McNellis on Housing: It’s Not About More Money but Fewer Rules
A while back at a Urban Land Institute event I had a chance to meet John McNellis who writes brilliantly on housing in California. He’s singing my song yet again in his review of a bunch of legislation recently passed by the California legislature. I didn’t need to know a lot about the legislation to […]
Frequent Transit Service: One Man, Two Words
The most well known quote by military theorist Carl von Clausewitz is that “war is the continuation of politics by other means.” But the inverse of Clausewitz’s formulation is no less true, that “politics is the continuation of war by other means.” There is little relationship between the tactics of winning political battles and making […]
Our Comments on Seattle’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement on MIZ
The following is our comments on the City’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) Program. In testimony before the Seattle City Council the City’s planning staff have said that 120,000 people will be moving into the city of Seattle in the next two decades, creating a demand for at […]
