Patrick Siegman

What should Lula do with his new term? Take this policy nationwide: “São Paulo is among the largest cities to have completely abolished its costly parking mandates. It is impossible to ignore the precedent set by this enormous city with relatively high car ownership and 12 million people.”

Go to your camera roll and search "boat" and then post a picture of a boat you like.

I've long advocated for reforming #CEQA to speed up environmentally-beneficial projects, from bicycle, pedestrian and transit improvements, to apartments near transit. But I'm opposing Prop 45. Many other CEQA reformers are too. Here's why (🎁link):

Existing: derelict bank, gas station, parking lots. Proposed: 127 homes. "The project uses Senate Bill 330, which speeds up approvals and limits cities’ ability to block or delay housing. Tiburon, like other wealthy Bay Area towns, has been a no-go development zone for decades, with..."

“Councillor Keith Anderson…said the offer cost the council £1.8m a year, adding that there had been ’no increase in footfall‘ while it was in place. ’People don't come because of free parking, they come because they want to do something,‘ he said.”

“’It is about what does the city offer - and by diverting money from other sources to fund parking, we deny the opportunity to spend money as a council to help the city centre.‘“

I'll be there, along with many of my co-authors. Join us! November 10: 3-5pm Book Talk (in-person and virtual) ​5-7pm Reception The price is right: free.😊

"...mandatory off-street parking requirements in his seminal 2005 book, The High Cost of Free Parking."

I'll be there, along with many of my co-authors. Join us! November 10: 3-5pm Book Talk (in-person and virtual) ​5-7pm Reception The price is right: free.😊

He can’t do it alone, but with help from housing advocates, he can do a lot.😊

”The 56-year-old product designer,…later published a video claiming that by exploiting the sign application process, homeowners can effectively reserve curbside parking in front of their properties for a few hundred dollars a month.”

“Last year, the agency issued around 8,600 tow-away sign permits and is on track to approve roughly the same number this year, the agency said. The fee for posting the signs is $209 a month per parking spot, less than the $350 a month Long said in his video.”

”The 56-year-old product designer,…later published a video claiming that by exploiting the sign application process, homeowners can effectively reserve curbside parking in front of their properties for a few hundred dollars a month.”

For those interested, here are my recommendations on California state and San Francisco local candidates:

When Trump tweets, “The ‘suburban housewife’ will be voting for me. They want safety & are thrilled that I ended the long running program where low income housing would invade their neighborhood,” it must be music to the ears of Republican billionaire Marc Andreessen.