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I’ve heard a lot of confusing misinformation about how the SB-79 transit-oriented development bill will interact with the current Family Zoning rezoning proposal, and did a lot of close reading of the proposed SB-79 legislation. The summary: SB-79 will not apply to portions of SF covered by the Family Zoning Plan,. We can focus on making…
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When my girlfriend was shopping for a new car in late 2024, I advocated getting an Electric Vehicle- until I realized that the effective carbon abatement cost would be $1,200 / tonne CO2-e abated, more than twice the cost of carbon capture and sequestration (per Charm Industrial). Given that $600/ton for carbon removal is a…
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In trying to understand how preservationist, tenants-rights, and pro-development political factions fit together, I keep coming back to the core facts of the SF housing market, as the different factions have very different interpretations or explanations for these facts, and different views of what that means for potential policies to address SF’s housing crisis. This…
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During SF Housing Week at Manny’s, and throughout the SF Housing Element, a common refrain I heard was that “SF has a lot of vacant units- why do we need to build more units when we already have a lot of extra capacity?” I want to dig into this and the uniquely SF reasons for…
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In a few weeks Ezra Klein will release his new book, “Abundance.” As a card-carrying member of the Abundance Movement, I’m concerned that the book might be full of hand-wringing and short of solutions. Klein’s recent NYTimes article paints the picture of the failing Democratic Party, bound down by layers of Process and unable to…
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In a generation where community is prized but community spaces are disappearing, I hear many of my generation lamenting the difficulty of making good friends and finding community. The good news? Community is all around you, and fascinating people and good friends are there to be found. It just takes a bit of practice and…
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