Dov Kadin
@dovkadin.bsky.social
Work at SACOG to plan for a more compact and sustainable Sacramento region. City of Sacramento Planning Commissioner. Posts are my own.
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Any reporting claiming California has “weakened” its environmental laws is flat-out wrong.
We *strengthened* our environmental regulatory regime by streamlining the single-most climate-friendly policy goal: infill housing.
We *strengthened* our environmental regulatory regime by streamlining the single-most climate-friendly policy goal: infill housing.
I hate the both-sides-ing crap journalists do with housing policy. They did it with Middle Housing and now NYT is doing it with CEQA. Repeating claims -- for or against -- verbatim without acknowledging whether they're true or not based on empirical research is just misinformation.
July 1, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Any reporting claiming California has “weakened” its environmental laws is flat-out wrong.
We *strengthened* our environmental regulatory regime by streamlining the single-most climate-friendly policy goal: infill housing.
We *strengthened* our environmental regulatory regime by streamlining the single-most climate-friendly policy goal: infill housing.
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As we advance big housing reforms — including my bill to allow more homes near transit & @buffywicks.bsky.social bill to exempt infill housing from CEQA — we can look to Sacramento as an example of what happens when a city takes housing production seriously: Lower costs & the sky doesn’t fall.
Legislators should look to Sacramento as a test case on housing reform | Opinion
“Our infill and transit-oriented housing strategy is working extremely well for Sacramento’s affordability and climate goals.”
www.sacbee.com
June 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
As we advance big housing reforms — including my bill to allow more homes near transit & @buffywicks.bsky.social bill to exempt infill housing from CEQA — we can look to Sacramento as an example of what happens when a city takes housing production seriously: Lower costs & the sky doesn’t fall.
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I’m still hung up on this. Sac has had 3 straight years of rent declines in real terms, its population grew and incomes grew double digits. This is the opposite experience of cities like SF/LA where rents rose alongside economic prosperity. It’s not inevitable!
www.colliers.com/en/research/...
www.colliers.com/en/research/...
May 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I’m still hung up on this. Sac has had 3 straight years of rent declines in real terms, its population grew and incomes grew double digits. This is the opposite experience of cities like SF/LA where rents rose alongside economic prosperity. It’s not inevitable!
www.colliers.com/en/research/...
www.colliers.com/en/research/...
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Reminder! Our conversation with Supervisor Rich Desmond on housing in Sacramento County is LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AWAY! We can’t wait to see you there!
May 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Reminder! Our conversation with Supervisor Rich Desmond on housing in Sacramento County is LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AWAY! We can’t wait to see you there!
Reminder that the deadline to apply to these is 5/2! Land Use Planner positions at SACOG don't come up very often so jump on it if you are interested. Feel free to dm or email with any questions!
Come work with me on the intersection of land use, housing, and climate! SACOG is hiring two land use and housing planners right now. One associate and one planner II. Feel free to reach out if you are interested.
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Job Opportunities | Employment
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April 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Reminder that the deadline to apply to these is 5/2! Land Use Planner positions at SACOG don't come up very often so jump on it if you are interested. Feel free to dm or email with any questions!
Should be higher but proud of this city
April 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Should be higher but proud of this city
Come work with me on the intersection of land use, housing, and climate! SACOG is hiring two land use and housing planners right now. One associate and one planner II. Feel free to reach out if you are interested.
governmentjobs.com/careers/sacog
governmentjobs.com/careers/sacog
Job Opportunities | Employment
governmentjobs.com
April 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Come work with me on the intersection of land use, housing, and climate! SACOG is hiring two land use and housing planners right now. One associate and one planner II. Feel free to reach out if you are interested.
governmentjobs.com/careers/sacog
governmentjobs.com/careers/sacog
You can use SB 684 coupled with our missing middle ordinance to do several of these on lots across Sacramento right now. There is a ton of demand for smaller for sale products like this on the grid and inner ring suburbs.
