Rafa

@rafamonsta.bsky.social

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California housing & land-use policy. Progressive abundance. Interested in why good intentions produced housing shortages and how to fix it.

Screenshot of a public comment against Program 55.
Nancy, the troll, replying to me.
Breakfast menu
Image of a bag of frozen French fries that cost $3.86
Chart of workers hours per week declined for people working over 50 hrs a week.
Chart showing average hours per worker dropping.
A list of the top 25 largest apartment owners in the us. No company has a larger share than 0.42%
Requires, notwithstanding any other law, for a new housing development project proposed for approval by a local government in a food desert, or an area at risk of becoming a food desert, the local government to require the applicant to demonstrate that the new housing development project does not reduce site capacity for a large grocery store, or, if site capacity is reduced, to provide equivalent mitigation, as specified. 16) Requires mitigation to include, at a minimum, dedication of equivalent space and infrastructure for future grocery use, or funding contributions to the FDE Fund, as specified, that are sufficient for a replacement store within one-half mile, as determined by CDFA.
A screenshot which lists the eight states that sued RealPage: California, Colorado • Connecticut • Minnesota • North Carolina • Oregon • Tennessee • Washington
A 2022 ProPublica investigation showed RealPage was helping landlords decide rents in a way that legal experts said could result in cartel-like behavior. The DOJ also sued six big landlords, accusing them of using algorithmic software to work together and raise rents. Some have reached settlements with prosecutors.
This paragraph does not preclude a local agency from adopting an ordinance that allows developments at a density greater than the maximum density specified in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 65583.2.
Physically precludes the development of a project built to densities as specified in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 65583.2.
Physically precludes the development of a project built to densities as specified in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 65583.2.
11) The proposed subdivision complies with all applicable standards established pursuant to Section 65852.28.
A 1928-built traditional fourplex with a four car garage at the front of the building, below the units, cut into a hillside.
Screenshot from the San Francisco housing element with a section highlighted from the mid cycle review program with language that reads, “This additional rezoning and additional constraints reduction shall accommodate 115% of the shortfall, minus any capacity created by the rezoning(s) in action 7.1.1 in excess of 36,282 units.”
Text from a 2023 report discussing supply constraints in the transformer industry
In 1909, the National Housing Association (NHA) was formed, largely in response to concerns over the spread of multifamily housing. Lawrence Veiller, who had spearheaded the tenement reform movement in New York City, became its secretary. In the following years, NHA leaders and prominent city planners, led by Veiller, propounded on the evils of multifamily houses and advocated strategies to curb their spread. At the first annual conference of the association in 1911, the chairman of