Like... where?
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Replying to @kimmaicutler
It's complicated. The main issue is where does UC already control property. If you stick with that, options are fewer. But UC's land and expansion policies have been... bad for decades now. Along with their academic priorities.
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Replying to @coolgrey
I don’t know what other land parcels they own around campus.... they have the student gardens in North Berkeley but people are freaking out over vegetable gardens too.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @coolgrey
Seriously I’d like to bulldoze half of Berkeley to make affordable housing happen
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Replying to @iwriterealgood @kimmaicutler
Berkeley is beautiful and pleasant and bulletdozing structures is bad for the environment. We need to find ways to move forward on housing that are more constructive and creative. I believe that's possible. But possibly not if investor profits are an issue.
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Replying to @coolgrey @iwriterealgood
I just don’t think you can selectively address the investor profits issue without looking at Prop. 13, which even split roll isn’t polling well...
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Replying to @iwriterealgood @kimmaicutler
Imagine Berkeley blocks with 3-4 story cohousing surrounding shared garden and yard space... with a family owned corner grocery, a bike workshop, a music studio and a cafe on the ground story, bee hives and solar panels on the roof, lots of zucchini, tomatoes, etc in the yards.
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Replying to @iwriterealgood @kimmaicutler
We don't need 12 stories if we aren't building housing for Silicon Valley. Maybe one additional story of workspace, where you can take a break to check in on your dog or chexk on the veggie garden.
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One. Additional. Story. Doesn’t pencil. It’s a couple hundred K to demolish a unit and the $400/sq ft to build new and then you also have to buy the land too.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @iwriterealgood
I'm not convinced that incremental solutions within existing constraints are still doable. We are in a bad situation. It may be time for bold and persistent innovation.
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Replying to @coolgrey @iwriterealgood
Given that both commercial rent taxes for affordable childcare and affordable housing are polling beneath the required voter threshold after a real estate developer became president and passed a major federal tax cut for real estate interests, OK.
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