Tag Archives: redevelopment

The ‘pothole’ theory of solving a city’s problems — My Sunday Column

Posted on February 5, 2012 by

On the day the redevelopment money machine died, the opening scene of “Saving Private Ryan” came to the mind of Glendale’s new city manager, Scott Ochoa. It was the scene where medics are frantically trying to stop the bleeding of a soldier wounded in … Continue reading →

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REASON Magazine: Community Redevelopment — The $6 Billion Scam

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

Jerry Brown’s Plan to Kill Community ‘Redevelopment’ Is Fiscally Sound, Morally Right and Probably DoomedTIM CAVANAUGH, Senior Editor Reason Magazine At what point does a public institution move beyond mere self-interest or ineffectuality and become actively evil? Two proposals in … Continue reading →

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Redevelopment Twilight Zone — Welfare for Rich, Eminent Domain Abuse, Defying Public Interest

Posted on March 11, 2011 by

CRAs Stomped on the Little People for Too Long By ROBERT P. SILVERSTEIN, Pasadena Attorney in Sacramento Bee Gov. Jerry Brown plans to abolish redevelopment agencies and redirect the resulting $5 billion in annual savings to support local education, public … Continue reading →

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Antonio’s Job Creation Plan: DWP as the Economic Engine to Subsidize Development, New Business

Posted on January 10, 2010 by

made last Tuesday and hardly anybody noticed, which was City Hall’s goal. Having fiddled the last three years while a couple of hundred thousand people lost their jobs and city treasury fell deep in the red, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in … Continue reading →

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