Ed Mendoza
@edmendoza.bsky.social
Senior Research Associate at @cayimby.bsky.social
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in q&a, the kelsey's allie cannington mentions they are excited about single stair and elevator reform - and mention how it can help get elevators into smaller projects.
wow.
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thekelsey.org/learn-center...
wow.
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thekelsey.org/learn-center...
Single-Stair Reform and People with Disabilities - The Kelsey
Single-stair reform can increase housing supply, reduce construction costs, and improve accessibility for people with disabilities. Learn why cities across the U.S. are adopting this approach to creat...
thekelsey.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
in q&a, the kelsey's allie cannington mentions they are excited about single stair and elevator reform - and mention how it can help get elevators into smaller projects.
wow.
cc @edmendoza.bsky.social @stephenjacobsmith.com @markasaurus.bsky.social
thekelsey.org/learn-center...
wow.
cc @edmendoza.bsky.social @stephenjacobsmith.com @markasaurus.bsky.social
thekelsey.org/learn-center...
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our solar costs are significantly higher
our infrastructure costs are significantly higher
our elevator costs are significantly higher
our healthcare costs are significantly higher
our housing costs are significantly higher (for far lower quality)
i wonder if we'll ever address this
our infrastructure costs are significantly higher
our elevator costs are significantly higher
our healthcare costs are significantly higher
our housing costs are significantly higher (for far lower quality)
i wonder if we'll ever address this
The US suffers from unnecessarily high "soft costs" that render rooftop solar 3-5X more expensive than in comparable economies. Here's a report on how much money US consumers could save if those costs were brought down:
permitpower.org
October 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
our solar costs are significantly higher
our infrastructure costs are significantly higher
our elevator costs are significantly higher
our healthcare costs are significantly higher
our housing costs are significantly higher (for far lower quality)
i wonder if we'll ever address this
our infrastructure costs are significantly higher
our elevator costs are significantly higher
our healthcare costs are significantly higher
our housing costs are significantly higher (for far lower quality)
i wonder if we'll ever address this
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
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the 3-bedroom apartments in this 46-home project w/ a kindergarten and 5 commercial spaces rent for $2,200
in zuerich
no windowless bedrooms. dual aspect - can cross ventilate, daylight on multiple sides. kitchen separated from living. balconies. shading.
www.nimbusarch.ch/portfolio/ne...
in zuerich
no windowless bedrooms. dual aspect - can cross ventilate, daylight on multiple sides. kitchen separated from living. balconies. shading.
www.nimbusarch.ch/portfolio/ne...
October 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
the 3-bedroom apartments in this 46-home project w/ a kindergarten and 5 commercial spaces rent for $2,200
in zuerich
no windowless bedrooms. dual aspect - can cross ventilate, daylight on multiple sides. kitchen separated from living. balconies. shading.
www.nimbusarch.ch/portfolio/ne...
in zuerich
no windowless bedrooms. dual aspect - can cross ventilate, daylight on multiple sides. kitchen separated from living. balconies. shading.
www.nimbusarch.ch/portfolio/ne...
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Pew finds something that everybody in codes and standards knows but few will say out loud: we apply far stricter fire safety standards to apartments than to houses. www.pew.org/en/research-...
October 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Pew finds something that everybody in codes and standards knows but few will say out loud: we apply far stricter fire safety standards to apartments than to houses. www.pew.org/en/research-...
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The wait is FINALLY over!
Our new book “Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation” is NOW AVAILABLE worldwide through RIBA Publishing wherever fine books are sold.
From Paris to Bogota, from Manila to Montreal—when women lead, cities thrive: www.modacitylife.com/women-changi...
Our new book “Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation” is NOW AVAILABLE worldwide through RIBA Publishing wherever fine books are sold.
From Paris to Bogota, from Manila to Montreal—when women lead, cities thrive: www.modacitylife.com/women-changi...
October 1, 2025 at 6:18 AM
The wait is FINALLY over!
Our new book “Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation” is NOW AVAILABLE worldwide through RIBA Publishing wherever fine books are sold.
From Paris to Bogota, from Manila to Montreal—when women lead, cities thrive: www.modacitylife.com/women-changi...
Our new book “Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation” is NOW AVAILABLE worldwide through RIBA Publishing wherever fine books are sold.
