John Infranca
@johninfranca.bsky.social
Law professor | Property, land use, urban law & policy, law & religion, election law | Scholarship at http://ssrn.com/author=730171 & https://t.co/qs5Z62JpiK
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Tonight, APPAM President Ingrid Gould Ellen shared an important message with #2025APPAM attendees: Going Local: The Value of Research on Local Government Policies & Programs. As she passed the gavel to President-Elect, Kosali Simon, we toasted her service over the past two years.
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Tonight, APPAM President Ingrid Gould Ellen shared an important message with #2025APPAM attendees: Going Local: The Value of Research on Local Government Policies & Programs. As she passed the gavel to President-Elect, Kosali Simon, we toasted her service over the past two years.
AI: it's like your friend who drinks too much.
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Video: Reveal of Russian A.I. Humanoid Robot Goes Awry
AIDOL, Russia’s first artificial intelligence-powered humanoid robot, collapsed onstage moments after it was revealed at a technology event in Moscow on Tuesday.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
AI: it's like your friend who drinks too much.
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The neighbors did this, but if @boston.gov, @wutrain.bsky.social, @ben4district6.bsky.social and others were serious about affordable housing in Boston they would do more to not let it happen.
People in my "progressive" neighborhood NIMBY'd a *senior affordable housing development* into reducing its units from 71 to 41. Just an absolute moral travesty. (Rogerson/Beaufort project in JP)
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The neighbors did this, but if @boston.gov, @wutrain.bsky.social, @ben4district6.bsky.social and others were serious about affordable housing in Boston they would do more to not let it happen.
Sadly, based on tonight's meeting, local NIMBYs got the number of units cut nearly in half and @boston.gov @mayorwu.boston.gov are unwilling to push back in support of needed affordable housing. www.universalhub.com/2024/135-aff...
135 affordable apartments for seniors planned for Jamaicaway site
Rogerson Communities says it will soon file detailed plans to expand its existing assisted-living and day programs for seniors with memory problems on Beaufort Road off the the Jamaicaway in Jamaica P...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Sadly, based on tonight's meeting, local NIMBYs got the number of units cut nearly in half and @boston.gov @mayorwu.boston.gov are unwilling to push back in support of needed affordable housing. www.universalhub.com/2024/135-aff...
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More Bovino-led horror in Little Village today. Matt is a reliable leader in the community.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
More Bovino-led horror in Little Village today. Matt is a reliable leader in the community.
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Today's edition of early twentieth century anti-apartment fear mongering.
October 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Today's edition of early twentieth century anti-apartment fear mongering.
Came across this in report from 1915 and now plan to place "A Serious Presentation for Thoughtful People" on any future slides.
October 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Came across this in report from 1915 and now plan to place "A Serious Presentation for Thoughtful People" on any future slides.
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Next week in Cambridge, Mass, catch NZA geospatial analyst Jake Gilbert alongside MA housing heavy-hitters Amy Dain, @vincent-rollet.bsky.social, & @johninfranca.bsky.social for a wonderful conversation about the ins & outs of multi-family housing for better affordability
October 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Next week in Cambridge, Mass, catch NZA geospatial analyst Jake Gilbert alongside MA housing heavy-hitters Amy Dain, @vincent-rollet.bsky.social, & @johninfranca.bsky.social for a wonderful conversation about the ins & outs of multi-family housing for better affordability
Decided to make my own professional website. Tell me if you think there is anything worth adding or changing: sites.google.com/view/profess...
September 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Decided to make my own professional website. Tell me if you think there is anything worth adding or changing: sites.google.com/view/profess...
Searching for buried treasure I suppose.
September 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Searching for buried treasure I suppose.
Legal academics: I am trying to decide whether it is worth the effort to develop and maintain a personal academic website. Questions: 1. do you have one?; 2. why do you think it valuable; 3. examples of sites you think are great; 4. services for creating/hosting/whatever you recommend?
September 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Legal academics: I am trying to decide whether it is worth the effort to develop and maintain a personal academic website. Questions: 1. do you have one?; 2. why do you think it valuable; 3. examples of sites you think are great; 4. services for creating/hosting/whatever you recommend?
Came across this article from 1948 defending zoning on Martha's Vineyard: vineyardgazette.com/news/1948/01...
