Upzone the coastal elites
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Patent attorney, astrophysicist, & Stack-and-Packist 🏙️🥑🔋⛷️. Ready to help enforce state housing law.
Yeah, most usage isn't road trips, lugging a battery around town for no reason isn't great, and bladders are probably going to drive stops anyway.
November 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Yeah, most usage isn't road trips, lugging a battery around town for no reason isn't great, and bladders are probably going to drive stops anyway.
Probably right, but that's the irrationality of the car buying public. That level of range isn't particularly useful.
November 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Probably right, but that's the irrationality of the car buying public. That level of range isn't particularly useful.
And we need state law to just ban gutter paint lanes. No claiming those in your mobility maps. No grants.
November 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
And we need state law to just ban gutter paint lanes. No claiming those in your mobility maps. No grants.
If there's no bikeway grade separated or protected with hard barriers (I guess parked cars count), then it should be legal to ride on the sidewalk.
November 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
If there's no bikeway grade separated or protected with hard barriers (I guess parked cars count), then it should be legal to ride on the sidewalk.
Funded IZ can be justified by the economic integration it creates, although I'm curious how large the extra administrative costs are for such dispersion.
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Funded IZ can be justified by the economic integration it creates, although I'm curious how large the extra administrative costs are for such dispersion.
Why is it ok to capture value only from parcels that actually get redeveloped and not those that sit un/under improved?
November 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Why is it ok to capture value only from parcels that actually get redeveloped and not those that sit un/under improved?
No, I don't think a fully libertarian system will fully solve housing. The lowest income residents cannot pay for the construction costs and will need help.
But removing zoning limits would massively help, and reduce the number of people who need said assistance.
But removing zoning limits would massively help, and reduce the number of people who need said assistance.
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
No, I don't think a fully libertarian system will fully solve housing. The lowest income residents cannot pay for the construction costs and will need help.
But removing zoning limits would massively help, and reduce the number of people who need said assistance.
But removing zoning limits would massively help, and reduce the number of people who need said assistance.
"they just write it off."
(Writeoffs require LOSSES)
(Writeoffs require LOSSES)
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"they just write it off."
(Writeoffs require LOSSES)
(Writeoffs require LOSSES)
The problematic rich people and investments are single family homeowners blocking growth.
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The problematic rich people and investments are single family homeowners blocking growth.
"normal supply and demand forces" is not a reasonable way to describe the system of local zoning that prevents new supply from being built
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"normal supply and demand forces" is not a reasonable way to describe the system of local zoning that prevents new supply from being built
$180k+ per parking space.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
$180k+ per parking space.
Followup, while he thinks people should go all out in protesting the city council's pro-housing stance, he's also unwilling to come early.
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Followup, while he thinks people should go all out in protesting the city council's pro-housing stance, he's also unwilling to come early.
Just fyi, that leftsteak redditor comes off as a troll.
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Just fyi, that leftsteak redditor comes off as a troll.
Ahh yes, the totally legitimate use of police powers. Making sure there's two parking spaces for an ADU, and that they're not, gasp, uncovered.
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Ahh yes, the totally legitimate use of police powers. Making sure there's two parking spaces for an ADU, and that they're not, gasp, uncovered.
even at lower values, the discounts that IZ mandates are swamped by the higher rents it induces. Even when it's a small tax, it's an extremely inefficient tax. Most of the market distortions enrich existing landlords/harm tenants, with very little flow to the subsidized homes.
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
even at lower values, the discounts that IZ mandates are swamped by the higher rents it induces. Even when it's a small tax, it's an extremely inefficient tax. Most of the market distortions enrich existing landlords/harm tenants, with very little flow to the subsidized homes.
We can barely get HCD to enforce the law, ST is naive when they think working with cities would be enough.
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
We can barely get HCD to enforce the law, ST is naive when they think working with cities would be enough.
yeah, IZ is a giant tax on housing.
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
yeah, IZ is a giant tax on housing.
Taxpayer subsidized low income housing >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> taxpayer subsidized stadiums
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Taxpayer subsidized low income housing >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> taxpayer subsidized stadiums
And then asking, if 5-10% is what's reasonable not to massively choke off growth, why can't we find general tax funding for that small fraction?
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
And then asking, if 5-10% is what's reasonable not to massively choke off growth, why can't we find general tax funding for that small fraction?