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Ryan O’Housing @howtoadu.bsky.social · 1d

I'd like to speak to people who understand how the legal community built businesses around ADA enforcement and testers (ie when people sue businesses for not meeting accessibility and accommodation requirements)

[email protected]

Ryan O’Housing @howtoadu.bsky.social · 1d

Cost of living batch 2/2
AB 391 (Rodriguez) allows mobilehome park email notice
AB 414 (Pellerin) lets landlords return security deposits electronically
AB 806 (Connolly) mobilehome park residents can install and use A/C
And AB 863 (Kalra) multilingual eviction summons form

Ryan O’Housing @howtoadu.bsky.social · 1d

Cost of living batch 1/2
www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/06/g...
AB 325 (Aguiar Curry) - ban algorithmic price fixing (including rent)
AB 628 (McKinnor) rental units must include a working stove and refrigerator
AB 246 (Bryan) protects tenants from eviction due to Social Security benefit lapses

Governor Newsom signs new laws to help reduce costs for families | Governor of California

www.gov.ca.gov

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Ryan O’Housing @howtoadu.bsky.social · 1d

Big batch from yesterday
www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/06/g...
AB 648 Zbur - college housing
SB 484 Laird - infill housing in coastal zone areas

Governor Newsom issues legislative update 10.6.25 | Governor of California

www.gov.ca.gov

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Ryan O’Housing @howtoadu.bsky.social · 1d

Cost of living batch 2/2
AB 391 (Rodriguez) allows mobilehome park email notice
AB 414 (Pellerin) lets landlords return security deposits electronically
AB 806 (Connolly) mobilehome park residents can install and use A/C
And AB 863 (Kalra) multilingual eviction summons form

Governor Newsom signs new laws to help reduce costs for families | Governor of California

www.gov.ca.gov

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Ryan O’Housing @howtoadu.bsky.social · 1d

Cost of living batch 1/2
www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/06/g...
AB 325 (Aguiar Curry) - ban algorithmic price fixing (including rent)
AB 628 (McKinnor) rental units must include a working stove and refrigerator
AB 246 (Bryan) protects tenants from eviction due to Social Security benefit lapses

Governor Newsom signs new laws to help reduce costs for families | Governor of California

www.gov.ca.gov

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Ryan O’Housing @howtoadu.bsky.social · 1d

Big batch from yesterday
www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/06/g...
AB 648 Zbur - college housing
SB 484 Laird - infill housing in coastal zone areas

Governor Newsom issues legislative update 10.6.25 | Governor of California

www.gov.ca.gov

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Ryan O’Housing @howtoadu.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like @gavinnewsom.bsky.social has that signing pen out today. Good time to call and remind him of the strong support for SB 79 and more homes near public transit!

Call 916-445-2841
After that, dial 1, dial 6
Wait in awkward silence for 2 minutes
If you can't wait, dial 3 and leave a voicemail

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Ryan O’Housing @howtoadu.bsky.social · 7d

Are there any licensed engineers or architects planning to do brisk business around AB 253 if it becomes law?

I would like to vet you, and then send you a lot of business.

[email protected]

Ryan O’Housing @howtoadu.bsky.social · 7d

I love it when the opposition perfectly summarizes a bill and makes it sound cool.

"AB 1154 eliminates the owner-occupancy requirements for Junior Accessory Dwelling Units (JADU) if the JADU has sanitation facilities separate from the main residence."
--City of Los Alamitos writing in opposition

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Ryan O’Housing @howtoadu.bsky.social · 7d

Did you know this is kind of the right answer?!

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Ryan O’Housing @howtoadu.bsky.social · 12d

Alright I’ll keep an ear to the ground. Come December, I’ll still need to learn this stuff ;)

Ryan O’Housing @howtoadu.bsky.social · 12d

Oh gosh it looks like it's already sold out? luma.com/phlfxtad If this is the thing, can you sneak me in? I will gladly pay or be a member. Congrats on selling out! :)

Writing Place, with Alexis Madrigal · Luma

Alexis says: I love writing about place… This place. In my work over the years, I’ve found different ways to immerse myself in Oakland and other parts of the…

luma.com

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Ryan O’Housing @howtoadu.bsky.social · 12d

Does anybody have advice on how to interview people and not get super sad when they share their stories?

