Salim (@s_damerdji) 's Twitter Profile
Salim

@s_damerdji

California housing policy & politics

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calendar_today28-03-2020 15:57:59

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Ro Khanna (@rokhanna) 's Twitter Profile Photo

.Ezra Klein is right that California has messed up housing. We should admit it. We need less restrictive zoning laws & say yes to more building. YIMBY. Reform Prop 13 which capped property tax to a 2% increase, disincentivizing cities from building housing & decreasing turnover.

M. Nolan Gray 🥑 (@mnolangray) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Chris Elmendorf Given that the US can't seem to do supply-side subsidies even remotely efficiently in any form, shouldn't refocus all of our efforts on removing regulatory barriers to supply (which is zero-cost) and reallocating all of this money to turn Section 8 into an entitlement?

Salim (@s_damerdji) 's Twitter Profile Photo

they promote foucault they promote arendt they promote habermas but they never promote jimmy mcmillan. ask yourself why

they promote foucault

they promote arendt

they promote habermas

but they never promote jimmy mcmillan. ask yourself why
California YIMBY (@cayimby) 's Twitter Profile Photo

SB 79 may come up for a vote today -- now is the time to call your State Senator to urge them to vote YES on this bill to legalize multifamily housing around rail and BRT stops across the state. Click here for an easy way to make your call: cayimby.org/call-sb-79/

Chris Elmendorf (@cselmendorf) 's Twitter Profile Photo

An update on California's CEQA / housing package as we hurtle toward the finish line. tldr: Buffy Wicks's CEQA infill exemption is now *even better* than the 6/24 draft ⤵️; and it looks like Senator Scott Wiener will land most of the fish in SB 607 but not the real lunker. 🧵/25