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This is really good but I’m in a slump rn

Please don’t set up a bot to auto refresh the Department of Elections website. It’s a pain when it crashes.

I will never tire of reading about CEQA

You know a nonfiction book is good when it has you shaking with rage with the awfulness it's describing.

Lots of good insight which is helping me see how critical the problem is, how entrenched the problems are and more appreciative of how much brain power and energy certain people are applying to getting more affordable housing built. So far, it’s all been in service of a greater sense of futility. I’m hoping the last part has some ideas for what might turn the tide.

Getting a bit tired of all of the stories but that’s coming from someone who wants a citation for every sentence

i really love the writing style and the approach the author chose to take in researching atm

I wish this book focused less on the characters and more on the issues...

Such a struggle to see past the author’s agenda and evaluate the facts presented

Lost interest in finishing this book. (i.e. it's not that interesting). I'll pick it up later.

On pause while I read my library books.

Infuriating that the solution to the rise in property tax rates caused by anti-growth policies was to cap tax rates for existing residents and their descendants. I know this book is written to get readers mad about this, but damn 🤬

We already knew housing in the Bay is bleak... This book explains some of the policies and background of the beast. It’s an important book I’m happy to be reading, but it’s also stirring up a lot of anxiety in me about my own housing security in Oakland. I feel lucky at least that my family owns their East Bay residences so I don’t have to worry about them.

Sister Christina is a saint 👼🏻🙏🏻🏢

How can this happen in America? Because we let it. 😔

Stay with me. Note the following; Proposition 13, Contract City, City of Lakewood, City of Lafayette. These are key to understanding housing issues in California and the rest of America.

“Does [zoning] promote economic freedom or hamper it? Is it capitalist or socialist? There is no single answer, which is why zoning says a lot about who we are and who we are becoming. At least at the local level, zoning is democracy and democracy is zoning.”

Pretty interesting so far