Archive - California Thoughts

On Weight Loss and Weight Loss Drugs

An elaboration on some tweets.

May 31, 2024 •

June 2023

May 2023

Is housing popular? Does it matter?

My thoughts on pro-housing electoralism

May 4, 2023 •

February 2023

Abolish the SALT Deduction

and most other federal tax deductions, if we're being honest

Feb 12, 2023 •

August 2022

Creating a Home Building Machine

Zoning reforms, building code changes, and other rules to create a finer mix of densities and uses in currently single-unit zoned neighborhoods

Aug 16, 2022 •

July 2022

Low-income market-rate housing is possible, necessary, and desirable

Subsidized or social housing is good, but will not be enough

Jul 22, 2022 •

March 2022

“Starving Marvin" for localities

Or: why coastal NIMBYs and their enablers are responsible for poverty and advancing authoritarianism

Mar 11, 2022 •

February 2022

The method by which we take back our cities from cars

Feb 20, 2022 •

January 2022

an Actually Good Idea

Jan 14, 2022 •

December 2021

Cities for children

Our system of urban design lets down children and teenagers; let's change that

Dec 27, 2021 •

Why build here?

A response to people who believe we do not need to build in superstar cities

Dec 10, 2021 •

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