Amy Kalish, photo taken in San Mateo
I used to be oblivious to California Housing policy, and now it’s taken over my life. This is my last piece in the Marin Post, a simplified overview of my prog... … more »
The All Aspects Report
"A large and ever-expanding body of research demonstrates what anyone with a reasonable functional frontal cortex knows instinctively: Human beings benefit in myriad ways – physically, emotionally, psychologically, spiritually – from spending time in nature." … more »
C. LeGras
It’s the same one that’s been leading them astray for a century – only these days, it’s worse One of the more curious, not to mention consequential, aspect... … more »
Michael Barnes
On May 1, the California Department of Finance Demographics Unit issued its annual press release on population and housing estimates for the state. Unlike othe... … more »
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 »
Adena-Ishii
In his January 16 column for The New Yorker, Jay Caspian Kang wondered: “Is California going through the early stages of a political realignment that has not qu... … more »
Campaign Photo
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 »
National Archives
"The new YIMBYism misses something critical: All the supply in the world won’t help if economic inequality continues to grow." … more »
HUD
"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 »
Berkeley City Council
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 »