David Shere
@davidshere.net
Berkeley Yimby Jew Dad
On the Housing Advisory Commission trying to make more and better affordable housing.
Berkeley Civic Library: https://www.civic-library.com
Blog: https://davidshere.github.io
On the Housing Advisory Commission trying to make more and better affordable housing.
Berkeley Civic Library: https://www.civic-library.com
Blog: https://davidshere.github.io
Great article about the state of things, but I just cannot get over the San Diego erasure on display here.
Come on, people! It’s the actual second biggest city in the state!
Come on, people! It’s the actual second biggest city in the state!
November 27, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Great article about the state of things, but I just cannot get over the San Diego erasure on display here.
Come on, people! It’s the actual second biggest city in the state!
Come on, people! It’s the actual second biggest city in the state!
I will never get used to people saying this, and with their real names! @nextdoorsv.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I will never get used to people saying this, and with their real names! @nextdoorsv.bsky.social
And this here is the most Berkeley thing ever - the important thing about new apartments is how they look to me, homeowner who has to look at it but will never live inside of it.
November 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
And this here is the most Berkeley thing ever - the important thing about new apartments is how they look to me, homeowner who has to look at it but will never live inside of it.
If you are the wrong kind of tenant - the kind that can pay market rents - you do not matter, do not exist, and letting people build housing for you to live in actively makes the world a worse place.
That's what "nobody can afford these prices" means - if you can afford it, you are nobody.
That's what "nobody can afford these prices" means - if you can afford it, you are nobody.
November 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If you are the wrong kind of tenant - the kind that can pay market rents - you do not matter, do not exist, and letting people build housing for you to live in actively makes the world a worse place.
That's what "nobody can afford these prices" means - if you can afford it, you are nobody.
That's what "nobody can afford these prices" means - if you can afford it, you are nobody.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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One more soul sacrificed at the altar of the emergency access and evacuation network
November 16, 2025 at 3:52 AM
One more soul sacrificed at the altar of the emergency access and evacuation network
This is the funniest shit I have ever seen in my life
November 9, 2025 at 3:24 AM
This is the funniest shit I have ever seen in my life
At the Corridor Zoning worksession, seeing a lot of folks who won't be able to make this observation
November 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
At the Corridor Zoning worksession, seeing a lot of folks who won't be able to make this observation
I absolutely love the @berkeleyscanner.com, we are beyond lucky to have that kind of knowledgable, detailed reporting on public safety in our community. Most places don't have that.
But man that comment section...there are some wild things that happen in that comment section...
But man that comment section...there are some wild things that happen in that comment section...
October 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I absolutely love the @berkeleyscanner.com, we are beyond lucky to have that kind of knowledgable, detailed reporting on public safety in our community. Most places don't have that.
But man that comment section...there are some wild things that happen in that comment section...
But man that comment section...there are some wild things that happen in that comment section...
4 year old saw a version of this meme so I had to explain it to her, so I made up an example she could relate to, and it was, to put it mildly, a hit and so now you all get to share in it too
October 14, 2025 at 3:45 AM
4 year old saw a version of this meme so I had to explain it to her, so I made up an example she could relate to, and it was, to put it mildly, a hit and so now you all get to share in it too
this is why you READ THEORY
September 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
this is why you READ THEORY
I'm confused though, I thought they were going to be making a recommendation on corridor zoning
September 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I'm confused though, I thought they were going to be making a recommendation on corridor zoning
This is neat stuff coming up!
September 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This is neat stuff coming up!
Reading through the correspondence for last night's planning commission meeting, there's some good stuff.
Jury's out on this one, frankly.
Jury's out on this one, frankly.
September 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Reading through the correspondence for last night's planning commission meeting, there's some good stuff.
Jury's out on this one, frankly.
Jury's out on this one, frankly.
Apropos of nothing, the entire length of golden park, stretching from the park about a half mile into sunset, is about to have allow 9 story buildings (with density bonus). Pretty cool.
September 17, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Apropos of nothing, the entire length of golden park, stretching from the park about a half mile into sunset, is about to have allow 9 story buildings (with density bonus). Pretty cool.
Why ON EARTH is the vast majority of policy research presented in this and only this format?? It is 2025! What is wrong with people!
August 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Why ON EARTH is the vast majority of policy research presented in this and only this format?? It is 2025! What is wrong with people!
Well would you look at that
July 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Well would you look at that
Gannett is sitting right there!
It’s a public company, worth a half a billion. A rich person or group of rich people could just buy it and then you own papers in all of these places.
It’s a public company, worth a half a billion. A rich person or group of rich people could just buy it and then you own papers in all of these places.
July 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Gannett is sitting right there!
It’s a public company, worth a half a billion. A rich person or group of rich people could just buy it and then you own papers in all of these places.
It’s a public company, worth a half a billion. A rich person or group of rich people could just buy it and then you own papers in all of these places.
To answer that you need to look at why certain units are vacant, then you get the answer - it either makes absolutely zero sense, or it would involve literally stealing homes from people who own them and forcing them to house the homeless.
June 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
To answer that you need to look at why certain units are vacant, then you get the answer - it either makes absolutely zero sense, or it would involve literally stealing homes from people who own them and forcing them to house the homeless.
I understand why people believe that stuff - this comes from one of the most egregious parts of the whole story, which, more on that later. But it's just not true, the misconception is both insulting to professional staff toxic to our civic culture.
June 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I understand why people believe that stuff - this comes from one of the most egregious parts of the whole story, which, more on that later. But it's just not true, the misconception is both insulting to professional staff toxic to our civic culture.