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California YIMBY
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California YIMBY is a statewide advocacy organization working to pass legislation to end California's housing shortage by empowering and growing the YIMBY movement. Learn more at https://cayimby.org.
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Read the report: cityofpaloalto.primegov.com/viewer/previ...
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October 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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For the record, we are not sponsoring all the bills in the fast track housing package. We just host the website.
October 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Second, single stair midrise buildings are just as safe as other types of housing. www.pew.org/en/research-...
Close examination by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Center for Building in North America finds no evidence of safety risks for single-stairway buildings with sprinklers. From 2012 to 2024, fire death rates in modern single-stairway four-to-six-story apartment buildings in New York City were no different from those in other residential buildings; not one death in which the exit (or lack of a second exit) played a role was recorded in a modern four-to-six-story single-stair building in Seattle or New York City during that same 12-year period. Research from the Netherlands-where single-stairway buildings taller than three stories are common-also confirms that these buildings are safe.
October 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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First, if you’re worried about fires, modern apartment buildings are dramatically safer than any other type of housing. www.pew.org/en/research-...
Modern Multifamily Buildings Provide the Most Fire Protection
A large body of research has demonstrated that apartment buildings and other types of multifamily housing can provide many benefits to a community, especially when built in high-demand areas where hou...
www.pew.org
October 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM