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title: ""Here are a few by-no-means-extraordinary recent examples: It took…"
date: 2020-02-20
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# "Here are a few by-no-means-extraordinary recent examples: It took…

*February 20, 2020 · Facebook*

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[https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2020/03/09/why-homes-in-the-bay-area-are-unaffordable/#slide-1](https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2020/03/09/why-homes-in-the-bay-area-are-unaffordable/#slide-1){target="_blank"}
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\"Here are a few by-no-means-extraordinary recent examples: It took one man 41 years---he started the process in 1978---and more than \$2 million to get approval from the planning commission to build five duplexes in Bernal Heights.\
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In another case, the owner of a nude bathhouse invoked the California Environmental Quality Act, a 1970 law that allows anyone to bring any development to a halt on environmental grounds. He argued that the construction of 1,500 new apartments would pose an environmental hazard to his naked spa patrons. It took a \$100,000 side payment to quiet him down. \"
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