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Facebook money pushes Chiu housing bill

Zelda Bronstein - August 17, 2019

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...

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Facebook money and California housing

Zelda Bronstein - May 29, 2019

On January 24, 2019, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the limited liability company founded by Dr. Priscilla Chan and her husband, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg,...

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CASA’s secret New York junket

Zelda Bronstein - January 15, 2019

During the final meeting of the CASA Technical Committee on December 12, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf let slip that she and unnamed others had...

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6,000 more office workers with no housing, the failure of planning in the Eastern Neighborhoods …

Tim Redmond - October 28, 2018

Mayor London Breed is pushing legislation that would amend the city’s historic office-space limitation law to allow an additional 1.5 million square feet of...

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The Lexus Lanes — and why they won’t work

Zelda Bronstein - October 19, 2017

One of the hallmarks of neoliberalism is the application of market solutions to market-generated problems. It’s an approach that’s bound to fail, because market-generated...

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Inside the Yimby conference

Zelda Bronstein - July 20, 2017

Last weekend about 120 attendees from 17 cities gathered in downtown Oakland for the Yimbytown 2017 conference. Organized by East Bay Forward, the event...

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Dramatic new study questions transit-oriented development

Tim Redmond - April 18, 2017

The supes decided today to once again delay a decision on the 117-unit luxury condo project at 2675 Folsom, as the developer and community...

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YIMBYs, Smart Growth — and unanswered questions

Zelda Bronstein - February 20, 2017

On February 1 I flew to St. Louis for the New Partners for Smart Growth conference, the largest gathering dedicated to dense, transit-oriented/walkable/bikeable development...

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The year that local zoning control comes under attack

Zelda Bronstein - January 9, 2017

2017 is already shaping up as a year in which local control of development will come under unprecedented assault in California and in the...

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Wiener’s first bill could set off housing war

Tim Redmond - December 9, 2016

State Senator Scott Wiener has wasted no time in wading into the statewide housing wars – just as affordable housing advocates have released a...

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Facebook money pushes Chiu housing bill

Facebook money and California housing

CASA’s secret New York junket

6,000 more office workers with no housing, the failure of planning in the Eastern Neighborhoods …

The Lexus Lanes — and why they won’t work

Inside the Yimby conference

Dramatic new study questions transit-oriented development

YIMBYs, Smart Growth — and unanswered questions

The year that local zoning control comes under attack

Wiener’s first bill could set off housing war

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