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It’s kinda a weird feeling to be scrolling Instagram and come across a reel with almost 200k views that’s about your tweet

Some long-lived housing updates: -The next phase of Newhall Ranch, which will add 3,617 homes in Santa Clarita, was approved by the LA County Planning Commission -5350 Wilshire Blvd, adding 419 units across from the La Brea D Line, has released its EIR after 4 years of silence

The house on the right was demolished last year to build a 3,500 sf mansion + ADU The house on the left just filed plans to be replaced with five starter homes under SB 1123 CA state housing laws are delivering results.

I miss Paul's Pel'meni in Madison. I really could go for a $9 massive plate of dumplings right now. (I just checked my local pierogi place, and it’s $28 for eight)

"Mansiontop" >4-5 story condo building. >5-10 units >Ground-floor/underground parking >Lower floors each have two or three cheaper 2-3 bedroom homes >Top floor is a single 2,000+ sf mansion w/ a private roof deck I expect to see a lot of these built in CA over the next decade

Santa Monica appears to have its first SB 79 application, which proposes demolishing a duplex on a four-unit property and replacing it with an 8-unit five-story building, with two replacement affordable units. The (placeholder SB 330) plans show it as a single-stair building

These are the cars I’ve rented in the past two month. Below I’ll leave my impressions. 
Genesis GV70 Toyota Tacoma BMW 530i Mazda Miata Chevy Trax Toyota Prius

I’ve had six different rental cars over the past two months, so I think I’ve become an expert on 2026-model cars. They ranged from $25k - $55k, but the experience was surprisingly similar. All had the same tech. All had plenty of power. All were responsive. Should I do an in-depth review later?

Business idea: a strip club called the Cakedcheek Factory

Narrative violation: In the 1960's, when housing construction was the highest and most-profitable, California's construction industry was almost entirely unionized

Why does every restaurant suddenly serve branzino?

Santa Monica's first residential high-rise in over 50 years appears to be moving forward. This is thanks to Santa Monica's "offsite" pilot program allowing the developer to pay a $14 million fee instead of including 64 affordable units on site.

Los Angeles is ugly by choice (video by @streetsforall.org)

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I'm learning that people really don't know floorplate efficiencies: The answer is 1) 82% 2) 79% 3) 77% Generally, mid-rises are in the mid-80's, and the taller a high-rise is, the lower the efficiency is. And 3 would be much lower if its units weren't much larger than 1 & 2

LA's AHIP program is allowing affordable housing projects to break ground in record time… 1035 Crenshaw Blvd submitted their application on 8/22/2025 It required no Planning Department review, so zoning and building code compliance were reviewed concurrently by LADBS. (1/2)

Guess the floorplate efficiency for these three projects: hint: 1) is 8 floors, 2) is 24 floors, and 3) is 62 floors