user starts work in Palms http://la.curbed.com/archives/2012/12/motor_makeover_second_mixeduser_starts_work_ in_palms.php 115 apartments with 17 units for low-income residents and groundfloor restaurant space.

WeHos Redesigned Movietown Plaza might need new approval http://la.curbed.com/archives/2012/12/wehos_redesigned_movietown_plaza_might_need _new_approval.php 10-story, 371 unit mixed use to be scaled back to 7 stories.

Heres West LAs huge, unpopular, Expo-adjacent mixed-user http://la.curbed.com/archives/2012/12/heres_the_huge_unpopular_expoadjacent_west_la _mixeduser.php 538 residential units, 17 stories over retail

No Parking required in mixed-use plan for Cornfield area http://la.curbed.com/archives/2012/12/no_parking_required_in_plan_for_chinatowns_cor nfield_area.php The city planning commission approved the Cornfield Arroyo Seco Specific Plan for the area of Chinatown north of downtown surrounding the Los Angeles state historic Park. There will be no parking requirements, no minimum, no maximum. The EIR estimate is for 31,855 people.

LA announces (t)expo line tech corridor along the Expo Line http://la.curbed.com/archives/2012/12/la_announces_texpo_line_tech_corridor_along_the _expo_line.php