March 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
You can use SB 684 coupled with our missing middle ordinance to do several of these on lots across Sacramento right now. There is a ton of demand for smaller for sale products like this on the grid and inner ring suburbs.
Great turnout at Sacramentos small development workshop today!
March 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Great turnout at Sacramentos small development workshop today!
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Huge Sacramento news — the City is proposing a new team of 6 engineers with funding devoted exclusively to safe streets quick build and tactical innovation projects! @arianelange.bsky.social's story here: www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP TO GET THIS PASSED! Here's how:
BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP TO GET THIS PASSED! Here's how:
Safety projects on dangerous Sacramento roads could be fast-tracked if City Council approves
Crashes have killed more than 300 people on city streets since 2017. A program to help is under consideration.
www.sacbee.com
February 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Huge Sacramento news — the City is proposing a new team of 6 engineers with funding devoted exclusively to safe streets quick build and tactical innovation projects! @arianelange.bsky.social's story here: www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP TO GET THIS PASSED! Here's how:
BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP TO GET THIS PASSED! Here's how:
I think 1985 was the best housing year for the Sacramento region on record in terms of overall production and product split. Actually the 20 year splits tell an interesting story.
1985: 24k units, 60% attached
2005: 23k units, 17% attached
2023: 12k units*, 30% attached
*highest since GFC
1985: 24k units, 60% attached
2005: 23k units, 17% attached
2023: 12k units*, 30% attached
*highest since GFC
January 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I think 1985 was the best housing year for the Sacramento region on record in terms of overall production and product split. Actually the 20 year splits tell an interesting story.
1985: 24k units, 60% attached
2005: 23k units, 17% attached
2023: 12k units*, 30% attached
*highest since GFC
1985: 24k units, 60% attached
2005: 23k units, 17% attached
2023: 12k units*, 30% attached
*highest since GFC
REALLY cool project resubmitted in Oak Park on the corner of 3rd Ave and 36th. It's 6 townhome looking lots, except there is a studio on each floor for a total of 18 units. Ground floor units open onto the street, 2nd and 3rd floor units use the external stairway behind. Comes out to 163 units/acre.
January 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
REALLY cool project resubmitted in Oak Park on the corner of 3rd Ave and 36th. It's 6 townhome looking lots, except there is a studio on each floor for a total of 18 units. Ground floor units open onto the street, 2nd and 3rd floor units use the external stairway behind. Comes out to 163 units/acre.
This would probably more than double the area in our region relative to the standard “within a half mile of major transit stop” criteria. I think using the transit proximity stuff for all housing bills as a proxy for location efficiency is becoming pretty antiquated.
Start to add “very low vehicle travel areas” as an additional alternative to other bills that use transit proximity as the defined area (like 2097, the 743 ceqa exemption, 2011 extra density, etc). Would also task OPR (or I guess LCI now) with consolidating spatial data from big 4 regions to map it
December 14, 2024 at 7:33 PM
This would probably more than double the area in our region relative to the standard “within a half mile of major transit stop” criteria. I think using the transit proximity stuff for all housing bills as a proxy for location efficiency is becoming pretty antiquated.
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Sacramento probably the best poised city in the state to successfully develop and operate social housing. Given ample public land, good zoning, and CADA (which currently is a public housing operator) all the pieces are there for a public sector housing boom.
December 11, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Sacramento probably the best poised city in the state to successfully develop and operate social housing. Given ample public land, good zoning, and CADA (which currently is a public housing operator) all the pieces are there for a public sector housing boom.
Little 9 unit project in unincorporated Sac County down on Stockton and 66th WITH 3 deed restricted affordable units to get a density bonus. One interesting thing I've been seeing is projects that qualify for 0 parking under AB 2097 using density bonus to reduce required parking.
December 5, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Little 9 unit project in unincorporated Sac County down on Stockton and 66th WITH 3 deed restricted affordable units to get a density bonus. One interesting thing I've been seeing is projects that qualify for 0 parking under AB 2097 using density bonus to reduce required parking.
