This is why I love @ggwash.org 's endorsements for elections - it's a great guide and starting point for local candidates here in DC.

Maybe consider something similar where you send out a questionnaire to candidates where you post their responses, and rate them on their transit/housing policy?

This was published in '24, "95.80 percent of total residential land area in California is zoned as single-family-only."

Single-Family Zoning in California: A Statewide Analysis | Othering & Belonging Institute share.google/tkSh5H0mxOex...

Can we get the YIMBYs to defeat Prop 13 now?

I mean, have you seen the obsession with Wawa and Buccees in this country?

I'd argue it's not at the margin - it's the default preference because it's often one of the only options available to people in 90% of the country, and we've built an entire economy + culture around this

So, Capitol Hill in DC? That's basically exactly what you're talking about here

Under the current system and approach, yep.

Ideally, we'd have enough supply where there's competition for rent, maintenance, etc, and with enough supply, evictions would be fewer, forcing landlords to provide a better quality product following market economics (supply + demand!)

In addition, the commodification of housing means that instead of housing stock becoming simply places to live, it becomes an investment. Zoning and regulations = artificial scarcity, driving prices up, making SFH more desirable since it's now viewed as an investment

The problem is "overwhelmingly choose the latter" is misleading when the majority of housing stock and new housing stock in this country is SFH. In desirable areas, again, it is mostly illegal to build anything denser than SFH, so this isn't really a choice.

Source: www.urban.org/sites/defaul...

Detached SFHs suck, and is often the only option for people who want to own a home, with more externalities, too.

There's not enough smaller, affordable apts/condos in desirable areas, bc it's usually illegal to build. SFHs in contrast are the only type really being built because it's legal!

Link to release?

One way to do this is to redraw state boundaries every 10 years to align with the census. 50 areas of equal populations or something like this Reddit post: www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/s/...

It's the West Wing problem: pundits believe that politics operates like The West Wing, where a few witty zingers written by Sorkin and delivered by Martin Sheen in a traditional setting are enough to sway voters.

It's propaganda. Biden delivered for Americans, but no conservative voter thinks so

My point from earlier is that even if it did increase or decrease, it doesn't matter in terms of voting, because voters and Americans are fed propaganda that favors conservatives, 24/7

As a policy guy, the answer isn’t policy or luck. It’s simply propaganda. Fox News and the right wing media (even CNN, WaPo) have complete control over conservatives. Meaning, even when liberals/Dems do good things it doesn’t even cross the mind of the rest of America