Sam Alcorn
@samalcorn.bsky.social
Housing abundance. Urbanism. Zoning abolitionist. Accessibility Compliance expert. YIMBY. Located in Tovaangar. #OverturnEuclid
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Most other developed countries — even common law ones like Canada — have figured out that consumer litigation is not the correct remedy for 95% of buyers and that 3rd party warranties and MFH performance standards are superior.
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
A birdie on my shoulder told me about this great shop on Etsy that sells T-shirts you might like. If this color isn’t to your liking, they’re available in many different colors.
November 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A birdie on my shoulder told me about this great shop on Etsy that sells T-shirts you might like. If this color isn’t to your liking, they’re available in many different colors.
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FBI says criminals are posing as masked ICE agents. Who except for everyone could have predicted this?
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
FBI says criminals are posing as masked ICE agents. Who except for everyone could have predicted this?
@uclalewiscenter.bsky.social is killing it with their Incentives series. This latest episode is really worth a listen:
www.lewis.ucla.edu/2025/11/05/1...
www.lewis.ucla.edu/2025/11/05/1...
Episode 101: Beyond Zoning with John Zeanah and Andre D. Jones (Incentives Series pt. 4)
Your city just legalized “missing middle” housing in its zoning code — now what? Looking at Memphis, Tennessee, we discuss the hidden non-zoning barriers to developing small apartment buildings.
www.lewis.ucla.edu
November 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
@uclalewiscenter.bsky.social is killing it with their Incentives series. This latest episode is really worth a listen:
www.lewis.ucla.edu/2025/11/05/1...
www.lewis.ucla.edu/2025/11/05/1...
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The average impact fee on a multifamily unit in California is $21,703, nearly triple the national average of $8,034. cayimby.org/reports/the-...
The Impact of Fees: Rethinking Local Revenues for More Multifamily Housing - California YIMBY
Dive into in-depth research reports commissioned by the California YIMBY Education Fund on on housing policy, advocacy, and legislation.
cayimby.org
November 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The average impact fee on a multifamily unit in California is $21,703, nearly triple the national average of $8,034. cayimby.org/reports/the-...
Never seen this train so crowded.
November 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Never seen this train so crowded.
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How do Halloween streets emerge without a Halloween Street Zoning Overlay to tell people what to do?
November 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
How do Halloween streets emerge without a Halloween Street Zoning Overlay to tell people what to do?
2 questions for @cselmendorf.bsky.social:
1) What’s you opinion on whether DBL be combined with the SHRA? Holland and Knight note that it’s unclear. It’s not prohibited by the text of the law, but then again, it’s not explicitly noted they can be combined in the law, as it is for so many others.
1) What’s you opinion on whether DBL be combined with the SHRA? Holland and Knight note that it’s unclear. It’s not prohibited by the text of the law, but then again, it’s not explicitly noted they can be combined in the law, as it is for so many others.
October 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
2 questions for @cselmendorf.bsky.social:
1) What’s you opinion on whether DBL be combined with the SHRA? Holland and Knight note that it’s unclear. It’s not prohibited by the text of the law, but then again, it’s not explicitly noted they can be combined in the law, as it is for so many others.
1) What’s you opinion on whether DBL be combined with the SHRA? Holland and Knight note that it’s unclear. It’s not prohibited by the text of the law, but then again, it’s not explicitly noted they can be combined in the law, as it is for so many others.
The “residential” building code exists in the first place for very bad reasons. Don’t ever forget that. Lawrence Veiller, addressing the NAHB in 1913:
October 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The “residential” building code exists in the first place for very bad reasons. Don’t ever forget that. Lawrence Veiller, addressing the NAHB in 1913:
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'instead of destroying poverty, it was considered cheaper and more efficient to destroy the poor'
is a line that has stuck with me for years.
from ayass's 'vagrants and beggars in hitler's reich'
kobra.uni-kassel.de/server/api/c...
is a line that has stuck with me for years.
from ayass's 'vagrants and beggars in hitler's reich'
kobra.uni-kassel.de/server/api/c...
October 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
'instead of destroying poverty, it was considered cheaper and more efficient to destroy the poor'
is a line that has stuck with me for years.
from ayass's 'vagrants and beggars in hitler's reich'
kobra.uni-kassel.de/server/api/c...
is a line that has stuck with me for years.
from ayass's 'vagrants and beggars in hitler's reich'
kobra.uni-kassel.de/server/api/c...
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To borrow from Wittgenstein, trying to use all these zoning classifications to achieve good urban form is like trying to repair a spiderweb with your fingers.
October 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
To borrow from Wittgenstein, trying to use all these zoning classifications to achieve good urban form is like trying to repair a spiderweb with your fingers.
If you haven’t returned your ballot yet with a “yes” on Prop 50, do it now! I never thought I’d say this, as I hate the idea of Gerrymandering so much, and was proud to vote for California’s independent redistricting commission 17 years ago, but as long as it’s temporary, crack and pack that shit!
October 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
If you haven’t returned your ballot yet with a “yes” on Prop 50, do it now! I never thought I’d say this, as I hate the idea of Gerrymandering so much, and was proud to vote for California’s independent redistricting commission 17 years ago, but as long as it’s temporary, crack and pack that shit!
