Aaron 🏗️🚲🌲🏀
@aceckhouse.bsky.social
Sixplex enthusiast. Redwood irredentist. Lake Merritt booster. Erstwhile Prince of Prosciutto.
Cities are for people not cars. California is not full.
he etc
Cities are for people not cars. California is not full.
he etc
a cool thing about redwoods is that they are older than the land on which they stand and even the Pacific Plate
their ancestors would have been browsed by sauropods
their ancestors would have been browsed by sauropods
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
a cool thing about redwoods is that they are older than the land on which they stand and even the Pacific Plate
their ancestors would have been browsed by sauropods
their ancestors would have been browsed by sauropods
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People who think mass deportations are a housing affordability strategy have no place in the YIMBY movement.
A reminder, a person who claims to be a YIMBY but backs the deportation of people to "solve" the housing crisis is just a NIMBY.
November 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
People who think mass deportations are a housing affordability strategy have no place in the YIMBY movement.
unfunded inclusionary zoning is not a very effective policy for delivering affordable housing
Exhibit… idk, 73?
Exhibit… idk, 73?
In 2018, then-Mayor Ada Colau called Barcelona’s new 30% inclusionary housing requirement for projects over 600m^2 a “paradigm shift,” making housing “a right and not a commodity.” It was supposed to produce 330 affordable units a year. The reality: just 31 affordable apartments in all these years.
Cuando se ha aprobó esta medida dije repetidamente que iba a ser un fracaso y que no construirían nada de vivienda asequible. Se ha probado en mil sitios y no funciona.
Acerté. www.lavanguardia.com/local/barcel...
Acerté. www.lavanguardia.com/local/barcel...
November 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
unfunded inclusionary zoning is not a very effective policy for delivering affordable housing
Exhibit… idk, 73?
Exhibit… idk, 73?
instead of the devil & angel on your shoulder, it’s a great egret & a great blue heron
November 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
instead of the devil & angel on your shoulder, it’s a great egret & a great blue heron
I really think traffic calming via bike/ped improvements is the best thing Oakland can do for most of its retail districts
would certainly make Dimond soooo much more pleasant!
would certainly make Dimond soooo much more pleasant!
Piedmont Avenue is booming, on a beautiful fall evening. People are out and enjoying themselves. It desperately needs the city of #Oakland to widen the sidewalks and give it a road diet.
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I really think traffic calming via bike/ped improvements is the best thing Oakland can do for most of its retail districts
would certainly make Dimond soooo much more pleasant!
would certainly make Dimond soooo much more pleasant!
was over by the Parkway today and wondering about this
I do hope they can figure it out because “cannabis lounge movie palace” is a vision I very much am here for
read through for the “discretionary land use approvals invite corruption” angle
oaklandside.org/2022/08/29/p...
I do hope they can figure it out because “cannabis lounge movie palace” is a vision I very much am here for
read through for the “discretionary land use approvals invite corruption” angle
oaklandside.org/2022/08/29/p...
Will Oakland’s old Parkway Theater be reborn as a pot-friendly movie lounge?
Ivy Hill Cannabis, which operates a dispensary at the former theater near Lake Merritt, is hoping to do just that.
oaklandside.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:22 AM
was over by the Parkway today and wondering about this
I do hope they can figure it out because “cannabis lounge movie palace” is a vision I very much am here for
read through for the “discretionary land use approvals invite corruption” angle
oaklandside.org/2022/08/29/p...
I do hope they can figure it out because “cannabis lounge movie palace” is a vision I very much am here for
read through for the “discretionary land use approvals invite corruption” angle
oaklandside.org/2022/08/29/p...
some day “articulating the facade” will be just the joke phrase it was always meant to be
One way to reduce condo defect liability: stop forcing architects to design buildings that leak. HCD’s “objective design standards” guide *encourages* making building envelopes more complex, heightening leak and therefore defect lawsuit risk cao-94612.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/documents/Ap...
November 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM
some day “articulating the facade” will be just the joke phrase it was always meant to be
pretty remarkable the difference in quality between Chai Thai Oakland (elite) and Chai Thai Berkeley (deeply mid)
November 6, 2025 at 3:29 AM
pretty remarkable the difference in quality between Chai Thai Oakland (elite) and Chai Thai Berkeley (deeply mid)
are there jets flying above Oakland right now? what’s going on?
November 5, 2025 at 6:16 AM
are there jets flying above Oakland right now? what’s going on?
a liberalism that builds, yes, and also a liberalism that FIGHTS
November 5, 2025 at 5:33 AM
a liberalism that builds, yes, and also a liberalism that FIGHTS
Happy Berkeley Middle Housing Day!
I think Berkeley’s middle housing code is quite good and am optimistic it will lead to lots of new homes
I think Berkeley’s middle housing code is quite good and am optimistic it will lead to lots of new homes
All zones in the dark green are now unified in density standards. While areas in the light green are currently the same as their old codes due to fire risk.
November 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Happy Berkeley Middle Housing Day!
