NEW: Spencer Pratt fires back at reporter after he was asked about his plan for the homeless, says they will all end up in Seattle.
Reporter: "What are your plans for the over 40,000 homeless in Los Angeles?"
Pratt: "Well, they're not homeless, they're drug addicts... These people have been bused in by scam rehabs, scam NGOs, scam homeless nonprofits."
"These people, when I unplug them ... they're all going to Seattle, where the mayor will welcome them."
Who’s going to tell these people that it’s the governments and unions fault?
Permitting and approval processes
Permit requirements, neighborhood restrictions, and population density laws directly decreased the potential supply of housing. In many cities a developer can spend 2 to 5 years and millions of dollars just getting permission to build before breaking ground.
Environmental review weaponization
CEQA in California is the most notorious example. Laws designed to protect the environment got used by neighbors to block or indefinitely delay housing projects through litigation.
Construction labor and trade licensing
Electricians, plumbers, and other trades are heavily licensed and often unionized in ways that limit labor supply, driving up construction costs and timelines
@AOC@deeame No.
The federal government steals nearly $3 TRILLION from us, the American people, every single year in federal income tax.
That is BY FAR the largest form of theft.
@AOC Maybe if you would stop giving them free shit they would do something about it themselves like collectively bargain. But YOU take away all the incentive by handing out welfare like candy. 🍭
LAUSD and the teachers union signed an agreement that effectively guarantees teachers accused of sexual misconduct with students get reassigned to another school instead of removed.
Not fired. Not suspended. Reassigned.
The list of offenses this applies to: sexual harassment of students, sexual or romantic relationships with minors, creating or distributing child pornography, and failure to report child abuse.
The federal government just opened a Title IX investigation and said the quiet part out loud -- the district appears to be protecting sexual predators at the expense of students.
This isn't a due process debate. This is a school district and a union negotiating the terms under which accused predators stay employed and in proximity to children.
The agreement is public. Read it yourself.
LAUSD and the teachers union signed an agreement that effectively guarantees teachers accused of sexual misconduct with students get reassigned to another school instead of removed.
Not fired. Not suspended. Reassigned.
The list of offenses this applies to: sexual harassment of students, sexual or romantic relationships with minors, creating or distributing child pornography, and failure to report child abuse.
The federal government just opened a Title IX investigation and said the quiet part out loud... the district appears to be protecting sexual predators at the expense of students.
This isn't a due process debate. This is a school district and a union negotiating the terms under which accused predators stay employed and in proximity to children.
The agreement is public. Read it yourself.