Having a fantastic day in Japan today <3

Oh, this and the SB79 news, great time for people who want more housing built in California yet are tariff accellerationists for democracy reasons (me). Trust the damn process.

[VICTORY ALERT] Governor Newsom has signed AB 1154, which will make it faster, cheaper, and easier to add small accessory dwelling units to existing homes.

Our statement: cayimby.org/news-events/...

Newsom signed SB79! So, so huge. Enormous props to all the people who worked so hard, for so long, to make this happen, above all @scottwiener.bsky.social. It's going to change California, and the country.

This gives me hope. That Calif can get serious about climate. That young people and new immigrants to Calif might have same privileges I did. That we can make transit work. And that we transit advocates can learn from this phenomenal work by housing activists

Important to remember that not only did we pass #SB79, the biggest transit-oriented upzoning bill ever, we also passed a clean CEQA exemption for new multifamily infill housing.

This is, bar none, the biggest year in state action on housing policy reform in California history. Not even close.

Our focus now turns to (a) implementation and (b) advancing reform in 2026, specifically reducing costs and expanding financing to ensure that more projects pencil. California YIMBY not in the business of passing bills—we're in the business of ending the housing crisis. cayimby.org/waystogive/

In addition to these bills, it looks like the governor signed all of the Fast Track Housing Package bills that made it to his desk. This is a package of individually small bills that fix a lot of problems with building housing in California. cayimby.org/fast-track-h...

And AB 413 will require HCD to translate key materials into common major languages in California—helpful for developers in large immigrant communities. This idea originated with @alfredtwu.com. cayimby.org/legislation/...

SB 9 (2025, not 2021!) will beef up state oversight over ADU law, ensuring that cities can't impose arbitrary and illegal standards. cayimby.org/legislation/...

AB 1061 ends the total prohibition on SB 9 projects in historic districts, which will cut back on a lot of historic preservation abuse, while still protecting genuine landmarks. cayimby.org/legislation/...

AB 1154 will expand protections for JADUs—namely, by removing the owner-occupancy mandate. This is going to scale up California's ADU renaissance even further. cayimby.org/legislation/...

AB 1308 established 14-day inspection shot clock for those same sorts of small-scale residential projects—a major source of needless delays. Blowing passed it will be an HAA violation. cayimby.org/legislation/...

AB 253 will empower applicants to hire third-party permit reviewers when cities drag their feet on small-scale residential projects, which will help to clear out the log jam in permitting offices. cayimby.org/legislation/...

Lots of excitement over SB 79—understandably. I would add, every single bill California YIMBY sent to the governor was signed today. www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/10/g...

Learn more about the bill: cayimby.org/legislation/...

Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.

god, sorry to be very "place, japan" but all the meals i've had here in tokyo have been amazing, at every price point. very easy to eat well here even with very little

from the reaction, i am gathering that the consensus is that the new taylor swift album is, uh, bad.

also raising cane's is FINE. it gets the job done. They sell a total of FOUR things, all of them various combinations of chicken tenders.

grand vizier chat (secret)

i'm gonna be on here less over the next month because I want to enjoy my time in Japan and the more I scroll and see The Horrors, the less likely that becomes.