Opinion: As amendments to land-use bill highlight flaws, Boulder struggles with ballot measure titling process
Trying to keep up on the latest nonsense on SB23-213, Gov. Jared Polis’ land grab bill, is brutal. The bill keeps getting amended, first in the Senate and now in the House, and no doubt more to come in a joint session. The Denver Post captured the basic flaws perfectly in their Wednesday editorial: “Colorado lawmakers’ attempt to completely overhaul planning and zoning in almost every municipality across this state with a single piece of legislation was ambitious, drastic, and rushed. “We can think of nothing this session that would have affected the lives of home-owning Coloradans more than the original proposal in The Land Use bill to eliminate single-family-only zoning across the state in favor of more density. And sadly, we are not convinced by the data that it would have made housing any more affordable for those who are still struggling to buy.” In short, the whole bill was built on fantasy thinking, unsupported by the data. An earlier amendment to completely eliminate occup...