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California Influencers this week answered the question: What do you think are the most important steps to take to improve California's shortage of affordable housing? Would Proposition 10 help or hurt in those efforts? Here are their answers:
Donna Lucas, CEO and president, Lucas Public Affairs
California housing prices are the highest in the nation. Rental costs have exploded. The Public Policy Institute of California reports that 61 percent of California renters say rent is a major financial drain on them and their families. This is a human as well as an economic crisis, and it has huge implications. People are moving to states where they can afford to live. This drain on human capital is a terrible loss to California. To make housing more affordable to all Californians, there is no getting around the need to build more of it. At bottom, the housing shortage is what's causing the crisis. To ease the short supply, we have to remove barriers to construction. This includes CEQA reform. We need to create incentives to build more smart, mixed-use, energy-efficient housing. Building homes for a growing population will have the effect we all want. Increasing supply will start meeting demand; it will make housing more affordable. Local and state leaders should convene a summit and develop a joint plan to accomplish this. Prop 10 won't help. It does not address the real problem. We need a better, more comprehensive approach.
Amanda Renteria, board member, Emerge America; former chief of operations, California Department of Justice
Housing shortages and rising housing costs have been a result of misaligned incentives, uncoordinated economic development, a lackluster capital market for housing and complicated regulations for new development. To increase supply, four steps should be taken — declare homelessness a state of emergency in our hardest hit areas, create a statewide Housing specialist to partner with local/regional areas to establish housing supply plans, utilize state bonds and federal resources to ensure low income and middle income options for housing, and consider changing all misaligned incentives (including Prop 13) to ensure a sustainable housing stock for the next generation.
Allan Zaremberg, president and CEO, California Chamber of Commerce
CalChamber opposes Proposition 10 because it will exacerbate California's housing crisis. As far as dealing with California's shortage of affordable housing, the Legislature needs to consider every possible avenue to increase supply most importantly by developing strategies that will stimulate private construction of new homes. As such, the Legislature would be wise to provide leadership on CEQA reform, lowering property taxes and reviving some version of California's redevelopment agencies.
Les Simmons, pastor, South Sacramento Christian Center
There is no silver bullet to end the housing crisis, but we make a significant impact by streamlining building regulations, provide incentives for building affordable housing and yes, voting for Prop 10. Cities need the ability to ensure their residents have continued affordable options. We need to encourage development to fit the needs of the communities.
Steve Westly, former California State Controller; founder, Westly Group
Modify CEQA. More carrots and sticks to pressure cities to zone more infill housing.
Christine Robertson, vice president of community engagement and advocacy, Visit San Luis Obispo
Our organization recently surveyed more than 5,000 residents of San Luis Obispo County about their priorities for the future of our region. Unsurprisingly, our residents told us the things they value most are our county's beauty, open space and scenic views, and the thing they most want fixed is the lack of affordable housing. These competing values – don't grow but add housing supply– are at the heart of many California communities struggling to balance environmental, social and economic impacts.
The shortage of housing available to low-to-middle income Californians is a symptom of a much more complicated system problem. Policies to incentivize more inclusionary housing, build more multi-family units and reform CEQA are all steps in the right direction and should be swiftly implemented. But they are not themselves sufficient. In a resource constrained and environmentally conscience state, we cannot simply build our way to supply-demand equilibrium. With housing prices outpacing wage growth by nearly 60 percent over the past 30 years, it is clear that we must also prioritize economic growth and mobility to help close the affordability gap. To achieve anything close to a sustainable solution, policymakers must resist the temptation to legislate in issue silos and work to bring the whole system into healthy balance.
Barbara Boxer, U.S. Senator, 1993-2017
Affordable housing is clearly lacking in many parts of California. I have seen fact checked stories of working people who are forced to live in their cars and multiple families forced to share cramped quarters. At some point we will begin losing major employers because their workers cannot find suitable housing. So this issue is not only one of compassion but one of economics. The middle class, like our teachers and the retail sales force,are hurting when it comes to housing.
We all know there is not one silver bullet to solve this problem but there are steps to be taken.
I remember the days when I was a county supervisor and every development had to have a certain number of affordable units as part of the approval process.
It worked.
We also need to support major tax credits to incentivize affordable units ok'd in undeveloped areas close to transportation. That is called"in-fill". If shopping malls begin to fade, they would be prime sites for such housing.
Another idea is to encourage pension plans to invest in affordable housing for their employees. It's a good investment!
In terms of rent control, I agree with Lieutenant Governor Newsom when he points out there are ways to tweak current law so that we don't drive away new housing construction. As current law is tweaked it should allow for the views of local government to be respected.
When I was growing up there was an expression: "A man's home is his castle." Ignoring the gender bias in this, it is true that with a roof over their heads that is safe and secure, our families certainly will have the foundation they need to thrive.
Harmeet Dhillon, member, Republican National Committee; partner, Dhillon Law Group
California desperately needs to roll back regulations that prevent the economical building of new housing. These regulations range from excessive taxation to environmental and land use regulations to mandates such as solar power to rent control — everywhere you look, excessive regulation makes it more difficult for builders to build, owners to stay in their homes, and renters to fulfill the dream of home ownership. This syndrome is causing taxpaying younger people to flee California, retirees to spend their final years elsewhere, and people with a future to decide not to come to California to build it, leading to a tax and a brain drain from our state. The housing shortage exacerbates the divide between rich and poor in our state, as the middle class is forced to seek their futures in friendlier states. The California Legislature can fix this, but only if it frees itself from the grip of special interests who mandate these ruinous regulations.
Chad Peace, founder and president, IVC Media; founding board member, National Association of Non-Partisan Reformers
First, we should eliminate burdensome and redundant regulations that discourage responsible development, especially for smaller homes and projects. Second, we should adjust zoning criteria to increase densities near and along urban transit corridors. The best way to reduce housing prices is to increase supply. Rent control, however, disincentives development. This makes it harder for supply to keep up with demand. That why I believe, where rent control has been used, it tends to result in more social inequity and done little to discipline housing prices.
Ron Wong, president, Imprenta Communications Group
Prop 10 would be a disaster and would only make the housing crisis worse. There is no doubt that the homeless issue is the most pressing issue of the day. However, this is a complex multifaceted issue which involves not only affordable housing – we must also take into consideration mental health treatment, employment, addiction and other social services. Gentrification and the widening income disparity are also key factors. We need to encourage more development and building of homes and rental units – that simple economics. In the Asian Pacific Islander community home and property ownership has been path to the middle class. Families including my own grandparents scrimped and saved so they could buy a small 4-unit apartment where they lived with my dad and uncles for generations. That small apartment allowed my family to buy more units in the core of Los Angeles over the course of 50 years, and my cousins now manage these properties with a very small margin. So the image of greedy land owners is an overly simplistic which paints a false problem and false solution. Prop 10 would discourage new development and hurt home and property owners.
Karthick Ramakrishnan, director of AAPI Data & the Center for Social Innovation, University of California, Riverside
Many factors contribute to the housing crisis in California, ranging from NIMBYism and instances of over-regulation, to losing dwelling units to short-term rentals and the unintended consequences of Proposition 13. Making housing more affordable in California will require a grand bargain that requires innovation and flexibility among existing stakeholders. A single-minded solution is unlikely to solve the problem and, in fact, may create new problems that make the supply of affordable housing even worse in the future.
