Environment & Energy
Related: About this forumLos Angeles just green-lighted a development on land that's 8 times the size of San Francisco...
...and scientists are warning it's in wildfire territory
Los Angeles has approved a plan to build a mixed-use development on land that's eight times the size of San Francisco. Earlier this week, the county's board of supervisors voted in favor of the Centennial project, a sprawling suburban oasis that's being touted as a solution to the region's housing shortage.
The development could soon introduce about 19,000 new homes LA County, bringing the state closer to its goal of adding 100,000 new units per year. Centennial's business park is also expected to generate about 23,000 jobs.
There's one major problem: The development will sit on territory that's extremely prone to wildfires.
https://www.businessinsider.com/california-centennial-development-wildfire-territory-2018-12
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What could possibly go wrong?
EarlG
(21,892 posts)packman
(16,296 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)But, of course, it's the $$$$ that talks.
sigh.
hunter
(38,264 posts)It will do very little to relieve housing shortages, and make the traffic on the freeways worse.
We need to be increasing the population density of land that's already been developed to create urban areas where car ownership is unnecessary.