Solomon Cordwell Buenz/ SFYIMBY
Did one of California’s biggest new housing reforms go too far?
"The state desperately needs changes to its housing laws. But did a recent fix create more problems than it solved?" … more »
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Guy
Is California "Collapsing"?
I use Jared Diamond’s concept of "Collapse" as defined in his bestseller. Within this book, Diamond states that societies collapse because of eight systemic fai... … 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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Michael Barnes
Et tu, Mother Jones? The progressive magazine joins the pro-corporate housing propaganda machine
Mother Jones Magazine recently published this sloppy and dishonest article, “Think Globally, Build Like Hell Locally,” in their May + June edition. In it, the auth... … more »
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Huntington Beach federal lawsuit withstands ridicule, even in Marin
My letter was too long for the SF Chroni letter format, but I submitted it anyway: https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/huntington-beach-sues-california-housing-17842121.php In response to Emily Hoeven’s flippant piece regarding the Huntingt... more »
Amy Kalish -
State of California
Housing, the Homeless, and the Clueless
“For every complex human problem, there is a solution that is neat, plausible, and wrong.” ~ H.L. Mencken In a recent “Weekly Update,” California Attor... … more »
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CVP
Housing Law Failures and YIMBY Bounty Hunters
The State of California’s “the punishments will continue until morale improves” approach to the affordable housing crisis continues to be a catastrophic failure.... … more »
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ASTROTURF NON PROFIT Suing Cities on Behalf of California Association of Realtors
Marin IJ Readers’ Forum for Jan. 28, 2023Group for more housing is not what it seems https://www.marinij.com/2023/01/27/marin-ij-readers-forum-for-jan-28-2023/ Link is to the edited version published in the Marin IJ. Text below is my original. In a... more »
Amy Kalish -
US Bureau of Labor Statistics
What if the headlines about inflation are all wrong?
You can’t look at the news these days without being blasted with headlines screaming about “runaway” inflation, “soaring” inflation, and inflation like we haven’t ... … more »
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Matteo Columbo
The TINA Trade
How homeowners are unknowingly financing their own community’s demise. The “TINA” trade is an acronym for “There is no alternative.” It’s a term used by stock... … more »