Shane Phillips
@shanedphillips.bsky.social
Housing guy. Researcher at UCLA Lewis Center, host of UCLA Housing Voice Podcast, author of The Affordable City, resident of Los Angeles.
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Reading List 01/03/2026
Automated code checkers, meranti wood, shifting snowfall patterns, launching spacecraft with bullwhips, and more.
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January 16, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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It was really good.
January 15, 2026 at 8:08 AM
It was really good.
That makes much more sense, thanks for clearing it up!
January 7, 2026 at 1:00 AM
That makes much more sense, thanks for clearing it up!
Ahaaa. So it raised height, FAR, and density limits, but other development standards like setbacks weren't changed in the comp plan and still limit what can be done in practice?
January 6, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Ahaaa. So it raised height, FAR, and density limits, but other development standards like setbacks weren't changed in the comp plan and still limit what can be done in practice?
cc: @theurbanist.org I read (okay, skimmed) the article below and the framing kind of threw me off. It says the biggest battle lies ahead, zoning, but from my perspective the changes made by the comp plan are a bigger deal than anything else the city could do. www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/17/s...
Seattle OKs New Growth Plan, but Biggest Zoning Battles Lie Ahead » The Urbanist
# The adoption of the Seattle Comprehensive Plan, nearly one year late under a state-imposed deadline, is setting up much bigger debate over where additional housing density will be allowed in the cit...
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January 6, 2026 at 11:52 PM
cc: @theurbanist.org I read (okay, skimmed) the article below and the framing kind of threw me off. It says the biggest battle lies ahead, zoning, but from my perspective the changes made by the comp plan are a bigger deal than anything else the city could do. www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/17/s...
I ask because I feel like comp plans are usually not so specific. Those kind of development standards traditionally fall under the header of zoning, and I've heard they still need to change zoning, so I don't know whether this is big deal/done deal or could still completely fall apart.
January 6, 2026 at 11:50 PM
I ask because I feel like comp plans are usually not so specific. Those kind of development standards traditionally fall under the header of zoning, and I've heard they still need to change zoning, so I don't know whether this is big deal/done deal or could still completely fall apart.