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I don't know who told the two officers to drive directly into the crowd but they almost lit a powder keg...
...a potentially very crazy situation, averted only by organizers stepping in.

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Aug 29
A big day in the legislature for pro-housing legislation! Three pieces of California YIMBY-sponsored legislation moved out of the second chamber. Combined with laws we've helped to pass in recent years, it will never be easier to build missing middle housing in California. 🧵 Image
Background: In 2021, California made history by adopting SB 9, which aimed to allow duplexes and lot splits. When combined with robust ADU law, the goal was to allow for up to four units on lots in residential areas—key for ending our shortage. Image
Unfortunately, a few bad actor cities found ways found ways to torpedo law with unworkable standards, and many more slow walked it, resulting in few duplexes or lot splits. Working with researchers and practitioners, we cataloged these issues.
ternercenter.berkeley.edu/research-and-p…
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Jul 23
It's important to remember that the idea of "expensive cities" and "affordable cities" is new. Historically, variation in home prices could be explained by variation in (a) incomes and (b) available flat land. Since 1960, variation in development regulation has changed that. 🧵
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Yes, home prices were always higher in wealthier SF and NYC and lower in poorer Columbus and OKC. But account for variation in incomes—and the fact that the former are hemmed in by oceans, and the latter are flat, featureless plains—and the variation was predictable. (And tiny!) Image
Where wages were high, a lot of people moved, and those places built a lot of housing. There were temporary crunches, usually brought on by war. But for the most part, moving to any given US city didn't entail spending a lot more of your income on housing. And so we moved—a lot! Image
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Jul 2
In explaining why it gave a $3.3 million Baby YIMBY grant to Philadelphia, a city that has recently tightened regulatory barriers to housing, HUD favorably cites...a broken, unfunded IZ mandate that acts as a tax on housing. Ooph. h/t @christianbrits hud.gov/sites/dfiles/C…
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@christianbrits Ditto for the Seattle—a city that deserves credit for actually building housing. In a long list of recent wins, HUD oddly chooses the biggest L, another unfunded IZ program that research suggests has suppressed development in affected areas. furmancenter.org/files/publicat…

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@christianbrits If they're really going to do it, sure, give Los Angeles County infrastructure money so they can allow housing. But they're prohousing? Eh. The county permits at typical coastal California bottom rates (bad) and the ADU reforms they gush over were mandated by the state.
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Jun 19
YIMBYs are clearly divided on this. I think it's a good project with a lot of potential. Some people I respect disagree. Fair enough. But the amount of silliness floating around, some it from people who don't know basic details about the proposal, warrants a thread.
1. "This threatens valuable naturally valuable or hazardous lands."

In nearly bill California YIMBY has sponsored since 2017, we've excluded any land that might be remotely sensitive or dangerous—habitat, prime farm, flood zones, wildfire areas, etc...
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavC…
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This site doesn't violate a single criteria. Green denotes a land excluded by standard environmental criteria. The lines are mostly creeks which the applicant has proposed to keep as open space. (They probably won't have a choice.) Image
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Mar 17
Seven ideas for hosting a good monthly happy hour—something every serious YIMBY group should do:
1⃣ Host it on the same day/time, ideally at the same place—only move if you live in a massive fragmented city. You want this to become a habit.
2⃣ Host it at a local open bar—the point is to mingle. Weather allowing, host it at a place with outdoor space, e.g. a beer garden, to accommodate all.
3⃣ Don't waste your budget, assuming you have one, buying drinks or appetizers—better off members will voluntarily do that.
4⃣ Send out emails a week out and the day of. The day of, core members should be texting everyone a direct reminder, especially potential first timers.
5⃣ Make special efforts to get key stakeholders (electeds, planners) or potentially underrepresented folks to come out.
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Jan 5
Wow. Kentucky State Representative Steven Doan that would implement...basically the entire YIMBY program! I'm still learning details, but this is a great model for a zoning reform omnibus bill. Let's dive in. 🧵 (h/t @robmolou) apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24rs/hb…
Right off the bat, Section 3 forbids jurisdictions from arbitrarily mandating larger homes and apartments, which effectively place a price floor on housing. Jurisdictions must default to the building code, which is rooted in actual health and safety considerations. Image
Section 4 likewise preempts various design/architectural/amenity mandates (e.g. forcing the construction garages) that raise housing costs without any basis in health of safety. These can often quite onerous in exclusionary suburbs. Let homebuyers make these tradeoffs! Image
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