Zelda Bronstein
Facebook money and California housing
How Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are funding a shadow government that’s shaping California and Bay Area housing policy
The Sierra Club attacks our story; here’s our response
It's about democracy and open process -- and the real debate over market-rate housing development.
The Sierra Club and the luxury-housing developer
Northern Alameda chapter backs San Leandro project in a sign that the pro-growth forces are trying to take over the environmental group.
CASA’s secret New York junket
42 people flew to Manhattan for a three-day event that had no real policy purpose -- and MTC is stonewalling on releasing the price tag.
What the regional housing “compact” amounts to — so far
Plenty of bills that will please developers and landlords; not so many for tenants and vulnerable communities.
Regional planners mount a quiet coup to promote developers and attack vulnerable communities
Public money finances secret meetings of powerful group—to encourage the Growth Machine with no protections for tenants and no barriers against displacement, all in the name of solving the housing crisis.
BART Board votes to endorse Wiener housing bill
Transit agency members support upzoning -- despite growing community opposition
Scott Wiener’s war on local planning
His next round of housing bills force cities to accept growth and displacement—without giving them the money or tools to mitigate it
Little-known Yimby-developer bills will have big impact on local planning
Growth machine continues its attack on anything that stands in the way of more market-rate housing
The Lexus Lanes — and why they won’t work
Instead of rewarding carpools and getting people out of private cars, we are rewarding wealth and encouraging more people to drive. How does this make sense?