Ed Mendoza 𓊍
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Livable Communities Initiative Policy Director. Always for more housing/tenant rights. fight inequality. fight racism. always on my bike. Views are my own.
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I wonder how America is doing in the parallel reality where we don't demolish our cities
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Best idea from a conservative that i’ve heard in a while
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Why do I have a feeling that a whole lot of affluent neighborhoods are going to become of historic significance all of a sudden?
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It’s still wild to me how the US government went all-in in dismantling all of its cities in the name of cars, racism, and classism. Just remarkable
It’s insane to think about how Buffalo NY had a beautiful downtown that was almost completely leveled for parking lots and repetitive boxes.
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Funny how required side yard setbacks are a result of the FHA not underwriting your mortgage if you had an urban wall - to which they called a "social ill". An "ill because Italians, the jewish, black people - the "non-white" tended to live in such buildings. Planning is a joke.
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It would be cool if non car owners got an 800 dollar ebike rebate!
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You want these buildings back? Support "Single Stair" Point Access Block reform.
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Ever wonder what all of those surface car parking lots in downtown LA used to be?
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There were people, histories, real faces lost forever to this.
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Why do so many American leftists defend downzoning and the legacy that created redlining ideology? It baffles me.
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@nwdickey
That’s right! A massive interchange was built over the densest most urban area in LA- completely gone.
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In order to mitigate the revenue lost on fares, why can't LA Metro allow kiosk style commercial tenants on its rail platforms? they are all over the world!
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Just saw a deeply troubled man execute his dog on the train. Spoke to a lady with her child, apparently the guy was arrested earlier in the day for shoplifting. He was apparently also smoking in the train. Talking w 6 other people on the train, apparently he’s attacked people too
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Any LA planners here defending side yard setbacks? From what I've seen the rest of the world has done away with them or never bothered to implement them.
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@carywesterbeck
There's such a foolish tragedy to all of this. Ignorance, racism, bigotry, all a damn shame.
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Quick! everyone post your favorite Accessory Commercial Units!
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Super cool infill building in Vietnam. This building cannot be built here because it utilizes a point access layout that is used worldwide, but not allowed in California.
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@caliredandgreen
Nope he just got out on expo la cienega, we spoke to someone on the emergency intercom and they straight up hung up on us. Wildly pathetic in part of
@metrolosangeles
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It's tragic because this rapid transit plan was meant to deliver better access to those population clusters. In the end we just wiped them out in favor of a highway and surface parking lots.
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If you own land or know anybody who wants to build in Santa Monica- fill this out. You can build as much as you want regardless of where your property is as long as it’s 20% affordable. You have until today to do it before Santa Monica closes the loophole.
As far as planning applications go, this 4-pager is having quite the impact in Santa Monica:
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‘Historic Neighborhoods’ should revert to their ‘Historical’ zoning as well. I’ll play ball and build w same materials/aesthetics, but let me build that bungalow court and no parking no setback 10 plex.
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Building embodies everything wrong with LA's contemporary urban form.
Weird Articulation of facade ✅
Side yard setbacks ✅
Curb cut for parking ✅
Transformer pad with bollards✅
Water and gas meters in full display✅
Single loaded corridor layout✅
No commercial ✅
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This is why I think we are screwed. This 4 unit structure was required to build 16 - yes - 16 parking spaces because the local Neighborhood *Stabilization* Overlay Zone required them to do so (curbside parking concerns lol). Sometimes I really want to leave this country.
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It shouldn’t feel like I’m going to die every single time I bike to get groceries.
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I showed this video to my dad, and he defended the car and started talking about how cyclists are the real menace of the street. smdh
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@reason
All I read is “government please continue to control my property and limit others individual freedom because it benefits me”. A not so libertarian take.
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@ShelbyHintze
@seandsweeney
How many ADA compliant units were on that parcel before this construction? I’m going to guess zero. Now you get 4 units instead of zero, and you can get them built affordably. I count that as a win.
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The double stair requirement eats up almost half of the front facade. Compare this to the older 1920s bldg on the left - both on same sized parcels.
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@GrapSorz
what about these thousands of similarly sized buildings, can you find these on google maps?
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LA County Democrats voted to oppose sb 9 and 10. A vote that came largely from mostly boomers or older folk. Here's my response. A thread.
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Just a simple graph of California. So we could put things into perspective.
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Absolutely insane that the brand new K line doesn’t get signal priority. Been stuck on 3 red lights in a row. This could be easily fixed right???
@LADOTlivable
@metrolosangeles
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This is a single stair building everyone!!!
As an Angeleno/Californian, the scale of new development in Montpellier (pop. ~300,000) is incredible. It’s the fastest growing city in France, and at least a good percentage of that growth is happening at higher densities. This is the Higher Roch Tower, Brenac & Gonzalez, 2022.
