Shout Out Against the OVO [Oversized Vehicle Ordinance]

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Date:

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Time:

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Event Type:

Meeting

Organizer/Author:

City of Santa Cruz (posted by Norse)

Email:

rnorse3 [at] hotmail.com

Phone:

8314234833

Location Details:

ZOOMED Meeting with the Zoning Administrator 10 AM 1-12

PRIOR TO THE MEETING:
You may comment online at: http://www.cityofsantacruz.com/za during the open comment period starting 5pm on 12/31/21 through 12pm on 1/4/22 or
send an email to cityplan [at] cityofsantacruz.com (if you wish to include attachments)

DURING THE MEETING: We recommend you call in at the start of the meeting, 10 AM. If you wish to speak on any item, both computer and phone audio will be available when it is your turn to speak.
Click on Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81634465483
Or, Call any of the numbers below. If one is busy, try the next one. 1-833-548-0276 (Toll Free)
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1-346-248-7799 1-646-558-8656

Enter the webinar ID number: 816 3446 5483

When prompted for a Participant ID, press #
Press *9 on your telephone or raise your hand through the Zoom app when you wish to speak.
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For background, see

"A Sneak Play Past the Community and Coastal Commission...Again" at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/01/03/18847069.php

"Execution Delayed But Not Reversed: OVO Up for Rubberstamping 1-12" at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/01/08/18847199.php

AUDIO of much of the 1-5 Zoning Administrator hearing: https://www1.huffsantacruz.org/lost/1%20FRSC%201-9-22.mp3

Added to the calendar on Sun, Jan 9, 2022 12:23PM

§Talking Back to Local Bigotry Enablers

by Robert Norse (rnorse3 [at] hotmail.com)

Mon, Jan 10, 2022 11:38AM

CITING THE HISTORICAL RECORD
The Zoning Administrator's ruling, considering her remarks last week, is likely a done deal. Still it's appropriate, possibly helpful, and certainly educational to bring to her attention and that of the compliant Local Coastal Board staff, the actual Coastal Commission remarks from the 2016 hearing.

At that hearing, the Commission rejected Assistant City Manager Scott Collins, Councilmember Richelle Niroyan, and the Coastal Commission's staff's attempt to rubberstamp their OVO ordinance.

The current City staff's presentation to the Zoning Administrator ignores the requirements itemized by the Commission in its 11-1 slapdown of Niroyan's law.

ACTUAL VIDEO OF THE 2016 COASTAL COMMISSION HEARING
The Commission's 2016 hearing is available on video archive at https://cal-span.org/unipage/?site=cal-span&owner=CCC&date=2016-08-10 4 hours and 19 minutes into the video file.

Their 2016 strong rather caustic rejection of boulevard bigotry begins at 4 hours and 36 minutes into the file and lasts for about 20 minutes as Collins and Niroyan scramble to explain the lack of specifics about rv parking space and "crime" problems.

ALLIES ON THE COASTAL COMMISSION
The Commission (other than the Chair) challenged and rejected as inadedquate City claims of future adequate parking space for RV's and a heavy focus on scary bad waste disposal (without stats of any criminal actions).

Some of the strongest supporters of coastal access as well as decriminalizing poverty (judging from their remarks in 2016) are still on the Commission:--Martha McClure, Effie Turnball-Sanders, and Carole Groom. I encourage folks to check out their remarks. Cite them when writing to the Zoning Administrator, or in appeals to the Planning Commission, the City Council, or the full Coastal Commission.

LOCAL NEWS MEDIA COVERING THE CASE
Tip of the hat to Julie Schaul for dredging up some of contemporary news stories from the Sentinel and the Good Times where the Commissioner's remarks are also noted:

https://goodtimes.sc/santa-cruz-news/coastal-commission-ejects-city-councilmember-strikes-rv-ban/

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2022/01/06/new-santa-cruz-law-banning-overnight-rv-parking-inches-forward

FORCE THE BIGOT-BACKERS TO FACE THE FACTS
For more than five years, the Santa Cruz gentrifiers have avoided bringing the issue back to the Coastal Commission--for the obvious reason that there is no more significant RV storage and "crime" problem than there was then. Indeed, there is a health emergency which should militate for appreciation of vehicular housing as a safety measure.

I encourage those speaking before the Zoning Administrator on Wednesday or slipping in written material before Tuesday noon (the new deadline), require the Zoning Administrator to answer the concerns of the Commission before sending it ahead with flying colors.

http://www.huffsantacruz.org

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