None of the three story townhomes in this picture would be allowed under Sacramentos bulk control requirements, which are currently the law of the land in all formerly R1 and R2 zones. It’s a problem. We have to fix that before we see meaningful outcome change.
Here's what happened: In 1998 Houston policymakers reduced their minimum lot size requirement from 5,000 square feet down to 1,400 square feet within the I-610 Loop (central Houston.
This policy change has resulted in the transformation of some Inner Loop neighborhoods like Rice Military.
This policy change has resulted in the transformation of some Inner Loop neighborhoods like Rice Military.
December 3, 2024 at 2:40 AM
None of the three story townhomes in this picture would be allowed under Sacramentos bulk control requirements, which are currently the law of the land in all formerly R1 and R2 zones. It’s a problem. We have to fix that before we see meaningful outcome change.
The City of LA is 40% of LA county population but 80% of housing production. City of Sacramento is 33% of sac county population and 36% of permits.
What are y’all doing down there in la county suburbs?
What are y’all doing down there in la county suburbs?
December 3, 2024 at 2:11 AM
The City of LA is 40% of LA county population but 80% of housing production. City of Sacramento is 33% of sac county population and 36% of permits.
What are y’all doing down there in la county suburbs?
What are y’all doing down there in la county suburbs?
Troubling push notification to wake up to this morning
November 27, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Troubling push notification to wake up to this morning
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Zoning regulations in theory: omg we cannot allow people to live near the big toxic waste plant, that’s unsafe
Zoning regulations in practice: look the only place you can build apartments is near the 18-lane interchange because we don’t want *those* people living any closer
Zoning regulations in practice: look the only place you can build apartments is near the 18-lane interchange because we don’t want *those* people living any closer
The fastest way to shut up YIMBYs is to abolish growth controls near jobs & transit, allow middle housing everywhere by right, & adopt Euro 1-stair building codes
When that fails then you can show us what's *really* causing rents above construction costs 😁
We'd be so owned!
When that fails then you can show us what's *really* causing rents above construction costs 😁
We'd be so owned!
November 20, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Zoning regulations in theory: omg we cannot allow people to live near the big toxic waste plant, that’s unsafe
Zoning regulations in practice: look the only place you can build apartments is near the 18-lane interchange because we don’t want *those* people living any closer
Zoning regulations in practice: look the only place you can build apartments is near the 18-lane interchange because we don’t want *those* people living any closer
One of the underrated impacts of AB 2097, which eliminated parking mins near existing and planned transit across CA, was that a bunch of cities just expanded that area well beyond the half mile buffer or just did it citywide bc may as well just do the damn thing if half your city is already done.
“#MountainView City Council voted last week to eliminate minimum parking requirements in certain residential areas...in an effort to encourage long-term residential growth.”
It's happening thanks to statewide parking reform & minimum fair share housing laws.☺️
www.losaltosonline.com/news/mtn-vie...
It's happening thanks to statewide parking reform & minimum fair share housing laws.☺️
www.losaltosonline.com/news/mtn-vie...
Mtn. View council eliminates some parking limits for more housing
Mountain View City Council voted last week to eliminate minimum parking requirements in certain residential areas of Mountain View in an effort to encourage long-term residential growth.
www.losaltosonline.com
November 20, 2024 at 1:32 AM
One of the underrated impacts of AB 2097, which eliminated parking mins near existing and planned transit across CA, was that a bunch of cities just expanded that area well beyond the half mile buffer or just did it citywide bc may as well just do the damn thing if half your city is already done.
Ryan isn’t over here yet but he’s calling the Sacramento mayoral race for Kevin McCarty. Unbelievably close primary (where 500 votes separated 4th from 2nd) and now general election.
November 20, 2024 at 1:15 AM
Ryan isn’t over here yet but he’s calling the Sacramento mayoral race for Kevin McCarty. Unbelievably close primary (where 500 votes separated 4th from 2nd) and now general election.