What is happening? Coachella Valley community will cover five acres and include 15 eco-friendly homes made from 3D-printed panels by Mighty Buildings. $595,000 with swimming pool and deck. $850,000 with an added guest house. additional elements include high-tech Darwin wellness systems. Why is this important? 3D printing had been the purview of solving housing shortages […]
Monthly Archives: March 2021
BLM Historical Monuments.
What’s happening? Governments, state and local, are trying to figure out how to handle monuments that are about the Confederacy. Why is this important? Because History is complex. Think of George Washington, who was critical to founding the US, but who also had sale How will this be important? Policy makers and decision makers want […]
Property Rights and Septic Tanks
What’s happening? MI is considering House Bills 5752 and 5753 to regulate septic tanks. How is this important? This would be the first statewide regulation of septic tanks and required inspections for Michigan. Michigan’s Washtenaw County has a time of sale inspection requirement that revealed that 18% of septic systems were failing or near failing. Why is this […]
Short Term Rental Fight in Utah.
What’s happening? Utah legislators are considering SB 211 (2021 | UT) that will bar cities from prohibiting owner-occupied, short-term rentals. The author is motivated in part by HOA bans on short term rentals. Why is this important? Legislators are being asked who they trust more- local officials? state officials? or D.C.? How will this be […]
What’s happening? HB 63 (2021 | OH) would allow elected city officials and municipal legislative boards the ability to veto appropriations for use of a recreational trail, that uses eminent domain to obtain land, when the proposal was made by a public agency not elected by the public. Why is this important? Accountability in eminent […]
BLM. Returning Condemned Land to Ancestors. Oops, we shouldn’t have taken that.
What’s happening? Los Angeles County is trying to figure out how to handle the purposeful ousting of a successful entrepreneurial Black couple whose land was taken away by the City of Manhattan Beach via eminent domain in the 1920s under the ruse of saying the city needed a park. Why is this important? These acts […]