From Paris to Bogota, from Manila to Montreal—when women lead, cities thrive: www.modacitylife.com/women-changi...
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I was shocked when I heard Scott Wiener say LA City Council's divided SB 79 vote helped convince state reps to vote yes on the bill. So I mapped it - sure looks like he's telling the truth! The only state reps from LA who voted for SB 79 overlap with city councilmembers who supported the bill. A 🧵:
Oops! City Council helped pass SB 79
...and in the process showed both our ugly segregationist past and our promising prohousing future.
futureis.la
September 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I was shocked when I heard Scott Wiener say LA City Council's divided SB 79 vote helped convince state reps to vote yes on the bill. So I mapped it - sure looks like he's telling the truth! The only state reps from LA who voted for SB 79 overlap with city councilmembers who supported the bill. A 🧵:
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The world is divided between supply skeptics who believe high hard costs are an intractable problem and those that have looked at US codes and buildings in other developed countries.
U.S. regulators worried about safety require larger elevator cars than in Europe. But these rules reduce the number of elevators, exacerbating sprawl and the accompanying dangers.
Learn more in ep. 2 of our Incentives Series with @stephenjacobsmith.com!
www.lewis.ucla.edu/2025/09/24/9...
Learn more in ep. 2 of our Incentives Series with @stephenjacobsmith.com!
www.lewis.ucla.edu/2025/09/24/9...
September 25, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The world is divided between supply skeptics who believe high hard costs are an intractable problem and those that have looked at US codes and buildings in other developed countries.
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SB 79 now stands as the largest pro-housing land-use legislation in this nation’s modern history.
September 13, 2025 at 4:18 AM
SB 79 now stands as the largest pro-housing land-use legislation in this nation’s modern history.
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A uni in Aus did a study that showed that over 50% of drivers see ‘cyclists’ as less than human.
We use ‘people on bikes’ to try and help humanise them. There’s a fair way to go!
www.monash.edu/news/article...
We use ‘people on bikes’ to try and help humanise them. There’s a fair way to go!
www.monash.edu/news/article...
Face off - Cyclists not human enough for drivers: study
A new study by Monash University and QUT has found that more than half of car drivers think cyclists are not completely human.
www.monash.edu
November 22, 2024 at 10:57 AM
A uni in Aus did a study that showed that over 50% of drivers see ‘cyclists’ as less than human.
We use ‘people on bikes’ to try and help humanise them. There’s a fair way to go!
www.monash.edu/news/article...
We use ‘people on bikes’ to try and help humanise them. There’s a fair way to go!
www.monash.edu/news/article...
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The coalition behind Measure ULA just released a report attacking UCLA research on the tax. They’re claiming it “debunks” the research. It doesn’t even come close.
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September 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The coalition behind Measure ULA just released a report attacking UCLA research on the tax. They’re claiming it “debunks” the research. It doesn’t even come close.
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'more homes were purchased last year by the Silent Generation (aged 79 to 99) than by Gen Z'
also i hate that the rent image is an apartment - when the 'buy' image could be too.
www.newsweek.com/gen-z-rentin...
also i hate that the rent image is an apartment - when the 'buy' image could be too.
www.newsweek.com/gen-z-rentin...
Gen Z is renting, not buying—Here's what it means for the country's future
Gen Z is reshaping the American dream, as they increasingly look at renting as a smarter financial option than buying a home.
www.newsweek.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
'more homes were purchased last year by the Silent Generation (aged 79 to 99) than by Gen Z'
also i hate that the rent image is an apartment - when the 'buy' image could be too.
www.newsweek.com/gen-z-rentin...
also i hate that the rent image is an apartment - when the 'buy' image could be too.
www.newsweek.com/gen-z-rentin...
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Not building housing screws young people, pushes them out & tanks future economic success. We need to make it easier & faster to build the homes we need for a bright future. Our current vetocracy need to change & we’re working to change it.
September 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Not building housing screws young people, pushes them out & tanks future economic success. We need to make it easier & faster to build the homes we need for a bright future. Our current vetocracy need to change & we’re working to change it.
