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Listening to @michaelgeller.bsky.social giving his take on vancouver’s planning history

As per usual I agree with some of Michael’s points - and I think he’s off the mark sometimes, but at least reasonably entertaining in his moments of wrongness

Now former dirs. of planning Larry Beasley and Anne Mcafee speaking.

Anne asks “how are we going to pay for things if not for development fees” Uh Sorry that’s a disturbingly myopic view.

Michael is making good criticisms of Inclusionary Zoning (IZ) - mostly that it’s unfair to put all the burden of infrastructure and affordable housing on just new housing (vs existing owners)

LB says all levels of government should be contributing to infrastructure vs relying wholly on CACs. Also: At the same time if amenities don’t grow then existing residents oppose density. (I’d argue they’ll oppose anyway but a lack of amenity is a problem)