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<b>From:</b> Greg Jan <gregjan4@yahoo.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sun Oct 20 19:47:33 PDT 2013<br>
<b>To:</b> "mfeinstein@feinstein.org" <mfeinstein@feinstein.org>, "gpca-forum@cagreens.org" <gpca-forum@cagreens.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [gpca-forum] Don Macleay, Oakland Green former candidate quote on Jerry Brown's veto of an afordable housing requirment for developers.<br>
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<div class="yiv7105638196MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Those of us who had Mr. Brown as mayor for two terms should not be surprised at this recent undercutting of public housing.
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<div class="yiv7105638196MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">As mayor he led up a 10,000 new people downtown campaign that had no provisions for those he displaced. Projects from that time were designed to bring in upwardly
mobile, higher income residents in and did not value the existing residents; we did not even count the displaced, nor subtract them from the goal of reaching 10,000 new people downtown. Those same projects did protect the positions of the private sector investors
and were structured to keep the risk in public hands. </span></div>
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<div class="yiv7105638196MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">As governor he led the dissolution of the redevelopment agencies. There were good reasons to do that, but again, it was done without any serious replacement
for the support redevelopment agencies provided to public, low cost housing.
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<div class="yiv7105638196MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Over the past years we have observed a shift to the right from Mr. Brown. His definition of what is “meaningfully” and what is “viable” has sounded more and
akin to the definition a real estate investor would use. </span></div>
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<div class="yiv7105638196MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Now that we do not have redevelopment as a tool Mr. Brown is now willing to veto this modest low cost housing requirement and is worried about the burden it
places on wealthy real-estate developers. He does not consider the housing that would be provided by this measure significant. It would be very significant for those communities that need a decent place to live near their employment, especially as now working
class people are being priced out of whole communities by real estate inflation.
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<div class="yiv7105638196MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">I think Mr. Brown has made it clear his priorities lie with the investors and developers and that low income residents in need of housing, is not who he
is willing to help. </span></div>
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<div class="yiv7105638196MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Don Macleay</span></div>
<div class="yiv7105638196MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:don@oaklandgreens.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:don@oaklandgreens.org"><span style="color:blue;">don@oaklandgreens.org</span></a></span></div>
<div class="yiv7105638196MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">510 290-1200
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<div class="yiv7105638196MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> Greg Jan [mailto:gregjan4@yahoo.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 15, 2013 9:40 PM<br clear="none">
<b>Subject:</b> Fw: [gpca-forum] Seeking Alameda Green quote on Jerry Brown!</span></div>
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<div class="yiv7105638196MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">On Monday, October 14, 2013 12:00 PM, Mike Feinstein <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:mfeinstein@feinstein.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:mfeinstein@feinstein.org">mfeinstein@feinstein.org</a>>
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<div class="yiv7105638196MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;background:white;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">On Sunday Jerry Brown vetoed AB1229, a really important inclusionary
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housing bill that even the LA Times endorsed (<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-inclusionary-zoning-ab1229-20130919,0,5120878.story">http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-inclusionary-zoning-ab1229-20130919,0,5120878.story
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In his veto statement, Brown quoted his experience as a Mayor of <br clear="none">
Oakland (<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2013/10/jerry-brown-vetoes-inclusionary-housing-bill.html">http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2013/10/jerry-brown-vetoes-inclusionary-housing-bill.html
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> "As mayor of Oakland, I saw how difficult it can be to attract <br clear="none">
> development to low and middle income communities," he wrote. <br clear="none">
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I know that Alameda County Greens were very critical of Jerry when he <br clear="none">
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Can any of the Alameda County Greens offer some input we might use for <br clear="none">
a party statement on this? Is there text you have from any old voter <br clear="none">
guides about Jerry that might be useful here?<br clear="none">
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Here is some background<br clear="none">
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<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-inclusionary-zoning-ab1229-20130919,0,5120878.story">http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-inclusionary-zoning-ab1229-20130919,0,5120878.story</a><br clear="none">
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://ca.lwv.org/act-now/alert/2013/sep/yes-ab-1229-local-control-affordable-housing">http://ca.lwv.org/act-now/alert/2013/sep/yes-ab-1229-local-control-affordable-housing</a><br clear="none">
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.cacitieslatinocaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/AB-1229-Atkins-Support.pdf">http://www.cacitieslatinocaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/AB-1229-Atkins-Support.pdf</a><br clear="none">
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2013/September-2013/09_04_2013_Santa_Monica_Affordable_Housing_Advocates_Back_State_Senate_Bill.html">http://www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2013/September-2013/09_04_2013_Santa_Monica_Affordable_Housing_Advocates_Back_State_Senate_Bill.html</a><br clear="none">
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/Huge_Victory_for_Affordable_Rental_Housing_AB_1229_Clears_Senate_and_Heads_to_the_Governor_11794.html">http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/Huge_Victory_for_Affordable_Rental_Housing_AB_1229_Clears_Senate_and_Heads_to_the_Governor_11794.html</a><br clear="none">
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1229">http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1229</a><br clear="none">
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