Article from Reason by Cristian Britschgi.
San Francisco business owner Joey Mucha wants to convert an arcade repair shop he owns into a simple arcade and restaurant space, a use his property is already zoned for. Yet he has been stymied by neighborhood activists who argue that his project will further contribute to the gentrification of the Mission District.
With the help of the city’s notoriously cumbersome planning process, these activists have delayed Mucha’s project for months already, and they might succeed in killing it off entirely. Should that happen, his arcade will become yet another promising business idea snuffed out by a pervasive NIMBYism that is trying to freeze America’s cities in place.
“I’m hemorrhaging money at the moment to keep my employees on [and] to weather this storm,” Mucha tells Reason.”If this gets voted down, I will likely have to slim down my already-small business to survive, to support my family.”
Opposing Mucha’s plan is Kevin Ortiz—an activist affiliated with local anti-gentrification groups Cultural Action Network (CAN) and United to Save the Mission (USM)—who has asked the city’s planning commission to stop Mucha from setting up an arcade.
Read the entire article at Reason.
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There is a name for it: Schizophrenic Control Addiction. San Francisco politicians are Progressives. Progressivism means ‘new approaches’ over already known successful approaches. Of all new, untried approaches 85% are failures. 15% are successful. When you understand this you see the certain future of San Francisco.
Activists=Nucking Futs!
You cannot fix STUPID!
If I were him I’d take what money I had left, close up shop, and move my family from that decrepit place! There are more suitable places in this country to set up a business! They would soon learn that if you run all businesses out of your neighborhood, pretty soon you’ll be paying more in taxes for your property, and have less places to go to! How stupid can the left really be? Don’t answer that, you just can’t fix stupid!
Many are doing just that and as the tax base leaves the others will suffer higher taxes or higher debt. I’m waiting for the day Newsance has to start taxing the Follywood freak excessively. We’ll hear the squealing from here. Mexifornia is headed to hell in a hand basket and all they’ll have left are serfs for the fiefdom. Feed it to them slowly and they’ll never notice.
remember this Nancy’s area God help them
Just nuke san fransicko.
Nancy AND her nephew Gov Newspam
I would expect nothing less from the libtard democrats. Anything they can do to hold someone from being successful. The ones holding up,progress should be sued fo the expected losses to business. As long as they are not held back they will continue to be so called activists who only hold up,progress. Sue the bastards.