Manuel Pastor, director, Program for Environmental and Regional Equity, University of Southern California
Addressing the state's problem of affordable housing will require action on many fronts. This includes significant public support and dollars for building and maintaining affordable units as well as the expansion of market-rate units (to sop up the demand of high-income groups who are currently putting pressures on housing traditionally utilized by lower-income households). Speeding up the permitting process, particularly in transit-rich areas, would help with this. Exploring land trusts and other "social housing" efforts could help to stabilize values and housing costs as well. Rent stabilization – which local jurisdictions would be able to expand if Proposition 10 passes – is an important tool in such an overall package. The "either/or" logic that pits rent restraints against other possible measures is misplaced: Research indicates that moderate rent stabilization measures – the sort that have been used in California – have virtually no impact on the production of new units. They also promote residential stability which contributes to the health and well-being of families and communities. There's also a potential economic gain. New research on the skyrocketing costs in the Bay Area suggests that if tenants were not what the government considers "rent-burdened" – that is, spending more than thirty percent of household income on housing – they would have an additional $4.4 billion to pump into local markets rather than landlord coffers. Proposition 10 would allow our state's cities and counties to use all the tools they need to tackle today's housing challenges and encourage inclusive prosperity.
Tom Campbell, professor of Law, professor of Economics, Chapman University
Local units of government have used the housing permitting process as a revenue source, trying to replace the lost revenue from Prop. 13. As a result, new housing requires so many and so costly concessions by builders that it is often no longer affordable by persons of modest means when it comes to market. Low-income housing should receive a wholesale exemption from these local government fees, set-asides, and concessions.
By allowing cities to impose rent control on all new housing, Prop. 10 would inadvertently limit the supply of new housing. It is straightforward economics that capping the price of a good or service will result in less being produced. Let the market work, without costly government requirements, and government caps on prices, and there will be much more housing produced. For those unable to pay, cities and the state can adopt rental subsidies paid for by all of us, rather than imposing costs only on the very parties trying to build the housing.
Lara Bergthold, principal partner, RALLY Communications
It's time to get radical about California's shortage of affordable housing. We dream big in California so I'd like to see a citizens competition to dream up big solutions to this problem that offer radical game-changing ideas that can solve this problem in a short period of time. In the meantime, Pass Prop 10, be a YIMBY and say yes to affordable housing especially near transit centers, support public transportation projects that make it possible for people to afford housing AND survive their commute to work without greater urban density, overturn Prop 13.
Lanhee Chen, David and Diane Steffy Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
To relieve the housing crisis, our policymakers should focus on addressing the regulatory and statutory predicates that restrict the supply of housing overall in our state. For far too long, progressive politicians have backed interventions in the housing marketplace—such as restrictive zoning rules or rent control initiatives like Proposition 10, which Californians will vote on this November—that do nothing but limit the supply of affordable housing and drive up prices for the poor and middle-income residents of our state. Rent control measures like Proposition 10 are particularly harmful. A famed Swedish economist who chaired the Nobel price committee for many years called rent control "the best way to destroy a city, other than bombing." He's absolutely right. Voters should reject Proposition 10 this Fall.
Carl Guardino, president and CEO, Silicon Valley Leadership Group
The most important step we can take to improve California's shortage of affordable housing is . . . wait for it . . . build more housing. Yes, neglecting our need to build new homes for nearly two decades — both rental and for-sale — has led to skyrocketing housing costs. For the past two decades, California should have been producing an average of 200,000 new homes annually, but only produced an average of 80,000 each year. We need to build more homes at all pricing levels to meet the needs of a diverse state. For those who believe we should just lock the doors and stop allowing people to come to California, please realize that a significant part of our population gain is by birth, not migration. The folks we would be "locking out" are our own children, priced out of the state in which we have raised them.
Prop 10 — Economists overwhelmingly agree — whether they are from the left, center or right — that the visceral reaction for Rent Control will only exacerbate California's housing shortage. Let's not use a hammer to address a problem that requires fine surgical skills.
Kim Belshé, executive director, First 5 LA
At First 5 LA, we recognize that place – particularly home — matters for our children. When parents struggle to pay rent and meet mortgage payments, children also struggle. California's housing crisis is upending the lives of countless families, often causing toxic stress. Since 2014, the number of homeless children in California has increased by 20 percent. Housing insecurity – experienced by one out of every four children — can have both short- and long-term impacts on a child's development, thus limiting their potential from the start. Our overarching goal is for every child to enter kindergarten ready to succeed in school and life. Stable and secure housing strengthens a child's likelihood of success. Prop 10 may be part of the solution and California voters will decide. This crisis is decades in the making, and it will take grit, determination and political will on the part of leaders from all sectors to craft a lasting solution.
Corey Matthews, vice president, LeadersUp
California has been met with the seemingly intractable issue of homelessness for a number of years now, and we have always considered the free will of apartment owners in setting rental rates as a possible part of the solution. It is not a new idea but before we begin to think deeply about the steps that we must take to meet this challenge head-on, we first have to decide as a state who we want to be: Are we the California that is the bastion of diversity, innovation and forward progress? Or are we the California of a dream deferred, where only certain Americans can enjoy our great weather and geographic options? Ultimately, the decision to support Prop 10 would mean that we are putting in place a stop gap to curb the shortage of affordable housing and to ensure that at least 13 million Californians can remain in stable living environments. Beyond my support of Prop 10 as a stop gap and not a "solution," I believe that we have to find ways to incentivize new developments in non-coastal and rural regions and to invest more in public transportation to ensure that people can get to and from work. We have to leverage our tremendous amount of resources and land to develop the often overlooked areas of our expansive state in order to keep people in California as oppose to push them out. We have to decide who we want to be and for whom we want to be.
Bonnie Castillo, executive director, California Nurses Association
Whether housing or health care, the path to controlling the affordability crisis is similar, stop the price gouging. A major first step is passing Prop. 10 to give our local communities the power to protect our most vulnerable neighbors through controls on rent increases. Wealthy developers, landlords and corporate lobbyists are spending tens of millions to deceive the public, but all they really care about is protecting their sky-high profits.
Los Angeles County alone has seen rents skyrocket 34 percent the last seven years.
Nearly 30 percent of California tenants spent half their income on rent.
A shocking 268,000 young Californians have been identified as lacking "a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence."
And the latest homeless phenomenon is thousands of our neighbors who now simply live in their cars.
Controlling rents is the most immediate way to keep tenants in their homes.
Nurses see the impact in patients enduring the physical and mental stress or other untreated ailments due to high rents, forced moves and homelessness, and our own members who face hours of commute time because they can't afford to live near where they provide care.
Enough already. Prop. 10 is a good beginning.
Maria Salinas, president & CEO, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
To improve California's shortage of affordable housing, the state and local municipalities need to ease the approval process and change current zoning regulations to allow for more density, particularly around transit-rich areas. Prop 10 goes too far. Expanding rent control and vacancy control provisions will lead to less investment in housing construction, as well as units being taken off the market for conversion to condos or short-term rentals. Prop 10 will make housing more expensive.
Pete Wilson, governor of California, 1991-1999
Proposition 1 and 2 are on the ballot to provide funding for additional affordable and homeless housing. Ever since the state eliminated redevelopment agencies, an alternative source of funds has been needed. Cities have since turned to inclusionary requirements, a measure which just shifts the costs of affordable housing to the few market rate units being built each year. The result has been to gut any meaningful chance to build housing for lower to middle income residents in California. The proposed bonds are a partial solution by providing new funds but it is wholly inadequate because state and local requirements for CEQA, impact fees, litigation and prevailing wage mean that each year fewer and fewer units can be built from the available funds.
The state needs to get real about this crisis and needs to put these additional costs and burdens on housing to one side, and start building without these additional costs until we bring supply in line with demand. As for Proposition 10, it will have a disastrous impact. Every objective review by the LAO and credible economists agree that it will cut further into the low number of units being built each year and accelerate the number of units withdrawn from the rental market.
Janet Napolitano, president, University of California
The lack of affordable housing is a serious threat to California's well-being and its economic future. Supply simply has not kept up with demand. We need a statewide strategy that will accelerate the construction of new housing with an eye toward concentrating housing near transportation hubs so that people are not stuck in their cars for hours commuting to and from work. A statewide strategy could mean the sacrifice of some forms of local control, but whatever we are doing now is not working. We need a reset and a refocus.
