Free Cities
Facing a housing crisis, Boise focuses on incentives, not mandates
It took about three years to go from permit to moving in at the Denton Apartments – Boise’s largest affordable-housing development. By contrast, California leaders say they have 40,000 affordable units stuck in the pipeline. Now they’re pushing…
Is California Coastal Commission finally getting its…
California has one of the world’s most spectacular coastlines, which meanders 1,100 miles from…
SMART bomb: Wine country’s commuter-rail catastrophe
But in 2008, advocates for a commuter-rail line stretching along Northern California’s coast from…
Newsom’s May budget portends future crises for local…
Gov. Jerry Brown’s last budget spent $140.4 billion in the general fund for fiscal year 2018-19.…
Lacking oversight: How to fix California’s system for…
Here are two possible reforms: Single-Member Districts for Judicial ElectionsThe judicial election…
Albuquerque’s fumble on modest upzoning to promote housing
With a projected housing need of 55,000 new units by 2045, the city has passed some minor housing reforms in recent years, including legalizing accessory dwelling units and allowing more housing near major transit lines. But the city has been…
Under reformist mayor, San Francisco continues to…
Now back to those important distinctions. His strongest support comes from moderates (86%), liberals…
Not seeing much progress: The failure of cities’ Vision…
But as is often the case with feel-good, word-salad progressivism, Vision Zero’s results fall…
Finding the missing middle: How to build more starter…
“Affordable housing” has become a commonly used phrase in California because there is so little of…
Higher pay, fewer trips: What Seattle’s gig law got…
According to researchers at Carnegie Mellon University analyzing Seattle’s law in a National Bureau…
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