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A reminder that Los Angeles was not always a "car city". We had decent neighborhoods with funiculars too! Every single one of the buildings featured here doesn't exist anymore.
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@metrolosangeles
Fuck man, it was a big dog too. She was laying there lifeless as they guy was carving into the dog- this is horribly vile what i just saw
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A daily reminder that this could have been our subway system in 1925.
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Make sure to smash that like button and subscribe for all your spicy and controversial housing takes 😭😭😭💕💕😤😤🔥😣😣🥺🥺🤷🏽♂️
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Is Los Angeles the only place in the world where we get big ol' transformers in front of all new multifam infill buildings?
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What? where's the transformer pad & bollards?! Where's the curb cut and driveway? Where are the side yard setbacks and protruding articulations?? This doesn't make sense, where is the second stair? Don't they know that buildings need two stairs?! This must be luxury housing.
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@straterize
It’s the society around those pictures that tell you the story. There are plenty of safe pedestrian tunnels with widespread use found around the world.
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These are only four units. This exists because LA is so pre-occupied in limiting density, having high parking minimums, and throwing aesthetics out of the window. This same building can be so much better, it can be parking free, 12-15 units, have inclusionary and can look great.
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@DougHBoy1917A
@arch_crimes
Dude we have computers, programs to design super precise stuff in the comfort of ones underwear, laser cutters, and 3d printers. We could definitely replicate and improve on stuff from 130 years ago if we tried.
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@metrolosangeles
Jesus christ that was horrible to watch. The dude was pointing and yelling at other people too telling them that they were next.
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So what can we do? Well thankfully the world solved this a long long time ago. Most places in the world build courtyard apartments with neither a single or double loaded layout, but instead with a Point Access Block layout.
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From what I know, post 1940 America, our apartments became dependent on either a "double-loaded" (like a hotel with a central hallway) or single loaded layout (like a motel with the hallway on the side of the bldg). But this means that units typically won't get two sides of light
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During the pandemic this place was packed with people outside. Chapman Plaza was an actual plaza. And now …
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@gabrielmbross
@AaronGuhreen
the brick holds no structural weight - it's a concrete & rebar masonry building!
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Sup ya'll. Need your help on this one. Sign and support our Bill AB 835 that would study and create standards for Vertical Shared Access ("single stair") buildings in California!! Sounds nerdy, but read this blog post we wrote to get further stair-pilled!
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Imagine cycling in a bus lane with a bus right behind you. Feeling pressured, knowing that you're holding up transit riders. It's not only taxing for you but also for the driver and the transit riders. It's cruel to subject anyone, especially children, to this kind of stress.
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So much for those that claimed that South LA did not want safer streets.
Just where LA voted for Measure HLA for Safe Streets
Based on current counts as of 3.6.2024
My office,
@theworksla
, is busy working through the data making maps!
Let us know if you need services developing preliminary maps with the primary so far!
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The way we build also affects how our cities feel. Buildings that form a greater city "urban wall" vs what we do in LA where our buildings stand alone, individual.
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A concern from equity* activists is affordable housing provisions. Let me reiterate... YOUR LOCAL COUNCIL CAN PASS THESE AFFORDABLE HOUSING MEASURES, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IS STOPPING THEM. YOU CAN'T BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING IF THERE IS NO ZONED SPACE FOR THEM TO BE BUILT GODDAMN IT
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@metrolosangeles
Release the camera footage of inside the train cars now. You have it - release it.
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The buildings you get as a result from this reform are also better with acoustic privacy, sunlight, open green space, air circulation, and modestly sized 2 bed 1 bath units. A home run policy reform for more beautiful and safe housing.
"12-20% of your rent isn’t paying for the apartment, it’s paying for hallways."
the great
@alfred_twu
weighs in on single stairs:
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I'll put it this way: There's a higher probability of getting struck and killed by an emergency response vehicle than to die in a modern single stair building from a fire.
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My cousin was murdered in cold blood a block away from my house yesterday. My mind is in complete disarray. I can’t imagine the pain my uncle and aunt is going through.
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AB 835 on the LA Times!
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This is the style of housing that apparently LA planners cant wrap their heads around.
The Casa 40 Condo Building in Cordoba, Argentina:
•5 stories
•9m wide lot
•18 units
•A central, social stair that is the focal point of the project
•All units ventilate from central courtyard
Legalize this type of straightforward single-stair housing in the US
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I get it, we must fight for the working person, for those who need help, for people who have been disenfranchised time and time again, for tenant, for the immigrant. But that has nothing to do with not allowing more housing to be built.
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You can see how the urban form differs from how we build today. Lots of courtyards, and definitely an upgrade from the stuff we build today in LA.
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educate yourselves
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