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Vowing to "preserve rental housing in the state," State Sen. Michael J. Barrett '70 (D-Cambridge) has said the oppooses the controversial ballot referendum Proposition...
Barrett said that although state politicians do not usually involve themselves in local politics, he decided to speak up on this issue because the state is not doing enough to safeguard affordable housing...
...frustrated [that] the state's housing programs are paralyzed. On the federal level funding has been cut 80 percent during the Reagan years. There is nothing left except local action and local commitment," Barrett said...
After an extensive debate, the council voted to send a "home-rule" petition to the state legislature, asking that the city be allowed to charge developers a fee of three dollars per square foot on new construction that exceeds 30,000 square feet in area. The money raised by these so-called "linkage" fees would be placed in a trust fund to help build housing for city residents with low-to-moderate incomes...
...objections to last week's House vote. They complain that a fine-print , provision in the federal action would end California's right to impose even tougher standards on off-road vehicles such as lawn mowers, dune buggies and construction equipment, which account for an estimated 16% of the state's smog. Says a spokesman for the California Air Resources Board: "While the bill applauds California's leadership, it ties our hands to control pollution in our own backyard...