One shot. That's all Scotts Valley got to save a prime commercial building from being bulldozed for a project the City Council never even got to vote on. On this episode of California Screamin', I sit down with Scotts Valley Vice Mayor Steve Clark, who tells the story firsthand: how state housing mandates let a developer bypass local review entirely, how the city tried to offer an alternative site instead of tearing down a building that provides local jobs, and how state officials threatened to bring "the full force of the Attorney General's office" down on Scotts Valley for simply asking to be heard. This is exactly the kind of Sacramento overreach I talk about constantly, cities aren't opposing housing, they're being stripped of any say in how and where it gets built. When local leaders can't even bring a project before their own council, that's not housing policy. That's a power grab. I wrote about this exact pattern happening across our district. Read more at, Local control matters. Local voices matter. It's time Sacramento remembered that. 🎙️ Subscribe, share, and join the movement to bring common sense back to California.