Adam Schwartz
@adamdschwartz.bsky.social
Lawyer at EFF. Alum of ACLU-IL. YIMBY. He/him. Posts mine.
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New vacancy chain paper:
November 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
New vacancy chain paper:
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We're thankful for Cindy Cohn and the 25 years she dedicated to EFF, ten of them as our Executive Director. She is a visionary and we can't wait to see what's next for her!
November 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
We're thankful for Cindy Cohn and the 25 years she dedicated to EFF, ten of them as our Executive Director. She is a visionary and we can't wait to see what's next for her!
MAGA and California NIMBYs agree: if you can't afford to live here, that's your problem, and you should live in another state. The better solution: build more homes in California, including the bay area, and welcome our new neighbors.
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."
November 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
MAGA and California NIMBYs agree: if you can't afford to live here, that's your problem, and you should live in another state. The better solution: build more homes in California, including the bay area, and welcome our new neighbors.
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When a judge rules your city's dragnet surveillance program is illegal, this is the correct response: "SMUD will happily comply with the court’s decision." asamnews.com/2025/11/21/...
November 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
When a judge rules your city's dragnet surveillance program is illegal, this is the correct response: "SMUD will happily comply with the court’s decision." asamnews.com/2025/11/21/...
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Happy Middle Housing Day in Berkeley. As of today, multifamily housing up to 3 stories at 70 units per acre is byright and ministerial on all Berkeley lots in the flatlands and foothills for the first time in history, stretching from Kensington to Oakland.
November 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Happy Middle Housing Day in Berkeley. As of today, multifamily housing up to 3 stories at 70 units per acre is byright and ministerial on all Berkeley lots in the flatlands and foothills for the first time in history, stretching from Kensington to Oakland.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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EFF was created for scary moments like the one we’re facing now. For 35 years, EFF has fought to ensure your rights follow you online and wherever you use technology, and we're here and ready to Take Back CTRL. Join us at www.takebackctrl.org.
Music: how the future dies by mobygratis.
Music: how the future dies by mobygratis.
October 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
EFF was created for scary moments like the one we’re facing now. For 35 years, EFF has fought to ensure your rights follow you online and wherever you use technology, and we're here and ready to Take Back CTRL. Join us at www.takebackctrl.org.
Music: how the future dies by mobygratis.
Music: how the future dies by mobygratis.
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There's no evidence that the MacArthur BART TOD project drove out low income or minority groups. The median household income at MacArthur station is lower than all the neighborhoods around it that gentrified with little or no development.
October 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
There's no evidence that the MacArthur BART TOD project drove out low income or minority groups. The median household income at MacArthur station is lower than all the neighborhoods around it that gentrified with little or no development.
Translation of this MAGA talking point: "To keep people of color from moving into the suburbs, enact restrictive zoning that bans construction of apartments or even duplexes."
Ciattarelli: "We've got a severe overdevelopment crisis in our suburban communities because of the Democrats' idea of social engineering."
October 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Translation of this MAGA talking point: "To keep people of color from moving into the suburbs, enact restrictive zoning that bans construction of apartments or even duplexes."
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What can mid-rise housing look like on side streets where lots are redeveloped one at a time? This example is a good one.
- All homes have windows in at least two directions.
- Elevator building.
- Entry door from a balcony for fresh air.
50x122 is a common lot size in much of western North America.
- All homes have windows in at least two directions.
- Elevator building.
- Entry door from a balcony for fresh air.
50x122 is a common lot size in much of western North America.
The New Vancouver Special - 50' lot edition.
Accessible single stair flats on a 50x122 lot.
12 family size homes (or) 24 small units.
Accessible single stair flats on a 50x122 lot.
12 family size homes (or) 24 small units.
October 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
What can mid-rise housing look like on side streets where lots are redeveloped one at a time? This example is a good one.
- All homes have windows in at least two directions.
- Elevator building.
- Entry door from a balcony for fresh air.
50x122 is a common lot size in much of western North America.
- All homes have windows in at least two directions.
- Elevator building.
- Entry door from a balcony for fresh air.
50x122 is a common lot size in much of western North America.
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A wealth tax would fix this
The top 1% in the US have now a record $52 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% have about $4 trillion.
The bottom 50% have about $4 trillion.
