Civil Grand Jury bumps up against reality

It must be a slow session of the San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury if they have time to commiserate about how cities cannot track the incomes of people who occupy ADUs jammed into neighborhoods by the state housing requirement numbers.  No kidding.  Here are some of the specifics from the DJ piece titled "Civil grand jury targets cities' focus on ADUs".

Hillsborough, Woodside, Portola Valley and Atherton are leaning heavily on accessory dwelling units to address the state’s affordable housing requirements and has no way of verifying tenants' income, according to a report by the San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury issued Monday.  “For every accessory dwelling unit that gets a permit and is counted as an affordable unit, equals one fewer deed restricted affordable unit,” civil grand juror Spector said.

Of course, neither does any other city or town without a heavy investment in tenant-snooping snitches.  Even with a snitch army, how do you do it?   Here's the source of the issue:

Each jurisdiction is assigned a number of units for varied incomes: very low, low, moderate and above moderate. Most cities follow a 30-30-30-10 format, meaning 30% each for the very low to moderate income categories and 10% for above moderate. The categories are based on the county’s average median income, around $116,000 for a one-person household, according to the county.

Seldom does one see an instance of social engineering spelled out with such engineer-like specificity.  One wonders if the snoopers will want the full income $xx,xxx.yy details down to the penny?  So instead of crying time-out on the whole principle and sending the CA Department of Housing and Community Development a message to cease-and-desist, the grand jury doubles down

HCD instructed the county jurisdictions to monitor and verify ADU production and affordability at least every two years but never specified what the process should look like, according to the report.  In the report, the grand jury suggests jurisdictions stop using ADUs unless it has an effective monitoring system that verifies how they will be used.

Click through to read more of this ridiculous social engineering fiasco.  As I said, it must be a slow session at the grand jury to get this far out of their lane. 

Comments

[Paloma Ave]

Why does the State of California want to impose WHAT THEY WANT on us?

We enjoy being a suburb and do not want to be an urban area.

[Joanne]

Because our State needs money! They spend it like it grows on trees and give it away like there is no tomorrow!

Just do the research and see who donates to who's campaign.

[Grand Jury has time on its hands- SMUHSD needs help]

If the Grand Jury has extra time on its hands, the SMUHSD could use a complete and independent investigation of its actions as well as investigative and legal expenditures involving leadership.

The Board is aware of the highly improper actions and tactics used to target and retaliate against those who dare to properly and legally report misconduct.

Certain Board members are hesitant to act as their own foibles will be disclosed.

The Grand Jury was required to intervene on the Swastika issues at BHS because the district leadership was burying the issue.

The Grand Jury held, "After the three incidents at Burlingame High School, school and District administrators stated they did not believe such incidents reflected the dominant school culture. Yet, some students at the school expressed a belief that there was a lack of tolerance for minorities."

Ignoring Nazi's-
"...did not believe such incidents reflected the dominant school culture."

What else is being suppressed?

Ignoring the pleas of the Pregnant Teacher-
(look at Skelly and Black's faces when they realize "who" she is.)

https://www.youtube.com/live/vak3UX8hbPQ?feature=share&t=570

[Handle Bard]

The politicians and grand jury are none too bright, are they? What a massive waste of people's time.

[SMUHSD- $550,000 Settlement- Someone Named- Christopher Nelson to release all claims]

The Grand Jury may need to start an investigation.

At the start of the SMUSHD Board Meeting on June 27, 2023, President Land announced a $550,000 settlement-

The SMUHSD Board in closed session announced it reached a $550,000 settlement with a person named Christopher Nelson to "release all claims against the district.

Who is Christopher Nelson and what claims did he have against the SMUHSD?

This was not a student based incident. An internet search shows that Chris Nelson is associated with the SMUHSD Adult School.

A half-million dollar settlement is no small item- What is getting covered-up this time?

The SMUHSD needs an independent investigation of ALL operations.