Narrow streets, a mix of large houses and tiny apartments, interspersed with shops and businesses in close walking distance. It’s the most desirable neighborhood in the city, and we’ve made it illegal to build any
Why do we make it illegal to build the neighborhoods Americans love most? Read Post »
What does Fruitvale tell us about gentrification and displacement? Gentrification solved, or at least prevented. That was the celebratory headline announcing a recent study from UCLA’s Latino Politics and Policy Initiative, looking at changes in
Is Fruitvale gentrifying? Did it prevent displacement? Read Post »
Being cheaper may not be an advantage at all in a dynamic, knowledge based economy It’s axiomatic in the world of local economic development that the sure-fire way to stimulate growth is to make it
Cities as selection environments Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. Why don’t we have a powerful federal agency who can pre-empt local laws that drive up housing costs? Last week, the Federal Communications Commission took action that invalidated a
The Week Observed, May 4, 2018 Read Post »
Distrust and empowering everyone to equally be a NIMBY is a recipe for perpetual housing problems The recent defeat of SB 827–California State Senator Scott Wiener’s bill that would have legalized apartment construction in area’s
No exit from housing hell Read Post »
A powerful federal agency can override local laws limiting access to TV. But housing? Nope. Local control. It’s the bedrock principle of land use planning. Cities and neighborhoods should have absolute control over the kinds