October 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A wealth tax would fix this
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In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report
Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...
www.mediaite.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
"Autocrats, whether aspiring or entrenched, can lose elections." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Opinion | This Is What Autocrats Dread
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October 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"Autocrats, whether aspiring or entrenched, can lose elections." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
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California’s Governor should sign the “No Robo Bosses Act,” a common-sense bill to end some of the harshest consequences of automated abuse at work. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Yes to California’s “No Robo Bosses Act”
California’s Governor should sign S.B. 7, a common-sense bill to end some of the harshest consequences of automated abuse at work. EFF is proud to join dozens of labor, digital rights, and other
www.eff.org
September 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
California’s Governor should sign the “No Robo Bosses Act,” a common-sense bill to end some of the harshest consequences of automated abuse at work. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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I meant this deeply: My work now is all dissent work. I write for a future I likely will not see.
“I will end my career writing dissent, that is my future. And you understand that you’re writing for a future society. That dissents are not about today. Dissents are writing for a future society that will take that dissent, that will be ready for that dissent, & enact it”
@nhannahjones.bsky.social
@nhannahjones.bsky.social
The Trump administration has attacked diversity programs, historical discussions of slavery, civil rights and more as he pressures civic institutions to de-emphasize race. Nikole Hannah-Jones, the creator of The 1619 Project, discusses what led to this movement. nyti.ms/4msq3x8
September 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I meant this deeply: My work now is all dissent work. I write for a future I likely will not see.
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Proudly voted for #SB79 to build dense, transit oriented housing. If not here, where else?
I’ve lived near transit all my life. But too much of it is stuck as suburbs. Cities are evolving, living things. They are not mausoleums to the past
@scottwiener.bsky.social
@cayimby.bsky.social
I’ve lived near transit all my life. But too much of it is stuck as suburbs. Cities are evolving, living things. They are not mausoleums to the past
@scottwiener.bsky.social
@cayimby.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Proudly voted for #SB79 to build dense, transit oriented housing. If not here, where else?
I’ve lived near transit all my life. But too much of it is stuck as suburbs. Cities are evolving, living things. They are not mausoleums to the past
@scottwiener.bsky.social
@cayimby.bsky.social
I’ve lived near transit all my life. But too much of it is stuck as suburbs. Cities are evolving, living things. They are not mausoleums to the past
@scottwiener.bsky.social
@cayimby.bsky.social
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Ladies and gentlemen, we have a labor deal on SB 79.
September 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a labor deal on SB 79.
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Why is the rent so damn high in LA? Simple economics: the demand for housing is extremely high and our housing supply is extremely low.
August 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Why is the rent so damn high in LA? Simple economics: the demand for housing is extremely high and our housing supply is extremely low.
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Growing support for our bill to allow more homes near train, subway & rapid bus stops.
Big thanks to Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee for endorsing SB 79. Mayors grapple with the economic & human fallout of our housing shortage. Let’s make housing more abundant & strengthen our transit systems.
Big thanks to Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee for endorsing SB 79. Mayors grapple with the economic & human fallout of our housing shortage. Let’s make housing more abundant & strengthen our transit systems.
August 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Growing support for our bill to allow more homes near train, subway & rapid bus stops.
Big thanks to Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee for endorsing SB 79. Mayors grapple with the economic & human fallout of our housing shortage. Let’s make housing more abundant & strengthen our transit systems.
Big thanks to Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee for endorsing SB 79. Mayors grapple with the economic & human fallout of our housing shortage. Let’s make housing more abundant & strengthen our transit systems.
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BIG news: The California Democratic Party just endorsed @scottwiener.bsky.social’s landmark housing bill #SB79, which legalizes multifamily homes near major public transit statewide!
This marks a major shift in state politics: California Dems are *finally* embracing a party that builds!
This marks a major shift in state politics: California Dems are *finally* embracing a party that builds!
August 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
BIG news: The California Democratic Party just endorsed @scottwiener.bsky.social’s landmark housing bill #SB79, which legalizes multifamily homes near major public transit statewide!
This marks a major shift in state politics: California Dems are *finally* embracing a party that builds!
This marks a major shift in state politics: California Dems are *finally* embracing a party that builds!
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The vast majority of zoning codes, each in their own right a radical experiment that would on to completely remake the cities they regulated, were adopted without virtually any public involvement.
A city will move with surprising alacrity when it wants to destroy its capacity to build. Contrary to the decades-long community input quests that we undertake before considering an increase in zoning, the 1979 Berkeley city council down-zoned the entire city in just 7 meetings. R-5 to R-2 here:
August 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The vast majority of zoning codes, each in their own right a radical experiment that would on to completely remake the cities they regulated, were adopted without virtually any public involvement.