Eric Bauman, chairman, California Democratic Party
We need to develop and build many more new low cost and affordable units. The current rate of gentrification-conversions is actually reducing our affordable housing stock, and our current development programs and incentives are not keeping pace. The judicious use and expansion of rent Control can and will hold rents down, but unfortunately it will also reduce the number of new rental units built as investors fear they will not be able to gain from their dollars. Prop 10 looks to hold rent increases down to keep units affordable, but it creates the potential of single-family home owners to be under rent control for the first time, pushing them to rent their houses via short term rental services.
Jim Wunderman, president and CEO, Bay Area Council
It may not sound sexy, but zoning reform. California simply doesn't have enough land zoned for housing in the right places at the right densities. We need to reinvent our urban landscape in a way that will allow more people to live closer to their jobs or transit alternatives. Fear mongers paint a dystopian picture of urban up-zoning and the "Manhattanization" of our communities. This is complete nonsense. Allowing more density near transit hubs and along major transportation corridors won't radically alter the look of a community but it will allow housing for a lot more people. It will help preserve precious green space outside and on the edges of our urban core and also help California meet its aggressive climate goals by reducing long, polluting commutes. Along with zoning reform, we need to restructure the system of financial and other incentives that we use to encourage cities to embrace more housing. California must invest in affordable housing and housing assistance programs, but we can't spend our way out of this epic crisis. One estimate put that cost at $250 billion, money that we simply do not have. Reforming our zoning laws and reworking our incentive system will empower the market place to go all in on producing the housing we so desperately need.
As for rent control, the Swedish economist Assar Lindbeck may have said it best: "In many cases rent control appears to be the most efficient technique presently known to destroy a city—except for bombing." Rent control discourages production of new housing, particularly of the sort that is often the most affordable, and reduces investment in the maintenance and preservation of housing.
Ashley Swearengin, president and CEO, Central Valley Community Foundation
If we want more affordable housing in California, then we have to increase housing supply. There is no way around that simple reality. Proposition 10 is a blunt force instrument that would have the opposite effect – it would actually decrease housing supply. So, how do we increase production of housing units? The regulatory environment has to be predictable and navigable. In Fresno, for instance, we adopted a comprehensive land use plan for the city; rewrote a 60-year-old development code so that it was streamlined to implement local land use policy; created "by right" zone districts throughout the city for every kind of development, including single family and multi-family housing; and then re-zoned the entire city to be as turn-key as possible. It took seven years to complete that full range of policy and regulatory reform in Fresno. It was mind-numbingly detailed, tough, nuts and bolts work, but that is the kind of heavy-lifting that has to be done at the local level. There are some interventions the state can take on – like CEQA streamlining for development close to transit – but these are inherently local decisions. The state can create incentives and stiff penalties to ensure cities and regions are providing for an ample supply of housing. And, the state can provide ongoing financing tools for affordable housing, such as re-establishing redevelopment but focused exclusively on affordable housing.
Chet Hewitt, president and CEO, Sierra Health Foundation
Let's start by admitting that the housing challenge in California is complex, and is not going to be resolved by any one solution.
This complexity is heightened by the unfortunate reality that we have done so little to address the challenge that policy interventions, such as Proposition 10, now seem reasonable.
Other substantive changes are needed and should begin with the state of California working with counties and cities to incentivize the building of affordable housing by providing express lane project approvals, implementing a state review and approval process for affordable housing projects that are denied at the local level — like Massachusetts but better — and the provision of dedicated public financing.
We also need to deal with discrimination experienced by housing voucher holders and the displacement assault experienced by communities that are poor, of color and too often both.
Opponents of Prop 10 argue that it will distort the market and lead to fewer investments in rental housing. That may be true. However, I'd argue that the market is already distorted, in favor of the well to do, and requires enforceable public policy interventions to correct it.
Antonia Hernandez, president and CEO, California Community Foundation
We have two crisis, we have an affordability and a homeless crisis. The affordability crisis makes the homeless crisis worse. In Southern California. we need to begin to build up coupled with improving public transportation, create more of an urban environment. We must also tackle affordability both controlling rents and making the purchase of a home more accessible.
Daniel Zingale, senior vice president, The California Endowment
The rent is too damn high! And the housing crisis isn't new to the more than half of Californians who are renters or struggling to remain homeowners on modest incomes. It's no wonder so many residents don't have faith in the political system. Earning their trust requires hearing their voice. Renters expect to be protected from price gouging and harassment. Local communities are demanding the power to protect renters, to preserve existing public and private affordable housing and to produce more of both. Those living the crisis are calling the question: Will housing continue to be viewed as merely a commodity? Or will it finally be recognized as a basic human right?
Astrid Ochoa, election administration and voting advocate
Proposition 10 is promising because it will help slow down the accelerated increase in rents we are seeing in areas that are gentrified. I understand that landlords need to offset cost of maintaining their properties but I am also seeing long term residents face increases of $200 per month, sometimes every year. These hikes are unrealistic and it is forcing families to spend beyond their means or to move out. The consequence is that families are uprooting. One tenant advocate I spoke to said they knew a family who had moved four times in the last five years because their landlords raised their rent each year. That creates instability for families and for neighborhoods. The first step to improve affordable housing is to create some stability for our communities. Proposition 10 may provide some relief but it will not solve our housing crisis. I would love to see increased homeownership education and creative and responsible financing options. Owning a home is the first step to creating long term stability and wealth in our communities.
Adama Iwu, vice president for state government relations & community outreach, Visa; co-founder, We Said Enough
There are too many limits on where and when and how and how much building we can do in California. NIMBYISM masquerading as zoning restrictions, long project design reviews, and the California Environmental Quality Act are just a few ways that projects get slowed down. Coupled with the legislature shutting down redevelopment agencies in 2012 we continue to fall farther and farther behind on housing. We need more ideas like Senator Scott Wiener's SB 827 that would have required that all areas within a half-mile of a transit stop or corridor allow building heights of four to eight stories. 827 died in its first hearing but sparked a national conversation. Proposition 10 is just the latest bad policy idea. It will result in a housing freeze, already developers are waiting to see if it will pass before investing in new projects. Smaller landlords will likely leave the rental business completely. Worst of all, Proposition 10 would make statewide solutions impossible because any changes would need a two-thirds vote of the Legislature, or yet another ballot measure to make changes to it. State and local leaders need to work harder to find real solutions to address our housing issues instead of yet again forcing voters to make difficult policy decisions for them.
Linda Ackerman, president, Marian Bergeson Excellence in Public Service Series
California laws and regulations are driving up the cost of housing units and yet each year more are added. Governor Brown just signed a bill into law that will require that the State's electricity sources myst be carbon free by 2045. While this may be a laudable goal, it will drive up the cost of energy. There is also a new law requiring solars panels to be installed on all new housing driving the cost up further. Why not set homebuilding goals for the state for the next 30 years. Perhaps incentivize private investment of homebuilding, adjust our regulations, fees and lessen the time needed for acquiring permits. Rent control will not create one more housing unit. In fact, rent control in my view will only exacerbate further lack of housing. California landlords already face ongoing increased expenses associated with owning and renting property. When faced with the prospect of rent control a business decision is often made by the property owner to look at other options for his property. This, of course results in rental units being take out of the market place. It will take time for our housing market to catch up to population growth, but creating one more regulation that infringes on one person's property right is not a good solution for anyone.
Madeleine Brand, radio host, KCRW Los Angeles
We need to build a lot more housing. And we need to require developers to either set aside money for affordable housing or create it as a condition for building. I'm not sure rent control is the answer because it doesn't necessirly lead to lower rents, and in some places (SF), it's quite the opposite.
