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Planning Commission passes Lurie plan over strong community opposition - 48 hills

A proposed zoning change would increase density in San Francisco, provoking broad community opposition over displacement, infrastructure funding, labor standards, and privatization of public land.

fromMission Local

1 month ago

Westside YIMBYs meet in hostile territory to say: Embrace more density

Yvonne Perez, a homeowner in the Richmond since 2017, said at the meeting that she understands her neighbors who are concerned about views being obstructed, or fear change. She used to be one of them. "I wasn't sure what to make of the upzoning plan. I didn't want the Richmond to become downtown with all the high-rises," she said. "But once I understood what it actually meant, more families, more younger generations, it changed my perspective."

Real estate

California

fromSan Jose Spotlight

2 months ago

New building reforms change pace of San Jose development - San Jose Spotlight

San Jose officials celebrate rollback of CEQA, enabling faster housing production and other developments exempt from environmental reviews.

Brooklyn

fromtherealdeal.com

3 months ago

The Daily Dirt: Brooklyn Yards blueprint could yield 70,000 homes

Brooklyn Yards project exemplifies how lower-scale development can be economically viable and face minimal opposition.

Silicon Valley real estate

from48 hills

3 months ago

The new state housing numbers, the Yimbys, and a bit of Econ 101 - 48 hills

California's housing affordability issue is not solely due to lack of building, according to new state data.

Legislative control over private housing economics is insufficient to significantly lower rents.