Having never, ever been a morning person, I always made my brother drive me to school my senior year of high school. I’d stare out the window and brood about while the countless yard signs of suburban Fairfield County, Connecticut, glided by one after another. For as long as I’d lived in New Canaan, these […]
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The L.A. Metro is Surrendering to BANANAs
No transportation agency is as self-sabotaging as Los Angeles Metro. On Jan. 22, the Los Angeles Metro Board of Directors voted to oppose SB 677 unless it is radically amended to give Los Angeles County a backdoor out of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD). Their justification was explicit. “Tying increased density to proximity to transit projects is […]
Missing Middle Housing in Berkeley: Housing’s Goldilocks Still Not Quite Right to Many
On the 24th of this July, Brayden McLean, outfitted in a hospital visitor sticker on his shirt, stepped away from his newborn triplets to ask the Berkeley City Council, “where will [my childrens’] generation be able to live and thrive in Berkeley?” While largely considered to be a progressive city, Berkeley has become an epicenter […]