Do you like detailed reads on a Sunday morning? Of course you do. Here’s the full policy brief for my plan to Greenlight Vancouver, and get our city moving. assets.nationbuilder.com/williamforva...

I voted. Let's Do This!

Before the last elections, I wrote a Jacobin essay arguing that it was time for Vancouver to rediscover the promise of its past and talking up @onecityvan.bsky.social. The moment was missed, but delighted to vote for @wazaroff.bsky.social as its mayoral candidate today. jacobin.com/2022/10/vanc...

Parents can’t wait. It’s time for Childcare By Right.

Voting opens today in the OneCity nomination - Vancouver's only contested mayoral nomination. If you're a supporter of mine, VOTE NOW! If you're undecided, read on 👇️

Voting opens today in the OneCity nomination - Vancouver's only contested mayoral nomination. If you're a supporter of mine, VOTE NOW! If you're undecided, read on 👇️

Very important proposal for bus signal priority in Vancouver by Mayoral hopeful @wazaroff.bsky.social running for @onecityvan.bsky.social. Transportation equity means prioritizing transit that’s moving a LOT more people in a lot less space. That’s ironically better for EVERYONE, including drivers.

William Azaroff, who is seeking OneCity's nomination to run for Vancouver mayor, is proposing city-wide coordinated traffic signals that could cost up to $200 million. 🚦 It'd also enable extensive signal priority for #TransLink buses. #vanre #vanpoli dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...

There is a way to make Vancouver buses up to 18% faster that no one is talking about. It does not require digging tunnels. The solution is hidden in plain sight at our intersections.

A day spent learning about how we can honour the legacy of Hogan’s alley as we build around false creek, and a night spent watching my son play at the Fox Cabaret with his band, The Incident.

I'll be voting for William Azaroff. One big reason: he's a serious housing, climate, & environmental health champion. He's been a leader on getting gas out of buildings, the unglamorous but essential work of cutting emissions and protecting public health. 2/

If you didn’t catch it this morning.

This week, Councillor Lucy Maloney is bringing forward a motion to reinstate the city’s Living Wage. Right now is the chance to write in or sign up for the speaker's list, you've got until 5pm. Ken Sim has left janitors, security guards, and traffic control workers hanging.

In 2025, City Hall paralysis blocked 6 key sites from being developed. Ken Sim couldn’t build the majority required to get things done. Enough. I’m moving to immediately unlock these sites for 4,000 affordable homes. No more excuses. #VanPoli #HousingNow

The people of Olympic Village were promised a school. They've been waiting for over a decade - putting their kids on buses and driving them across the city to schools that might have a spot. Parents shouldn't have to play a lottery for their children's future. Build the damn school.

Today! Come join.

Spring has sprung, in January! I'll be basking in the false spring on Sunday, January 18th at 17th and Cambie plaza. 11am-12:30pm. Bring a coffee and come enjoy the weather!

Tune in!

Sophie Ngo and her husband spend three hours every day driving between Richmond and Vancouver just to drop off their two kids at different daycares. It is the only way they can find care. "I don’t know why it’s so hard," she says. She is right. vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...

Just a few hours left to sign up to vote to support my bid for the OneCity mayoral nomination race! We can build this city into a great place for everyone, we just have to start. This is a great way to get the ball rolling. www.onecityvancouver.ca/membership_c...

Just a few hours left to sign up to vote to support my bid for the OneCity mayoral nomination race! We can build this city into a great place for everyone, we just have to start. This is a great way to get the ball rolling. www.onecityvancouver.ca/membership_c...

Today is the last day to register to vote in Vancouver's only contested mayoral nomination. Check out the link in my bio to sign up now! We're building a movement here, a movement to build a Vancouver where we can all belong And I hope you'll be part of it.

NEW VIDEO: North America’s Elevator’s Problem Elevators are absolutely essential to modern cities..... and it turns out North America kind of sucks at them. We partnered with @sightline.org to look into the many issues plaguing our elevator industry, and what it might take to fix it.

OneCity is holding a contested mayoral nomination, and their two candidates, William Azaroff and Amanda Burrows, were on the Cambie Report. Link to the full episode below. Here's what they had to say about housing (see follow up posts for alt text):

Come say hi! I'll be at The Lido tomorrow, Sunday Jan 11, from 3-5pm. More information and RSVP here: www.williamforvancouver.ca/meet_william...

I am excited to have Jenn McGinn supporting my bid for the OneCity mayoral nomination. Jenn and I were colleagues at Vancity for years. Having a former MLA in my corner means the world to me. Register to vote at the link in my bio!

I'm proud to accept the endorsement of former City Councillor, Mayor, Leader of the Opposition, and Premier of BC, Mike Harcourt. Mike Harcourt governed this city during a time of great change and great optimism. We need big changes in Vancouver. And we need to bring that spirit of optimism back.

