Building officials & plan checkers, come ask Assemblymember Ward about AB 253, which adds a shot clock on certain residential building permits &, if the clock expires, lets applicants hire a private plan checker
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October 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Building officials & plan checkers, come ask Assemblymember Ward about AB 253, which adds a shot clock on certain residential building permits &, if the clock expires, lets applicants hire a private plan checker
Webinar is on Wed Oct 29th at 11 am. Sponsored by Planweave zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Reposted by Salim
Check out this new app & explainer for how to write an upzoning law anchored to physical scale of existing buildings in the neighborhood.
❗️If you like new ways to upzone, this thread is for you ⤵️
Motivated by an old @cselmendorf.bsky.social tweet, I worked with a fellow sfyimby lead @alexshadley.bsky.social, to explore contextual upzoning, pictured below in a nutshell. Full write-up here: alexshadley.substack.com/p/ef779f2a-c...
Motivated by an old @cselmendorf.bsky.social tweet, I worked with a fellow sfyimby lead @alexshadley.bsky.social, to explore contextual upzoning, pictured below in a nutshell. Full write-up here: alexshadley.substack.com/p/ef779f2a-c...
February 16, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Check out this new app & explainer for how to write an upzoning law anchored to physical scale of existing buildings in the neighborhood.
Reposted by Salim
Very cool way to go about this! I spoke w Scott Wiener about « rolling upzoning » several years ago but Contextual Upzoning is a much better name for it!
❗️If you like new ways to upzone, this thread is for you ⤵️
Motivated by an old @cselmendorf.bsky.social tweet, I worked with a fellow sfyimby lead @alexshadley.bsky.social, to explore contextual upzoning, pictured below in a nutshell. Full write-up here: alexshadley.substack.com/p/ef779f2a-c...
Motivated by an old @cselmendorf.bsky.social tweet, I worked with a fellow sfyimby lead @alexshadley.bsky.social, to explore contextual upzoning, pictured below in a nutshell. Full write-up here: alexshadley.substack.com/p/ef779f2a-c...
February 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Very cool way to go about this! I spoke w Scott Wiener about « rolling upzoning » several years ago but Contextual Upzoning is a much better name for it!
❗️If you like new ways to upzone, this thread is for you ⤵️
Motivated by an old @cselmendorf.bsky.social tweet, I worked with a fellow sfyimby lead @alexshadley.bsky.social, to explore contextual upzoning, pictured below in a nutshell. Full write-up here: alexshadley.substack.com/p/ef779f2a-c...
Motivated by an old @cselmendorf.bsky.social tweet, I worked with a fellow sfyimby lead @alexshadley.bsky.social, to explore contextual upzoning, pictured below in a nutshell. Full write-up here: alexshadley.substack.com/p/ef779f2a-c...
February 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
❗️If you like new ways to upzone, this thread is for you ⤵️
Motivated by an old @cselmendorf.bsky.social tweet, I worked with a fellow sfyimby lead @alexshadley.bsky.social, to explore contextual upzoning, pictured below in a nutshell. Full write-up here: alexshadley.substack.com/p/ef779f2a-c...
Motivated by an old @cselmendorf.bsky.social tweet, I worked with a fellow sfyimby lead @alexshadley.bsky.social, to explore contextual upzoning, pictured below in a nutshell. Full write-up here: alexshadley.substack.com/p/ef779f2a-c...