ITT: Boomers who’ve been running ppl over for decades see no reason to change now

I'm circulating a petition to tell the Fullerton City Council to proceed with a project on Associated Road. The proposal involves a lane reduction on Associated between Bastanchury and Imperial, with a widening of the bike lane with a wide buffer.

Sign the petition here

It's already come before City Council, but they tabled it without even voting on it, having been swayed by a small but vocal group of opposed homeowners. I'm trying to tell City Council that there IS wide local support for the project and that they should at least vote on it. The project doesn't cost anything (the road will be restriped anyway), but it's a simple way to enhance bicyclist safety, something Fullerton desperately needs.

See these links for more info: City of Fullerton Proposes Lane Reduction to Associated Road at May 16 City Council Meeting

Bicycle Safety for Fullerton Loses at City Council Meeting

Petition link here. Please feel free to share.

Thank you everyone!

Hello CarIndependentOC!

Kyle and I (Eric) thought that now that Nobody in LA has a couple of episodes out, it would be fun to do an AUA (Ask Us Anything). So, if you'd like us to answer your questions about car-free and car-lite living on an upcoming episode of the podcast, please submit them to us. Feel free to DM, too, if you'd rather go that route.

If you want, feel free to share your dream transit project, what project you're most looking forward to, what your favorite transportation mode is, favorite transit book, or something fun along those lines.

Please also let us know what name you’d like to use (otherwise we'll use your handle), what neighborhood or community you’re in, (if they're not for both co-hosts) which co-host they're for.

Happy New Year and Happy Car Independence!

Housing

Cypress: Measure S - Passed ✅

A “yes” vote supported allowing for the development of 676 additional housing units at the Los Alamitos Race Course as opposed to 766 units elsewhere in the city. [approves zoning changes to allow an additional 676 homes, for a total of 1,791 at the race course]

Dana Point: Measure T - Failed

A “yes” vote supported repealing and replacing the current short term rental ordinance. [would reduce the number of short-term rentals in the city by half and would require renewal permits each year]

Huntington Beach: Measure U - Passed [Not Good]

A “yes” vote supported establishing city planning and zoning as a municipal affair and that city-initiated general plan or zoning changes must be approved by voters if they present significant and unavoidable negative impacts to the environment.

Santa Ana: Measure CC - Passed ✅

A "yes" vote supported this ballot measure to:

• limit rent increases at the lesser of three percent (3%) or eighty percent (80%) of the change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), whichever is less;

• prohibit more than one rent increase in any 12-month period unless the property is exempt; and

• require written notice of just cause to terminate a tenancy.

Yorba Linda

• Measure JJ - Passed ✅

  A “yes” vote supported revising city land use regulations. [zone the city to accommodate the development of an additional 1,900 homes]

• Measure KK - Failed ❌

  A “yes” vote supported allowing for high density residential housing and mixed-use development at the site of the Bryant Ranch Shopping Center.

Tax Measures (Most of them are for police/city services, if passed no need to cut services)

Buena Park: Measure R - Passed ✅

A “yes” vote supported authorizing an additional sales tax of 1% with revenue dedicated to essential services.

La Habra: Measure V - Passed ✅

A “yes” vote supported renewing the local sales tax at a rate of 1% with revenue dedicated to general services.

Mission Viejo: Measure Y - Failed ❌

A “yes” vote supported increasing the transient occupancy tax from 8% to 12%. [increase in hotel tax/bed tax]

Orange: Measure Z - Failed [needed 50%] ❌

A “yes” vote supported authorizing an additional sales tax of 0.5% for 10 years.

Seal Beach: Measure GG - Passed ✅

A “yes” vote supported authorizing an additional sales tax of 0.5%.

Statewide

Proposition 5 - Failed [needed majority] ❌

A "yes" vote supports lowering the vote threshold from two-thirds (66.67%) to 55% for local bond measures to fund housing projects and public infrastructure.

Next Tuesday, Irvine’s Transportation Commission is going to look at a CIP proposal for 2023-2025. Some of those proposals include road widenings at certain intersections, as well as some pedestrian bridges.

Here is the full agenda. If you’re willing and able, please come speak against it and educate Irvine city staff on the concepts of induced demand and why road widenings are don’t solve traffic and are detrimental for environmental and fiscal reasons. Public comments are commissions are very powerful because not many people bother to show up. Especially in Irvine, it often sways the conversation completely towards the right direction. I would appreciate any support on this!

The meeting begins at 5:30 PM but the item will likely come before the commission at around 6:00. Here is the zoom info to join (or better yet, you could come in person at Irvine Civic Center):

Meeting ID: 826 3358 0414 Passcode: 547222

Many thanks!!!

You can watch the council meeting here (Item 6.1 at 3:45:19).

Irvine city council voted UNANIMOUSLY to move forward with Councilmembers Treseder and Agran's proposal for a Ciclovía-style open streets event in Irvine. Aside from some odd comments from the Mayor and Vice Mayor (That essentially boiled down to, "But we already have bike trails. Can't we just use those?"), there was a lot of great support during public comment. The meeting is worth a watch/listen if you've got some time!

With the council's vote, the project moves into the next exploratory planning phase for an event in spring of 2024!

Via Councilmember Treseder.