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Brown's Redevelopment Proposal, If Passed, Could Whack Corporate Welfare
Don: You have many valid criticisms of redevelopment but reason gets lost in your rant. Your opinion piece is so full invective and venom that it loses credibility to all but the suburban fortress minded angry white males who rant against anything that does not subsidize white flight to the burbs - and the infrastructure to support California's sprawling suburbs is far more expensive than redevelopment will ever be. The basic problem is too small a tax revenue pie to support both local and state public needs (or too large a public appetite). There are many good things that redevelopment does, such as minimize red tape and lower bureaucratic hurdles for projects in redevelopment areas, as well as build affordable housing. Hopefully, Gov. Brown's proposal will result in a compromise that will rein in some of the excesses and retain the benefits of redevelopment.— January 31, 2011 2:29 p.m.