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Registration now OPEN for our 2026 California Infill Summit! Can we actually get things built in California? We're convening the people working to make sure the answer is YES. Join us! More info & registration here 👇 councilofinfillbuilders.org/…
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Glad to share my thoughts on the #palsadesfire and with @Newsweek. Recovery can include more density, and the firestorm did not care about party affiliation. newsweek.com/the-battle-over…

The Battle Over Rebuilding Pacific Palisades

The process of rebuilding Pacific Palisades has become marred by rumors, false claims, partisan struggles, and Nimbysm.

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We're not building many houses or making any movies here in #LosAngeles. Both are a problem, and they're more closely related than you might think. @Cal_Plan cp-dr.com/articles/why-holly…
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An expansion of the infill exemption to the CEQA have been included in a “budget trailer bill”. The bill also amends the Permit Streamlining Act to speed up ministerial projects. In front of the paywall. #CEQA #Infill #housing cp-dr.com/articles/budget-bi…
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L.A. County is so prosperous, average # of residents per household have dropped 10%, per Christopher Thornburg of @BeaconEconomics at @USCGouldLaw real estate forum. All the more reason to build less expensive micro-units that won't get scooped up by wealthier ppl.
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Appreciate the shoutout in @latimes article on the future of Pacific Palisades, quoting my recent essay in @Cal_Plan latimes.com/california/story…

In the rush to rebuild, one topic is taboo: What should be built differently — or not at all?

As officials rush to remove barriers to rebuilding fire-ravaged communities, are they passing up a rare opportunity to craft a new vision for Los Angeles?

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Great article by @jrstephens310 about the way forward, for cities that have and haven't yet burned. (Really unfortunate pull quote though, leads the tweet reader to expect article theme to be handwringing. )
CP&DR@Cal_Plan20 Jan 2025
"We don't have a #housing crisis, or an affordability crisis, a #vacancy crisis, or a #wildfire crisis. We have an everything crisis." Josh Stephens reflects on the impact of the #LAwildfires on the city and the state: cp-dr.com/articles/we-don039…
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Visit us at the @APACalifornia conference for special @Cal_Plan offers and great info about Infilla, a tech starting that's revolutionizing #urbanplanning processes!
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I love that the Costco apartment complex is going to be America’s introduction to mixed use neighborhoods 🇺🇸
CP&DR@Cal_Plan16 Jul 2024
Shoppers go big and then go home at Costco, and Costco is subsequently getting into the urban infill housing business. Check out CP&DR's coverage of Costco's plan to build a roughly 800-unit large apartment complex: cp-dr.com/articles/costco-ge…
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"L.A. dork" Paul Haddad (@la_dorkout) has written a terrific book about how a half-dozen big shots brought modern L.A. into being. I'm fired up to chat with Paul about INVENTING PARADISE. 7 p.m. on June 12 at @skylightbooks in Los Feliz. skylightbooks.com/event/skyl…
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"Does density lead to affordability?" Total midwit framing. (Not the author's, but his subject's.) There is no static affordable or unaffordable level of density. There is supply relative to demand, as revealed by vacancy rates, units per capita, etc. cp-dr.com/articles/does-dens…
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A live, only slightly staged shot of my desk right now in preparation for my talk on #California #planning history Monday at @APACAConf in @CityofFresno on Monday
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.@FrancesAnderton and @jrstephens310 have figured out #LosAngeles. All will be revealed tomorrow evening, July 27. Mingling 5:30pm, program 6:30pm at @HelmsBakeryDist , in partnership with @SoCalNOMA westsideurbanforum.com/event…
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SB 10 makes it easier than ever for California cities to legalize housing, exempting missing middle-style upzonings from onerous CEQA mandates. But uptake has been slow. I provide comment in @Cal_Plan: cp-dr.com/articles/sb-10-off…
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Got to hand it to @henrygrabar -- he makes parking fun. We just need to retire the @jonimitchell memes. My review of Paved Paradise in @cal_plan cp-dr.com/articles/the-best-… @penguinusa
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.@Cal_Plan opinion piece: Los Angeles’ Measure ULA’s hit on developers thwarts development of “missing middle” housing bit.ly/44zbG2o
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As the @WGAWest strikes, it's worth considering how underdevelopment has affected cost of living in LA -- for writers and almost everyone else. ICYMI, here's my @Cal_Plan piece on, essentially, the same issue ca. 2016. cp-dr.com/articles/node-3919 h/t @mnolangray
M. Nolan Gray 🥑
@mnolangray2 May 2023
Los Angeles' refusal to build housing could actually destory one of America's key industries. It's a national crisis, crying out for a national solution.
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I appeared on @KQED Forum today to discuss the People's Park #CEQA case. @Cal_Plan kqed.org/forum/2010101892400…

Enrollment Grows Despite Housing Crunch at California Colleges and Universities | KQED

UC Berkeley plans to keep fighting to build a dorm for more than 1,000 students on People’s Park, a university-owned site that is known as a haven for unhoused people and social justice movements. A...

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Great law, California. You guys are doing great.
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Noisy #Berkeley students are a #CEQA impact, but additional #homeless are not, according to new court ruling. The fallout: @GavinNewsom calls for CEQA reform. @Cal_Plan cp-dr.com/articles/noisy-stu…
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