Zelda Bronstein
Growth machine wins big in Berkeley
Mayor who ran as a progressive sides with developer-friendly plan for Adeline Corridor.
The housing debate: UCLA professors are still wrong
There is still no reliable data to show that zoning laws cause higher housing prices.
Hypocrisy in the local zoning debate
Professors who argue that local regulations drive up housing prices appear to admit they have no credible data to back up that argument.
State auditor attacks local land-use authority
Study of housing agency finances veers into politically disputed territory.
The mystery of Newsom’s 3.5 million housing units shortage
The data shows that the figure the governor still uses to justify his policies is just wrong.
A displacement housing bill barely dies — but it will come back
Measure to turn any single-family lot into four units -- with zero affordable housing -- is the top of the Scott Wiener/Yimby agenda.
Facebook money pushes Chiu housing bill
48 hills’ “Facebook money and California housing” series delves into the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s multi-million-dollar funding of the pro-growth shadow government that’s reshaping California housing policy. The first installment...
Facebook money and California housing
On January 24, 2019, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the limited liability company founded by Dr. Priscilla Chan and her husband, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and funded by a lifetime...
The Sierra Club attacks our story; here’s our response
On February 19, the Sierra Club’s San Francisco Bay Chapter posted an entry on its home page blog attacking my article “The Sierra Club and the luxury-housing developer,” which...
The Sierra Club and the luxury-housing developer
Are you a Sierra Club member who lives in Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville, Alameda, Piedmont or San Leandro? If so, you fall under the aegis of the club’s Northern Alameda...
