Kiersten
@kostanley.bsky.social
Just a grab bag of urban millennial buzzwords: e-bikes, upzone, just, cross ventilation, trains, gel x, single-stairway, daylighting.
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Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.
October 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.
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I was shocked when I heard Scott Wiener say LA City Council's divided SB 79 vote helped convince state reps to vote yes on the bill. So I mapped it - sure looks like he's telling the truth! The only state reps from LA who voted for SB 79 overlap with city councilmembers who supported the bill. A 🧵:
Oops! City Council helped pass SB 79
...and in the process showed both our ugly segregationist past and our promising prohousing future.
futureis.la
September 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I was shocked when I heard Scott Wiener say LA City Council's divided SB 79 vote helped convince state reps to vote yes on the bill. So I mapped it - sure looks like he's telling the truth! The only state reps from LA who voted for SB 79 overlap with city councilmembers who supported the bill. A 🧵:
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In Los Angeles County… “64% support apartments on streets that primarily have single-family houses... 59% said yes to apartments in their own neighborhood.”
LA County politicians are out of step w/ their own constituents. Time for @governor.ca.gov to sign SB 79!
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
LA County politicians are out of step w/ their own constituents. Time for @governor.ca.gov to sign SB 79!
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Not so NIMBY, Angelenos want more housing in their neighborhoods
The mayor said she was pulling back on development to respect constituents' wishes. But survey data say residents want more homes everywhere.
www.latimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:07 AM
In Los Angeles County… “64% support apartments on streets that primarily have single-family houses... 59% said yes to apartments in their own neighborhood.”
LA County politicians are out of step w/ their own constituents. Time for @governor.ca.gov to sign SB 79!
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
LA County politicians are out of step w/ their own constituents. Time for @governor.ca.gov to sign SB 79!
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Not one white elected official who represents the City of LA, at the city or state level, supported SB 79. These legislators placed themselves in a long tradition of white leaders supporting zoning rules to keep brown people out of their white constituents' neighborhoods.
September 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Not one white elected official who represents the City of LA, at the city or state level, supported SB 79. These legislators placed themselves in a long tradition of white leaders supporting zoning rules to keep brown people out of their white constituents' neighborhoods.
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Important piece debunking myths about SB 79: “Taken together, Park’s arguments lean heavily on fear, distortion, and NIMBY reflexes. Wildfires, tsunamis, ‘one-size-fits-all’ rhetoric, claims of protecting equity, and the bogeyman of developers all obscure the facts of SB 79.”
Dubious Arguments Drive L.A. Council Vote Against SB 79 – Mar Vista Voice
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August 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Important piece debunking myths about SB 79: “Taken together, Park’s arguments lean heavily on fear, distortion, and NIMBY reflexes. Wildfires, tsunamis, ‘one-size-fits-all’ rhetoric, claims of protecting equity, and the bogeyman of developers all obscure the facts of SB 79.”
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There was a brief window, when ED 1 was still in its original form, when I thought Los Angeles might finally have a mayor who was somewhat serious about addressing the housing and homelessness crisis. My bad!
August 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
There was a brief window, when ED 1 was still in its original form, when I thought Los Angeles might finally have a mayor who was somewhat serious about addressing the housing and homelessness crisis. My bad!
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Continuing with the cladding and patio.
All cities need to allow 3br+ ADUs, and if they have arbitrary caps the province needs to override.
All cities need to allow 3br+ ADUs, and if they have arbitrary caps the province needs to override.
August 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Continuing with the cladding and patio.
All cities need to allow 3br+ ADUs, and if they have arbitrary caps the province needs to override.
All cities need to allow 3br+ ADUs, and if they have arbitrary caps the province needs to override.
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“86% of LA respondents support building apartments in one or more of a [wide range] of areas. That number isn’t a typo. This level of agreement is unheard of in politics and should be enough of a reason to build more housing immediately.“ — @zacharyst.bsky.social escholarship.org/content/qt4m...