"The New Englander dislikes change almost more than he dislikes regulation. Therefore the fact that each community must make its own zoning laws, . . .
"The New Englander dislikes change almost more than he dislikes regulation. Therefore the fact that each community must make its own zoning laws, . . .
September 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Came across this article from 1948 defending zoning on Martha's Vineyard: vineyardgazette.com/news/1948/01...
"The New Englander dislikes change almost more than he dislikes regulation. Therefore the fact that each community must make its own zoning laws, . . .
"The New Englander dislikes change almost more than he dislikes regulation. Therefore the fact that each community must make its own zoning laws, . . .
This is fantastic. @boston.gov can we get this?
Just noticed this on the checkout notification I get from the Chicago Public Library. I think it’s new and I love it!
August 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This is fantastic. @boston.gov can we get this?
As the history of January 6th is rewritten, a reminder of Republican Senator (then Congressman) Markwayne Mullin's account, the next day, of what occured: "Mullin said police 'showed a lot of restraint" and "did the best they could.'" www.foxnews.com/politics/cap...
August 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
As the history of January 6th is rewritten, a reminder of Republican Senator (then Congressman) Markwayne Mullin's account, the next day, of what occured: "Mullin said police 'showed a lot of restraint" and "did the best they could.'" www.foxnews.com/politics/cap...
Here’s What Happened When I Made My College Students Put Away Their Phones www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
Opinion | Here’s What Happened When I Made My College Students Put Away Their Phones
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August 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Here’s What Happened When I Made My College Students Put Away Their Phones www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
Why do sentences like this keep getting written @bostonglobe.com : "Developers and planners often argue that new supply will ease the housing crunch, but Lees isn’t convinced unit counts alone will solve the problem." The words "ease" & "solve" differ in meaning. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/20/r...
High hopes: How Boston could rise to become an urban utopia - The Boston Globe
Red tape and NIMBY neighbors are keeping the city from adding housing. But when it comes to accepting density, the future is now.
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August 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Why do sentences like this keep getting written @bostonglobe.com : "Developers and planners often argue that new supply will ease the housing crunch, but Lees isn’t convinced unit counts alone will solve the problem." The words "ease" & "solve" differ in meaning. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/20/r...
A good letter generally, but not sure about the line in paragraph 4: "The United States Constitution established that local governments . . . " The US Constitution says nothing about local governments. The authority local governments have regarding public safety is delegated by the states.
Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
August 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A good letter generally, but not sure about the line in paragraph 4: "The United States Constitution established that local governments . . . " The US Constitution says nothing about local governments. The authority local governments have regarding public safety is delegated by the states.
Pretty good summer Friday night.
August 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Pretty good summer Friday night.
The Proquest Historical Newspaper database is the greatest. Library of Congress has digitized papers but no way to effectively search them.
August 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The Proquest Historical Newspaper database is the greatest. Library of Congress has digitized papers but no way to effectively search them.
Working on an article that looks in part at the history of accounts of religious conversion by those facing execution. You don't see headlines like this one (at right) anymore.
August 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Working on an article that looks in part at the history of accounts of religious conversion by those facing execution. You don't see headlines like this one (at right) anymore.
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Free Access to New Cambridge U Press Book: “The Future of Press Freedom: Democracy, Law, and the News in Changing Times” electionlawblog.org?p=151397
Free Access to New Cambridge U Press Book: "The Future of Press Freedom: Democracy, Law, and the News in Changing Times" #ELB
This is a great collection edited by RonNell Andersen Jones and Sonja West, and even better that it is open access. I’m honored to have the final version of my chapter here, “From Bloggers in Pajamas ...
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August 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Free Access to New Cambridge U Press Book: “The Future of Press Freedom: Democracy, Law, and the News in Changing Times” electionlawblog.org?p=151397
This is quite interesting, particularly the discussion at end of condo versus single-family appreciation. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/30/b...
As housing prices in Mass. soar, they’ve remained stagnant in downtown Boston. Here’s what that means for the city. - The Boston Globe
The city has increasingly placed its bets on building more housing downtown as office building prices have plummeted.
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August 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This is quite interesting, particularly the discussion at end of condo versus single-family appreciation. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/30/b...
