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amusing chart. it turns out New York City built more housing units in the 1920s than in the 1970s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, and 2010s put together www.nyc.gov/content/plan...
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
amusing chart. it turns out New York City built more housing units in the 1920s than in the 1970s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, and 2010s put together www.nyc.gov/content/plan...
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Yesterday's other big theme, besides how much the electorate hates Trump, is that voters really want more housing built.
I truly never thought I’d see the day when Marin County voters went pro-housing; but they appear to have opted to upzone parts of Sausalito(!) and rejected the housing-centric recall effort against the mayor of Fairfax.
November 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Yesterday's other big theme, besides how much the electorate hates Trump, is that voters really want more housing built.
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one of portland's first downzonings happened on robert moses's recommendation in the 1930s, via a report that argued that banning apartments and limiting density would increase single family home values www.portlandmercury.com/images/edito...
November 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
one of portland's first downzonings happened on robert moses's recommendation in the 1930s, via a report that argued that banning apartments and limiting density would increase single family home values www.portlandmercury.com/images/edito...
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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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By popular demand, @aceckhouse.bsky.social and I have put together a deep-in-the-weeds explainer on SB 79. Enjoy!
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Everything You Need To Know About SB 79
…but were too afraid to read about in the actual bill.
substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
By popular demand, @aceckhouse.bsky.social and I have put together a deep-in-the-weeds explainer on SB 79. Enjoy!
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MAJOR NEWS: @GavinNewsom signed SB 79, my bill allowing more housing near public transit — rail, subway, rapid bus.
It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.
Thank you, Governor!
It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.
Thank you, Governor!
October 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
MAJOR NEWS: @GavinNewsom signed SB 79, my bill allowing more housing near public transit — rail, subway, rapid bus.
It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.
Thank you, Governor!
It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.
Thank you, Governor!
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Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.
October 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.
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America is not building enough housing and Americans are facing sky-high housing costs as a result.
Today, the Senate took a historic step to change that.
The ROAD to Housing Act will help communities – urban, suburban, and rural – build more housing and bring down costs.
Today, the Senate took a historic step to change that.
The ROAD to Housing Act will help communities – urban, suburban, and rural – build more housing and bring down costs.
October 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
America is not building enough housing and Americans are facing sky-high housing costs as a result.
Today, the Senate took a historic step to change that.
The ROAD to Housing Act will help communities – urban, suburban, and rural – build more housing and bring down costs.
Today, the Senate took a historic step to change that.
The ROAD to Housing Act will help communities – urban, suburban, and rural – build more housing and bring down costs.
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Probably dumb as hell to publish this on a Friday afternoon, but the clock is ticking to get @gavinnewsom.bsky.social to sign SB 79. Please share — and, if you're a Californian, please call the governor's office at (916) 445-2841 to ask for his signature. publiccomment.blog/p/newsom-s-f...
Newsom's Fateful Choice
Why the governor needs to sign SB 79
publiccomment.blog
October 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Probably dumb as hell to publish this on a Friday afternoon, but the clock is ticking to get @gavinnewsom.bsky.social to sign SB 79. Please share — and, if you're a Californian, please call the governor's office at (916) 445-2841 to ask for his signature. publiccomment.blog/p/newsom-s-f...
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Rumor is @governor.ca.gov is getting *tons* of pressure from rich donors to veto SB 79. If he caves, we'd be condemned to a permanent housing crisis — and lose 3-5 electoral votes in 2032.
Call and tell him you have his back. Our democracy is more important than rich people's views! 👇 #SB79
Call and tell him you have his back. Our democracy is more important than rich people's views! 👇 #SB79
SB 79 is still on the Governor's desk and I am losing sleep over it.
Please send in a call.
cayimby.org/call-sb-79/
Please send in a call.
cayimby.org/call-sb-79/
Call the Governor to sign SB 79!
Please call the Governor and urge him to sign SB 79!
cayimby.org
September 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Rumor is @governor.ca.gov is getting *tons* of pressure from rich donors to veto SB 79. If he caves, we'd be condemned to a permanent housing crisis — and lose 3-5 electoral votes in 2032.
Call and tell him you have his back. Our democracy is more important than rich people's views! 👇 #SB79
Call and tell him you have his back. Our democracy is more important than rich people's views! 👇 #SB79
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If California is going to continue leading the nation on climate, we need to legalize dense, sustainable housing near our high quality transit. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social please do the right thing and sign SB 79.
September 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
If California is going to continue leading the nation on climate, we need to legalize dense, sustainable housing near our high quality transit. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social please do the right thing and sign SB 79.
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[BILL ALERT] SB 79, which broadly legalizes more homes near high quality transit stops, has passed the Assembly floor! The bill now goes to the Senate for concurrence, then the Governor’s desk. cayimby.org/legislation/...
SB 79 (Wiener): Transit-Oriented Development and Upzoning
SB 79 will make it faster and easier to build multi-family housing near transit stops, like train and rapid bus lines, by making it legal for more homes to be built in these areas and streamlining exi...
cayimby.org
September 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
[BILL ALERT] SB 79, which broadly legalizes more homes near high quality transit stops, has passed the Assembly floor! The bill now goes to the Senate for concurrence, then the Governor’s desk. cayimby.org/legislation/...
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Best thing California could do to fight fascism is build more housing.
September 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Best thing California could do to fight fascism is build more housing.
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Every dot on this map is a parcel that has been redeveloped in the past 15 years.
Yellow is single-family*
Green is duplex
Red is apartment building
Notice something? In single-family zones, a massive number of homes have been torn down and replaced with mansions
Yellow is single-family*
Green is duplex
Red is apartment building
Notice something? In single-family zones, a massive number of homes have been torn down and replaced with mansions
August 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every dot on this map is a parcel that has been redeveloped in the past 15 years.