Rob Stutzman, founder and president, Stutzman Public Affairs
This conversation is getting old. We need more supply. Gov. Brown and the current Legislature have failed to move the needle and we are now in an epic crisis. The next governor should treat it as such and appoint a housing czar and declare an emergency. Fees must be slashed, environmental review must be expedited and local jurisdictions must at times be overridden. Newsom or Cox could make heroic strides on this front.
Mike Madrid, principal, Grassroots Lab
Reinstitute redevelopment. Eliminating redevelopment removed $1 billion a year for low income housing and set in motion the current housing shortage. California is now one of two states without redevelopment financing and that change has proven shortsighted and disastrous. Prop 10 will help but is just a drop in the bucket.
Dorothy Rothrock, president, California Manufacturers & Technology Association
The last thing we should do to increase the supply of affordable housing is pass Proposition 10 which would discourage new investments in housing. No matter what policy improvements we make to encourage new development, we will not fill the housing gap if rent control under Proposition 10 is possible.
Michele Siqueiros, president, Campaign for College Opportunity
The reality is that California needs both limits on rent increases that allow low income and middle income families the ability to stay housed AND we need major investments in building (denser) housing to address challenge by both public and private investors. A strong dose of anti NIMBYism would also go a long way.
Catherine Lew, principal and co-founder, The Lew Edwards Group
First, we must recognize that this housing emergency not only affects California's diversity and economy, but is also a HEALTH crisis. Workers forced to commute long distances to get to their jobs are clogging freeways, affecting our air quality and environment. When families spend their entire budget on housing, there isn't enough for food, affecting nutritional needs. Kids and seniors who are displaced can't focus on school or unique elder care needs. Our First Responders and teachers can't afford to live in the communities they serve. We must: protect residents at risk of displacement and eviction; maintain local rental housing at all affordability levels; produce additional housing our workforce, working families and future generations can afford; and engage a broad coalition on these issues — including health specialists, advocates and providers. Innovative community land trusts (where a nonprofit purchases/owns land in perpetuity, giving the owner/s of homes on those lands long-term leases) are great strategies to maintain a supply of community-affordable housing for generations of families. And YES — Prop. 10 will help. Why wouldn't we allow local governments to develop their own solutions to address these housing affordability issues? #vote
Kim Yamasaki, executive director, Center for Asians United for Self Empowerment
Build more affordable and market rate housing, include protections for low income communities, and revitalize the path to homeownership for young families. Voters need to understand that Prop 10 does not promise the building of more housing and is not a catch all solution. The whole Prop 10 debate has turned into infighting centered on tenants v. developers, when the solution needs to be a reconciliation of the needs from both sides.
Aziza Hasan, executive director, NewGround: A Muslim-Jewish Partnership For Change
It is essential that we build more affordable housing units, and since this is a real priority, we must assign skilled facilitators to convene community conversation sessions with different stakeholders — those who oppose building housing projects as well as those support building housing projects — in order to find and address their concerns with dedicated resources. Working through the tension that exists in communities who are concerned about issues like public safety will allow community and government to deal with the issues head on and problem-solve so that building can commence. Housing costs are at an all time high and while Proposition 10 has the potential to introduce more rent control, it does not resolve the housing shortage.
Maria Mejia, Los Angeles director, Gen Next
The most effective way to increase California's supply of affordable housing is to incentivize developers to build, build, build, by reducing the exorbitant costs and fees associated with construction. Yes, rent control is an important tool that can vastly improve accessibility to the state's existing housing supply but its benefits are short term, and serve to directly discourage developers from building, particularly in high cost cities and parts of the state that will continue to see significant population growth over the next few decades and where new housing units are drastically needed. Proposition 10 is well intentioned but not a viable long term solution to the housing crisis. We need to guide the market (and the players), not constrain it.
Erwin Chemerinsky, dean and professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
There must be a major effort to construct new housing and to ensure it is affordable. New efforts and approaches are essential.
Tavae Samuelu, executive director of Empowering Pacific Islander Communities (EPIC)
First, I want to say that my organization has not taken a stance on Prop 10, so the opinions I a expressing are mine alone and do not represent EPIC as a whole. That being said, I believe Proposition 10 offers a more immediate solution making housing affordable and allows for more creativity in thinking about how we balance supply and demand. I'm also reticent to support arguments and solutions that center on developers as opposed to the most vulnerable communities.
Jim Boren, executive director, Fresno State Institute for Media and Public Trust; former executive editor, The Fresno Bee
California must meet the demand side of the affordable housing crisis by increasing supply. Affordable housing projects in urban areas must be supported by local government, and with taxpayer incentives for building these projects. Laws that block the creation of affordable housing must be relaxed, as long as those changes don't compromise safety. Local governments should be able to enact rent control by a majority vote of the elected representatives of that entity.
Andrea Ambriz, chief of staff, Service Employees International Union Local 2015
It's clear that the soaring costs of rent and home purchase prices make the current state of housing inaccessible to many. Long-time residents are being displaced, humble neighborhoods are being flipped to become McMansion hot beds, and workers (disproportionately low-income earners from communities of color) are being pushed far from their workplaces, barely making ends meet to afford rent, let alone the American dream of purchasing a home. However, these are only symptoms of the problem, which is not the lack of affordable housing. Housing is subjectively "affordable," which means that alleviating our housing crisis is not going to be addressed solely through boosting building development and supply in our state or simply by allowing local flexibility in rent controls (as in Proposition 10); both though are valuable efforts to provide intermediate relief for California's housing crisis. The problem comes down to a fundamental issue of economics where workers' wages are insufficient to meet the demands of California's cost of living, thereby escalating the potential for damaging inflation. Therefore, our community, political, and business leaders should seek a solution in fostering a strong, well-paid workforce provided with necessary wealth building opportunities to both ensure our economic prosperity and essential community development.
Dan Schnur, a veteran analyst and longtime participant in California politics, is director of the California Influencers series for The Sacramento Bee and McClatchy.


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Archive for January, 2008
There is just one moon and one golden sun, And a smile means small dogs to everyone.
I want to alert everyone to some very important information posted by Lana Elswick, the owner of Boo Boo (seen above), the World's Small Living Dog in Height. Yesterday, I posted that Brandy was crowned the new World's Smallest Living Dog, this is only partially true! Brandy Has won the award for the World's Smallest Living Dog in LENGTH, not HEIGHT! Boo Boo reigns supreme. Sorry Boo Boo, I didn't mean to offend! And, thanks Lana for writing in and making that correction. In other Boo Boo news, her visit to the Boyd County Public Library had to be postponed, due her upcoming appearance on tomorrow morning's Today Show!
Today's Small Dog Headlines:
Dog Stranded On Iceberg
Public Health investigates after rabid puppy sold
10 Cool Ways To Adore Your Dog On Valentine's Day
Dog back with owner after ride in stolen vehicle
How A Small Dog May Cost A Mayor Her Term In Office
I'm sure you'll understand my point of view, We know each other mentally, You gotta know that you're bringin' out, The small dog in me.
Though this record looks like it was given out in 2005, Brandy is the new world's smallest dog? This record seems to change every month. Poor Boo Boo and Ducky.
In an attempt to be small, a fat dog looses half his weight. It's not easy being small. Maybe your dog should join the "PetFit Challenege."
Remember to brush!
Today's Small Dog Headlines:
This town is going to the (small) dogs
Car hits 2 dogs; paramedics resuscitate Chihuahua
Small dog dies in fire
Police dog stabbed in standoff
Ooh small dog, I love you so, Never, ever, ever gonna let you go, Once I get my hands on you.
I failed to mention in yesterday's post that the Hungarian scientist who says computers can help dogs communicate, actually has written a program that can translate dog barks into human language, I just wanted to clarify. This work could harm French's status as the language of love. Je t'aime small dogs. Je t'adore small dogs. Veux-tu m'épouser small dog?