One last year-end post. For years now, I've been ranking the top ten movies that I've had the pleasure of seeing each year. Here's my 2025 list. Anything you would add? 1. Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier 2. One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson 3. Secret Agent, Kleber Mendonça Filho

The holidays are an opportunity to reset, recalibrate. To remember what is important in our lives. To remember who is important in our lives. 2026 is shaping up to be a big year for our city. A year full of opportunity and hope. We have a moment, right now, in these next 288 days.

Happy New Year, Vancouver! Get home safe tonight and use the free transit. It is a bit of common sense that makes our city work better for everyone. Here’s to a great 2026 with many changes in store!

Kate Hammer: who is the politician to watch for 2026? Richard Zussman: So, I think it's going to be William Azaroff. So, this is a guy who a lot of people may not be familiar with right now, but he may be the mayor of Vancouver in a year from now. Check out the full clip below!

Top concert of the year? Hard to pick, but Father John Misty sure put on a masterclass. I spotted the Premier at the Pixies, but my son’s shows at Red Gate were the real highlights. So instead, here is a thread of every show I went to this year (chronological order).

I read 57 books this year. These are the ten that had the greatest impact on how I see the world (in the order I read them).

I really enjoyed my chat with @tomdavidoff.bsky.social this morning! One of the parts of running for the mayoral nomination I most enjoy is being able to sit down with smart people like Tom and share ideas and learn. Thanks for your time this morning, Tom!

My mom raised me on a nurse’s salary in this city. She built a good life here. I look at the rental market today and honestly, I don’t know if she could do that now. That keeps me up at night. We’re losing the people who make this city run.

The headline is "Building Support." I swear I didn't pitch that pun, though as a housing guy, I do appreciate a good dad joke. Thanks to the Straight for making me look reasonably mayoral. www.straight.com/city-culture...

Admittedly, I spend 90% of my day thinking about affordable housing. That's the job. But housing relies on transit. They are the two of the biggest levers we have to make this city affordable and livable.

We need to build homes, everywhere, for all kinds of people. That's how you solve a housing crisis.

According to @thetyee.ca , I’m a housing CEO who used to make indie chess movies and rom-coms. Honestly? Fair assessment. We talked about running with @onecityvan.bsky.social, fixing our housing deficit, and why directing is actually great prep for City Hall. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

Ken Sim and ABC Vancouver just killed the Social Housing Initiative. A program that could have actually gotten people off the streets and into homes? Dead.

I'm thinking today of the dozens of CoV team members that Ken Sim has fired, right before the holidays, thanks to his election-year budget stunt. Workers keep us moving. We need to invest in our city and its services, and we need great people working for our city to do that.

I'm so thrilled that we have not just one but two accomplished, community-serving, values-driven leaders vying to be nominated by OneCity members as our first Mayoral candidate, in an open, transparent process. Bring it on @wazaroff.bsky.social, Amanda Burrows and @onecityvan.bsky.social

Many thanks for the support Colin! If you haven’t yet, check out his book Vanbikes: Vancouver’s Bicycle People and the Fight for Transportation Change, 1986-2011.

I'll be speaking today at the hearing for the Social Housing initiative - championed by OneCity's @christineboyle.bsky.social. Big shocker: I support it! It means more affordable, non-market homes in neighbourhoods across the City. That means lower rents - and homes for people, not profit.

Today, ABC Vancouver will vote on a tremendously damaging budget. We still don't know the full extent of the cuts. But what we know is damaging enough: Major cuts to arts and culture, libraries starved of resources they need, and the sustainability department potentially on the chopping block. 1/2

As a leading voice on the intersection between climate, nature, and heath @drmelissalem.bsky.social’s work brings people in and inspires action. I appreciate your support on this campaign!

Woah, what a week! I am so moved by the level of support I’ve received. Thank you all! I’ll be at the OneCity Culture Crawl event on Sunday at 2pm at 1000 Parker Street. And I’m having a campaign social at Strange Fellows Brewing at 4pm on Sunday! Please join me! www.williamforvancouver.ca/events

Over 600 Vancouver residents signed up to speak about the city’s 2026 draft austerity budget, but we still need your voice! Sign our open letter urging council to protect public health, climate resilience, and essential services. Deadline: Sunday EOD.

As a longtime human rights worker and consultant @parkercj50.bsky.social has helped build respectful and inclusive organizations across North America. Thank you for your support, mentorship, and friendship.

The last 3 days at #HousingCentral have been fantastic (although I must admit I’ve been a little distracted since Monday!). This morning we had a truly excellent keynote from @harrisonmooney.bsky.social with his great telling of Black history in BC, including his new portmanteau Hegemonologue!