At a regular meeting of the Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission this week, Santa Rosa Vice Mayor Victoria Fleming offered powerful testimony in support of AB 1401. Watch and share with a friend:
Black Housing Heroes: Tunua Thrash-Ntuk
My work in housing goes all the way back to riding the bus from South Central Los Angeles to the Westside of LA as an elementary school student. On that bus ride, I started to see that my community looked…
Transit Blues in the Golden State: How the Housing Crisis Hurts Transit Ridership
A new research brief from UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies finds more compelling evidence linking land use and transportation equity by unpacking California’s jobs-housing balance. Blumenberg & King (2021) analyze the “self-containment” of workers in California, or the ratio between…
The Need for More Renters in our Representers
It’s no secret that homeowners are dramatically overrepresented at all levels of elected government, with profound consequences for political culture and public policy. A recent paper from Boston University investigates the contours of this problem in greater detail. Key takeaways:…
The HomeWork: April 27, 2021
Welcome to the April 27, 2021 Main edition of The HomeWork, the official newsletter of California YIMBY — legislative updates, news clips, housing research and analysis, and the latest writings from the California YIMBY team. News from Sacramento April is…
The HomeWork: May 10, 2021
Welcome to the May 10, 2021 Main edition of The HomeWork, the official newsletter of California YIMBY — legislative updates, news clips, housing research and analysis, and the latest writings from the California YIMBY team. News from Sacramento With most…
Mobility and Climate Justice: It’s Not Just About Electric Vehicles
A new report from the Greenlining Institute evaluates the effectiveness of California’s clean transportation programs and proposes several important areas or reform. Key takeaways: The government should increase funding for community-driven, anti-racist clean mobility programs with a holistic approach to…
Affordable Housing for Humans Means Less Housing for Cars
A new analysis by Garcia & Tucker (2021) at UC Berkeley’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation crunches the numbers on Asm. Laura Friedman of Glendale’s proposed Assembly Bill 1401, which would eliminate parking requirements statewide for housing developments within a…
AB 1401’S PARKING REFORM IS A NECESSARY SOLUTION FOR CALIFORNIA’S HOUSING AND CLIMATE CRISES
Contributors and authors: Mott Smith, Council of Infill Builders and Adjunct Professor or Real Estate Development, USC Price School of Public Policy; Michael Manville, PhD, Associate Professor of Urban Planning at UCLA; Shane Phillips, Housing Initiative Project Manager at the…
California Mayors, City Councilors, Equity Leaders Endorse California AB 1401 to End Costly Parking Mandates
“Affordable Housing for Humans, Not Unaffordable Parking for Cars” Mandates Add Up to $80,000 Per Parking Spot to Cost of Housing, Rent “200 Square Mile Parking Crater” SACRAMENTO – Today Mayors, City Councilors, and equity leaders from across California endorsed…