ansel
@ansel.lundberg.com
YIMBY in Sacramento.
professional electric grid understander.
sharks 🦈🏒 and kings 💜🏀 fan.
we live in a society.
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professional electric grid understander.
sharks 🦈🏒 and kings 💜🏀 fan.
we live in a society.
he/him
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Attempting to use the search function in Outlook calendar is guaranteed to ruin my entire day.
January 12, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Attempting to use the search function in Outlook calendar is guaranteed to ruin my entire day.
*gesturing wildly at the angle of the buttons*
January 12, 2026 at 4:24 AM
*gesturing wildly at the angle of the buttons*
Yeah, that bowl could be porridge or rice, or perhaps that other bowl is rice & beans.
January 9, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Yeah, that bowl could be porridge or rice, or perhaps that other bowl is rice & beans.
Where the hell is the rice
January 9, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Where the hell is the rice
No thanks, I'll pay full price
January 9, 2026 at 5:15 AM
No thanks, I'll pay full price
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Very dumbed down lit review:
- "institutional" landlords are more likely to charge market rate rent, and to file evictions, but also less likely to discriminate based on race, sex, or bad credit
- "mom and pop" may undercharge vs. market, less likely to evict, but also more likely to discriminate
- "institutional" landlords are more likely to charge market rate rent, and to file evictions, but also less likely to discriminate based on race, sex, or bad credit
- "mom and pop" may undercharge vs. market, less likely to evict, but also more likely to discriminate
January 8, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Very dumbed down lit review:
- "institutional" landlords are more likely to charge market rate rent, and to file evictions, but also less likely to discriminate based on race, sex, or bad credit
- "mom and pop" may undercharge vs. market, less likely to evict, but also more likely to discriminate
- "institutional" landlords are more likely to charge market rate rent, and to file evictions, but also less likely to discriminate based on race, sex, or bad credit
- "mom and pop" may undercharge vs. market, less likely to evict, but also more likely to discriminate
One of my favorite lesser-known bands of the 2000s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw-A...
The Swellers: The Best I Ever Had [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
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January 8, 2026 at 4:47 PM
One of my favorite lesser-known bands of the 2000s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw-A...
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It appears Sacramento region environmentalists may have successfully killed a solar project.
January 5, 2026 at 11:55 PM
It appears Sacramento region environmentalists may have successfully killed a solar project.
Faving my friends' posts on here.
January 4, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Faving my friends' posts on here.
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It's very funny to me that developers in Sacramento will build and rent market rate apartments at $1700/mo and those in SF build and rent similar apartments at $3200/mo and yet both will often say some version of "zoning & process doesn't really matter for us, the big obstacle is financing."
YIMBYs have a skill that’s often rare in housing advocacy: an ability to ask “What are other city governments doing?”
i think there's a very strong "does a fish know it's in water" issue with developers.
they (along with tenant activists, interestingly) often have encyclopedic knowledge of local stuff and are remarkably unfamiliar with what's happening a two-hour drive away.
they (along with tenant activists, interestingly) often have encyclopedic knowledge of local stuff and are remarkably unfamiliar with what's happening a two-hour drive away.
December 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It's very funny to me that developers in Sacramento will build and rent market rate apartments at $1700/mo and those in SF build and rent similar apartments at $3200/mo and yet both will often say some version of "zoning & process doesn't really matter for us, the big obstacle is financing."
Happy new year!
Very grateful for the support for SB 79 from Sacramento legislators Senator @angeliqueashby.bsky.social & Assemblywoman Maggy Krell. There is a strong coalition of pro-housing folks in Sacramento who will not forget your aye votes for this bill. Thank you!
@sacyimby.bsky.social
@sacyimby.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Happy new year!
Could be used when local govs' land use maps are out of compliance with RHNA allocations, or as a cudgel by the attorney general if a jurisdiction wrongly denies a project entitlement. Essentially a legal basis for abundant housing at the state level.
December 30, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Could be used when local govs' land use maps are out of compliance with RHNA allocations, or as a cudgel by the attorney general if a jurisdiction wrongly denies a project entitlement. Essentially a legal basis for abundant housing at the state level.
That is an awesome project!
What I'm talking about (and this may be written down somewhere in a more sensible manner) is a map published by HCD that would cover the entire state and serve as a "zoning of last resort" that would kick in and provide by-right approvals when local govs are misbehaving.
