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WEBVTT ARE MIXED.>> THIS SHORT?>> SURE.VICKI: KEELA'S HAIR STUDIO ISTHE NEWEST BUSINESS ON J STREET,CHOOSING MIDTOWN TO PLANT ROOTS.>> WHEN PEOPLE THINK OFSACRAMENTO THEY THINK OFMIDTOWN.THIS IS A REALLY BUSY AREA,ESPECIALLY ON J STREET.IT'S SUPER BUSY.VICKI: JUST ACROSS THE STREET AMAJOR GREEN LIGHT FOR YAMANEERESIDENCES, AND WHAT WILL BECOMETHE TALLEST BUILDING IN MIDTOWN.SO IMAGINE A BUILDING TWICE ASTALL AS THIS ONE, DIRECTLYACROSS THE STREET.>> YOU'D NEED TO CRANE YOUR NECKPRETTY HIGH.VICKI: WILLIAM BURG AND HIORGANIZATION, SACRAMENTANS FORFAIR PLANNING, UNSUCCESSFULLYFILING A LAWSUIT TO STOPDEVELOPERS.>> THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE DO NEEDA LOT MORE HOUSING IN THIS CITY,IN THE ENTIRE CITY.VICKI: YAMANEE WILL GO UP NEXTTO ONE OF SACRAMENTO'S OLDESTNEIGHBORHOODS, BOULEVARD PARK.AND OPINIONS ARE DIVIDED WHETHERTHIS LATEST DEVELOPMENT WILLADD, OR SHADOW, A CHANGINGMIDTOWN.>> MOST OF IT IS VERY GOOD NEWS.A LOT OF THE SMALL INFILL, THEMID-RISES, THOSE ARE SOMETERRIFIC PROJECTS AND THEY AREPROVIDING A LOT OF NEW HOUSINGOPPORTUNITIES.THERE'S EVEN SOME AFFORDABLEHOUSING.BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARESEEING HERE.VICKI: ON THE FLIP SIDE, THEMIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONIS SUPPORTIVE OF YAMANEE'SPOTENTIAL.>> I THINK THAT WITH 134 NEWRESIDENCES THERE'S GOING TO BEECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN OURNEIGHBORHOOD.THERE WILL BE 134 NEW HOUSEHOLDSSPENDING MONEY DOWN HERE.VICKI: MIDTOWN IS ALREADYBUSTLING.>> WE GET SO MANY WALK-INS.WE HAVEN'T BEEN HERE THAT LONGBUT WE GET A LOT OF WALK-INSALREADY.VICKI: AND SPARKING DEBATESABOUT THE BEST WAY TO GROW.

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After more than a year of protests and legal dispute, a judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging a Sacramento development that would bring a 15-story residential building to 25th and J streets.“I am so pleased with the court’s strong ruling in our favor,” Yamanee developer Ryan Heater said in a message. “We are hoping for completion end of 2019 or beginning of 2020.” Yamanee will house 136 condominiums and become the tallest building in Midtown by several stories. "The limit in this area is about six stories, and they asked for 15," said William Burg with Sacramentans for Fair Planning. "There are plenty of projects being built right now that provide housing but don't have to break the rules."The organization filed the lawsuit, arguing the Midtown area was already too dense. "I am a full supporter for increasing the population -- not only the central city -- but also the surrounding neighborhoods,” Burg said. “But this is already the most walkable and densest part of the city. We should be using Midtown -- in its current form -- as an example.”However, the Midtown Neighborhood Association backs Yamanee and believes it will relieve the area’s housing needs. "I think with 134 new residences, there's going to be economic activity -- 134 new households spending money down here," association chair Angela Tillotson said. "It could increase property values. But I also think that not having enough housing increases property values too because it's supply and demand."Burg believes the building is more appropriate in downtown. "The bottom line is, we do need a lot more housing in this city, in the entire city," he explained. "Most of it (in Midtown) is very good news. A lot of the small infill, the mid-high-rises -- those are some terrific projects. There's even some affordable housing. But that's not what we are seeing here."Burg said his organization is still deciding whether to appeal the judge’s decision.