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Inside the Berkeley Mayoral Election - Part 5
A key factor in Adena Ishii’s victory was her self-presentation as a conciliatory outsider. Her campaign website declared: “Adena Ishii is an experienced communi... … more »
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HUD
New study by Fed economists directly contradicts Yimby narrative on housing prices
"Dramatic data from the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco suggests gentrification and income inequality are far more important than 'constraints' on development as the cause of high housing prices." … more »
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Issac Riddle
Uniformity in Architecture: Why Buildings Are All the Same
"From stifling regulations to design trends: unpacking the challenges behind architectural sameness." … more »
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CVP
Paradigm Shift – Part IX: Gen-AI and Factory Built Affordable Housing
The term “efficiency” is in the news these days. However, contrary to the nonsense being peddled by the DOGE crowd, achieving increases in “efficiency,” which is f... … more »
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Housing Price Index
International Housing Bubble scaled to Income
A brief explanation of what we are looking at Let’s say over a given period a country’s house prices increase by 30% and income also increases by 30%. If you di... … more »
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TDRB
Public meeting to review 5-story+ multifamily housing project at 150 Shoreline, Mill Valley
Tam Valley Community Center adjacent to Tennessee Valley Road
March 5, 2025
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Village at Oak Hill
Village at Oak Hill seeks rental guarantees from the County and Marin School Districts
The Marin County Public Financing Authority (MCPFA) is a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) established in 2023 to fund the development of the “Village at Oak Hill” – a ... … more »
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CVP
Paradigm Shift - Part VIII: Gen-AI Can Reduce Housing Costs
As discussed in Paradigm Shift - Part VII: Faster, Cheaper, Better, in many ways the technology being used by design profession is decades ahead of the housing con... … more »
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CVP
Paradigm Shift - Part VII: Faster, Cheaper, Better
Proteins are the building blocks of life. They’re made up of chains of amino acids folded into complex shapes, which determine their function. Understanding the st... … more »
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Berkeley City Council
Inside the pervasive news media bias in the Berkeley mayoral election
Missing context, misleading stories helped boost longshot Adena Ishii into the city's top office. Part Three of this series on the Berkeley mayoral election ... … more »