Tim Duncheon

Lawyer, writer, uncle. Mostly tweets about housing, climate, and theater. He/him 🏳️‍🌈

[Neolithic HVAC Technician @AccurateCaption]

@Ryandoofy Seventy years apart in San Francisco

[sam @sam_d_1995]

awesome video of Alysa Liu celebrating the reopening of a light rail line in SF

champions take public transit

[Chris Elmendorf @CSElmendorf]

New decision from CA Court of Appeal on the fee-shifting provisions of AB 1633 has big implications for NIMBYs' incentive to challenge housing approvals under CEQA & beyond.

This one belongs in a Law of Abundance casebook.

🧵/24
https://t.co/rdZjsPAhJM

[Senator Scott Wiener @Scott_Wiener]

MAJOR NEWS: @GavinNewsom signed SB 79, my bill allowing more housing near public transit — rail, subway, rapid bus.

It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.

Thank you, Governor!

[Chris Elmendorf @CSElmendorf]

Does U.S. Supreme Court's big new NEPA decision have implications for CEQA?

Yes!

The liberals' (!) concurring opinion strongly reinforces an argument that @TDuncheon & I made for judicially narrowing the scope of CEQA review of housing projects.

🧵/16

[David Frum @davidfrum]

"We're withholding our endorsement because our owner is frightened of government retaliation if Donald Trump wins" is a more forceful and eloquent statement than any newspaper editorial ever written.

[Chris Elmendorf @CSElmendorf]

Prop 33 supporters are saying voters needn't worry about cities abusing rent control to kill off housing development b/c state law guarantees landlords a "just and reasonable" return on investment.

If only they were right! 🧵/21.

[California YIMBY @cayimby]

This project was fast-tracked under SB 35, which meant it could get permits in a matter of weeks instead of years.

Without YIMBY-backed state streamlining, it would still be a parking lot for a shuttered fast food restaurant.

[Tim Duncheon @TDuncheon]

Great new housing project 200 feet from my apartment!

Shame that it isn’t taller and that it doesn’t also have market rate units to do more to address our supply shortage.

[Parking Reform Network @Parking_Reform]

McDonald's parking lot transforms into ➡️ 160 homes in San Francisco 🇺🇸

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

this is one of the most pathetic things I’ve ever seen

[Tim Duncheon @TDuncheon]

@Schmaniel Then you should tepidly vote for Harris and work hard to persuade Dems you’re right, not consign the country to Trump and cause more suffering. The question is how to use your vote to get closer to the outcomes you profess to want.

[Tim Duncheon @TDuncheon]

So grateful that SF’s shadow studies have minimized the shade available on days like today

[POLITICO @politico]

Vance refuses to admit that Trump lost the 2020 election https://t.co/KXhVJBeCNf

[Dan Pfeiffer @danpfeiffer]

Calling the filibuster the “holy grail” of democracy is such an embarrassing thing to say

[Chris Elmendorf @CSElmendorf]

Lots of folks experienced this tweet (⤵️) as a gibe. I did not mean to offend, or to contribute to the further sewerification of Twitter.

So let me explain my concerns. 🧵.

[Tommy Vietor @TVietor08]

Overturning Roe v Wade killed this woman. There's no other way to put it. These are the stakes in this election. https://t.co/okucpslVEc

[Harsh 🌮 @shahahahahaaaha]

“The pedestrian came out of nowhere”

[James Medlock @jdcmedlock]

This is so insane