A sign stating "Small Dog Recreation" at a dog park in Tuscon, Arizona has the community in an uproar. Community memeber, and large dog owner, George Reiblich said, "Oh no, they can't do that. Oh, my God, they're turning it into a small-dog park!" The horror! The tragedy! Reiblich went on to say, "It's quite a beautiful sign; it really is…We think it probably means it's a small park, not that it's for small dogs." Don't be a hater George!
A man in Texas, with a small dog on his lap, led police on a "mostly low speed pursuit." The man and his 12-year old dog were both taken into custody.
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's vicious hawk trying to attack and kill Janie Flores Chihuahua Tico. Sadly, Tico is in critical condition, unable to move his back legs and may have suffered irreversible neurological damage. Poor Tico. This kind of thing is becoming epidemic.
After reading this article about a new canine line-dancing club opening in the UK, I am debating a move.
Today's Small Dog Headlines:
Expats to play American Football to help Bulgarian dogs
Cremation, burial services offer closure, peace with loss of pet
Tacoma WA firefighter rescues dog stuck on 200-foot cliff
Dog, Owner Survive House Fire
No big dogs allowed: Doggie day care caters to pint-sized pooches
People are strange when you're a small dog, Faces look ugly when you're alone, Women seem wicked when you're unwanted, Streets are uneven when you're down.
Mirror mirror on the wall who's the prettiest small dog of all? Bulldogs, of course!
A study by Hungarian scientists shows that computers can help dogs communicate basic emotions. LOL, LMAO, ROFLMAO, WOOF!
A study at Tel Aviv University shows that all you need is small dog love.
Smart dog bites dumb man. Enough said.
The good Lord giveth!!!
Today's Small Dog Headlines:
Puppy party: Canine baby shower debuts three litters
BC researcher studies virtue of walkin' the dog
Canine becomes 'symbol of dogs on death row'
Woman Lauds Firefighters for Dog Rescue
Happy ending to dog-napping
Don't call it a comeback, I been here for years, Rockin my small dogs and puttin suckas in fear, Makin the tears rain down like a monsoon, Listen to the bass go boom!
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Dear ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, large dogs and small dogs:
What a funny thing life is sometimes, dragging us away from the things, people and small dogs we love. I hope my absence didn't come across as negligence, and I hope it wasn't too shocking. After many months, this post is long overdue. So, without further ado, I present to you…
Some troubling news out of the UK, apparently, dog owners actually prefer bite sized dogs. How many times do I have to plead with people that it's NOT okay to eat small dogs! News like this is indeed very troubling.
I search high and low for stories like this, the story of Rusty, a one eyed Pomeranian, who participated in the Mutt Pull at this past weekend's Seeley Lake Sled Dog Races in Montana. The Missoulian newspaper reports that in true stage mom fashion, Rusty's owner, Elizabeth Loudon said, "Rusty's greatest feat so far in life had been sitting on the couch…This will be the most athletic thing that he's done…We hope he doesn't embarrass us."
In praise of Yorkshire Terriers…" Darlene Arden says, "They look like little gift-wrapped presents and they have so much presence." No pun intended, none whatsoever.
I can't believe I missed this human canine fashion show in Japan!
Shame on the dog owners who ruined this woman's Christmas holiday!
Is everyone ready for Puppy Bowl 2008???
Today's Small Dog Headlines:
Fireworks display upset dogs and horses
Abandoned poodle left in cold on side of road prompts attention to animal care in bitter cold
Puppy becomes trapped in sewer pipe, dies as rescuers try to save it
Vet Removes Arrow Shaft in Dog's Chest
Puppy faces uncertain future after surviving alligator attack
Conifer man pleads guilty to shooting family dog
Small dog stolen, big reward offered

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RadioIP with Levi and Tim: Zombie computers are lurking in the dark corners of the Internet form a matrix of data-snatching machines. These botnets are constantly trolling for banks account numbers, passwords and personal data. Dr. Giovanni Vigna, one of the UC Santa Barbara researchers who recently took down one of the largest of these online criminal networks explained just how he and the UCSB Computer Security Group foiled the Tropig Botnet. Listen to today's show here.
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Nevada Alternative Teacher Certification
Nevada offers options for a Nevada alternative teacher certification for individuals who have a bachelor's degree but did not complete a traditional teacher preparation program.
Requirements for Alternative Certification
The minimum requirement for alternative teacher certification in Nevada is a bachelor's degree. For most licensure pathways, candidates must also complete a teacher preparation program to earn full licensure. Alternative teacher preparation programs in Nevada can be completed in as little as one year as a post-graduate certificate. Candidates may also elect to earn a master's degree in education, or in a core subject that includes an approved certification program.
Types of Alternative Teaching Licenses in Nevada
The State of Nevada Department of Education provides three main pathways to alternative teacher certification, depending on candidates' education and experience. These different pathways also lead to different endorsement areas and are designed for those who have a bachelor's degree in subjects other than education.
Alternative Route to Licensure Program
The Alternative Route to Licensure (ARL) program is open to those who have a bachelor's degree. Candidates must pass the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators and either hold a major or minor in the desired endorsement area or pass the appropriate Praxis II Subject Area Assessment. Candidates must also be accepted to an approved ARL program. Note that applications for the ARL license are only accepted twice yearly during select weeks in September and April. All applications are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Successful applicants will be issued a conditional license that allows them to teach while completing the ARL program. Upon successful completion of all program requirements, candidates are eligible for a Standard teaching license.
Secondary Career and Technical License
Those who wish to teach career and technical education subjects in secondary grades may qualify for a license if they have at least a bachelor's degree and complete teaching major courses plus at least 22 semester hours of teaching preparation coursework. Candidates must have a major or minor in the endorsement area(s) sought. Candidates must also pass the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators, the Praxis Principles of Learning and Teaching, and the Praxis II content area exams, if available in the endorsement area. For detailed information, refer to the State of Nevada Department of Education.
Special Qualifications License
A special qualifications license may be issued to prospective educators who have a bachelor's degree that meets specific coursework requirements, two years of teaching experience in a postsecondary environment, and at least three years of work experience. Candidates may also qualify with at least five years of work experience in the content area to be taught. Those pursuing this pathway must pass the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators exam, though this may be waived for candidates with a master's degree. Candidates must also pass the Praxis II content area exams or have a valid license relating to the endorsement(s) sought issued by a professional licensing board.
Testing Requirements for Nevada Alternative Certification
In most cases, candidates for Nevada alternative teacher certification must pass the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators exam and the Praxis II content area exams for the subject(s) to be taught. Candidates will also need to pass the University of Nevada – Reno exams in Nevada School Law, Nevada Constitution, and the US Constitution or take approved coursework in these subjects to waive the exam requirement.
Transferring Teaching Licenses from Another State
Nevada offers limited reciprocity to teachers who hold certification in other states. Recent teaching experience is required and not all out-of-state licenses are recognized. Those who received a non-traditional certificate through an alternative certification program in another state may not be eligible for reciprocity. For more information, see our guide to teacher certification reciprocity or visit the Nevada Department of Education.
Nevada School District Requirements
How to Become a Teacher in Las Vegas
Additional Resources
- Nevada Department of Education Specific Areas of Licensure
- Nevada Department of Education Alternative Routes to Licensure (ARL) Programs
- Clark County School District TeachVegas Alternative Routes to Licensure
Schools with Alternative Certification Programs in Nevada
Because the alternative certification process is complex, we have researched and provided specific school programs below for individuals who have a bachelor's degree outside of education and want to become a teacher. We recommend you request information from one or more of these specific programs:
1. Nevada State Department of Education: http://www.doe.nv.gov/


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Louisiana's Disappearing Coastline
Louisiana's coastline is changing and disappearing so quickly, mapmakers say they are unable to keep up. "Because deltas are so dynamic, they're either building or they're eroding," says David Muth, state director of the National Wildlife Federation's Mississippi River Delta Restoration Project. "The idea that you can pick a point in time and say, 'This is how we want the coast to look,' is, first of all, the wrong way to think about it. And second of all, it creates an impossible situation." Yet still, the changes are stark and concerning and have attracted the attention of the Remote Sensing Division of NOAA's National Geodetic Survey. Via The Atlantic.
