Today, corporate developers have more rights than our neighborhoods. Just ask residents who have fought against unwanted development in neighborhoods like Southgate, West Central, Five Mile, and Latah-Hangman, among others. Prop. 1 would require developers to obtain neighborhood approval for zoning changes involving significant development. It means residents, not developers, would have the final say.

Prop. 1 would allow neighborhood residents to veto significant development that violates the City’s own Comprehensive Plan or Charter. Simply put, if the proposed significant development violates the City’s own rules, we the people, would have the power to say no. Prop. 1 requires developers to

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