Let’s make small fire trucks legal too.

It’s a wonder to me, low traffic side streets repaved with barely a crack, but University and Pershing looks like scale models of the Grand Canyon 🧐

The Housing Tax Crisis YouTube video by About Here

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Canada is different than California. But add prop 13 to the ledger and you see why housing is so expensive here.

New Housing Attainability Tool from ULI and RCLCO Shows U.S. Households Face Significantly Higher Cost Burdens Today than a Decade Ago ULI and research partner RCLCO have released the ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing’s 2025 Home Attainability Index, a data-rich tool measuring affordability, connectivity, racial disparity, and growt...

I started working on housing policy about a decade ago. I feel like in our city of San Diego we've made great strides, but the reality is we're still far from correcting nearly half a century of bad land use policy. #housingcrisis #supplyproblem urbanland.uli.org/new-housing-...

Austin rents tumble 22% from peak on massive home building spree The Texas capital has become the poster child for advocates who say the only way out of the U.S. housing crisis is building more homes.

"Nowhere in the country have rents declined as much as they have in Austin — now 22% off the peak reached in August 2023, according to Redfin. The median asking rent is $1,399 per month, down $400 in less than three years"

#YIMBYworks

Opinion: Public Transit in San Diego Is at a Crossroads. Its Future Hinges on Investments, Not Cuts. Less frequent transit attracts fewer riders, leading to a 'death spiral,' with reduced revenues leading to more reduced services.

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Thing about it. Your traffic model predicts more driving. So you build new roads. And more people drive. But would they have driven more without new roads?

Your school model predicts few students downtown. You don’t build schools/daycare. Families avoid living downtown.

Self-fulfilling prophesies.

Why Americans are moving in with strangers twice their age Spare bedrooms are America’s next housing market.

It’s not for everyone but with prop 13 in California this may help fill some empty bedrooms…and help with loneliness. www.vox.com/housing/3960...

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Thousands are on the waiting list for this Encinitas community. Only 40 homes remain Demand is high for housing at Fox Point Farms, a dense development in Encinitas.

Fact Check: There are no 20 story towers next to single family homes in North Park. Density Limits make this highly unlikely. This is bad journalism. Kudos, to smart infill developments like Fox Point however, a well balanced infill project!

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This is a Venn diagram illustrating the trade-offs between three desires: "I Want Stable Services," "I Want Low Density," and "I Want Low Taxes." Each overlapping section describes the implications of combining those desires: Stable Services + Low Density: Leads to high taxes. Stable Services + Low Taxes: Requires more density. Low Density + Low Taxes: Results in service cuts. The center of the diagram, where all three desires overlap, is labeled "Does Not Exist," highlighting that achieving all three simultaneously is unrealistic.

Just an FYI when talking about city/town budgets:

Daylighting the blind spots of journalism Editors and reporters make it hard to tell if they’re in the business of exploitation or exploration.

Daylighting the blind spots of journalism
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‘More multi-family homes is better than more single family homes’ is a valid point. However, If the project isn’t replicable because it isn’t financially viable, than it’s just fiction. Transportation to the building can’t be ignored.

How much land is needed in roadway per household to get to that building?

Tall buildings surrounded by green space is not the solution. That's just a denser suburb. The benefits of single stair buildings still remain in an urban context.

This quote is so common from development opponents that it is starting to feel clichéd.

“I feel this development is moving at light speed,” [Name] said. “Neighbors have had little awareness of this, and by filing the appeal, I’m trying to slow things down and foster more discussion with the [City] and the developer. But things are moving too quickly on this enormous development.”

The devil and Luigi Mangione Luigi Mangione appeared to try everything for chronic pain from a back injury that hampered his physical livelihood and dating life, and struggled to receive support even as he tried to provide it f...

This might provide more perspective… www.shesabeast.co/back-injury-...

Bizarre tactic. You don’t debate the ideas in this article, you resort to name calling. I find the points worth considering & that they downplayed one of the reasons I joined BSKY…thoughtful dialog was diminished by trolls. Leave X, fine, but don’t stoop to the level of discourse that made it bad.

It’s hard to know what happened. The article doesn’t say enough to know for sure.

Is that what happened? What a tragedy!

Here they seem to have reported a motorcycle and car collision properly.

A banner sign on a street pole that says, “No Parking, No problem.” And there is an image of a public bus and an MTS logo.

Elimination of parking requirements for developers creates signs like this. Great bus service gets better with more riders. More riders don’t happen if we give everyone a parking spot. Also the roads that buses drive on don’t work if everyone has a parking spot. Life is better with fewer cars.

Bentonville, Arkansas has to be on the list. Incredible bike infrastructure, great cultural amenities, and good coffee.

Bicyclist killed in Black Mountain Ranch crash identified as San Diegan James Osmus of San Diego was riding west on Camino Del Sur Friday when his bike collided with a Volkswagen

Link to first article: www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/11/25/b...

The bike didn’t “collide” with the car. The driver of the car drove into the bike lane and killed a person. But you wouldn’t know that unless you clicked the misleading link.

Ragebait trumps reason Journalistic malnutrition will prevent streets from getting a good diet

I agree with this take except for one point, The Opinion Section is not Journalism. That stated, the result is the same. I've witnessed local electeds in SD being bullied by anti bike lane folks with strong selfish opinions that aren't supported by facts.

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Rings true in the Gaslamp Neighborhood of San Diego. We already started in Little Italy. Why not enhance India Street even more?

The Tijuana River Watershed is most often referenced next to the words, "toxic" or "contaminated". It is a public health emergency and I'm not downplaying that fact... it is also a very beautiful place. I can't wait for the day more people feel safe exploring here. The bird watching is world class.

I find it funny that much of the criteria for creating a historic district rests on the common "character" of the homes in that neighborhood. Yet it's often those that live in historic districts criticize newer repetitive housing types as being a scourge on society. 🤦