Fish Habitat Legislation Introduced In U.S. Senate
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Nearly every day parents come in looking for fidget toys for their children. Teachers or therapists have recommended they find something to occupy the child's hands so the child's brain can focus in school.
It turns out children aren't the only ones to benefit from having fidgets to play with. Far from idle diversion, fiddling with desk gadgets can have an impact on cognitive functioning, improving focus or sparking fresh thinking or faster learning on the job, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal.
The story describes research conducted by a doctoral student at NYU's engineering school. When people feel restless or confined by computer work, they may get physical stimulation and stress release from playing with a small sandbox, stretching and bending a Slinky, clicking a pen, or shaping and rolling putty.
That, in fact, is how Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty got started. In 1998, designing websites for a living, Aaron convinced his colleagues to chip in and buy 100 pounds of bouncing putty. "Squeezing, stretching, and shaping…they didn't even realize it was there! As it melted their stress away, their creative potential was unleashed!" he says on his website. People began stopping by his desk to buy more putty, he began adding colors, and the rest is history.
Participants in the NYU study mention benefits they get from squeezing, stroking, flipping, twirling, stretching, clicking or fiddling with everyday objects.
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I had never before seen anything like it in the theatre. The actors were close enough to touch. You could hear their breathing, smell their sweat (it was very hot down there), and peer into the cracks in their cakey make-up. The drama was underscored by the beat of the jukebox upstairs bleeding through the ceiling. The floor was sticky. Latecomers brought the stairway light with them. I loved it all. Everything was visceral, immediate, real. There was no slickness or fakery. Before that, I had only gazed down from the hushed darkness of an Upper Circle at a distant square of light with a collection of miniature mannequins on it. It had been more like TV than theatre.
For much of the next year or so, I got into the habit of going to the theatre every week if I could, usually on my own, sometimes with a friend of mine. I travelled out to unusual venues at the far end of the Piccadilly line. On more than one occasion, I was the only member of the audience, and I'd hang out with the actors afterwards. Sometimes I'd save up to see Ken Campbell at the Almeida or some bonkers performance art at the ICA.
Very few of those pub theatres that I went to in the 1990s are still operating (The Hope & Anchor is now a music venue). Before the Internet, it was necessary for plays in London to run for a minimum of three weeks, otherwise Time Out wouldn't review them, but the listings pages – divided into 'Off West End' and 'Fringe' – were extensive. For a multitude of reasons, however, it was becoming more expensive both to put on a play and to go and watch one, and it became clear that I had been lucky enough to catch the end of a Golden Age for London Fringe Theatre. Of course, if theatre has the ruthless persistence of a weed, it will always emerge from the cracks, making new cracks as it does so.
For me, improvisation has captured most fully that sense of excitement I first felt when I was sixteen; and in London and elsewhere, the scene is now growing. It is a form of theatre that has its roots in a tradition that is much, much older than the hushed, passive, cinematic form that emerged in the eighteenth century with the introduction of footlights and a fourth wall. (That's not to say that I never enjoy darkened auditoria. The vitality of the drama depends more on the complicity of the room than on any specific lighting decision.) The drama happens right in front of us, like close-up magic. Whether the audience shouts suggestions throughout, or only once at the beginning, or even not at all, we are all co-creators, co-conspirators, in an experience which belongs to us all and which nothing will disguise. Actors and audience alike hang on each character's words and actions, because they are of enhanced importance. 'Everything is an offer': that is my definition of reality, a reality that is greater than the dull, deaf world outside.


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It's important to know how to integrate Pipedrive with Magento 2. If you don't explore this issue for your store, it's a pity. You won't know how useful the Pipedrive is for your Magento 2 store.
Pipedrive is a great sales management solution (CRM )that you can't ignore for your Magento store. Pipedrive provides an intuitive and flexible user interface that keeps track of all sales management activities. Another great feature of Pipedrive, it provides sales reporting tools for monitoring, analyzing sales data and creating visual reports.
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Last week I attended a unique lecture hosted by DC Web Women (@DCWW) at Ogilvy in downtown DC. It was about infographics (aka data visualization) – what they are, why clients like them, and the basic around how to create them. The distinguished speakers included Aaron Murphy of Ogilvy, Will Caroll of Geoill, and Leslie Bradshaw of Jess 3.
Aaron kicked things off by explaining that infographics make complex information more easily understood by making visual connections. He explained that there are 5 basic types:
#1. Statistical
Next, Aaron gave an overview of the process to creating an infographic, which is similar to most communications strategies:
- Identify the communications goals – what's your story
- Gather data – conduct research, look for patterns in the data
- Choose a type that best suits your communications needs
- Design it to make the data come to life
- Refine – show it to a group of 5-10 people and see if they easily comprehend the information
Geoill's Will Caroll spoke next. He showed a number of his own infographics, including a number that he added motion to by using After Effects and Omnigraffle. The information truly does come to life when you add motion and sound, and his examples were beautiful. I don't have an actual example, but did find some others online you might enjoy: http://www.designer-daily.com/14-visually-stunning-animated-infographics-5698
How long does one of these infographics takes to research and assemble? I posed this question to Will who said it can take up to several months depending on the amount of data involved. Not enough data can pose an equally hard problem because then you have to be creative about what to include. But if there just isn't enough to make a sufficient infographic it might be time to recommend the client takes an alternative communications route.
Following Will, was Leslie Bradshaw, who besides being a driving force behind Jess 3 is known for being a contributing writer to Forbes magazine. Let me tell you, after hearing her talk and reading some of her articles/bio, she is a serious superstar…so impressed by her wit and drive. During her portion of the evening, she opened up by saying "infographics are in our blood!" She showed examples of how infographics go back to as early as the days of family crests…these visual stories are all around us. It's good to be inspired by the past, but remember that these days as soon as your infographic hits the street it's already outdated because the numbers/data keeps evolving. You have to have good data to begin, and remember to make it useful and educational. Here's how Leslie herself summed up the event.
She showed us some infographics from her shop….
#1 Geosocial Universe (they have updated this many times already)
#2. Economic Opportunity Index (this is such an important topic for women!!!!) —
click here to watch this animated infographic: http://jess3.com/womens-economic-opportunity-index/
In closing, I am definitely on the infographics bandwagon, but still, I wonder as a new designer, where does anyone find the time? And, more importantly it is worth the time investment in the long run? Especially considering how quickly data grows. I'm wondering if there's any push to start even further simplifying infographics, bearing in mind how we've become a smart phone/mobile device society….these smaller devices could never successfully display graphics this complex. My two cents!


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Join me on Sunday, September 10th, 4-6pm for the artists' reception at Studios on High Gallery (686 N. High Street, Columbus, OH). The "Hit the Hop" Exhibit will officially open on September 2nd for that evening's Gallery Hop and the show will hang through September 29th! Check it out! Support Local Artists!
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CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson receiver Mike Williams was carted off the field with a neck injury after hitting the goalpost support on a 4-yard touchdown pass against Wofford on Saturday.
The school said Williams was moving his extremities and taken to a hospital for tests.
Williams was down behind the end zone for several minutes, surrounded by trainers, medical personnel and coaches, including head coach Dabo Swinney. Williams was then strapped to backboard and lifted onto a cart. After his teammates came to offer support, Williams lifted up his right arm in a gesture to the cheering crowd.
Swinney said at halftime he thought Williams would be all right. The coach said Williams wanted to walk off the field on his own, but school medical staff thought it was safer to remove him by the cart.
Williams, a 6-foot-4, 220-pound junior, was Clemson's top receiver last season with 57 catches for 1,030 yards and six touchdowns.


