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Correction on Berkeley Zoning Article.
The council's email address is council@cityofberkeley.info, not council@cityofberkekey.org
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Darrell Owens
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The Big Zoning Battle of Berkeley
This is very important, readers.
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Darrell Owens
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Why YIMBYs Should Support BAHFA
Guest article by Derek Sagehorn on why YIMBYs should support the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority.
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Darrell Owens
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Many More Homeless Sweeps Are Coming
What the Supreme Court ruling means for California's plan to reduce homelessness.
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Darrell Owens
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June 2024

America’s Biggest Death Cult
Hint: it's cars.
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Darrell Owens
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May 2024

Berkeley's District 4 Election
My take on the District 4 election that's ongoing and thoughts about the district as a whole.
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Darrell Owens
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How Urban Renewal Ruined Everything
The destructive nature of urban renewal left the U.S. too scared to build anything at scale ever again.
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Darrell Owens
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Court Upholds Exclusionary Zoning in California
But I doubt it'll hold.
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Darrell Owens
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April 2024

Businesses Are Getting People Killed
The number one local obstruction to curbing traffic violence is local commerce and merchant groups.
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Darrell Owens
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People Don't Understand Affordability Requirements
Mandating low-income housing in new developments sounds great but without subsidies, it's a flop. We've known this for decades.
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Darrell Owens
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It Shouldn't Have Been This Hard
My reflection on the left-liberal (in-)fighting that went on during the rise of the YIMBY movement as I leave the advocacy world
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Darrell Owens
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February 2024

Is The Rent Killing Sex?
I keep running across an interesting argument by certain urbanites about sex and housing struggles, but is it true?
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Darrell Owens
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