the process for revising the standards for a single zone (R3)

half of the timeline is CEQA "area lacks clear physical context" is actually the most savage burn possible in plannerese #mvmtg

making some last minute donations with a week to go

first up are 3 Iowa House candidates, to try & save my home state from disastrous GOP misgovernance: Christina Blackcloud, Charles Clayton, and Sara Huddleston

h/t @LauraRBelin for her great guide to IA House races local candidates need love too!

two great Alexes running for City Council who deserve your support:

Alex Contreras (Downey): alexfordowney.com

Alex Núñez (Mountain View): alexnunezforcouncil.com

lmao @ Kal Penn Approves this Message calling back to the John Roberts “justices as umpires” oh snap, we talkin bout expanding the Court? 👀👀

fun to hear Richard Rothstein say "YIMBY is one of my favorite organizations" Rothstein: we've made excuses to ourselves for the persistence of residential segregation, trying to tell ourselves that it results from a series of individual actions instead of government policy

Listening to today's #rhnamtg & staff are reporting on engagement they did with community organizations for feedback on their priorities for RHNA & the Bay Area's housing needs

funnily enough, none of the community members brought up local control 🤔 people in the focus groups wanted more housing, everywhere, for everyone; they were interested in making sure high resource, exclusionary communities did their fair share; some had concerns about low income residents in those areas facing racism & classism #rhnamtg