Increased housing proposed by Gov. Newsom is criticized for ignoring environmental impacts and failing to address the root causes of homelessness such as income inequality and lack of mental health support. The upzoning in Berkeley is argued to disproportionately affect people of color, leading to gentrification and reduced access to affordable housing. Upzoning is framed as a racist policy that facilitates market-driven profit at the expense of low-income communities. The assertion is made that new housing initiatives will not benefit the unhoused population directly.
The homelessness crisis is used as an excuse for the push, but the proposed new housing will do nothing to alleviate this. The unhoused will not be buying new homes.
Berkeley's upzoning proposal is racist. Changes in zoning make the low-income neighborhoods where Berkeley's people of color traditionally have homes targets for developers.
The 'market' is going to maximize its own profits; it is not going to give us the planning, land use and housing policy we need and deserve.
Upzoning makes less existing or new housing available for people with low incomes. It is racist; low-income people are often people of color.
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