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Home builder

[Oisín @oisinh]

@maxdubler We need to legalize signal stair for low rise buildings (all they way up to 85’) to give these projects a chance of working.

[Oisín @oisinh]

Big news! https://t.co/FJn7zshdJq

[Chris Elmendorf @CSElmendorf]

Still kind of amazing to watch CA DOJ tell a rich peninsula suburb in effect, "you must approve this." ⤵️

The builder's remedy has come a long way.

1/3

[Buffy Wicks @BuffyWicks]

That means fewer attainable homeownership opportunities for teachers, nurses, young families, first-time buyers, and older Californians looking to downsize while staying in their communities.
https://t.co/xYXJpiuiug

[Oisín @oisinh]

@JeremyELevine Amazing!

[Bill Gurley @bgurley]

At this point it’s 100% clear that effective policy can lower rental rates. No need to debate “the approach” anymore. Just wether your city and its leaders are willing to do it.

[Oisín @oisinh]

@RepThomasMassie Stanford?

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

The surest way to screw up the world’s best technical school is to let feds tell them how to run it.

Congrats to my alma mater for turning down a bribe to let the executive branch dictate what happens on its campus.

A lot of things are wrong in 🇺🇸, but MIT is not one of them.

[Jay Parsons @jayparsons]

The next time someone says: "We don't need more LUXURY housing, we only need more AFFORDABLE housing" ... show them the facts.

Pew study: When you build a lot of "luxury" apartments (which are rarely luxurious btw), rent growth SLOWS MOST in older, more affordable units.

[CalMatters @CalMatters]

Commentary:

I’m old enough to remember when teachers lived near schools and nurses near hospitals. That didn’t change because of their preferences — it changed because we banned the housing they could afford. https://t.co/9QGnxHn89C

��� Monica Rivera

[San Francisco Business Times @SFBusinessTimes]

A two-building office plaza in the Hacienda Business Park could get replaced with 112 new homes. https://t.co/omxSg2tQyD

[The Registry @theregistrysf]

Black Mountain Properties and N17 Propose 112-Unit Townhome Project in Pleasanton
Pleasanton, CA — Black Mountain Propert... #ARROYOMOCHOTRAIL #BAYAREA #BDEARCHITECTURE #BLACKMOUNTAINPROPERTIES #CREOLANDSCAPEARCHITECTURE #LASPOSITASOFFICEPLAZA #N17 #PL...
https://t.co/iF0ld5sbu1

[Oisín @oisinh]

What if non-compliant cities were stripped back to a statewide 10/10 standard for housing extractions?
BMR Cap = Base Density Bonus Thresholds:
• 5% Very Low Income
• 10% Low or Moderate
Fee Cap: $10K/unit (all-in: planning, impact, building permits)
This could counter cities using excessive fees to block housing development.

[Brian Hanlon @hanlonbt]

VICTORY!

The biggest housing CEQA reform ever just passed the Legislature!

Many thought we were chasing at windmills when Asm. @BuffyWicks introduced AB 609, a clean CEQA exemption for infill housing.

Today, we showed them that CA can and will end its housing shortage!

[Emily Hoeven @emily_hoeven]

My latest column: Some Menlo Park residents are losing their minds over a proposal to turn 3 parking lots into affordable housing. They’re suing & writing a ballot measure seeking voter approval to repurpose the lots. We desperately need new housing rules. https://t.co/VekPdWAxyY

[Todd Davis 帅猛男 @96hoya]

Public Offer: NYC we in San Francisco will agree to house your evil Capitalists, if you will agree to take our Socialists and allow them to reach their full potential.

[Dr. Jeremy Levine, PhD of City Council Meetings @JeremyELevine]

Austin produces so much more housing than other cities that its rate of permitting fell by 1/3 and it still permits more than anywhere else

[Armand Domalewski @ArmandDoma]

here is a chart of American housing construction per capita from 1896-2022

[California YIMBY @cayimby]

UCLA study: Fewer Californians live and work in the same city – dropping from 7.5% to 6.3% (2002-2015). Rising housing costs push workers away from jobs, forcing longer commutes. This means less time at home and higher transportation costs.
https://t.co/XcKVLytWgB

[Oisín @oisinh]

California can’t get out of its own way to build housing and improve our schools.

https://t.co/6AHvOPJgVc