California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing criticism amid reports that he is collaborating with developers to rezone fire-ravaged areas of the Palisades into high-density 15 minute city hubs.
The alleged Trojan Horse style changes involve top-down, government-driven urban planning to shift zoning designations from R1, which allows for single-family homes, to R3, a classification that permits the construction of high-density apartment complexes.
While proponents argue the 15 minute city agenda, which Newsom continues to deny in public, is a necessary step to address California’s growing inequality and housing crisis.
But critics are sounding the alarm about its implications—and tying it to the controversial agenda of the 15-minute city.
While the idea has been praised by environmentalists and left-wing urban planners for its potential to reduce carbon emissions, it has also become a lightning rod for controversy.
Detractors argue that 15-minute city initiatives often come with heavy-handed government policies that undermine individual freedoms.
Many fear these developments could lead to increased surveillance, restricted mobility, and the erosion of property rights, particularly when high-density housing replaces single-family neighborhoods.
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Critics of the idea of rezoning the Palisades question the wisdom of transforming fire-damaged areas into high-density housing. The region’s history of devastating wildfires has already strained its infrastructure and emergency response capabilities.
Expanding population density in these areas could exacerbate these challenges, potentially putting more lives at risk. Additionally, Pacific Palisades is known for its affluent character and iconic single-family homes.
Rezoning to allow apartment complexes would dramatically alter the aesthetic and social fabric of the neighborhood. Some opponents also view this as part of a broader effort to push the 15-minute city agenda.
They argue that such plans often sideline local voices in favor of top-down, government-driven urban planning.
This is a Trojan horse, one local resident claimed. They’re using the housing crisis as an excuse to fundamentally reshape our neighborhoods and strip us of our way of life.
News Punch / ABC Flash Point People News 2025.
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So California…what will it take to abandon Democrats. Will THIS event do it? What more do you need to see?
Everyone involved in this needs to be executed; this is another crime against humanity & was done deliberately.
Yet another Newsom recall effort apparently failed for too few signatures to qualify for the ballot. It’s unclear who would mount a “recall” that barely had enough publicity to collect any signatures. (Doesn’t help that media will barely allow any criticisms of Newsom to see the light of day, like the fact that he again cut the wildfire prevention budget much as he did before a pandemic-related recall effort that also occurred in the midst of the worst wildfire losses in State history back in 2021.) When you have 40M people from over 180 countries speaking their own languages with… Read more »
The moment paper money has been wiped out from the system, digital banking will block certain (anti-government) people from doing groceries in order to get them excluded from society.
Too many believe the Q/white hats BS…Trump is on their team, for he is Mr Operation Warp Speed. It is all a game of lies and deceit, theater for the masses. We got to take out the trash…
15 minute communities specially designed by Green Party/ECO groups for cities to work/buy food/live in without going outside them –when you do you are –fined– no longer will you live a normal human existence but corralled in a cattle shed.
Now we are seeing the total domination of mind and body by totally politically uncaring dogma groups who would put Herr Hitler,s ghettos to shame – your soul destroyed for their pleasure .
They tried their “20 minute communities ” on me I told them where they could stick them and made it very public.
LAIST in 2022 blamed high housing costs on parking spots. What no one ever addresses is the unmitigated flow of noncitizens in an Open Borders world, who will require housing (and food) faster than housing can be built — not to mention the California bureaucracy that causes it to take over a year to obtain permits to build even an outbuilding let alone a new house. It’s one thing to “build back better” using more fire-resistant materials. But the notion that a high fire danger area should become “high density housing” is ridiculous on its face. High rises and more… Read more »
Good arguments, respect !