Save Dominican Valley
A Community Effort to Save Dominican Valley
Nestled in the northeast foothills of Black Canyon sits a heavily wooded, almost 20-acre parcel of land filled with a majestic old-growth forest that runs up steep... … more »
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Angela Rowlings
Fear & Loathing in Fairfax - Rent Control and Council Members Out of Control
The Town of Fairfax is embroiled in a heated debate about rent control in the wake of the Council passing Fairfax Rent Control Ordinances #870 and #871 without a p... … more »
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CVP
“You can’t push a river" - California's Housing Element process is a bust
A reporter left me a message the other day, wanting to get my opinion of the Housing Element process. From his voicemail, I could tell he was out to write a sto... … more »
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California State Archive
Lots of Housing Laws. Not much Housing. Part II
Skinner’s “good RHNAs” charade The legislators’ CEQA hatefest was punctuated by a rambling, cryptic commentary from Sen. Nancy Skinner about funding the housi... … more »
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DeVitti
Global environmental breakdown? Who cares
In the investment world, they say talk is cheap but money is dear. So, what people are doing with their money, how they are spending it, and where they are inves... … more »
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Pinterest
The Dumbest Smart People
There’s no lack of fact-denying, anti-science people in the world, bent on holding onto really dumb ideas and resisting all attempts to be educated. But at the... … more »
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The Organic Chemistry Tutor
The Real Affordability Crisis
“Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth” ~ Joseph Goebbels. Last week, I wrote about the dismal track record of California’s state housing laws... … more »
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Keith Miner
Moving the goal posts to conceal housing policy failures
Every article we read these days about affordable housing legislation presents formulas about what percentage of new units need to conform to various percentages o... … more »
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High Density Housing Construction Courtesy o
Power Players’ Problematic Playbook For Housing
Since 2008 and accelerating in 2016, State lawmakers have been following the same playbook, which has been largely written by the lobbying efforts of Big Real Esta... … more »
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Legal Match
Is "spot zoning" illegal?
The term “spot zoning” is thrown around a lot in discussions about planning and development and the vast majority of the time the term is misused and misundersto... … more »