did you try just tweeting it to them?

To be fair, once our AB 2011 projects in Novato start construction, that will change pretty dramatically.

Qatari energy minister predicts $150/bbl oil prices thanks to new war. Those trucks are about to be an albatross.

In NYC, if you have the zoning, you just need an architect, a contractor and an expediter. In CA, with AB 2011 you'll probably need to hire a land use attorney too and you have a zoning entitlement process ahead of you, even though it's technically "ministerial."

An AB 2011 project can be subject to a public hearing, which induces public pressure on the council to do the (wrong) thing, and a oppositional council can vote to deny the project. While the city will likely lose in court, this still creates vastly more risk/uncertainty than in the NYC system.

Also transfer taxes and impact fees, neither of which exist in NYC. And AB 2011's by-right/ministerial pathway is still much less certain than NYC's absolute as-of-right system.

I mean, it could be full of trash and dog poop, like the courtyard of my last NYC apartment

we sent in a letter on that. it was unclear if it was actually deed restricted affordable to moderate income households, or just projected to be moderate for RHNA accounting purposes. We we're worried about it being disapproved.

was it 320, 324, and 350 Alhambra Blvd?

what's the project? Is it HAA eligible?

Sometimes applicants would prefer not to invoke AB 130 due to the associated tribal consulting process and labor requirements (even when no prevailing wage is required). Our letters point out when projects are eligible for the exemption, even if the applicant has not chosen to take advantage of it.

Fun fact: the design looks how it does because during the land use process we wouldn't let the applicant substitute an indoor public open space for the outdoor open space required by zoning.

... thinking back to the 140-page public comment I just sent to an exclusionary Bay area suburb to tee up a lawsuit ...

I would love metering to cover more days and more hours and encourage more turnover. Downtown Berkeley has a great hardware store, and it sure would be great to have more street parking turnover nearby. On Thursdays, they should increase rates by the North Berkeley farmer's market.

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They should pull a Costco and make it an HAA project

And on my old block in Brooklyn I saw someone change a transmission in a street parking spot

Bronx mechanics: "hold my beer"

Totally hear you. I think the tough part is that taking any subsidy trips prevailing wage requirements plus other costly compliance/design standards. In contrast, doing a LIHTC-only project costs vastly less on a per-unit basis. The tax-exemption is essentially a state-mandated local subsidy.

I've worked in both affordable housing and YIMBY spaces, and perhaps the greatest strength of California's system is the statewide tax exemption for 100% affordable buildings. It's the single most efficient subsidy available for these buildings.

In the Bronx (site of the aforementioned rezoning), people run car repair businesses out of street parking spaces.

I can see my old office window in the Church St photo, totally insane that hasn't been shoveled. They maintain a POPS too!

What I reminded of is when I lamented to my boss in NYC back in 2015 about auto-repair shops that might be displaced by an upzoning along a commercial corridor. He asked, "do you have any better ideas?" I did not have any better ideas.

Simon's statement around not being able to undo an upzoning due to state law is not accurate. SB 330 prohibits downzoning below what was allowed in 2018. It does not prohibit undoing an upzoning implemented later, annoyingly.

Impact fees prevented the construction of 5,000 affordable units over four years and required an average of 10% additional subsidy per unit.

Michigan also has no-fault insurance.

Unlike the vast majority of states, New York has no-fault auto insurance. Insurance is a lot more expensive in a no-fault system.

you should try making homemade eggnog. It's like liquid, flammable cake

I was on a jury once with an MTA worker whose job was to walk the tracks and pick up trash. He loved jury duty and had been on 10+ juries. Only time in his working life that he got to go to work during the day and not work in hazardous conditions.

In most of the city, the rezoning only allows density decontrol if you opt into the local bonus program. That means that DBL is not available in those areas (nor are several other state law programs). This means that the City is attempting to create "state law free" zones.