Anthony Lazarus
@srlazarus.bsky.social
the rezoning, which is a good first step, is going to be slanged six ways till Sunday as a destructive wrecking ball, which it isn't. stop listening to NIMBYs and naysayers on housing www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open... 3/3
Does S.F. have the ‘infrastructure’ to support Lurie’s housing plan? Let’s consider
Housing opponents love to say we lack “the infrastructure” to accommodate new neighbors our otherwise inclusive communities. What are they talking about?
www.sfchronicle.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
the rezoning, which is a good first step, is going to be slanged six ways till Sunday as a destructive wrecking ball, which it isn't. stop listening to NIMBYs and naysayers on housing www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open... 3/3
"but the infrastructure" isn't a serious argument. it's a sort of verbal cosplay that seeks to cloak a subjective personal preference against housing and urban development.
our schools, our transit, our local businesses need *more people* using them, not fewer 2/
our schools, our transit, our local businesses need *more people* using them, not fewer 2/
December 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"but the infrastructure" isn't a serious argument. it's a sort of verbal cosplay that seeks to cloak a subjective personal preference against housing and urban development.
our schools, our transit, our local businesses need *more people* using them, not fewer 2/
our schools, our transit, our local businesses need *more people* using them, not fewer 2/
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Another note about that map 👆🏼. Alongside higher ceilings denoted by pretty colors, the steel-gray of every block in those neighborhoods = "density decontrol." That is, no height increase but more density within each parcel. So a single-family mansion might become a bldg with several apts
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Another note about that map 👆🏼. Alongside higher ceilings denoted by pretty colors, the steel-gray of every block in those neighborhoods = "density decontrol." That is, no height increase but more density within each parcel. So a single-family mansion might become a bldg with several apts
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@myrnamelgard7.bsky.social takes on Chan's "pitting west side vs east side" comment (award for top demagoguery of the day). Melgar: SF *downzoned* the west side in the 70s. Racism/segregation contributed to that prohibition of multifamily housing and concentrated development on the east side.
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
@myrnamelgard7.bsky.social takes on Chan's "pitting west side vs east side" comment (award for top demagoguery of the day). Melgar: SF *downzoned* the west side in the 70s. Racism/segregation contributed to that prohibition of multifamily housing and concentrated development on the east side.
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One more thing. When I wrote about this study showing one-third of Americans don't drive, people were messaging me saying this cannot be true for LA.
In LA County *23 percent* of the population is under 16. Kids are people! We must plan for their movement, just like all nondrivers. Hope that helps!
In LA County *23 percent* of the population is under 16. Kids are people! We must plan for their movement, just like all nondrivers. Hope that helps!
Highly recommend diving into NRDC's study on car access, which @keawilson.bsky.social wrote about here: usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/02/report-16-million-have-no-car-access-at-all
Where Nadir was killed, 14% of LA households are car-free. But the infrastructure does not match that reality
Where Nadir was killed, 14% of LA households are car-free. But the infrastructure does not match that reality
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
One more thing. When I wrote about this study showing one-third of Americans don't drive, people were messaging me saying this cannot be true for LA.
In LA County *23 percent* of the population is under 16. Kids are people! We must plan for their movement, just like all nondrivers. Hope that helps!
In LA County *23 percent* of the population is under 16. Kids are people! We must plan for their movement, just like all nondrivers. Hope that helps!
the last speaker is demagoguing and blathering
October 21, 2025 at 3:06 AM
the last speaker is demagoguing and blathering
130+ comments the night is young
October 21, 2025 at 2:52 AM
130+ comments the night is young
love it how the article mentions "an aging population living in aging homes." which all screams cheap af to me www.wsj.com/real-estate/... (free link) 2/2
A Six-Story Apartment Building Is Tearing This Small California Town Apart
A community in Marin County is struggling to comply with state mandates for more housing; ‘When you move to a small town, you don’t come to live with a tower.’
www.wsj.com
September 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
love it how the article mentions "an aging population living in aging homes." which all screams cheap af to me www.wsj.com/real-estate/... (free link) 2/2
god forbid the whole city would get a vote on idk closing Columbus to cars, a new college in the Marina, a subway in the Richmond, whatever. fricking train wreck t.co/24a8DRYTxG
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/joel-engardio-recall-internet-drama-20898082.php
t.co
August 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
god forbid the whole city would get a vote on idk closing Columbus to cars, a new college in the Marina, a subway in the Richmond, whatever. fricking train wreck t.co/24a8DRYTxG