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The Need for More Renters in our Representers - California YIMBY It’s no secret that homeowners are dramatically overrepresented at all levels of elected government, with profound consequences for political culture and public policy. A recent paper from Boston…

A Boston University study of 10,000 elected officials found 89% of city council members own property vs 51% of their constituents.

Renters aren't less likely to win when they run; they're just less likely to run at all.

cayimby.org/blog/the-nee...

We are in a severe housing shortage.

Please support Nithya. All of her stances are incredibly strong and they come from a place of listening and analysis.

Los Angeles’ housing crisis is self-inflicted. 

For decades, city leaders have taken deliberate actions to limit new housing.

Today, we announced our plan to fix this and triple housing production.

Not only does this video detail Jackie Dupont-Walker's *extreme* conflict of interest that is driving this whole crisis, but I've also obtained Bass's motion, which she claims will 'not delay,' but which - fun fact! - will cause a huge delay. Full-on doublespeak territory.

Awesome!!

Why single-stair reform leads to more livable, adaptable infill Allowing more single-stair buildings in the US will positively affect quality of life, public health, infill flexibility, family-friendly units, costs, and even climate adaptation.

oh hey single stair in the CNU's public square :)

www.cnu.org/publicsquare...

Transportation policy is incomplete without housing Congress has a rare opportunity to address both the housing and transportation crises by updating transportation funding formulas to reward housing growth, prioritizing projects that increase acces…

Cities that block housing near transit shouldn't get federal transit money. Workers are paying twice — once in rent, again in commute time.

Congress can fix this.

Reward cities that build, not ones that don't.

thehill.com/opinion/cong...

How does #Switzerland, where the average annual wage is HIGHER than in the US, manage to build apartments for just $300K per gross sq. ft.? Is it by cutting corners on fire safety?

Nope. America’s fire death rate is five times higher than Switzerland’s.

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ICE as TSA again making the case for high-speed rail.

Transportation is not a niche issue, and the left needs to start taking it seriously. So many transportation systems we have set up are foundational to the division, suppression, and collapse that we are witnessing.

The building code rule that lets Seattle turn forgotten lots into housing Rethinking the building code to allow single-stairwell buildings brought more small-lot, mid-rise apartments to the city—and sparked a wider reform movement.

Great single stair article on Fast Company today highlighting Seattle and the broader movement around the country to change building codes

www.fastcompany.com/91513043/the...

I love when NIMBYs accuse me of having “done no research” on housing as if I didn’t literally work in the senate on housing policy and write extensively on this exact topic

Modern Multifamily Buildings Provide the Most Fire Protection A large body of research has demonstrated that apartment buildings and other types of multifamily housing can provide many benefits to a community, especially when built in high-demand areas where hou...

California has TWO building codes. One is very strict, but the other? Not so much.

The very strict one applies to commercial & multifamily (except duplexes). The lax one applies to single-family houses & duplexes only. That’s why we build light wood frame houses in extreme fire hazard zones!

every one of these homes is a 3-bedroom.

served by a single stair.

with daylight on opposite sides.

no windowless bedrooms

no dozens of units on the same floor

more privacy

not looking into homes 10-15' away

and 100% illegal in ever city in the US

our building codes are *trash*

West Portal crash: S.F. judge says driver who killed family of 4 will get probation Mary Fong Lau, 80, will face no jail time according to remarks from San Francisco Superior Court Judge Bruce Chan. She must complete 200 hours of community service and undergo probation.

Mary Fong Lau, the 80 year old woman who killed four people including a baby and a toddler after crashing into a bus stop going 75mph the wrong way down a 25mph street, has been sentenced to probation and will not permanently lose her drivers' license.

This is a despicable miscarriage of justice.

Everyone who owned the first Velvet Underground record started a band.

Everyone who read Stephen Smith's Elevators report is running legislation on it.

Book Review: Killed By A Traffic Engineer In a new book, engineering professor Wes Marshall explains why American roads are so unsafe.

“First of all, American engineers receive almost no academic training about traffic, and even less training about safety. A student can graduate college with a civil engineering degree and pass a licensure exam while having taken no courses related to transportation (p. 307).“

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Great article Liam!

The left’s housing civil war is ending For a decade, progressives argued over whether greedy landlords or blocked construction caused the housing crisis. Zohran Mamdani and Nithya Raman say the answer is both.

From the weekend: Why it makes sense that housing is where Trump and Mamdani can find common cause and how Mamdani and LA's Nithya Raman and seeking to upend a half century of urban housing politics and a decade-long fight on the left. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Beautiful diagram Matt

If you’re pushing housing in lowrise n’hoods, eliminating useless sideyards is the unlock for the urban design everybody says they want.
In exchange for sideyards that no one uses, you get better units, lush interior courtyards, space for trees and play, higher density and lower energy use.

Update everyone- look into the remainder lot provision that AB 130 introduced. It may be possible to build on single family home sites as long as you carve out the existing single family structure on the site.

loved this quote from Senator Pham: “I believe in inclusionary zoning as a mechanism to economically integrate neighborhoods, not as a tax on all new housing.”

Oregon’s New Path to Inclusionary Housing: Fully Funded and Flexible | Sightline Institute An environmental justice champion led the push to end counterproductive, unfunded mandates.

Yesterday, Oregon's legislature voted to ban underfunded inclusionary zoning from the Portland metro area.

It's a big turnaround, and I hope a path forward for other states too.

www.sightline.org/2026/03/05/o...

Missing in the middle of WA's middle housing: Elevators A bill still in play in the Washington Legislature would make elevators easier and less expensive to install in "middle housing" developments.

R U #elevator pilled yet?

Cecelia Black:
"I have navigated the housing market from a wheelchair...in 15 yrs as a renter, I never found an accessible apt in a bldg w/ fewer than 6 stories" It's no oincidence; it’s a design failure of WA’s codes" Attn: #WAleg
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/miss...