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DoTERRA Promotions November 2017
Happy November to my doTERRA friends! Hard to believe but the holiday season is just around the corner, and I'm thrilled to present to you all the fabulous doTERRA promotions for November!
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"You are going to fall in love with these products!"
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I'm very excited about this first-time ever promotion. In November, select doTERRA enrollment kits are 20% off!! This is a great way to bring in new customers and new members because people LOVE LOVE LOVE these kits. And they will certainly love their big savings in November!
The following doTERRA membership kits are 20% off:
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And be sure to check out doTERRA's Science Blog.
Learn how research is confirming the effectiveness of our products, including studies on Frankincense and Lemongrass. Fascinating!
Learn how research is confirming the effectiveness of our products, including studies on Frankincense and Lemongrass. Fascinating!
Happy November!
Happy November!
Thinking about getting started with doTerra? Please email me for all the details and fabulous specials! You can also get started here: www.mydoterra.com/glutenfree
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Aren't We All???
There is no such thing as a bad bike (excluding stolen ones). In a group of people that stresses freedom, personal choice and individuality, I for one am tired of the closed minded behavior of the new generation biker. To me, we are all brothers (and sisters) in the wind. Be it the road rashed veteran on his FLH, the retired folks on their Wing, the tourist on his BMW, the kid on the crotch rocket, the whacko on the "whatsthat", or the novice on the scooter, I am happy to see another soul enjoying the unequaled experience of being up on two. Times have changed, thousands of Americans get paychecks building foreign motorcycles out of American made parts, Fuji bank bailed out our only American manufacturer, and the aftermarket picks up the rest of the slack. Love your bike and defend your reasons for loving it, but don't hassle and vandalize others because they see the road from a different viewpoint. Variety is the spice of life, let others enjoy their God-given right of personal choice. Bashing another for what they ride is as ignorant as being arrogant for what you ride. Live and ride free and extend the courtesy to others. (My .02)
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In this activity, you are going to place components on a sheet and connect them with virtual wires to create a simple digital circuit. You will simulate the circuit to verify the correct behavior and measure the timing. Then you will program the Cyclone II FPGA on the DE1 board and demonstrate the correct circuit operation.
The function is ledr0 = sw0 OR sw1.
1. Create a new project.
First time setup: When you open Quartus II for the first time it will ask you what look and feel you would like. Choose the Quartus II option.
To begin a new project, select File -> New Project Wizard.... Select Next > at the first
What is the working directory for this project?:
What is the name of this project?
What is the name of the top-level design entity for this project?
Click Next twice. This will bring you to the device selection screen. In the combo box to the right of Family:, choose Cyclone II. This will bring up the Cyclone II family part numbers. Select the EP2C20F484C7, then click Finish.
Specify that you will use the ModelSim simulator. Select Assignments > Settings... then select Simulation under EDA Tool Settings and select ModelSim-Altera for the Tool Name:. Click OK.
2. Enter the Design
Select File > New > Block Diagram/Schematic File to create a new Block Diagram/Schematic File.
Add a new gate by clicking on the add symbol icon (the AND gate) in the toolbar to the left of the working area. You can also double click in the drawing area. In the list box below Libraries:, click on the expand (+ ) icon to the left of c:/altera/quartus/libraries/ to display the available libraries. Expand the primitives library, then the logic library.
Select the or2 symbol in the list of the logic library. You should now see the symbol for an OR gate with 2 inputs. Click OK . You are now ready to place an or2 gate. Click somewhere in the working area to create an instance of the or2 gate in your schematic.
3. Name the Input and Output Pins
Again, select the add symbol icon. This time open the primitives/pin library . Select the output symbol and click OK. Put the output pin to the right of the or2 gate. Cancel the insertion of the output pin. Repeat with two input pins.
To connect the pin symbols to the or2 symbol, place the mouse at the end of one of the wires in the symbols, your cursor should turn into a + sign and there should be a + below and to the right of your cursor. Once you have the correct cursor click and drag to the wire you wish to connect to. A box will appear around the end of the wire you are connecting to, place your cursor inside this box and release the mouse button. Using this method, connect each of the input and output pins to the logic symbol.
To name a pin, right click on the pin and select Properties. There will be a text box labeled Pin name(s):, this is where you enter the name of the pin. After you have entered the name of the pin, click OK.
You will be creating a circuit to turn on ledr0, the first red led, when switch 0, switch 1, or both are in the on position. Therefore, name the two input pins sw0 and sw1 and the output pin ledr0. You are now done creating the schematic. Save as or2in.bdf. The next step is to assign pins in the schematic to physical pins on the FPGA.
4. Compile the Design
Now save your design, and then compile it using Processing > Start Compilation. The compilation will take a long time. You can watch the progress in the Status window on the left. A dialog will pop up when it is done. Ignore any warnings for now.
5. Enter the Hardware Pin Assignments
Select Assignments > Pins from the menu. This brings up the pin assignment dialog box. We will be assigning sw0 and sw1 to pins PIN_L22 and PIN_L21, respectively, and ledr0 to pin PIN_R20. To do this, find the list of the symbolic pin names you defined earlier (they will be in the Node Name column), and double click in each pin's Location column. This will show a drop down list of the physical pins available, e.g., PIN_L22. Selecting a pin will assign it to the net it is to the right of. You can also type in the pin name. Now close the Pin Planner panel.
Important: After setting up each of the nodes to its proper physical pin, all other pins should be set to inputs so that they will not conflict with any of the other devices on the board. To do this, select Assignments > Device..., then click on Device and Pin Options.... Select the Unused Pins tab. In the combo box labeled Reserve all unused pins:, select As input, tri-stated. Click OK twice.
Now save and compile again. There should be no errors and only one warning, saying, Warning: Found 1 output pins without output pin load capacitance assignment (You can click on the Warnings tab to check after compilation is completed). This indicates a successful compile. The next step is to simulate the design to prove correctness.


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Death Game Production
My favorite anime of last year was a show by the name of Death Parade. It's about arbiters. People who judge the souls of humans after they die. Only they're bartenders who make their guests play games which decide the fate of their souls. It's an original story by Yuzuru Tachikawa and not a manga adaptation. Besides being fantastically animated by Madhouse, it has a really interesting and surprisingly moving story. I decided I wanted to cosplay the main character so I started planning on putting the costume together for February's Katsucon. It's a fairly simple outfit so it'd be perfect to still be able to move around and film in during the event.
This was before I discovered Cosnavi and all of its studio locations. A friend showed me this one particular location and asked me if I had any ideas as to what kind of cosplay video I might like to film there. It was a five-story club in Shibuya. Multiple fancy looking bars, a big chandelier, double elevators…immediately I knew we were going to make a Death Parade video.
So I decided to get everything ready a little earlier than Katsucon and found myself, for the second time, (after the Zelda video) hunting down and constructing props for a cosplay music video. I think my biggest project was making a mock stained glass window that might somehow resemble the elaborate one seen in the show's main bar, Quindecim. I couldn't quite figure out how to get acrylic paint to stick to plastic and still be translucent. I was mixing the paint with glue and…it just wasn't happening. Eventually I had to scratch all the paint off and start over with gloss medium. The final product still wasn't that great but I think it's better than nothing. Maybe. You can judge for yourself when the video comes out.
While the anime itself is fairly dark and serious in tone, every episode starts with one of the best anime openings I've seen in a long time. It's a totally happy, get-up-and-dance type thing with all of the characters dancing around together in direct contrast to what actually goes down during the show. It's a total troll opening and I love it. So the plan was to try and recreate, as best we could, that opening. Some of the scenes we knew we wouldn't be able to pull off but we might be able to get a decent majority. That is if we had enough cosplayers to fill in all the roles. In the end we managed to fill in the shoes of the four main characters as well as two extras to play guests entering the bar to play an original death game.