I imagine this must be something journalists and therapists have special training on. Maybe there's a book about how to cope with this or how to channel empathy into something positive?

Ryan O’Housing @howtoadu.bsky.social · 13d

Don’t worry, there’s a strong movement to reject the court’s decision to enforce the sentence coming from [checks notes] the far right.

“Far-right leader Marine Le Pen said the judges’ decision to enforce the prison sentence before the appeals process is exhausted ‘represented a great danger’”

Ryan O’Housing @howtoadu.bsky.social · 13d

This spring, I went on a Napa bike tour led by a self-described historic preservationist. And at one point, when asked "What's an SRO?" by a tour participant, the preservationist said "Oh that's where all the alcoholics lived" and lauded the city's decision to remove them.

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Ryan O’Housing @howtoadu.bsky.social · 13d

Gentrification is a "very mean squirrel" that "comes out of nowhere"
apnews.com/article/aggr...

'Very mean squirrel' seeking food has sent at least 2 people to the ER in a California city

Residents of a San Francisco Bay Area city are on the lookout for an aggressive squirrel that has sent at least two people to the emergency room.

apnews.com

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Ryan O’Housing @howtoadu.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks for the question - this is a real 'You're asking me about my theories?' meme moment

a cartoon character says i ve waited years for someone to ask me about my theories

ALT: a cartoon character says i ve waited years for someone to ask me about my theories

media.tenor.com

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Ryan O’Housing @howtoadu.bsky.social · 13d

And I have no numbers on this last one, but a common cause of death on LIHTC driven projects is that the delays stack up until some part of their capital stack crumbles. The permit graveyards are full of affordable housing that would have been perfect somewhere else.

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Ryan O’Housing @howtoadu.bsky.social · 13d

Developers that depend on public financing and LIHTC are generally happy to reduce the amount of time they need to spend in discretionary review because it reduces the cost of capital and the overhead costs they cover while doing pre-construction/approval work.

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Ryan O’Housing @howtoadu.bsky.social · 13d

How that looks in a practical application is projects like this Sebastopol affordable housing where some locals object to the plans and everybody just kind of points to SB 35 and says thank you for sharing. www.healdsburgtribune.com/sebastopol-t...

Sebastopol townspeople reject proposed Woodmark Apartments - Healdsburg Tribune

Residents of Sebastopol made their disapproval of the Woodmark Apartments planned for Bodega Avenue known at the Sebastopol City Council’s Aug. 3 meeting. The council, however, refrained from passing ...

www.healdsburgtribune.com

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Ryan O’Housing @howtoadu.bsky.social · 13d

The most overt examples in my mind come from bills like SB 35 (2017 session I think) in California. While there are a variety of ways to qualify for the permit streamlining, the majority of projects in the first few years were 100% affordable (source: ternercenter.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u... )

ternercenter.berkeley.edu

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Ryan O’Housing @howtoadu.bsky.social · 13d

Reminds me of the Japanese national ban on multifamily bans.

You know any good books about abolishing zoning? ;)

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Ryan O’Housing @howtoadu.bsky.social · 13d

ADUs!

Minneapolis parking reform.

Oregon RIP 2.

SB330 has prevented countless downzonings.

Stuff we don’t take credit for but seems worth mentioning/studying:
-Supportive projects like homekey
-horizontal property regime/condo law reform
-the continued momentum of LIHTC projects

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Ryan O’Housing @howtoadu.bsky.social · 14d

If you already have questions about some of the bills or if you heard rumors and you want to just pepper me with thoughts, feel free to do that here on the youtube channel. Feedback helps me by showing me where people's attention is currently pointed.