Something I'm really excited about: the 80-page report on ED 1 that I wrote last year with @abundanthousingla.bsky.social has finally been published! Download it here: acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...

Someone on LinkedIn, who I'm not connected with and I don't think I've ever interacted with, translated a graphic I made into Spanish to help explain to his parents what he does for work. Wow! You never know how you're going to have an impact 😭

A crazy statistic I read today: LADWP delays are responsible for an AVERAGE OF EIGHT MONTHS of additional construction time for apartment buildings requiring an underground installation

At Terner Fall Colloquium, Buffy Wicks signals that the next big reform for the state legislature is going to condo liability reform and ownership housing units

yeah Canno Design cracked the brick code here and now they sail through design review www.cannodesign.com

This must have been some sort of protest move by underpaid masons, right?

How is "plug in solar" fine but these are "suicide cords"?

Single-stair plus multifam zoning on single-fam lots might be what prefab needs to take off. Manufacturing processes require scale and repeatability; only single-family lots deliver those. Homeowners want too much customization in ADUs, but developers might be profit-minded enough to see the vision.

nexus studies are such bullshit

Today, Mayor Bass has lifted the Shelter Crisis Emergency Declaration. I believe that means that ED 1 is no longer in effect. The council has moved forward with a permanent ED 1 ordinance, but it will be months (or longer) until it goes into effect

ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections

$22 million kinda feels like chump change? Rick Caruso spent over $100 million on the last LA mayoral election

Today, Mayor Bass has lifted the Shelter Crisis Emergency Declaration. I believe that means that ED 1 is no longer in effect. The council has moved forward with a permanent ED 1 ordinance, but it will be months (or longer) until it goes into effect

A really-cool three-story single-stair building proposed behind a commercial building in Lincoln Heights

Two years later, this project application has been withdrawn. It now sits as an empty lot.

Unfortunately, Twitter still has bangers (in this case, hidden in the community notes)

LA’s growing Candy Factory District is looking good with the Sees Tower and Candy (W)rapper

The whole RHNA framework depended on everyone politely pretending to comply, and now a court has very politely pointed out that the emperor has no clothes. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/emil...

Dodgers win! Congrats on #9. Next year will be 10.

Had to make a pilgrimage

Watched the Dodgers win in a very LA fashion: on a sketchy stream on TikTok while waiting for a bus

I love San Francisco, and I don’t know why I’ve never seriously considered living here.

Which is better: 1) Palace of Fine Arts 2) Cow Palace

Happy Halloween! Californians, remember to vote Yes on 50!

“We” did not land on the moon. You guys left without me and I’m still mad about it.

Apparently this is what “less busy than usual” and “no wait” looks like

Both of these are four stories, and that’s messing with my mind

Which is more iconically San Francisco: 1) An ad for AI on the side of a cable car 2) A band of Chinese grandparents playing traditional music in front of the oldest strip club in America

I hate YIMBY Halloween! What do you mean, you’re the “Monster in the Mission”?

Where should I get lunch in SF today?

While the new terminal is better in every way, part of me misses the 1960’s era circular Terminal 3 (left) Maybe I just miss flying Virgin America Or maybe what I really miss is being young

I’m going to SF tomorrow for the weekend. I’m thinking of not bringing my laptop/iPad. Would that be crazy? (side note: if you’re in town and want to hang out, HMU)

In today's LA, there's such a housing shortage that even a boring box will get rented. In a time when housing is plentiful though, the whimsy has a purpose - attracting new residents!

Enjoy that his Chinese name is “good tall”, very apt

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I believe I have found some of the greatest regulatory arbitrage in apartment design. I think this is to avoid parking minimums and minimize taxes.

A question for developers: what large American cities have been easiest to build in?

One year ago

One LA Block: 1700’s N Orange

Counties that seriously under-reported to the state how much housing got built last year (compared to census data): Riverside - 12k units missed (55% undercount) San Joaquin - 10k units (92%!) San Diego - 8k units (44%) San Bernardino - 6k units (52%) Placer - 6k units (65%) Orange - 5k units (46%)

I think everyone needs to take a one-hour nap and then return to the game

Proof that zombie traffic engineers don't just shamble out on Halloween these days. Spend a few minutes watching @nickandert.bsky.social's excellent explainer on why LAX is worsening its already wretched horseshoe bottleneck car traffic

Is it possible more housing is being built in CA than reported? This new Census Bureau tool, which tracks changes in the number of residential addresses the Postal Service has in its database, says CA gained 184k new homes last year - HCD reports only 110k. In LA County, Census says 39K, HCD 28k.

Art of the Day - SB79 Shark City Coming soon to a California transit station near you! SB 79 will take effect in July 2026, allowing more apartments near transit stations in major urban counties.

The house I bought during the pandemic that I sold for $345k is worth $480k now 😭 (I'm still glad I sold it)

I just don't understand how Philly is so cheap... It's like 65% NYC at 20% of the price

"no one should make a profit building necessary housing" is one of those things that sounds based and radical... for like half a second, before you finish thinking it through

Someone mentioned in front of me today (not knowing my involvement in the housing space) that they have gotten multiple unsolicited all-cash (above Zestimate) offers on their house since SB-79 passed

The first time Ron DeSantis has looked cool in his life

Open drug use and drug sales should not be allowed in a public park. Period.