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State lawmakers have decided that they know better than the rest of us how we should live.
That is the message Sacramento is sending with dozens of legislative bills that, if passed, will all but destroy local control over housing and development. Your community s future will no longer be determined by you and your local elected representatives, but by developers and speculators armed with money and state laws that empower them to control local land use.
Pleasanton Vice Mayor Julie Testa. (Contributed photo)
The state-mandated housing requirements are unrealistic. Under state law, Pleasanton will be required to add 5,965 new units of housing, or enough to house 16,702 new residents within eight years from 2023-31. That would be a 20% jump in population.
Editorial: Council needs to build back trust
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