August 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
“86% of LA respondents support building apartments in one or more of a [wide range] of areas. That number isn’t a typo. This level of agreement is unheard of in politics and should be enough of a reason to build more housing immediately.“ — @zacharyst.bsky.social escholarship.org/content/qt4m...
Our whole-bean Sprouts coffee went up $5 a lb!! That’s in addition to: the still I insane costs of chicken, dairy, and eggs. We will be watering down our coffee until further notice…
August 11, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Our whole-bean Sprouts coffee went up $5 a lb!! That’s in addition to: the still I insane costs of chicken, dairy, and eggs. We will be watering down our coffee until further notice…
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Oh man, this is the letter template from United Neighbors.
"This bill rezones neighborhoods randomly and can generate enormous unneeded housing capacity from any qualifying bus stop."
Imagine dedicating your retirement to crushing your grandchildren under housing costs. Thanks, grandma.
"This bill rezones neighborhoods randomly and can generate enormous unneeded housing capacity from any qualifying bus stop."
Imagine dedicating your retirement to crushing your grandchildren under housing costs. Thanks, grandma.
August 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Oh man, this is the letter template from United Neighbors.
"This bill rezones neighborhoods randomly and can generate enormous unneeded housing capacity from any qualifying bus stop."
Imagine dedicating your retirement to crushing your grandchildren under housing costs. Thanks, grandma.
"This bill rezones neighborhoods randomly and can generate enormous unneeded housing capacity from any qualifying bus stop."
Imagine dedicating your retirement to crushing your grandchildren under housing costs. Thanks, grandma.
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I’m still extremely sour about this being canceled after one season
July 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I’m still extremely sour about this being canceled after one season
No reason all of Lankershim does not have protected bike lanes! Infuriating, this man should still be alive! @ladotofficial.bsky.social @metrolosangelesbot.bsky.social #imeldaPadilla #cd6
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Bicyclist killed in Sun Valley hit-and-run
Police are searching for the suspect driver who struck a bicyclist Monday night on Lankershim Blvd. and fled the scene.
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July 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
No reason all of Lankershim does not have protected bike lanes! Infuriating, this man should still be alive! @ladotofficial.bsky.social @metrolosangelesbot.bsky.social #imeldaPadilla #cd6
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Stoked! Called my Assembly member to vote yes! I want driving in LA to become so painful and housing and transit and hospitable public space so abundant and beautiful that by the next decade our city looks like the movie HER. Mid-century high-rises in the sky!
✅ PASSED ASSEMBLY LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: SB 79 by @scottwiener.bsky.social that would end the exclusionary housing policies that have made housing more expensive and transit inaccessible, allowing more people to live within walking distance of quality transit and boosting ridership.
July 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Stoked! Called my Assembly member to vote yes! I want driving in LA to become so painful and housing and transit and hospitable public space so abundant and beautiful that by the next decade our city looks like the movie HER. Mid-century high-rises in the sky!
Spent $$$ on triple-pane windows and the illegal exhausts can still wake me up in the middle of the night. @cd4losangeles.bsky.social we need noise cameras and enforcement.
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Venice Boulevard Radicalized Me - Max Fung
Musician, Software Developer, and Designer living in Los Angeles, California. An archive of work, ideas, and experiments.
fung.studio
July 11, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Spent $$$ on triple-pane windows and the illegal exhausts can still wake me up in the middle of the night. @cd4losangeles.bsky.social we need noise cameras and enforcement.
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Amazing tour-de-force history of homelessness policy in Los Angeles. Strongly recommended reading for anyone who cares about housing the very poorest. www.latimes.com/california/s...
The real story of how L.A. became the epicenter of America's homeless crisis
The surprising story, in words and pictures, behind the homeless crisis in Los Angeles — a tale of law enforcement, housing and economic crosswinds.
www.latimes.com
July 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Amazing tour-de-force history of homelessness policy in Los Angeles. Strongly recommended reading for anyone who cares about housing the very poorest. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Happy to report that #yimbylaw has made all their case files publically accessible on their website, and will provide updates to their lawsuit claiming #LA failed to adequately rezone to realistically meet their RHNA obligations: www.yimbylaw.org/la-rezoning-...
