Late last week, the members of the Austin American-Statesman’s editorial board weighed in on Proposition J, the November ballot initiative that gives local residents the right to vote on big changes to our local land laws. Their verdict? “We support a yes vote on Prop J.” That shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who ...
On Tuesday, November 6, 2018, you can reaffirm your right to review and approve the city’s next comprehensive revision of the land development code by voting “Yes” on Proposition J. If Austin voters approve Proposition J, then there will be a mandatory waiting period and a separate public vote before the “next” CodeNEXT (meaning any ...
This November, Austin residents will have the opportunity to approve Proposition J, which calls for a public vote on any comprehensive, once-in-a-generation revision of the city’s land-development code. If it passes, voters will have the freedom to approve or disapprove future plans like CodeNEXT, the controversial redevelopment scheme that city leaders “hit pause on” this ...
The City of Austin withdrew its controversial CodeNEXT redevelopment scheme for one reason above all others: The community didn’t trust the land developers who took control of the plan and shaped it into their own. After more than a decade of explosive growth, local residents have learned to think twice about the motives of those ...
Last week, Austin’s mayor and council pulled the plug on the flawed CodeNEXT land-redevelopment plan and called on City Manager Spencer Cronk to create a “new process” for revising our community’s land code. We welcome a new process. Community Not Commodity and a wide array of other grassroots groups have been calling for an alternative ...