#charter-revision

#charter-revision

The Council's message when it ignores the custom of member deference seems to be: See? We're not provincial, turf-protecting insiders! We act in the interest of the whole city! But we're talking about four instances in two decades, if not longer. The Council has considered thousands of land use applications in that time, and in 99.9 percent of them, the local member has decided the result. Make no mistake: Member deference is alive and well.

would put a wide range of land use decisions in the hands of mayoral appointees.

The Charter Revision Commission approved four land use-related questions for voters, aiming to streamline housing projects in underserved districts and modify review processes.

The Commission aims to reform the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), arguing in an interim report released last week that the current system hampers the city's ability to build affordable housing efficiently by delaying projects and raising costs of construction.