People over parking!

#WALeg House committee will vote on the parking reform bill this Friday, March 21.

@citizen-cate.bsky.social explained how parking mandates are hurting WA towns + cities in a hearing last week.

@holz-bau.bsky.social testifying today in support of the #WAleg small elevators bill, SB 5156:

"Like status quo multifamily development in the US, our elevators are three to five times more expensive than they are in Germany."

@danbertolet.bsky.social from @sightline.org also explained how landmark status is weaponized to stall and prevent homebuilding:

More of Song's testimony:

Wow. In yesterday's Senate Local Gov Committee hearing for SB 5554, which would require owner consent for historic landmark designation, former Seattle Public School board director Vivan Song tells Sen. Bateman that Magnolia Elementary had to be renovated AROUND chalkboards. #WAleg

@danbertolet.bsky.social testified Monday for HB 1443, a bill that would legalize mobile dwelling units (MDUs).

WA has a pressing need for more housing — especially lower-income homes that can be created quickly. #WALeg www.sightline.org/2025/01/17/t...

and Bellingham business owner Sonja Max:

@citizen-cate.bsky.social from @sightline.org:

@dpherriges.bsky.social from @parkingreform.org today in support of WA's Parking Bill, SB 5184:

"It's a very natural trap to be sensitive to the hypothetical harms of a change in public policy more so than to the devil you know: which is the actual, ongoing harms of current existing policy."

"It's notoriously difficult to enforce good architectural design through regulations." @danbertolet.bsky.social from @sightline.org testified in support of HB 1183, which includes design flexibility for facade modulation and upper-level setbacks.