Jeremy Levine, PhD of city council meetings
@JeremyELevine
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Supporting houses and the people who live in them with @hlc_sanmateo, @inclusive_laf, and @cocoyoungdems šš¢š Not a real PhD but takes just as good
Lafayette, CA
Joined September 2017
@realBurhanAzeem Amazing! Gives me hope San Mateo can go faster @CityofSanMateo spent 6 years discussing a general plan amendment (CA thing) and had a ballot measure last year to increase heights and densities, so voters have already approved changes. Now just need to finalize dev standards
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@realBurhanAzeem I donāt know you but I love and envy what the Cambridge advocates have done šš» truly amazing!
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A model for Bay Area cities to follow: When simplifying zoning, just eliminate rules entirely instead of making marginal changes that still require a land use attorney to sort through
This was a comprehensive reform that also simplified our zoning. By that I mean no step backs, no dwelling unit per lot area, no FAR, no special permits (under 75k sqft), no parking minsā¦ While other reforms have limited it to 4-8 units, weāre really trying to build housing!
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Meanwhile in a random Bay Area suburb: We want AFFORDABLE housing so we upped max density from 25 to 35 du/ac & FAR to 1.25 w/ 7,500sqft min lot size & 1.5 parking spaces per studio & diagonal line across building no more tha Tech capital of the world looks like a 1970s sitcoms
I canāt believe it - after years of advocacy, exclusionary zoning has ended in Cambridge. We just passed the single most comprehensive rezoning in the USālegalizing multifamily housing up to 6 stories citywide in a Paris style Hereās the details š§µ
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RT @realBurhanAzeem: I canāt believe it - after years of advocacy, exclusionary zoning has ended in Cambridge. We just passed the singleā¦
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Fruits of the California rain
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@the_transit_guy Any idea on program uptake? How many permits approved? This looks really cool but a similar pre-approved ADU plan in San Jose has not led to very much new production
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RT @michaeldlane: Today, @michaelgunning and I write about the urgent need to reimagine fire insurance coverage in California and prevent tā¦
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@cafedujord Excuse you, the bike boulevard program will cost an additional $150-300k. The ~$620k is just to remove the bike lane and restore 100 parking spaces
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Important context: San Mateo got $3 mil in CBDG funds from the federal government for the bike lane and the city is now spending ~$620k to remove a portion and restore 100 parking spots
Good evening, folks! I'm at San Mateo City Hall tonight, where the council is debating removing (yes, *removing*) a bike lane on North Humboldt street...that was just installed two years ago. š§µā¬ļø
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They literally just said ācondolences and prayersā! We should all be praying for āpermit streamliningā
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I do not understand the SF Chronicleās impulse to label every single issue āmoderateā or āprogressiveā Some Supervisors want to make opening businesses easier on a street filled with vacancies, everyone should want that. The labels are bizarre and meaningless
In an effort to fill large vacant storefronts along Van Ness Avenue, two of San Franciscoās new moderate members of the Board of Supervisors are looking to get rid of the costly and time-consuming process chain stores need to go through to open.
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@IkeEkeh More than 500 ADUs permitted under the program by 2023, more since. Many built already
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