What exactly is a city authority? Authority over what? Here we go again with with code and rigmarole that knocks the life giving breath out of folks who are simply trying to live a healthy and balanced existence.
From Novella’s most recent blog post: “Farmstand Canceled Due to… the City of Oakland Posted on March 29, 2011 by ghosttownfarm. I thought I was just being paranoid, but it looks like the City of Oakland workers do read my blog (hi guys!) and will be coming to the pop up farmstand to bust me for illegal activities. Here’s the deal: After getting off the plane from Salt Lake City and making my way home to a cup of tea, I sit down at my kitchen table and I see this guy in a City of Oakland car taking photos of my garden. I go down and he said I’m out of compliance for “agricultural activities”. I’m supposed to get a Conditional Use Permit for growing chard. The annual fee: $2500.” Take a look at a her blog here…