Better for who?
It's certainly not better for you and me that Google is able to do whatever they want at the cost of a fine and nothing more
Better for who?
It's certainly not better for you and me that Google is able to do whatever they want at the cost of a fine and nothing more
Better for whoever Google is doing free work for in exchange for the permitting people not being dicks. Like usually the way this works is the developer grants concessions or signs a "I promise I'll make a park out of this other parcel" or whatever in order to get their easy approval. If they have to fight for it that'll probably go away.
I was speaking from google's point of view -certainly not ours!