June 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Happy to report that #yimbylaw has made all their case files publically accessible on their website, and will provide updates to their lawsuit claiming #LA failed to adequately rezone to realistically meet their RHNA obligations: www.yimbylaw.org/la-rezoning-...
Fuck “corridor-only” density. It’s classcist BS. Apartment renters and condo owners deserve the dignity of quiet, safe, low-traffic streets. Multi-family buildings also pay a lot more in taxes than the old, fire-prone, dingy SFH’s most #boomer #LA NIMBYs live in. #wedontwantYourStinkyOldHouses
May 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Fuck “corridor-only” density. It’s classcist BS. Apartment renters and condo owners deserve the dignity of quiet, safe, low-traffic streets. Multi-family buildings also pay a lot more in taxes than the old, fire-prone, dingy SFH’s most #boomer #LA NIMBYs live in. #wedontwantYourStinkyOldHouses
z #LACityCouncil is voting on giving $75K to #lacityattorney 4 outside counsel to fight the #YimbyLAW @car.org lawsuit against @cityofla.bsky.social for failing to meaningful upzone our #HousingElement. Seems EVIL to spend taxpayer $ making housing more UNAFFORDABLE during a housing & budget crisis!
May 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
z #LACityCouncil is voting on giving $75K to #lacityattorney 4 outside counsel to fight the #YimbyLAW @car.org lawsuit against @cityofla.bsky.social for failing to meaningful upzone our #HousingElement. Seems EVIL to spend taxpayer $ making housing more UNAFFORDABLE during a housing & budget crisis!
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"In 2020, [Portland, OR] approved building [middle housing] on lots zoned for single family homes... A new report from the City says, it's working. 1,400 new units built in just a few years and each one is $300,000 less expensive than a typical single family home." @nbcnews.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"In 2020, [Portland, OR] approved building [middle housing] on lots zoned for single family homes... A new report from the City says, it's working. 1,400 new units built in just a few years and each one is $300,000 less expensive than a typical single family home." @nbcnews.com
Somehow the most upsetting political 💩 I've heard all week.
LA Metro’s community meetings planned this week for Sepulveda Transit Corridor have been cancelled. According to what Nick Andert is hearing, there is a chance that LA Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins may be trying to cancel the project.
I am hearing some, uh, VERY concerning things about the sepulveda line... trying to get more confirmation but it seems there's a chance Metro (presumably Stephanie Wiggins) is trying to wholly spike the project without releasing the EIR
April 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Somehow the most upsetting political 💩 I've heard all week.
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March 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Zoning in theory: we need land use regulation to keep homes away from sources of pollution.
Zoning in practice: the only places you can build new housing are right next to the highways and high-traffic streets that are your city’s largest sources of pollution.
Zoning in practice: the only places you can build new housing are right next to the highways and high-traffic streets that are your city’s largest sources of pollution.
“Transit Oriented Development” in the US is so dire
February 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Zoning in theory: we need land use regulation to keep homes away from sources of pollution.
Zoning in practice: the only places you can build new housing are right next to the highways and high-traffic streets that are your city’s largest sources of pollution.
Zoning in practice: the only places you can build new housing are right next to the highways and high-traffic streets that are your city’s largest sources of pollution.
I would like to live here.
I have video of the exact moment I was completely sold on vibrant cities, streets for people, and active transportation. It happened right here, and I lost all sense of reality. I felt like I was in a movie. This was my urbanist awakening, the moment I turned against car dependency. 👇
February 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I would like to live here.
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fact check: since congestion pricing started, subway crime is down 36%.
February 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
fact check: since congestion pricing started, subway crime is down 36%.
Roses are red, violets are blue. Upzone your housing element, or YIMBY Law will sue you 💙🐻 #losangeles
February 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Roses are red, violets are blue. Upzone your housing element, or YIMBY Law will sue you 💙🐻 #losangeles