Free Cities
Berkeley overcomes its exclusionary history by legalizing housing
Over a century ago, Berkeley, Calif., pioneered an approach to land-use policy that would go on to stifle housing production all over the country. In 1916, Berkeley became one of the first cities in the country to enact single-family zoning. The…
E-bikes are fun, but cities need to enforce reasonable…
On a fine October day in 2024 I was walking my Pomeranian show dog, Ollie, to my favorite Irvine…
E-bikes are fun, but cities need to enforce reasonable…
On a fine October day in 2024 I was walking my Pomeranian show dog, Ollie, to my favorite Irvine…
California flips out over investors who flip distressed…
Government efforts that rig the system to produce more affordable housing are neither effective nor…
Indiana’s Bears play could put taxpayers behind an $8…
Illinois has plenty of problems. Its tax system is complicated, its approval process is slow, and…
Cities still grappling with the fallout 17 months after LA’s wildfires
Since the January 2025 wildfires devastated Pacific Palisades and Eaton, what have policymakers done to make sure California cities are better protected from future outbreaks? Policies should be split into “three buckets,” Kyle Greenspan told me;…
The Trump administration tries to kill aid to dependent…
You know about the bridge to nowhere. The electric tugboat? Probably not. In 2020, the San Diego…
Facing a housing crisis, Boise focuses on incentives,…
It took about three years to go from permit to moving in at the Denton Apartments – Boise’s largest…
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…
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