Amy Kalish, photo taken in San Mateo
SB 79 (Wiener)-Local government land: public transit use: housing development: transit-oriented development. Senator Wiener’s dreams of remaking California into... … more »
CVP
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 »
Campaign Photo
Adena Ishii has never held public office—but had some key endorsements, good luck, and perfect timing. Berkeley’s new mayor, education consultant Adena Ishii, is a... … more »
Solomon Cordwell Buenz/ SFYIMBY
"The state desperately needs changes to its housing laws. But did a recent fix create more problems than it solved?" … more »
Guy
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 »
CVP
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 »
Michael Barnes
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 »
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
“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 »
CVP
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 »