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So they are trying to turn Altadena into a gigantic apartment complex. So I, I know Altadena. I lived right down the street from Altadena for a decade. I lived in Pasadena, and Altadena is a beautiful, what was a beautiful neighborhood. In fact, uh, we would drive through it just to take a look at how beautiful it was. Yeah, uh, cuz it was such a nice neighborhood. It was such, it really was. The houses were beautiful, the the the foliage, the lawns, the whole deal. And the, and the streets, they weren't straight, they all were windy, and they had hills. It was one of the most beautiful communities I've ever been in, Altadena. It was, I used to pass AA just to get to Altadena. The good din. And it wasn't a, it wasn't rich, it was just a nice neighborhood.
Well, get it out of here. We got smart fire 2028. So guess what they're doing now? Well, they're going to start, they're going to, uh, start relaxing the regulations. Well, here, let's listen. But the most interesting element of my conversation with Mr. Joti was when he talked about the possibility of, as we start rebuilding, starting to relax some of the zoning laws, especially in a more working-class neighborhood like Altadena. So that rather than put putting up single-family residences, especially on parcels where people might not have the wherewithal to rebuild at all, we allow developers to start putting up duplexes and apartments. In other words, increasing density, but also increasing more housing.
So, by the way, uh, is that guy's hair made out of yarn? Anyway, I was going to ask the same question. It looks like his hair is made out of yarn. I've never seen someone with that thick of hair, but he does. But anyway, getting back to the point. So Altadena. So now they're relaxing zoning so they can put up apartment buildings in one of the most beautiful single-family residential neighborhoods I've ever seen in the world. Yeah, Altadena. More like Gaza Dino. That's going to relax the zoning laws. It's cool. Build whatever you want, you know, we're chill about you turning this quiet farming town into a cold East War Germany. Yeah, please do. Brutalism. That's my favorite. Wait, he was saying that as no, oh my God, he was saying that he's not exposing a thing. He's saying this is positive. Yes, he's saying that they can increase density. Isn't that? I thought this was like a guy exposing. Oh, man. Well, here, well, watch, listen. Well, he does kind of say it here. Listen to this, Kurt. Here he goes. Right, it just feels grossly opportunistic, whether we're talking about the developers or rezoning an area that people wanted to live in because it wasn't a high-density area. That's why people wanted to live there, because it wasn't a high-density area. It's a single-family home community, and it was beautiful. That's why people want to live there. Now they want to build apartment buildings. Here we go. Watch. So she does, she's right. It feels grossly opportunistic. Yes, it does. Let's watch. Speaking with one housing analyst earlier, and I put the question to him. I said, quite simply, is this capitalism pure and simple, or is it heartless greed? The answer: yes. What, um, I don't understand what slightly better looking Bill Gates just said. Uh, is, is it, first of all, that sounds redundant. Is this just capitalism or heartless greed? It sounds redundant. Well, that's why they said yes. Yes. Yeah, it's both. And he still seems pretty happy about it. He do.
So, I mean, so someone tweeted this out. This is new Altadena, compliments of the Democrats. Going to be great. What is that? The tofu buildings from China? It looks like it. So people criticize China, you know, because there's a lot of scam buildings that are not made well, that people want to flip property. But the point they're missing when they criticize is these people have money to buy property there. Yes. Do you understand? Like, I would love to get, we should all have the money to be scammed in a property thing. I, I always, I always wanted to live in a city that that looked like a warehouse full of shipping crates. So here's, but this, they are building this. I, they have, this is right, this is for real. I've seen there's some in Burbank, which is right down the street from my house. House. They have huge things like this, the new housing, but they have a, they'll have a Whole Foods inside of it. So everybody's okay with it. Oh, it's like this. So this person tweets out, like this building, two more the same size behind this one. There's two more of these right behind it. Seven more like this are being built in the San Fernando Valley. That's according to this. I know that they, they built them in Burbank. I've seen it. Yeah, it looks like the airport. It looks, probably feels great. And there's a lot of low-income HUD housing and housing for illegals. The difference they do not pay is passed on to the neighbors, making their rent more expensive. So my house is gone, but I could live in a duplex with, uh, illegals whose rent is paid by my taxes, and I pay more of the rent than they have to. And also, they have my job because they don't want to pay me. They'd rather pay somebody. Yeah. And hey, if you get rid of the, you know, construction laws, those buildings can be built even faster. And you get rid of the health department, and then, you know, you don't have to worry about plumbing. Yeah. And they're easy to lock down, I bet. So, so Jimmy, are you just hyping this? What? Come on. Is this real? This is actually already, this is already happening. And this guy is saying that that's, that they're doing it right now in Altadena. They're relaxing the constru, they're going to put, what are they going to put apartment buildings in garbage in Altadena?
Well, guess what I found. This is from no, uh, 2021. Governor Newsom abolishes most single-family zoning in California. Hey, hey, you know that backyard you always planned for your kids to play with a dog in? Well, this place doesn't allow pets. And, uh, the kids can always sit on the patio and look across the street at other buildings. First of all, what do you mean kids? Aren't you sterile? Did you not get your shots? By signing Senate Bill 9 into law, Newsom opened the door for the development of up to four residential units on a single-family lot across California. The move allows a growing push by local governments to allow multifamily dwellings in more residential neighborhoods. Berkeley voted to eliminate single-family zoning by December 2022, and San Jose is set to consider the issue next month. This is from 2021. While opponents fear such sweeping change will destroy the character of residential neighborhoods, supporters hail it as a necessary way to combat the state's persistent housing crisis and correct city zoning laws that have contributed to racial segregation. Always got it. It's always, you're a racist if you're against this. Newsom previously had shaken up single-family zoning by signing legislation that allowed more homeowners to build in-law units on their properties. SB9 takes that further, allowing property owners to build up to two duplexes on what was once a single-family lot. Slow growth group Livable California, which has pushed back against SB9, called it a radical density experiment and worried developers would use it to remake neighborhoods without community input. How's it an experiment if we know the results will be? It will suck. Newsom also signed SB8, which extends the Housing Crisis Act of 2019. The act, which speeds up the approval process for housing projects, curtails local government's ability to reduce the number of units allowed on a site, and limits housing application fee hikes. It was set to expire in 2025. Now it's going to go. So he's limiting local government's ability to regulate their own housing. Finally, finally. Oh, bringing on the Olympics. So that's what they're, so, uh, you get, tell your sister, that's what this is what they're planning on doing in Altadena. They're planning on more density. Hey, I wonder what's going on in Lahaina. Any exciting building projects going? They just, it's funny, they just came out with a plan for Lahaina a year later. Oh, they came out with a plan for Lahaina. Start work before the fire, by any chance? I haven't seen it yet, but I did see a headline, so I have to look into that.
Hey, come see us on tour. We'll be in Dallas, Texas, Austin, Texas, Baltimore, Atlantic City, co-host New York, and Providence, Rhode Island. Go to Jimmy Door.com for a link for tickets, and only jimy door.com.
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