Yellow is single-family*
Green is duplex
Red is apartment building
Notice something? In single-family zones, a massive number of homes have been torn down and replaced with mansions
Yellow is single-family*
Green is duplex
Red is apartment building
Notice something? In single-family zones, a massive number of homes have been torn down and replaced with mansions
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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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It's 2018. The LA City Council is opposing SB827 because it overrides local control. Rent is $1,663
It's 2019. The LA City Council is opposing SB50 because it overrides local control. Rent is $1,791
It's 2025. The LA City Council is opposing SB79 because it overrides local control. Rent is $2,625
It's 2019. The LA City Council is opposing SB50 because it overrides local control. Rent is $1,791
It's 2025. The LA City Council is opposing SB79 because it overrides local control. Rent is $2,625
“Los Angeles leaders are once again demonstrating their cowardice and failing their own constituents who desperately need more housing—and they’re doing it at the behest of LA’s wealthiest, most entitled voters, who have consistently blocked progress on housing affordability.” - @hanlon.bsky.social
California YIMBY Statement on LA City Council Vote on SB 79
Los Angeles, CA — Today the Los Angeles City Council voted to oppose SB 79, a state bill designed to expand affordable housing near major transit stops. In doing so, councilmembers repeated discredite...
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August 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
It's 2018. The LA City Council is opposing SB827 because it overrides local control. Rent is $1,663
It's 2019. The LA City Council is opposing SB50 because it overrides local control. Rent is $1,791
It's 2025. The LA City Council is opposing SB79 because it overrides local control. Rent is $2,625
It's 2019. The LA City Council is opposing SB50 because it overrides local control. Rent is $1,791
It's 2025. The LA City Council is opposing SB79 because it overrides local control. Rent is $2,625
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San Franciscans: “But we can’t build more housing! We have to protect neighborhood character!”
The character:
The character:
August 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
San Franciscans: “But we can’t build more housing! We have to protect neighborhood character!”
The character:
The character:
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Amazing exchange between North Americans on a Vienna junket and Viennese housers.
August 18, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Amazing exchange between North Americans on a Vienna junket and Viennese housers.
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“86% of LA respondents support building apartments in one or more of a [wide range] of areas. That number isn’t a typo. This level of agreement is unheard of in politics and should be enough of a reason to build more housing immediately.“ — @zacharyst.bsky.social escholarship.org/content/qt4m...
August 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
“86% of LA respondents support building apartments in one or more of a [wide range] of areas. That number isn’t a typo. This level of agreement is unheard of in politics and should be enough of a reason to build more housing immediately.“ — @zacharyst.bsky.social escholarship.org/content/qt4m...
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Amazing example of gentrification without redevelopment.
This 6BR duplex, built in 1909 last sold for $90k in 1995 ($192k in today's dollars), got a gut rehab, and is now listed for $1.7M!
That's 9x the last sale price for the same house, but now with nicer amenities!
This 6BR duplex, built in 1909 last sold for $90k in 1995 ($192k in today's dollars), got a gut rehab, and is now listed for $1.7M!
That's 9x the last sale price for the same house, but now with nicer amenities!
August 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Amazing example of gentrification without redevelopment.
This 6BR duplex, built in 1909 last sold for $90k in 1995 ($192k in today's dollars), got a gut rehab, and is now listed for $1.7M!
That's 9x the last sale price for the same house, but now with nicer amenities!
This 6BR duplex, built in 1909 last sold for $90k in 1995 ($192k in today's dollars), got a gut rehab, and is now listed for $1.7M!
That's 9x the last sale price for the same house, but now with nicer amenities!
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Great report by Valerie Wilke, @edmendoza.bsky.social, and @muhammadspeaks.bsky.social on the double duplex, an LA typology that is bringing back the SRO through a series of code hacks www.mercatus.org/research/pol...
The Double Duplex: One Response to Los Angeles’s Overcrowding Crisis
Introduction Even before the January 2025 fires, Los Angeles (LA) was suffering from an acute housing shortage, which resulted in high housing costs and overcrowding.[1] According to 2023 census data...
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August 1, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Great report by Valerie Wilke, @edmendoza.bsky.social, and @muhammadspeaks.bsky.social on the double duplex, an LA typology that is bringing back the SRO through a series of code hacks www.mercatus.org/research/pol...
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I wrote about LA’s 23-bedroom apartments, which are legal, profitable, and spreading like crazy slate.com/business/202...
The Double Duplex Is Weird, Overstuffed, and Exactly What L.A. Needs Right Now
City officials tried to rein in McMansions. They got these Frankenstein apartments instead.
slate.com
July 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I wrote about LA’s 23-bedroom apartments, which are legal, profitable, and spreading like crazy slate.com/business/202...
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This has been a really significant year for state-level housing policy - over 100 bills preempting local zoning authority enacted just since January! I wrote about some highlights, plus a huge table of all of them, here, including:
-California
-Texas
-Montana and Washington, again
-parking reform!
-California
-Texas
-Montana and Washington, again
-parking reform!
Framing Futures: Pro-Housing Legislation Goes Vertical in 2025
With no relief from high home prices and rents, more and more state legislators are interested in pursuing housing reform. As a result, state legislatures set new records for the number and strength o...
www.mercatus.org
July 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This has been a really significant year for state-level housing policy - over 100 bills preempting local zoning authority enacted just since January! I wrote about some highlights, plus a huge table of all of them, here, including:
-California
-Texas
-Montana and Washington, again
-parking reform!
-California
-Texas
-Montana and Washington, again
-parking reform!