What I'm talking about (and this may be written down somewhere in a more sensible manner) is a map published by HCD that would cover the entire state and serve as a "zoning of last resort" that would kick in and provide by-right approvals when local govs are misbehaving.
December 30, 2025 at 4:48 AM
That is an awesome project!
What I'm talking about (and this may be written down somewhere in a more sensible manner) is a map published by HCD that would cover the entire state and serve as a "zoning of last resort" that would kick in and provide by-right approvals when local govs are misbehaving.
What I'm talking about (and this may be written down somewhere in a more sensible manner) is a map published by HCD that would cover the entire state and serve as a "zoning of last resort" that would kick in and provide by-right approvals when local govs are misbehaving.
The non-profit model is good, but the financing (not having to deal with LIHTC) and land acquisition is where a state developer could really shine. Plus "special powers."
Check out this paper @dereksagehorn.bsky.social @eastbayforeveryone.bsky.social for more info. drive.google.com/file/d/1Ax2g...
Check out this paper @dereksagehorn.bsky.social @eastbayforeveryone.bsky.social for more info. drive.google.com/file/d/1Ax2g...
Sagehorn, D. (2021). The case for a public sector housing developer: California housing corporation..pdf
drive.google.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The non-profit model is good, but the financing (not having to deal with LIHTC) and land acquisition is where a state developer could really shine. Plus "special powers."
Check out this paper @dereksagehorn.bsky.social @eastbayforeveryone.bsky.social for more info. drive.google.com/file/d/1Ax2g...
Check out this paper @dereksagehorn.bsky.social @eastbayforeveryone.bsky.social for more info. drive.google.com/file/d/1Ax2g...
together (jamesjamesjames Remix)
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December 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Now this is a Strong Towns idea i can get behind
December 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Now this is a Strong Towns idea i can get behind
The statewide base zoning layer is the first step to all this imo!
December 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The statewide base zoning layer is the first step to all this imo!
this is for California state legislation—something I meant to include in the original post.
December 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
this is for California state legislation—something I meant to include in the original post.
My pro-housing wish list for 2026:
- statewide base zoning layer
- CEQA exemption for zoning code updates to match General Plan map
- legalize small lot development by enabling point access blocks in building code
- unlock for-sale housing by reforming condo construction defect law
What else?
- statewide base zoning layer
- CEQA exemption for zoning code updates to match General Plan map
- legalize small lot development by enabling point access blocks in building code
- unlock for-sale housing by reforming condo construction defect law
What else?
December 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
My pro-housing wish list for 2026:
- statewide base zoning layer
- CEQA exemption for zoning code updates to match General Plan map
- legalize small lot development by enabling point access blocks in building code
- unlock for-sale housing by reforming condo construction defect law
What else?
- statewide base zoning layer
- CEQA exemption for zoning code updates to match General Plan map
- legalize small lot development by enabling point access blocks in building code
- unlock for-sale housing by reforming condo construction defect law
What else?
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State funded projects should be entitled and permitted by the state. This situation is absurd.
Call it Schrödinger's affordable housing project — both dead and alive at the same time.
Now after nearly a decade of dispute the fate of a 120-unit, low-income apartment building along the iconic canals in Venice Beach may affect all development in LA
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Now after nearly a decade of dispute the fate of a 120-unit, low-income apartment building along the iconic canals in Venice Beach may affect all development in LA
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
‘Dead’ to City Hall, but funded by the state: The high-stakes fight over a Los Angeles affordable housing project
State housing officials could limit Los Angeles' access to funds and strip it of some zoning authority over its efforts to block low-income housing in Venice.
www.politico.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
State funded projects should be entitled and permitted by the state. This situation is absurd.
We are a creedal nation. That creed is working over 40 hours/week and having boundless access to consumer credit. JD Vance can never take that from us
December 28, 2025 at 6:15 AM
We are a creedal nation. That creed is working over 40 hours/week and having boundless access to consumer credit. JD Vance can never take that from us
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SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Pedestrian fatalities reach 17-year-high. This trend could be why
Fifty-one pedestrians had been killed on the state’s roads this year as of Saturday – the most in any calendar year since 2008.
www.theage.com.au
December 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...