Sustainability and Politics: LA Is BUILT OUT: High-profile land use attorney part of anti-development ballot measure

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

LA Is BUILT OUT: High-profile land use attorney part of anti-development ballot measure

I have to agree. My initial take is: LA is BUILT OUT. Anyone who drives in LA, which is virtually everyone, knows this. The nuances notwithstanding, and despite political high-wire acts explaining how we can cram more multi-unit structures anywhere in the city without affecting traffic (which is just aggravating news to hear when one is already aware of reality and can't beliece someone would say something so brazenly stupid and unbelievable), I am completely in favor of voting yes to such a measure. And at least temporarily, until they can figure the traffic out and develop a city you can move around in without spending hours in mind-numbingly bad traffic for the simplest of commutes or basic errands. Special note: I am already a biker and walker. The city is being way over built and it's ruining where I grew up. Shame. This legislation is needed.

#sprawl #overbuilt #smartgrowth #traffichell #overdeveloped #greed #corruptpoliticians

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I've been thinking some about the Winter Solstice, the Mayan end of the 30,000-year-cycle on 12/21/12.

What if in fact the world did end? Even though this probably will not happen, to live consciously it is honest for us to take a bit of an inventory.

Am I happy with how I've lived my life? (Yesterday, I thought mostly yes, with some areas for improvement, as below.) Are there changes I would make?
Would I have tried to forgive those that were hostile or disappointing to me?
Would I spend more time with those I loved the most, telling them that, feeling that more?
Would I be happier, grateful for what I have, what I've experienced, the joy, the beauty in this world?

Maybe the answer is yes to all of the above.
So this time can serve as a point of rebirth for all of us. If we think about it.

Because somewhere along the line I realized I think maybe mankind deserves it. !
The way we are killing each other, killing the planet.
How selfish we are, and snotty to those around us. Petty, competitive. Why is this? Do we have to behave this way? (I say no, it greatly detracts and misdirects energy from the full-time celebration in which we could engage, the great multi-cultural, multi-rhythmic dance we can sustain here.)

Maybe God or the Great Universe is fed up, and will pull the rug out from under us.
Don't think I can say we could blame Him/Her/It.

But it probably won't happen. (Probably not! This time.)

Still we are finite on this ride.

It is a time to think, am I happy with how I've lived my life?
Hopefully most of us can say yes.

For the part of us that have a little worry, a little sadness....
This is the time to be present.
This is the time to be the person you want to be, that can die at peace, that can hope to every day be able to look yourself and the Universe in the eye and say, how beautiful, smiling, and thank you. Let's do that.