New Los Altos Chronic Taco

It's back...

Los Altos gets a new Chronic Taco

The former closed, court-ordered eviction and emptied Chronic Taco franchise in the Los Altos Center North - has been replaced by a new corporate franchise.

The new owners have no connection to the former franchisee. 

The new corporate owner with a new modern interior and splashy new sign opened on Monday December 26th.  At least one former employee was hired by the new owners.

For other changes to the Los Altos Center and updates on new retail in the neighborhood- Click on:
New in the Neighborhood in 2017.

Vegas Casinos learn East Long Beach parking economics lesson

One of the popular governmental bureaucratic urban planning myths is that if you charge more for parking, people will use public transportation.

However, ask any East Long Beach resident near CSULB or the Long Beach Airport and they will give you a lesson on parking economics- when there is free parking vs. paid parking- human nature is that people will opt for the free parking.  

Apparently, that is not just a California economic law as the Las Vegas casinos have learned.  Video camera's have provided the casino's the proof what taxi drivers have known for years-that locals are parking free at the casinos then using taxis (or now ride sharing services) to go to the Las Vegas Airport, thus saving the $10 a day parking at the airport economy lot or the $16 a day long term lot.

So now the Las Vegas casinos are going to be forced to charge daily rates to prevent the airport parking to try and fight the parking freeloaders.  However, necessity is the mother of invention- and locals will most likely figure new free parking places. 

Just ask anyone from living near CSULB or the Long Beach Airport. 

For more information click on Las Vegas Review and LA Times

Residents near the CSULB campus have long known that CSULB has pushed its students out onto the local streets by slowly increasing parking fees- all while using the bureaucratic urban planning myth that by charging fees and providing free bus passes-students will drive less.  What students do is park in surrounding neighborhoods outside the restricted residential parking zones, then take the 5 min bus to the campus.

Recently, CSULB toyed with the idea of "demand pricing" parking- the newest social engineering parking concept. The problem of course is that the campus sits in the middle of a residential area with tons of free parking.

The neighborhoods near the airport have noticed a recent trend in people parking in the neighborhoods then  calling ride-sharing services for a short ride to the airport-thus saving the daily parking fee.

For more information click on 

CSULB SHIFTS PARKING TO NEIGHBORS