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As the decade progressed, San Francisco added 10 jobs for every 1 housing unit approved, putting tremendous pressure on Oakland.
Land values for this neighborhood, relatively close to Ashby and MacArthur BART, exploded. Renters were economically displaced.
Me: the score settling on the presidential result is unproductive
Also me: George Gascon's loss for LA County DA reveals the bankruptcy of Eunisses Hernandez, ACLU SoCal / NPIC strategy in opposing Prop 25 and statewide abolition of cash bail for tailored local DA bail reform...
Kamala Harris’ loss means Gavin Newsom will once again be a leading national figure for the Democratic party.
It also likely makes him a leading candidate for president in 2028. trib.al/KdblSYP
Super funny that Cam Murray insists that we shouldn’t allow missing middle housing in rich inner suburbs because it won’t pencil (then why make it illegal?)
And recommends ADUs instead.
“Perversely, it is the outer fringe where the “missing middle” is going to be most viable.”
fresheconomicthinking.com/p/…
According to TNR's resident Left NIMBY writer, Antioch was "[a]n affluent white suburb in the midcentury" as if all the paper, steel, chemical and other factories on the Delta waterfront were just window dressing.
newrepublic.com/article/1840…
Imagine if someone from LA called Dundalk MD or Norristown PA "affluent" suburbs in the midcentury.
It totally misses the actual shape and arc of racial and class-based spatial changes.
Oakland Antioch & Eastern RR retweeted
Peter Pan syndrome but you’re eternally 28 years old and you never knock doors
These kinds of guys are gonna be chasing the high of epic 2017 punditry (hermetically sealed from actual organizing and politics) for the rest of their lives and it is quite sad.
Oakland Antioch & Eastern RR retweeted
don't like this Trump guy
Trump's DOT also delayed Caltrain electrification funding for over a year, contributing to a total of 3 years delay and substantial cost overruns. calelectricrail.org/how-envi…
You can tell Hal is around the bend on culture war bc:
1) Most YIMBY skeptics concede regional supply effects but not local supply effects (extensive evidence exists for region & increasingly for local)
2) Hal concedes local supply effects and contests regional supply effects
Bc Hal only cares about media like NYT and TV ads he’s way more invested in high level abstractions than actual policy
Many of the incentives in Harris’ housing plans are subsidies for public housing authorities, nonprofits and local governments to build mixed-income homes
Oakland Antioch & Eastern RR retweeted
Why do you think private equity roll-ups and common pricing algorithms are less of an issue in Minneapolis?
Mayavada and other Anti YIMBYs displaying their proud ignorance of civil engineering and construction methods covered in Richard Scarry’s books for toddlers.
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UC: it’s gonna be a dorm
YIMBYs: it’s a gonna be a dorm
People’s Park Defenders: it’s a gonna be a dorm
Left Pastoralists from Lamorinda: they’re building a parking lot!!!
Early planning:
Build road network, trams, parks, schools & sewers to support by-right courtyard apartment development and triple city size
Modern planning:
Build .75 miles of protected bike lane and downzone city to 2 stories to trade FAR for BMR instead of taxing landowners
