3/18/2023 0 Comments Stephanie finkThis “pack-them-and-stack-them” concept of low-income housing is reminiscent of the federal government approach that resulted in ghetto-like conditions everywhere it was implemented. The state rejected the complaint and approved the project without allowing any input from either city planners or the City Council. Please reload the page and try again.Īt the time Lompoc pointed out that 76 percent of the available multifamily housing units in town were already in the low-income category. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. In August 2018 the city filed an objection to the conversion of a market rate apartment complex to a so-called tax credit project which is California government shorthand for rent subsidized housing. And who will pay to charge all those electric vehicles if this is a low-to-moderate income housing project if utilities are included in the rent?įor at least four years, the city of Lompoc has been subjected to similar heavy-handed affordable housing mandates. And since “rent estimates, including utilities, have been adjusted to between 30% and 60% of the area’s median income,” who will pay the difference between the actual cost of electricity used and what the tenants pay?Īnother question concerns a mandate to convert to all-electric vehicles, will the project eventually include parking and charging stations for 378 cars, or will seniors have to take their car to a distant charging location and wait a couple of hours while the battery recharges?Įven if the tenants can afford the cheapest electric vehicle, they’ll still have to recharge them regularly. Considering the location of this project, there is very little, well almost no on-street parking available, and it’s more than a half-mile walk along a very busy street to the nearest retail services.Ĭonsidering the new “green energy” initiatives (mandates) it makes one wonder if these units will be all electric even though the city doesn’t require it. SB 35 would “limit the authority of a local government to impose parking standards or requirements,” so there may only be limited parking on site. It’s simply out of place and inconsistent with the building types in the neighborhood. In addition, they would have to fast-track the project, meaning there would be no public hearings to air any issue’s associated with the project.įor example, this project consists of a five-story building in an area where all the surrounding buildings are single story. In other words, local planners and/or the City Council or Board of Supervisors would have no input into the planning process, other than applying state level building and fire safety standards. But this “bill would prohibit a local government from adopting any requirement that applies to a project solely or partially on the basis that the project receives ministerial or streamlined approval pursuant to these provisions.” Prior to the passage of SB 35, the “Planning and zoning: affordable housing: streamlined approval process act” cities and counties had the ability to apply zoning standards to all housing projects. Officials say a 218-unit second phase has not yet started the permitting process.” For a full obituary, please visit to a recent Noozhawk report, a new 160-unit project was “Fast-tracked by state law instead of the often-glacial local approval process, a new affordable housing project for seniors is rising fast in Santa Maria. She was preceded in death by her parents, Steven and Dorothy (Jarosch) Fink, a brother Steven, and sisters Marie Byland and Dorothy Thompson. Paul, and Leatta Zappa, Danbury, WI, nieces and nephews, and her sisters in community, the School Sisters of Notre Dame. She is survived by two sisters, Sister Joan Fink, SSND, St. From 1984 until her retirement, she provided secretarial services at schools and the Archdiocese of St. From that time until 1984 she taught upper grades and was principal at several Catholic elementary schools, including St. She entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame in 1946 and professed first vows in 1949. Mankato Mortuary is assisting with arrangements. Prayer Service, and one hour before services Monday. Her Funeral Mass is Monday, December 22, 10:30 a.m. Stephanie Fink, SSND, 87, died Saturday, December 13, at Good Counsel, Mankato.
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