This would also mark the first time I'm starring in one of these kinds of videos and not just filming. Seagz, who's playing Ginti in the video, took over as cameraman for Decim's scenes. There's also Tanya Istel as Chiyuki and Yuriko Tiger as Nona. It was hectic putting this small group together though. Since the shooting date was 2 weeks after winter comiket we only had that time between work to get everything together in time. Yuriko wasn't able to confirm she had the time off until 3 days before the shoot and so Tanya frantically created Nona's wig all on her own. In fact everyone was scrambling to finish things right up til the morning of the shoot. But we made it! I even had a super dope custom contact lens that I had ordered from Samhain months ago.
We spent an entire day filming in the Shibuya club and found ourselves going overtime still trying to fit in a final shot. Even after over 8 hours of shooting we still weren't able to film all that much. And all that time to replicate a video that's barely more than a minute long… But it was fun and I think we filmed enough to put something pretty good together.
EDIT: Final Video
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Is Jackson 'No. 5'? Plus: Blago Deputy Quits
The mysterious "Senate Candidate No. 5" mentioned in Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption case -- the politician who the governor claimed had an "emissary" offer up $1 million in fundraising money for a vacant Senate seat -- could be Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., the South Side Chicago Democrat who is the son of the famous civil rights leader.
Jackson, 43, told ABC News he is not sure if he is No. 5 but said he is "not a target of this investigation" and federal prosecutors in Chicago have "asked me to come in and share with them my insights and thoughts about the selection process."
Anonymous federal law enforcement sources confirmed to ABC's Brian Ross and NBC News' Pete Wiliams that Jackson was indeed No. 5. (Jackson is set to hold a news conference at 4:15 p.m. Eastern.)
In an interview with ABC, Jackson said he plans to meet with his attorney but denied any wrongdoing, saying no one on his staff would have offered any type of payment to Blagojevich.
"It is impossible for someone on my behalf to have a conversation that would suggest any type of quid pro quo or any payments or offers," Jackson told ABC News. "An impossibility to an absolute certainty."
Jackson's newly hired Chicago lawyer, James Montgomery Sr., said Jackson was "completely guiltless," adding that "there is nothing there to implicate the congressman," according to the Chicago Tribune.
Blagojevich recounted an incident Dec. 4 where an "emissary" to No. 5 approached him sometime before Halloween and offered to "pay to play," according to a federal wiretap.
"That, you know, he'd raise me 500 grand. An emissary came. Then the other guy would raise a million, if I made him (the candidate) a senator," Blagojevich is quoted as saying.
That same day, Blagojevich said he was "elevating" No. 5 on his list of prospective candidates and arranging a meeting "in the next few days."
Jackson met with Blagojevich Monday, according to the Chicago Tribune, and discussed his credentials.
Jackson, who has served 13 years in Congress, has "mounted the most highly visible campaign among several people who are being considered for the Senate post," the Tribune reported. And Blagojevich called Jackson "a very strong candidate in a very strong position" for the job, but quickly cautioned that no one should "read too much into this because I haven't made up my mind."
But by Wednesday, Jackson was distancing himself from Blagojevich, saying that before Monday he hadn't met with the governor in four years.
Meanwhile, Blagojevich's spokeswoman Kelley Quinn announced that Deputy Gov. Bob Greenlee resigned today. Quinn did not cite a reason for Greenlee's resignation.
Greenlee, 33, a former administration aide, was promoted to be a top aide to Blagojevich in June, replacing former Deputy Gov. Sheila Nix.
"Senate Candidate No. 4" in the federal complaint is allegedly a deputy governor of Illinois. Whoever No. 4 is, he or she is apparently a close aide to Blagojevich; the candidate is referenced as someone the governor could "count on...if things get hot, to give (the seat) up and let me parachute over there."
By Derek Kravitz |
December 10, 2008; 3:35 PM ET
Blagojevich Scandal
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23Anthony Reyes
2003: Reyes will be counted upon as the Trojans' No. 1 starter in the rotation this season...earned Baseball America Preseason All-America third team honors.
MIKE GILLESPIE SAYS: "We all share the hope that Anthony's elbow injury is behind him and able to perform with health to achieve all that he is able to do. He is a legitimate No. 1-type college starter with good stuff. He has three pitches and is a world-class fielding pitcher. This should be his time."
2002: Sidelined through the first month and a half of his 2002 junior season with a sore right elbow and went 4-2 with a 3.44 ERA...earned All-Pac-10 honors...selected in the 13th round by the Detroit Tigers in the amateur draft...has 232 career strikeouts, good for 16th place on USC's all-time list...his 43 career starts place him eighth all-time at USC...made his first appearance on March 17 at Pepperdine, throwing one inning and allowing two walks...went eight innings on May 10 in a 4-1 win against Washington, allowing one run on six hits with no walks and season-high eight strikeouts...threw seven innings on April 26 vs. Arizona and allowed one earned run on eight hits with no walks and six strikeouts...earned Baseball America Preseason All-America first team and Collegiate Baseball Preseason All-America first team honors.
2001: Reyes served as the team's No. 3 starter again in his 2001 sophomore season...went 5-4 with a 3.72 ERA...made 16 starts in 19 appearances (109 IP, 111 H, 25 BB, 97 SO)...pitched well in the latter part of the season...was 4-0 in his last four starts with a 0.27 ERA before his College World Series appearance...allowed only two runs (one earned) in his last 33 innings during that stretch...threw his first career shutout with a three-hitter against Fresno State on May 27 in the NCAA Regional (8-0 win), garnering him All-Regional Team honors (9 IP, 3 H, 0 BB, 10 SO)...allowed only six hits in seven scoreless innings on May 20 at Oregon State...threw his first complete game and struck out a career-high 12 batters on May 14 in a 5-1 win against Washington State at Dedeaux Field...
2000: Reyes spent the season as the team's No. 3 starter in his 2000 freshman season...named to the All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention list...recorded a season-high 10 strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings on June 14 against Florida State at the College World Series...had nine strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings on May 21 at Washington...struck out eight in six innings on April 30 vs. No. 3 Arizona State (4-3 win)...had his longest start of the season with 8 1/3 innings on April 16 at California, striking out nine batters...did not allow an earned run in back-to-back starts vs. Washington State (March 26) and at Arizona (April 2).
HIGH SCHOOL: Reyes earned Del Rey League Co-Pitcher of the Year honors as a 1999 senior at California High in Whittier, Calif., as he went 7-1 with 1.61 ERA...was twice (1998-99) named to the Whittier Daily News All-Area team, making the second team as a senior and honorable mention as a junior...was a two-time (1998-99) All-Del Rey League first teamer, including his junior year in which he went 4-1 with a 1.05 ERA and four saves...helped California to league titles his final two years...played one season of football...was also an honor roll student at California...was an all-star in the 1998 Area Code Games with the 310 Dodgers...also played in the California North-South series.
PERSONAL: Majoring in sociology...his father, Rick, and his uncle, Memmo, played football at Arizona State...pitched for the 2000 and 2001 USA National Team...went 1-0 with a 2.08 ERA in three starts for the 2001 USA Baseball National Team (21.2 IP, 20 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 21 SO)...went 2-1 with a 3.34 ERA in six starts (32 1/3 IP, 27 H, 12 BB, 38 SO) with the 2000 National Team...enjoys surfing...favorite baseball players are Nolan Ryan and Chipper Jones...birthdate is Oct. 16, 1981.
Reyes' Career Statistics YEAR W-L SV ERA G-GS CG IP H R ER BB SO 2000 (Fr.) 6-6 1 4.02 18-15 0 96.1 98 55 43 45 86 2001 (So.) 5-4 0 3.72 19-16 2 109.0 111 54 45 25 97 2002 (Jr.) 4-2 0 3.44 12-12 0 65.1 69 31 25 17 49 TOTALS 15-12 0 3.76 49-43 0 270.2 278 140 113 87 232


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