{"id":5400,"date":"2021-06-28T04:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T11:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/?p=5400"},"modified":"2021-06-28T22:12:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T05:12:13","slug":"i-have-seen-the-future-of-commercial-constructionand-it-wont-be-a-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/2021\/06\/28\/i-have-seen-the-future-of-commercial-constructionand-it-wont-be-a-gas\/","title":{"rendered":"I Have Seen the Future of Commercial Construction\u2014and It Won\u2019t Be a Gas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;19px||23px|||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; global_module=&#8221;2637&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GPB-Bank-Local-Banner.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;GPB-Bank-Local-Banner&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.goldenpacificbank.com\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243; min_height=&#8221;114px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;17px||2px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243;][et_pb_post_title title=&#8221;off&#8221; author=&#8221;off&#8221; categories=&#8221;off&#8221; comments=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.2&#8243; meta_font=&#8221;|700|on||||||&#8221; meta_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; meta_text_color=&#8221;#ff0000&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_post_title meta=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_font=&#8221;Georgia|700||on|||||&#8221; title_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; title_font_size=&#8221;40px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; title_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; title_font_size_phone=&#8221;31px&#8221; title_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.6&#8243; header_2_font=&#8221;Georgia|300|||||||&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-5px||0px||false|false&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Some shocking news for builders in the capital<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Author&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243; header_4_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_6_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_6_font_size=&#8221;13px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||2px|||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h6>By Ed Goldman<\/h6>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.0&#8243; module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span class='et-dropcap'>A<\/span>ll new buildings that are constructed in the city of Sacramento will have to be all-electric by 2026, per a new ordinance passed by the Sacramento City Council,&#8221; according to a story early this month in the Sacramento Business Journal by award-winning reporter Felicia Alvarez.<\/p>\n<p>Given the speed and diligence of this elected body, I think we can safely say that buildings built in California\u2019s capital will be at best <em>hybrid<\/em>-electric. And starting in, like, 2031, not 2026.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/I-Sing-the-Building-Electric.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Edgy Cartoon&#8221; title_text=&#8221;I-Sing-the-Building-Electric&#8221; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;on&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.6&#8243; width=&#8221;80%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;93%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;95%&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; max_width=&#8221;95%&#8221; max_width_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; max_width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; max_width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;1px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Georgia||on||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-16px||||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; text_font_size_phone=&#8221;&#8221; text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>I Sing the Building Electric<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.6&#8243;]And that\u2019s only if the council \u201cfast-tracks\u201d it\u2014just as it\u2019s done to solve the city\u2019s problem of homelessness, develop its riverfront and beg its way to find a billionaire, any billionaire, to finance a professional soccer team. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ordinance requires building proposals under three stories to be all-electric by 2023, and buildings that are four stories or higher to be all-electric by 2026,\u201d writes Alvarez. Aha! A loophole materializes (well, the loop, anyway. You never see the hole):[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Palatino; color: black;\">DEVELOPER: Hi, I\u2019d like to have your department look over my plans to build a gas-powered four-story building in 2023.<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Palatino; color: black;\">CITY PLANNER: Uh, you do know that just three years later, buildings that are four stories or higher will need to be all-electric.<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Palatino; color: black;\">DEVELOPER: Only if I start building it then, right?<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Palatino; color: black;\">CITY PLANNER: &#8212;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;Adsense Horizontal&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; width=&#8221;90%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;90%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; max_width=&#8221;90%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_module=&#8221;1433&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;]<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- gs_horizontal_new --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     style=&#8221;display:block&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-client=&#8221;ca-pub-8489921453224987&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-slot=&#8221;5069548950&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-format=&#8221;auto&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-full-width-responsive=&#8221;true&#8221;><\/ins><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/script>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>DEVELOPER: Sonny? Are you okay?<\/p>\n<p>CITY PLANNER: Yes, yes. Your question kind of took me by surprise.<\/p>\n<p>DEVELOPER: Good thing I didn\u2019t ask you a tough one\u2014like why the Bible says \u201cThou shalt not steal\u201d\u2014but also says, \u201cGod helps those who help themselves.\u201d I believe the latter is also known as the Urban Looting Psalm.<\/p>\n<p>CITY PLANNER (<em>Seizing on a factoid he actually knows<\/em>): Sir, that seeming disparity has been disproved. \u201cGod helps those\u201d and so forth was actually written by an English politician, Algernon Sydney, in the 1600s.<\/p>\n<p>DEVELOPER: A politician, \u2018eh? He must have first asked his local government to approve it in the <em>1500<\/em>s.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>The new ordinance is aimed at cutting back on greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. According to a developer I was in a meeting with the other week, he said, pooh-poohing my own estimated timeline, \u201cOh, this\u2019ll happen on time. The enviros are really pushing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since the meeting wasn\u2019t about the new ordinance, I didn\u2019t take umbrage at the fellow calling those of us who think the planet may be worth saving \u201cenviros.\u201d Nor did I feel compelled to call him and his like \u201cenvelopers,\u201d since I only coined that a moment ago while writing this.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/fourth_of_july_amazon.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Looking for a Great Gift?&#8221; title_text=&#8221;fourth_of_july_amazon&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/amzn.to\/3gS6bVK&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Amazon Banner &#8211; Limited Time&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px|10px|10px|10px|true|true&#8221; global_module=&#8221;2981&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>I kind of like the sound of it, though, since it, like \u201cenviros,\u201d begins with \u201cenv.\u201d And it\u2019s always helpful\u2014 if you\u2019re going to devolve to name-calling that masquerades as political discourse\u2014to have your insulting nickname for the opposition seem to mock his or her nickname for your own band of merry pamphleteers. This is what\u2019s made debate in our country the dignified exchange of ideas it\u2019s become.<\/p>\n<p>The new ordinance reminds me of some other City of Sacramento initiatives that must have sounded good on paper. My personal fave was the redesign of midtown streets dubbed \u201cTraffic Calming\u201d\u2014although, depending on your film-going preferences, you also may wish to refer to it as \u201cTrue Grid\u201d or \u201cExperiment in Error.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.6&#8243;]The goal was to prevent workers fleeing from their downtown jobs to their suburban homes in the county by using one-way streets leading to the freeways as extended on-ramps\u2014apparently, the kind that require you to get your car up to warp speed before merging with the freeway traffic. This, however, usually moves slower at Rush Hour, due both to the laws of physics and the average commuters\u2019 ambiguous desire to return home to families not always awaiting them with open arms. 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This meant if you were heading west into downtown in the morning and weren\u2019t on a straight-through main drag, you\u2019d have to stealthily pivot and screech your way around concrete blocks in the middle of once-placid intersections which\u2014looming up rather suddenly as you peacefully tooled along\u2014now threatened to destroy the complete undercarriage of your car if you didn\u2019t swerve to the side at the last possible moment.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the people for whom the City\u2019s \u201cTraffic Calming\u201d has really had a calming effect: the makers of Valium. 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