Q&A
Impact of City Council experience on City Planning Commission role
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Council Member Sanchez questions nominee Raju Mann about how his City Council experience would influence his approach to the City Planning Commission role, particularly in balancing affordability concerns with community feedback. Mann is asked to elaborate on his views regarding land use policy and affordability.
- Sanchez expresses surprise at Mann's excitement to join the CPC but acknowledges the value of his perspective.
- The council member seeks clarification on how Mann would weigh affordability against community concerns in CPC decisions.
- Sanchez references Mann's earlier statement about land use not being the primary tool for deep affordability.
Pierina Ana Sanchez
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Yeah.
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Thank thank you, chair.
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Are you sure that you No.
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Thank thank you for for being here today, and it's it's surprising to to see that you are you're excited to to join the CPC.
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But I I do think a perspective like yours would be invaluable.
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I mean, I'm I'm listening to your responses and just skirting around the the same question of trying to understand how how you given a vote and and the decision at at the CPC table would weigh those questions of affordability and, you know, versus community concerns.
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But understanding that, you know, we can only speak in hypotheticals here.
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But you did say that you don't view land use as the way to get deep affordability, and that's the work of other other policies.
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But I I suppose having worked on NIH, what what do you think is that is the amount that, you know, the CPC that Landy's policy can get us to development a more affordable browsing.