Oracle These projects have incredibly long lead times. And developers are apparently betting that the Sacramento area housing market will not look like 2008-2009 forever. New riverfront properties within sight of downtown will find interested buyers far quicker than half finished tracts in Lincoln, which might sit unsold for years. And unlike silly federal home energy initiatives and bloated stimulus bills, this project will actually create construction jobs that have a semblance of market sensibility to them.

Correction: my sentence "I am aware that when they started out they were operating with appropriate permits" was intended to say "without" proper permits. Totally different meaning, obviously. Yes, yes O' Advocate of Entangled Overbearing Bureacracies, I probably read the same papers you do. (Except I don't exclaim "there oughta be a law" after I finish each article). I am fully aware that Old Soul didn't have retail permits (nor a cash register either, as I recall). My position is still the same. I could care less if a coffee bean roaster wants to sell some coffee on the side. But I am pretty wild and crazy like that. Sometimes I even drink coffee from the PTA table at the school fundraiser. And when I am real frisky, I will even accept coffee from strangers. How many people were injured during this period when Old Soul was a "rogue" business?. Zero. I know I know.... it was just a matter of time until a serious swizzel stick mishap occured. Or someone got their finger caught in the non-compliant toilet paper dispenser. An accident waiting to happen I am sure.

Marion Millin said - - "Clearly you know nothing about the constant and chronic stream of violations -- of multiple jurisdictions -- by Old Soul Co. since their opening in the alley location...... at the expense of other businesses and public safety" - This cracks me up! I am aware that when they started out they were operating with appropriate permits for a business open to the public. I am dying with anticipation to hear how "public safety" was jeopardized by their actions. Do you think a permit on a piece of paper actually protects you from something when you visit a coffee shop? It's this kind of love for mindless bureacracy that kept instutions like the USSR tottering around about 20 years past their right expiration date. Maybe history books should be updated to point out that O&W Wright, Sears & Roebuck, and the Harleys and the Davidsons had all the permits in order and signs at the proper elevation when they started out... and their actual accomplishments could be relegated to little footnotes at the bottom of the page!

City inspectors could find 10 code violations per block in Oak Park if this was simply a matter of following the law. But of course they go after the businessman who is trying to hit a schedule and looks like he might have a few dollars in the bank account. Meanwhile down the block in OP guys are selling broken dishwashers and stacks of 22" rims right next to the sidewalk, and advertising with signs painted on sheets of plywood. There reason the city nitpicked this particular "violation" is obvious... the inspectors could write up the infraction report without getting out of the truck! It's good to see folks in the 95817 can sleep easy again, knowing that all their coffee shop signs are at the proper elevation.

There are lots of outlets available in Sacramento to discuss the quality of a particular restaurant's food. Whatever you think of Jiminez's food or politics, or Sacramento restaurant zoning for that matter, you gotta admit this is a pretty interesting article about a restaraunt owner going the extra mile. He could have bought his decor from Chipotle's supplier, and that corner would be just another faceless stucco box. You know its pretty bad situation when cogmeyer is calling you all out for being too negative!