Wildfire Victims Unhappy As California Democrats Plot Large Land Grab
California lawmakers just showed their true colors. The State Senate passed a bill that will let Los Angeles County buy up land where homes burned down in recent wildfires. Instead of helping owners rebuild their houses, they want to put up low-income housing projects.
The sneaky part? This whole plan came from a “Blue Ribbon Commission” that met in secret. Homeowners in places like Pacific Palisades, Malibu, and Altadena didn’t know what was happening until it was too late.
People who lost everything in the fires are furious. One resident posted online: “Absolutely insane proposal to further screw our neighbor. When will we stop voting for these dangerous people and wake up?!?”
Another homeowner pointed out the difference between mixed-income neighborhoods of the past and what’s being proposed now: “I have no problem with middle income living in newly constructed apartments… That is a lot different than what current politicians are proposing for the area.”
The Center Square reported that qualifying housing projects must provide “at least 40% of its units for the homeless, or individuals who have spent at least 15 days in ‘jails, hospitals, prisons, and institutes of mental disease.'”
Some locals suspect something even more sinister. They believe government officials deliberately slowed down fire response and rebuilding permits to force homeowners to give up and sell their land cheaply.
Governor Gavin Newsom is all in on this scheme. He recently set aside $101 million in taxpayer money for low-income housing in these same fire zones. That’s right – while actual homeowners struggle to rebuild because they were underinsured, the government is using tax dollars to transform their neighborhoods.
The timing is suspicious too. Newsom is testing the waters for a presidential run, and stealing from the “haves” to give to the “have-nots” plays well with today’s radical Democratic voters.
What’s happening in California is textbook socialism. Take property from one group, redistribute it to another, and call it “progress.” Never mind that the Constitution protects private property rights. Never mind that these homeowners paid their taxes and insurance for years.
The sneaky part? This whole plan came from a “Blue Ribbon Commission” that met in secret. Homeowners in places like Pacific Palisades, Malibu, and Altadena didn’t know what was happening until it was too late.
People who lost everything in the fires are furious. One resident posted online: “Absolutely insane proposal to further screw our neighbor. When will we stop voting for these dangerous people and wake up?!?”
Another homeowner pointed out the difference between mixed-income neighborhoods of the past and what’s being proposed now: “I have no problem with middle income living in newly constructed apartments… That is a lot different than what current politicians are proposing for the area.”
The Center Square reported that qualifying housing projects must provide “at least 40% of its units for the homeless, or individuals who have spent at least 15 days in ‘jails, hospitals, prisons, and institutes of mental disease.'”
Some locals suspect something even more sinister. They believe government officials deliberately slowed down fire response and rebuilding permits to force homeowners to give up and sell their land cheaply.
Governor Gavin Newsom is all in on this scheme. He recently set aside $101 million in taxpayer money for low-income housing in these same fire zones. That’s right – while actual homeowners struggle to rebuild because they were underinsured, the government is using tax dollars to transform their neighborhoods.
The timing is suspicious too. Newsom is testing the waters for a presidential run, and stealing from the “haves” to give to the “have-nots” plays well with today’s radical Democratic voters.
What’s happening in California is textbook socialism. Take property from one group, redistribute it to another, and call it “progress.” Never mind that the Constitution protects private property rights. Never mind that these homeowners paid their taxes and insurance for years.
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