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Dr. Jeremy Levine, PhD of city council meetings retweeted
May 27
State housing laws are unlocking housing in places that long blocked them: Beverly Hills, Palo Alto, and even Marin County.
@JeremyELevine argues state and local tools work best together, not as rivals.
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16-story project proposed in Woodside, CA—median home value $5 million. Would be first multi-family in Woodside history
Most amazing about this proposal: City staff kept it a secret for more than TWO YEARS since 2024. Just did not tell anyone, including their own council
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Reporting courtesy @angelaswartz
I’m not sure this project is buildable or even desirable. Alas, this is the natural consequence when cities fail to plan for housing on their own.
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Dr. Jeremy Levine, PhD of city council meetings retweeted
May 19
NIMBY lawyers are trying to end around the AB130 CEQA exemption by arguing that the Subdivision Map Act permits disapproval if the infill project creates environmental impacts. This = a higher hurdle for for-sale than rental projects. Pointless obstacle. Need a legislative fix
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The City of San Mateo is considering designating a historic gas station
The “historic” property in question below. Things like this delegitimize the entire historic preservation process
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“We don’t need protected bike lanes, nobody bikes here anyway!”
The existing bike lanes:
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NIMBYs have been using this 18-story 260-home proposal in downtown Santa Cruz as scare tactics about new state housing laws and I honestly hope they continue to do so because it is extremely based
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The hero LA needs
Apr 3
Let’s lower the rent! As mayor, I will triple housing production by cutting red tape, lowering costs, and eliminating pointless bureaucracy.
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Dr. Jeremy Levine, PhD of city council meetings retweeted
Apr 3
Let’s lower the rent! As mayor, I will triple housing production by cutting red tape, lowering costs, and eliminating pointless bureaucracy.
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Not to brag but up here in the Bay Area, San Mateo charged $20k per apartment in parks fees; Palo Alto charges avg $40k; RWC $43k; Sunnyvale $70k PER APARTMENT
LA can only dream of loving parks like we do
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LA charges park fees between 8 and 18 grand for each new unit of housing built.
I guess now we know where it’s going.
If you live in LA go enjoy those restrooms, because they’re built into your rent.
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1899 New York Times take on the “automobile” holds up well
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Spicy title for a mild take: Recalls and ballot measures are often used by very wealthy people with a ton of free time to subvert decisions by legitimately elected officials and block housing
Representative democracy is better!
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In crazy political times, good things are still happening in local governments across America! As we head into 2026, I’m excited about all the communities that are ending single-family zoning once and for all. Cambridge leading the way!
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I want to make it easier to build childcare for families who need it
Other people can’t stand the sound of children playing
Enjoy some of their hate mail!
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”Inclusionary Zoning” doesn’t actually make zoning inclusionary. In fact, it’s not zoning at all! Though it’s very smart branding
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Dr. Jeremy Levine, PhD of city council meetings retweeted
8 Dec 2025
Building more homes everywhere means building more homes everywhere. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s…
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A recent working paper estimates federal “planning assistance caused municipalities to build 20% fewer housing units per decade over the 50 years that followed” from the 1960s
Shocking if remotely true that adding planners directly causes lower housing production
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See paper at tom-cui.com/assets/pdfs/Bres…
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Amazing that this suggests “community benefits” to reduce opposition to housing have no impact at all. Maybe bribing people to support housing actually doesn’t work?
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(We found basically the same effect if we told them the tall building would provide half a million in community benefits for a park.)
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