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Zelda Bronstein

Zelda Bronstein
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The Chron discovers, sort of, that Wiener’s housing bills are a con

Finally, a story that mentions the real issue: Cities can't force developers to build

Finally, a media breakthrough of the pro-Yimby narrative that has dominated press and politics

The Washington Post, of all places, runs a story on a new study debunking the idea that more market-rate housing will bring down prices

Is Chris Elmendorf a ‘folk economist?’

The Yimby champion is now attacking planners who don't know economics—but it appears that this law professor doesn't either.

A pro-growth Yimby ally has some untimely questions about Wiener’s new bill

Veteran planner Bill Fulton is all about more housing, but he isn't sure that SB 79 will work. He could have said that sooner.

Berkeley’s city planning ‘cancel culture’

Small shops and the public cut out of the process of upzoning three neighborhoods

Berkeley’s Orwellian upzoning plan

New language would undermine the Citizen Participation Element of the city's General Plan

Mayor Ishii and Berkeley’s ‘Missing Middle’

Collaborative legislating—or a disdain for public process

Is the new Berkeley mayor really a conciliatory outsider?

Her history as president of the League of Women Voters suggests otherwise

Inside the pervasive news media bias in the Berkeley mayoral election

Missing context, misleading stories helped boost longshot Adena Ishii into the city's top office.

Malibu, fires, and the mandate for endless growth

In a climate crisis, is it really a good idea to build more and denser housing in high-severity fire zones?