I think Berkeley’s middle housing code is quite good and am optimistic it will lead to lots of new homes
I think Berkeley’s middle housing code is quite good and am optimistic it will lead to lots of new homes
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war of southern aggression
October 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
war of southern aggression
Shohei Ohtani should advance one additional base each time they intentionally walk him, to punish cowardice
October 28, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Shohei Ohtani should advance one additional base each time they intentionally walk him, to punish cowardice
this is why social insurance is so important!
October 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
this is why social insurance is so important!
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Fun fact: the "purpose" section of the IRC includes "affordability," while the same for the IBC does not!
October 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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do more Californians live on the North American or the Pacific plate?
October 24, 2025 at 6:28 AM
do more Californians live on the North American or the Pacific plate?
the part where he turns & walks away… 👨🍳👌
Chicago, IL: Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino personally joined an ICE raid at a laundromat in the city, but the owner locked the doors and refused entry, halting the operation on site
October 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
the part where he turns & walks away… 👨🍳👌
vaccines: double plus good
Covid-19 vaccines, credited with saving millions of lives during the pandemic, set off a powerful alarm that rallies the human immune system against cancer and nearly doubles the median survival length of patients, according to a new retrospective study.
Study finds mRNA coronavirus vaccines prolonged life of cancer patients
A study found that covid-19 vaccines appeared to awaken the immune system in lung and skin cancer patients, helping them live longer than those not vaccinated.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
vaccines: double plus good
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Each county in the Bay Area has its own hotline for reporting and verifying ICE activity. In Alameda County, it's ACILEP at (510) 241-4011, in San Francisco, it's Rapid Response at 415-200-1548.
For other counties see immigrants.sf.gov/help/rapid-r...
For other counties see immigrants.sf.gov/help/rapid-r...
If you live in San Francisco, today is a good day to familiarize yourself with the San Francisco Rapid Response Network, which has a 24-hour hotline for reporting ICE raids, actually verifies those raid reports, and does attorney activation: sfilen.org/resources/sf...
SFILEN
San Francisco Immigrant Legal & Education Network
sfilen.org
October 23, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Each county in the Bay Area has its own hotline for reporting and verifying ICE activity. In Alameda County, it's ACILEP at (510) 241-4011, in San Francisco, it's Rapid Response at 415-200-1548.
For other counties see immigrants.sf.gov/help/rapid-r...
For other counties see immigrants.sf.gov/help/rapid-r...
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That’s just for Alameda County. For Contra Costa it’s Stand Together Contra Costa, which provides rapid-response deportation defense services, a 24-hour hotline, and training and education for families in need of immediate immigration legal assistance. standtogethercontracosta.org
Stand Together Contra Costa: One County, One Community, United
CALL 1-925-900-5151 for rapid response and immigration legal services in Contra Costa County. Stand Together Contra Costa is a rapid response, legal services, and community education project to suppor...
standtogethercontracosta.org
October 23, 2025 at 4:15 AM
That’s just for Alameda County. For Contra Costa it’s Stand Together Contra Costa, which provides rapid-response deportation defense services, a 24-hour hotline, and training and education for families in need of immediate immigration legal assistance. standtogethercontracosta.org
my response to the news that the Trump-Miller secret police are coming to harass & kidnap my neighbors
October 23, 2025 at 1:42 AM
my response to the news that the Trump-Miller secret police are coming to harass & kidnap my neighbors
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As a general rule, anyone comparing NYC housing production numbers to Jersey City and Tokyo is a housing nerd who’s thinking seriously about our housing shortage.
"We need to build more housing all across NYC. Today NYC builds about 4 houses per 1,000 people, Jersey City is at 7, Tokyo is at about 10. We need to do this by streamlining the processes of private sector construction across the city, by ensuring we're building more around hubs of mass transit…
October 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
As a general rule, anyone comparing NYC housing production numbers to Jersey City and Tokyo is a housing nerd who’s thinking seriously about our housing shortage.
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More message discipline needed on this point.
Circulation has costs on transit users, not just construction costs.
Circulation has costs on transit users, not just construction costs.
October 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
More message discipline needed on this point.
Circulation has costs on transit users, not just construction costs.
Circulation has costs on transit users, not just construction costs.
"striking down the voter initiative because the environmental review paperwork wasn't in order" honestly reads like an anti-CEQA parody
Democracy lost to CEQA again.
A San Diego appeals court invalidated voter-approved height limit removal because the environmental report wasn't detailed enough.
Removal was twice approved by voters, but now killed by three judges over documentation.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/10/18/c...
A San Diego appeals court invalidated voter-approved height limit removal because the environmental report wasn't detailed enough.
Removal was twice approved by voters, but now killed by three judges over documentation.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/10/18/c...
Court orders reinstatement of 30-foot height limit in San Diego’s Midway District
Appellate court ruling finds that the city of San Diego violated state environmental law and abused its power by putting a 2022 ballot measure before voters without the proper analysis.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:24 AM
"striking down the voter initiative because the environmental review paperwork wasn't in order" honestly reads like an anti-CEQA parody