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Californians keep pushing!!! CA get your ballots in NOW for YES ON PROP 50! Drop your ballot off in a drop box or at an in person voting location! Find the closest drop box or in person location here: caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov. Prop 50 is temporary & levels the playing field! VOTE YES to stop Trump!
October 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Californians keep pushing!!! CA get your ballots in NOW for YES ON PROP 50! Drop your ballot off in a drop box or at an in person voting location! Find the closest drop box or in person location here: caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov. Prop 50 is temporary & levels the playing field! VOTE YES to stop Trump!
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other affordability hack: no on site parking
i'll keep saying it til i'm blue in the face
the way to address the affordability crisis and get more housing diversity - with better and more family sized homes - requires single stair & elevator reform.
who's going to lead?
bsky.app/profile/holz...
i'll keep saying it til i'm blue in the face
the way to address the affordability crisis and get more housing diversity - with better and more family sized homes - requires single stair & elevator reform.
who's going to lead?
bsky.app/profile/holz...
i know politicians don't want to hear it - but if you actually want more family sized homes, the answer isn't increased FAR - it's legalizing taller point access blocks, and not limiting the number of instances per lot.
www.archdaily.com/1034936/50-s...
www.archdaily.com/1034936/50-s...
50 Social Housing Units – DE PEUS A TERRA i el cap pels núvols / Miel Arquitectos + MARMOLBRAVO + MADhel
Completed in 2025 in Barcelona, Spain. Images by Jose Hevia. DE PEUS A TERRA (i el cap pels núvols) is a building with 50 social housing units in the Bon Pastor neighborhood of Barcelona, where common...
www.archdaily.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
other affordability hack: no on site parking
i'll keep saying it til i'm blue in the face
the way to address the affordability crisis and get more housing diversity - with better and more family sized homes - requires single stair & elevator reform.
who's going to lead?
bsky.app/profile/holz...
i'll keep saying it til i'm blue in the face
the way to address the affordability crisis and get more housing diversity - with better and more family sized homes - requires single stair & elevator reform.
who's going to lead?
bsky.app/profile/holz...
Watching “My Dinner with André” right now. I don’t know how I’ve never seen it before, having been a theater major in college in the northeast and so on.
October 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Watching “My Dinner with André” right now. I don’t know how I’ve never seen it before, having been a theater major in college in the northeast and so on.
Calling taxes on building housing “inclusionary” is straight-up Orwellian Double-Speak. The effects are demonstrable enhancement of exclusion, by increasing costs for everyone, especially those least able to pay for it. Always have been, always will be. This has been realized for at least 50 years.
October 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Calling taxes on building housing “inclusionary” is straight-up Orwellian Double-Speak. The effects are demonstrable enhancement of exclusion, by increasing costs for everyone, especially those least able to pay for it. Always have been, always will be. This has been realized for at least 50 years.
New shirt: MAGA = RINO
Remember when right-wing candidates used to disparage their opponents by claiming they were Republicans In Name Only? I don’t know how anyone can think the MAGA Party has any relation to the party of Lincoln besides its name.
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Remember when right-wing candidates used to disparage their opponents by claiming they were Republicans In Name Only? I don’t know how anyone can think the MAGA Party has any relation to the party of Lincoln besides its name.
voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4392...
October 25, 2025 at 6:33 AM
New shirt: MAGA = RINO
Remember when right-wing candidates used to disparage their opponents by claiming they were Republicans In Name Only? I don’t know how anyone can think the MAGA Party has any relation to the party of Lincoln besides its name.
voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4392...
Remember when right-wing candidates used to disparage their opponents by claiming they were Republicans In Name Only? I don’t know how anyone can think the MAGA Party has any relation to the party of Lincoln besides its name.
voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4392...
@stephenjacobsmith.com, I wonder if you’ve read this book from 1982. Chapter 3 might be especially interesting to you:
archive.org/details/reso...
archive.org/details/reso...
October 25, 2025 at 2:31 AM
@stephenjacobsmith.com, I wonder if you’ve read this book from 1982. Chapter 3 might be especially interesting to you:
archive.org/details/reso...
archive.org/details/reso...
If you haven’t returned your ballot yet, do so now! I never thought I would say this, as I can’t stand the idea of Gerrymandering, but as long as it’s temporary, crack and pack that shit!
October 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
If you haven’t returned your ballot yet, do so now! I never thought I would say this, as I can’t stand the idea of Gerrymandering, but as long as it’s temporary, crack and pack that shit!
Legislators, judges, city councilors, et al: please read this in full. It was written in 1981, and if all the dollar amounts were adjusted for inflation and a few other changes, it reads like it could have been written yesterday.
openyls.law.yale.edu/server/api/c...
openyls.law.yale.edu/server/api/c...
openyls.law.yale.edu
October 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Legislators, judges, city councilors, et al: please read this in full. It was written in 1981, and if all the dollar amounts were adjusted for inflation and a few other changes, it reads like it could have been written yesterday.
openyls.law.yale.edu/server/api/c...
openyls.law.yale.edu/server/api/c...
