CVP
Paradigm Shift – Part IX: Gen-AI and Factory Built Affordable Housing
The term “efficiency” is in the news these days. However, contrary to the nonsense being peddled by the DOGE crowd, achieving increases in “efficiency,” which is f... … more »
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CVP
“You can’t push a river" - California's Housing Element process is a bust
A reporter left me a message the other day, wanting to get my opinion of the Housing Element process. From his voicemail, I could tell he was out to write a sto... … more »
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State of California
Housing, the Homeless, and the Clueless
“For every complex human problem, there is a solution that is neat, plausible, and wrong.” ~ H.L. Mencken In a recent “Weekly Update,” California Attor... … more »
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CVP
Housing Law Failures and YIMBY Bounty Hunters
The State of California’s “the punishments will continue until morale improves” approach to the affordable housing crisis continues to be a catastrophic failure.... … more »
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US Bureau of Labor Statistics
What if the headlines about inflation are all wrong?
You can’t look at the news these days without being blasted with headlines screaming about “runaway” inflation, “soaring” inflation, and inflation like we haven’t ... … more »
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Matteo Columbo
The TINA Trade
How homeowners are unknowingly financing their own community’s demise. The “TINA” trade is an acronym for “There is no alternative.” It’s a term used by stock... … more »
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Mill Valley Masketeers
The Marin Masketeers: Making homemade masks during the COVID-19 pandemic
To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique ... … more »
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CVP
Non-essential legislation during a pandemic violates our public participation rights
While California is just beginning to deal with the Covid-19 virus pandemic, the biggest healthcare crisis in our history, many politicians seem to exist in a para... … more »
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Faster Bay Area
A penny for your thoughts and $100 billion for us - the Faster Bay Area ballot measure
Once upon a time, our local and state government agencies would be the ones who proposed public works projects based on their own assessments of need and the comme... … more »
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CVP
"New Suburbanism 2.0" - A new way to look at planning, growth and the greening of our world
"New Suburbanism" is a term being used today for ways of making suburban and ex-urban living less impactful and better designed. But I believe it must also be expa... … more »