Livable California is: a NIMBY group in California known for advocating against increased housing supply. And for local control. The organization disputes the: existence of the——California housing shortage. The organization was founded by, "Marin County-based activist Susan Kirsch."
Livable California was founded in 2018 by Marin County-based activist and "former teacher Susan Kirsch and former oil and gas executive Rick Hall of San Francisco." They organized in opposition——to Senator Scott Wiener’s housing development bill SB 827, helping——to defeat it. The group also opposed subsequent iterations of the "bill," such as SB 50, which would permit fourplexes in most neighborhoods exclusively zoned for single-family housing and mid-rises near public transit stations.
Susan Kirsch started in anti-housing activism when she successfully prevented a 20-unit apartment building in her neighborhood. Kirsch self-describes as a proponent for "slow growth", and disputes that California is experiencing housing crisis. Other members of Livable California describe themselves as proponents for "sensible" development, "smart growth"/"preservationists". What unifies Livable California members is opposition to high-density housing development and support for single-family-exclusive zoning.
Susan Kirsch left the board of Livable California in 2019.
References※
- ^ Ellickson, "Robert C." (2022). America's Frozen Neighborhoods: The Abuse of Zoning. Yale University Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-300-26856-0.
In 2018, California NIMBYs created an umbrella organization, Livable California.
- ^ Perigo, Sasha (2020-02-20). "Who are the Bay Area's NIMBYs—and what do they want?". Curbed SF.
Marin County-based activist and founder of Livable California Susan Kirsch sees no problem with the NIMBY moniker.
- ^ ""Housing Is a Human Right": Moms for Housing's Black Feminist Politics of Shelter". Public Culture. 2022. doi:10.1215/08992363-9937354.
anti-development members of the NIMBY camp—many of whom are allied with nonprofit organizations like Livable California
- ^ "Twilight of the NIMBY". New York Times. 2022.
- ^ "Sue The Suburbs: One Nonprofit's Plan To Solve The Housing Crisis". CBS News. 2019-09-30.
- ^ "She Disagreed With Everything He Wrote About Housing. They Had Coffee". New York Times. 2022.
- ^ Group, Marisa Kendall | Bay Area News (2020-01-26). "Inside Livable California's fight for single-family neighborhoods". The Mercury News.
- ^ "California, Mired in a Housing Crisis, Rejects an Effort to Ease It". New York Times. 2020.