What Prop. 168 Does
* I cannot understand where Janie Cowlin (Letters, Oct. 20) got her information.
She claims that Proposition 168 is “a guise by the state government to gain more control over local government.” Proposition 168 has absolutely nothing to do with state control--rather it is an amendment to the Constitution dealing strictly with local development.
Proposition 168 simply removes one barrier to the construction of affordable housing--that of forcing a vote every time a project is proposed. No other type of project has this requirement. But Proposition 168 does not remove the vote entirely; these projects would be subject to local referendums similar to any other type of development.
LEE PODOLAK
Orange
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