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KQED Forum on ADUs w/Susan Kirsch

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KQED Forum with Michael Krasny - https://www.kqed.org/forum

Call in: 866-733-6786
Email: forum@kqed.org

Topic: Housing Legislation re: Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)

Guests:

• Karen Chapple, a proponent of ADUs, Chair and Professor of City & Regional Planning at UC Berkeley
• Liam Dillon, staff writer for the LA Times covering CA politics and policies
• Susan Kirsch, a cautionary critic of ADUs, Founder, Livable California; community leader

Main Points:

1. Commend ADUs as a suitable local solution to a local housing dilemma; best implemented via local City Councils, not the top-down, one-size-fits-all mandates of state legislators.
2. Challenge the narrative of a housing crisis, and center the issue around affordability.
3. Raise the question, "Who benefits from the state legislation usurping local control? (and given a chance, oppose the Regional Housing Finance Agency)
4. Describe how the financialization of housing undercuts the value of ADUs as a local solution and destabilizes the middle class and democracy.

For more on this topic, go the The Marin Post: https://marinpost.org/blog/2019/10/13/the-financialization-of-adus

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Organization: Kirsch Associates

Contact: Susan Kirsch

Contact Phone: 415-686-4375

Contact Email:

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