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Jon Lovett’s face when LA City Councilmember Imelda Padilla said she forced an affordable housing project to go down from six stories to three stories and add in EV charging spaces
August 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Jon Lovett’s face when LA City Councilmember Imelda Padilla said she forced an affordable housing project to go down from six stories to three stories and add in EV charging spaces
Riding the K line is so upsetting, why do we have to wait AT EVERY SINGLE INTERSECTION LIGHT - this is a brand new line that is supposed to connect LAX to the rest of the city!!!!
August 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Riding the K line is so upsetting, why do we have to wait AT EVERY SINGLE INTERSECTION LIGHT - this is a brand new line that is supposed to connect LAX to the rest of the city!!!!
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Why do we need a lot more protected bike-lanes in cities? Because biking in protected #bikelanes poses just 1/10th the risk of biking on major streets with parking. Via @momentummag.bsky.social. Plus they mean a LOT more people choosing biking, which has all sorts of health and cost saving benefits.
August 25, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Why do we need a lot more protected bike-lanes in cities? Because biking in protected #bikelanes poses just 1/10th the risk of biking on major streets with parking. Via @momentummag.bsky.social. Plus they mean a LOT more people choosing biking, which has all sorts of health and cost saving benefits.
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Paving over a memorial for a hate crime mass shooting that killed 50 people is some vile, low shit
August 22, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Paving over a memorial for a hate crime mass shooting that killed 50 people is some vile, low shit
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Reasonable people can disagree on policy. But in virtually every conversation I have with legislators, staff, and lobbyists, I find folks are operating on misinformation spread by bill opponents. Learn the facts about SB 79, key to ending the California housing crisis: cayimby.org/sb-79-explai...
SB 79 Explained: More Homes Near Transit
Why Californians Need SB 79: California’s housing affordability crisis is the result of its severe housing shortage. The state needs to plan for 2.5 million new homes by 2030, but is currently far off...
cayimby.org
August 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Reasonable people can disagree on policy. But in virtually every conversation I have with legislators, staff, and lobbyists, I find folks are operating on misinformation spread by bill opponents. Learn the facts about SB 79, key to ending the California housing crisis: cayimby.org/sb-79-explai...
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LA city government remains one big HOA, more concerned with protecting wealthy elites from apartments than solving homelessness, overcrowding, and rent burden. Glad to (mostly) see socialists in office vote against the city's opposition to SB 79 and support apartments near transit.
August 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
LA city government remains one big HOA, more concerned with protecting wealthy elites from apartments than solving homelessness, overcrowding, and rent burden. Glad to (mostly) see socialists in office vote against the city's opposition to SB 79 and support apartments near transit.
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Love this piece by @edmendoza.bsky.social, @muhammadspeaks.bsky.social, and Valerie Wilke on LA's double duplex, which is bringing back a "reserve your bed now" option for city living: 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...
www.mercatus.org
August 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Love this piece by @edmendoza.bsky.social, @muhammadspeaks.bsky.social, and Valerie Wilke on LA's double duplex, which is bringing back a "reserve your bed now" option for city living: www.mercatus.org/research/pol...
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we are going to build so many passivhaus + single stair homes
August 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
we are going to build so many passivhaus + single stair homes
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Los Angeles' insane zoning code accidentally produced the modern SRO.
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 9:41 PM
Los Angeles' insane zoning code accidentally produced the modern SRO.
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Double duplexes are a super popular and weird kind of LA housing that you’ve probably never heard of. Originally built as co-living buildings for USC students, they are now getting snapped up by homeless service agencies to give unhoused people a home. Guess who hates them? LA politicians!
The new missing middle
Developers accidentally discovered a solution for homelessness. Will the city kill it?
futureis.la
August 1, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Double duplexes are a super popular and weird kind of LA housing that you’ve probably never heard of. Originally built as co-living buildings for USC students, they are now getting snapped up by homeless service agencies to give unhoused people a home. Guess who hates them? LA politicians!
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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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@edmendoza.bsky.social is running a national single-stair competition, and I’m one of the judges! The deadline’s been extended to Aug. 31, more info here: www.singlestair.com
2025 National Single Stair Architectural Design Competition
www.singlestair.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
@edmendoza.bsky.social is running a national single-stair competition, and I’m one of the judges! The deadline’s been extended to Aug. 31, more info here: www.singlestair.com