Tom Thurston: Policy is made by those who show up. Those who show up want something.
April 24, 2009 by Tom Thurston · 5 Comments
The hearing on the Housing Element was not as bad as I anticipated. Eric Angstadt, Deputy Director of CEDA and Jeff Levin, CEDA’s housing policy coordinator presented the draft statement. They noted that the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) would like to see most of the new housing in the central cities, namely San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose. This is environmentally sound and consistent with a megatrend in housing preferences. These three cities got the lion’s share of the next round of housing allocation.
Tom Thurston: Oakland’s War on the Middle Class
April 13, 2009 by Tom Thurston · 31 Comments
Tom Thurston: CCE PAC meeting April 6–come early and speak freely.
March 30, 2009 by Tom Thurston · Leave a Comment
Tom Thurston: A Land Trust is bad for Oakland
January 22, 2009 by Tom Thurston · 26 Comments
Can I be on the Housing Authority Board, too?
October 6, 2008 by V Smoothe · 50 Comments
The 8.2 million dollar question
September 29, 2008 by V Smoothe · 8 Comments
Despite what you may have heard
February 19, 2008 by V Smoothe · Leave a Comment
Dellums’s affordable housing proposal now available; De La Fuente proposes whistleblower protections
February 8, 2008 by V Smoothe · Leave a Comment
Well, that was boring.
January 8, 2008 by V Smoothe · 2 Comments
IZ rears its ugly head again
January 8, 2008 by V Smoothe · 3 Comments
Affordable housing trust fund - a dedicated revenue stream
October 31, 2007 by V Smoothe · Leave a Comment
Encouraging targeted development through Master EIRs
October 30, 2007 by V Smoothe · 4 Comments
