Stop Removal Of All Parking Along 30th Street
Help Us Protect Our Investments By Diane Strum
Consequently, they decided that to help “meet climate control mandates,” protected bike lanes should be implemented on both sides of the street all along 30th Street--from Normal Heights through North Park to South Park. To accommodate the protected bike lanes, all street parking is to be removed. Mayor Todd Gloria also supports this plan.
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ore than ever before it seems like rental owners are being punished by lawmakers for providing housing for those who cannot afford to purchase homes or choose not to. At all levels of government, onerous legislative proposals make it riskier, less desirable, and more expensive to own rental housing, especially for small independent owners who invested to help afford retirement.
But what happens when government decisions are made that do not come up for a vote and are implemented with no due diligence, opportunity for public involvement or effort to explore the impacts their decisions would have. Such is the case in North Park where former Mayor Kevin Faulconer and City Councilman Chris Ward listened to special interest groups—bike riders.
A group of local North Park residents, rental housing providers and businesses are spearheading an effort to stop the removal of street parking along 30th Street. Rental housing owners in the area, most of whom are independent owners, are concerned with the impacts this will have on their residents and their ability to rent units. The vast majority of the rental properties rely on street parking and have no onsite parking for their tenants. May 2021 socalrha.org | 23
