LA has the best bones of any city in the world. It can become a true world capital if we only let it. I write at https://futureis.la
The Metro board won't have a MAGA member thanks to elected officials actually doing the right thing instead of just going through the motions. Congratulations to all the folks who advocated for some spine and the officials who found theirs.
Streetsblog L.A.L.A. County cities reject appointment of pro-freeway Santa Clarita Republican Jason Gibbs to Metro board la.streetsblog.org/2026/07/30/s...
Excited to have been chosen for the Roots of Progress Institute’s Blog-Building Intensive Fellowship! I’m part of a group of 43 amazing bloggers from around the world who write about progressive policy in all kinds of different fields. rootsofprogress.org/fellows/#ore...
This article is hilarious but forgets to ask the most important question: why are cars allowed on Larchmont at all? Pedestrianize it already!
Why is Everybody Parking on the Larchmont Boulevard Median?“It’s the height of hubris to say 'I’m going to park here and it won’t be a problem for anybody else.'”lamaterial.comThis is starting to happen in coastal LA and the South Bay, caused by SpaceX instead of the AI companies. The number of millionaires minted by one IPO is going to have a big impact on our tight housing market, none of it good for middle class folks.
California YIMBYSF is about to get flooded with AI IPO wealth. The Chronicle warns that w/o more housing, it will price out the middle class again. A transfer tax cut projected to cut $32K per home got shelved. What's left: inclusionary reform, single-stair construction. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
TIL everyone's favorite developer villain Geoff Palmer got the courts to declare inclusionary zoning illegal in California in 2009, and it stayed that way until the legislature fixed it in 2017.
Aaron 🏗️🚲🌲🏀here you go that's for the average (California) IZ policy, many existing policies have even steeper estimated effects on the scale of a 50% reduction bpb-us-e2.wpmucdn.com/sites.uci.ed...
What if every person who moved to LA got a welcome package - a box from the city that connected them to Los Angeles, to their community, and to each other? My proposal for fixing LA's broken civic culture: the Angeleno Box.🧵
The Angeleno BoxWhat if every person who moved to LA got a welcome package?futureis.laThe standards Joe is talking about were written for the city by ARG, a *historic preservation* consultant. ARG doesn't design new buildings. Why hire them to come up with the standards new buildings have to follow?
Architectural Portfolio & Services: Architectural Resources GroupARG engages in architectural design, preservation, conservation, and sustainability to create places with historic meaning adapted to modern needs.www.argcreate.comJoe CohenUnder LA's new "Objective Design Standards" for historic districts, the building on the left would be prohibited, and the building on the right would be encouraged
Why are cars still allowed on Larchmont Blvd? Pedestrianize it already.
Car Crashes into Larchmont Shop - Larchmont Buzz - Hancock Park NewsA car crashed into the large plate-glass window of Aesop at 128 1/2 N Larchmont Blvd. There were no injuries reported.larchmontbuzz.comThe most hypocritical part of trying to ban duplexes in Altadena is that ADUs will still be allowed (two if AB 956 passes). The homeowner quoted in the article has an ADU and plans on RENTING IT OUT once his home is rebuilt. But don't call him a "predatory developer" - he's a sainted homeowner.
Urban Land Rent 🇸🇴🚰It’s ridiculous that initiatives to exempt places that have burned down from state law that allow duplexes is framed as helping “homeowners from being taken advantage of by speculators” as opposed to what it actually does: take away options from homeowners. calmatters.org/housing/2026...
There are plenty more creative ways to speed up the E Line! What if Exposition Blvd. in front of USC was pedestrianized? What if Flower St. was only for buses and trains? What if we built a ton of curb extensions? And remember, freight trains in the 80's got higher priority than the E Line today!
Oren HadarThe E Line takes 47 minutes to go from DTLA to Santa Monica - often slower than driving. Ten years ago, it took 46. This is not an accident - it's a policy failure. A group of volunteers, including me, decided to do something about it. 🧵