Upzone the coastal elites

CA cities that disapprove housing projects are in a world of hurt. New Court of Appeal decision sets up developer lawsuits for damages, at least where state law requires a ministerial permit (SB 35/423, AB 2011, SB 684, and more). Shi v. Palos Verdes. threadreaderapp.com/thread/21141...

There is no justifying zoning limits on residential density inside cities.

Socialism is hoping some workers lose their jobs as a means for cheaper housing for the cool kids. Also, screw allowing more housing, that's a developer giveaway.

Nextdoor will suspend you for calling someone a NIMBY, but NIMBYs write screed like this constantly. Community Zoning Plan in Berkeley.

Scott Wiener defeated California’s NIMBYs. Can he fix America's housing crisis?

holy smokes, conan strikes up a chat with a random lady on the subway and she immediately starts riffing on his level, no problem.

Please read even one news article about this before commenting. "Environmental review" is routinely abused by nimbys to block environmentally friendly infill housing. The environmental review is mostly pretextual.

"environmental review" is in air quotes for a reason. Student infill housing doesn't really need it, but it does enable abuse by nimbys.

TIL, NIMBYs use "creative" (read abusive) tactics. Good article, just a few decades late. sfstandard.com/2026/10/20/c...

Every time I learn about a Mills Act tax exemption in Berkeley I become incandescent with civic rage. $37k per year subsidy to this 7,700-square-foot mansion that occupies 4 parcels.

Berkeley NIMBYs are convinced a reason their city has a structural deficit is some entities consume more in public services than they pay back into the city. Not them of course, only the UC is guilty of that sin.

We in California could've had this starting in 2018, but a coalition of leftist glue sniffers and homeowner segregationists chose the terrible outcomes we all face today.

This person who was quoted as saying that more housing wouldn't help California's housing crisis, was working for the state of California on housing when the crisis began ... up through 2008 through 5 governors ... as the crisis just got worse and worse.

Updated this chart for 2026: property taxes paid by year parcel developed in Berkeley, California. Buildings from this decade pay more taxes than everything Berkeley built in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s combined. Note: Tax data is current but building data ends in 2025.

This article quotes a sociology professor, a lawyer, and an architect who reject the notion that housing prices are set by supply and demand and do not believe that building more homes reduces rents. It is the housing policy equivalent of platforming climate change deniers.

In case you were curious about why you're poor, this is emblematic of the big brains in charge of California housing policy. This is how stupid people think about affordability.

Here is the most-taxed house in Berkeley, the second mansion of infamous non-profit executives Edward and Marsha Dawson, who together take home over $250k per month in don't-call-this-profit. Luckily for the city they haven't tried to shelter this from property taxes (yet).

Max Dubler gets called a marxist for saying property rights are good. Then, in the same thread, he gets called a developer shill by someone else truly amazing

It’s so cool how the modern conservative movement is antithetically opposed to property rights when it comes to legalizing homebuilding

Listen to the kqed forum, and honestly very torn so far on prop. 45. One on hand, don't love expediting sprawl and highways. On the other hand, any chance to tell the legislature to keep CEQA away from housing. podcastaddict.com/kqed-s-forum...

SB 1090 pauses SB 1123 small-home projects in Altadena until early 2030. CA YIMBY's Matthew Lewis says owners who can't afford to rebuild and need SB 1123 must now carry their empty lot for three more years, which may push them to sell. insideclimatenews.org/news/0410202...

Coughs. Prop. 13. Coughs.

In a housing shortage, you can have first come first served rentals, or auctions. Many think a landlord is evil if they go the auction route, few acknowledge the FCFS route hurts tenants that can't devote hours of time every day to searching listings and applying before even seeing the home.

Holy shit.

Apparently the county just paused the bike lanes for the Treat bridge over 680. Currently, the safe path is the nasty under highway canal trail, a multi block detour. Cowards.

"The sad thing in Berkeley is the growth of student housing." Bio: graduated from U.C. Berkeley.

Live view of YIMBY Legal orgs on the Marina project.

"[Mayor Nash] acknowledged that the costs of litigation may threaten city services." Good luck fighting a losing battle against the State which few if any cities have won. Even more hopeless if property changes hands to a domestic oligarch. www.almanacnews.com/housing/2026...

We should allow unlimited height and density near San Pablo Ave.