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Look, anyone blaming this on cannabis use is woefully ignorant, not only about this specific case, but cannabis and its effects in general. Go back to the 1950s with this malarkey.
BYZ - Nope, being a "significant risk factor" in jump starting symptoms in "early psychosis patients" is not the same as cannabis causing just a regular Joe Shmoe to go violent and crazy. Reading is your friend.
COAST - fail again.
Same; he was a total mess when we knew him 20+ years ago. Had a feeling he would end up a disaster.
Love this idea, hope it happens.
Needed this route just the other day, that part of town is so close yet so far from the beach right now.
I think we've proven that underpasses near the ocean aren't a great idea, Castillo I'm looking at you.
Because of ADA requirements, the overpasses have to be major structures with long ramps and wide walkways. Check out the one that replaced the old pedestrian bridge from the lower westside to Castillo St- it is huge and was very expensive. And the ramps provide plenty of space for kids and gangs to hide from cops, who of course don't want to get out of their cars to see what is going on behind the ramps. Because of these factors, I don't think it is a good idea.
I disagree. I think there is very little that can be done to make a massive (and it will be MASSIVE, it needs to pass 15+ feet, probably more, over the top of the freeway, plus the height of the structure itself) bridge aesthetically pleasing. Also, bicycle mafia, really?
I would agree with prior comment. Sure did sound like part of the Commemorative AF out of Camarillo. And based on the track, it was most likely for a funeral.
Bet it was a memorial flight for a veteran's funeral, probably with T-6 or Nanchang CJ-6 aircraft.
Overhead crossings have to be a lot cheaper than underpasses when built after the fact. In addition they are more public and therefore more safe from unsavory things. There is no reason why an overpass cannot be aesthetically well designed which would be a bonus. The idea that such a device would interfere with mountain views is pretty far out. My only concern would be that the plan is to build something in a place that will then demand more bicycle access as part of the bicycle mafia's continuing intrusion into neighborhoods. That said, Canada looks like a good point of departure from the north of the freeway directly to the general area of the soccer fields.
Yeah they do Townie..
But have you ever seen a person describe themselves to a sketch-artist?..
They end-up looking like monsters..& that's what I do..I show people
"pictures-of-themselves"..
& they don't like who they see.
Put Stocks in the plaza, & I will go 1st ..like a leader.
Time to tax and regulate the living daylights out of ammunition, plus the components like gunpowder, brass, and primers.
What's presented IS the city staff's vision! None of them are architects or architectural historians. And it was offered to the committee for its approval or disapproval ----- and only in the details, lighting, for instance, not the overall design.
At the start of this re-imagining process, one that was held when most people could not "attend" via Zoom, Friday mornings, they made sure that all the grass was dead and that the Plaza was unattractive to any but the passed-out homeless who often were there passed-out, natch.
If there is going to be a redesign, it should start fresh, without "water features" and arcades but have as an option simplicity --- and then have 3 or so options, including one with parking retained, submitted to city residents for a vote. Noticeable was that the prime landowner at the south end, the News-Press building owner, had no input into the designs offered. (She was invited but probably not as a co-equal.)
To many guns already floating around. Plus, when they can be 3-D printed, with 3-D printing tech that is getting better by the year, they will just make their own. Even bullets are fairly easy to make, though I'm sure they'll be used much more frugally when you have to make it yourself.
They did remove the beautiful stone wall that used to be on Loma and replaced it with a sidewalk. There is room for walkers, though I would never want to bike there.
Only if you want to miscommunicate and obfuscate. A clip is just a way to load a (usually fixed box) magazine, after which it was often discarded. It is much slower than using a removable magazine. Repeating an error, even if the error is pervasive, does not make it right. It would be similar to advocating antibiotics for viral diseases.
I drove by for a little tour a couple days ago and the winds were still blasting and spewing ash all over everything. Not a nice sight. Could have been much worse though.
I'm also a bicyclist and I want a better UNDERPASS at Cabrillo / Montecito. I don't get why we need overpasses? So weird.
I had to look at the map. Do they come out on Ninos at that corner there?