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Government loves to create winners and losers.  The Chad Mayes led Assembly Republicans , the seven of them, voted to force some companies to buy “credits” to stay in business—this is a tax increase.  Then they also said they prefer government transportation by making it more expensive to drive a car—Mayes and friends voted to raise gas taxes by 63 cents a gallon.  In zoning matters, government really likes to create winners and losers. “Facing down a record number of vacancies on State Street and a citywide backlog of building permit applications , the Santa Barbara City Council voted unanimously this Tuesday to enact a six- month pilot program to improve and accelerate the review process for prospective commercial tenants along the downtown business corridor. Applicants for properties between Sola and Cabrillo streets, where more than 30 storefronts currently sit empty, will now be bumped to the front of the line at design review board hearings . Two members of the city’s ...

arrested Friday night and charged with criminal mischief after breaking a neighbor's window that showcased a Confederate flag ." /> Darren Keen, 34, was arrested Friday night and charged with criminal mischief after breaking a neighbor's window that showcased a Confederate flag . View Full Caption Instagram/@darren_keen EAST VILLAGE — Police arrested a Midwestern DJ Friday night who bragged on Instagram that he punched through the sixth-floor window of an apartment where a Confederate flag hung — the latest in a maelstrom of controversy surrounding the display, which had been removed by Saturday. Darren Keen, 34, yelled and broke a window at 403 E. 8th St. around 8:40 p.m. before fleeing, according to the NYPD. He was arrested roughly 30 minutes later. Keen, who said he lives around the corner from the building, was charged with criminal mischief, given a desk appearance ticket and released.  Police say he threw an object, though Keen told DNAinfo  New York he ...

MUSKEGON, MI - Part of the old Shaw Walker factory downtown Muskegon are coming down.  Demolition has begun on sections of the 1-million- square foot building . So far, a large portion facing Division Street has been reduced to piles of bricks.  An agreement with the city of Muskegon in January gave the building's owner, P&G Holdings of New York, two years to develop the sprawling building into apartments and an entertainment complex.  Watermark Center plans at old Shaw Walker topic of public hearing The former furniture factory consists of multiple additions. "In order to allow our contractors to get a good handle on the overall scope of the proposed redevelopment, as well as support them in their efforts to provide realistic bid pricing , we began some selective demolition last week at the site," said Sarah Sass, president of the Watermark Center. "The demo is consistent with the scope originally contemplated and it also removes some structural concerns t...

The Howard Hughes Corporation (NYSE:HHC) Q2 2017 Earnings Conference Call August 8, 2017, 10:00 AM ET Executives David Striph - Executive Vice President , Investor Relations David Weinreb - Chief Executive Officer Grant Herlitz - President David O’Reilly - Chief Financial Officer Peter Riley - General Counsel Analysts Alexander Goldfarb - Sandler O’Neill Robert Majek - CJS Securities Will Randall - Citigroup Waheed Khorsand - BWS Financial Alex Barron - Housing Research Center Steve Shaw - Compass Point Operator Good morning. And welcome to The Howard Hughes Corporation Second Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call . All participants will be in a listen-only mode. [ Operator Instructions ] After today’s presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. [ Operator Instructions ] Please note, this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to David Striph, Executive Vice President , Investor Relations . Please go ahead. David Striph Good morning. A...

RIO DE JANEIRO ― Seven years ago, Vila Autódromo was little more than a tranquil fishing village on the edge of Jacarepagua Lagoon, next to the racetrack for which it was named. Like the hundreds of other favelas that dot Rio de Janeiro ’s landscape, it had long been neglected by the city government , and it lacked many basic public services that are standard in the fast- growing wealthier neighborhoods just across the water. But to the more than 600 families that lived there, it was home. “This was a paradise,” said Luiz Cláudio Silva, who lived in Autódromo for more than 20 years. “I thought that I would live here for the rest of my life.” By the time the Rio Olympics are over, just 20 of the families who lived in Autódromo in 2009, the year the International Olympic Committee chose the city to host the games, will remain. The community, which sits less than a mile away from Rio’s Olympic Park, was crushed so that the city could build new access roads to connect Olympic venues . ...