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Alfred Twu

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2024 California Housing Legislation Highlights Bill Tracker is here! Major topics this year include lowering costs and faster approvals, homeownership, mobile homes, tenant protections, and student & school employee housing.

2024 California Housing Legislation Highlights Bill Tracker

This is the summary for 2024. For past years: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019

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Alfred Twu

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2 years

announcing a new version of The Map 🙃🚄

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3 years

Been doing some gaming on the holidays. There's a lot of differences between different city building games, and it reflects the places where they're designed. Here's a thread on SimCity, Cities Skylines, Transport Tycoon, A-Train, and Soviet Republic. 1/

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Alfred Twu

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While national news focuses on San Francisco, if you really want to know where California's headed - look at the East Bay. Home to nearly 3 million people (3x the size of SF), it's a window into the future of America's suburbs & non-superstar cities. And the future is bright. 🧵

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Alfred Twu

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Density of new housing in the US is similar to China. While the 30-story towers look impressive, the 6-story buildings popping up throughout American cities are more efficient. Both have around 150 homes per acre. Thread 1/

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An idea I proposed to North Berkeley design standards that Planing Commission voted on: allow ornament as an alternative to requiring notches, bump outs, & multiple materials on large buildings. This keeps building interesting, while also saving on structural & energy costs. 🏘️

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Alfred Twu

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@vanillaopinions When Seoul removed the freeway, the traffic simply disappeared. People shopped at closer destinations or took transit. Similar in San Francisco with Embarcadero freeway. Chinatown got a subway to bring business back Opposite happens when freeways widen, it generates new trips.

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Alfred Twu

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4 years

Upzoning usually means taller buildings. These are cheaper than houses, but still costly. But get rid of yard & parking requirements instead, and the bungalow court - a California invention from the early 1900s - may yet save us again. Thread 1/

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Alfred Twu

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1 year

What happens if we don't #SaveTransit ? Here's what downtown San Francisco would look like if the 50,000 people who currently BART in each day had to drive and park downtown instead. 50,000 cars = almost an entire square mile of parking

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Alfred Twu

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Five shapes of apartment buildings, each with 60 homes. Top left, a wide block with doors off a long hallway, is the most common type built today in the US. Top center is common in Europe. Today we'll also look at a few other styles. Which do you prefer? 1/

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Alfred Twu

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3 years

Missing middle housing - fourplexes, townhouses, etc - is great for most places. However, in places like Palo Alto, where land is north of $20 million an acre, it's time to look at Missing Large Housing, specifically, ways to build, plan, & finance big buildings cheaper. 1/

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Alfred Twu

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Second Street Housing: Living next to, but not on top of main street. While most US/Canadian apartments are built on busy streets (Corridor zoning), we ought to look at next street over. 1/

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

1 year

new floorplan to add to this week's #HousingTwitter discourse 🙃

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

4 years

April 27: Nevada & Colorado formally join Western States Pact, county health officials on the Illinois-Missouri border work together since their governors won't, and Massachusetts now also coordinating with Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire. 1/

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Alfred Twu

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3 years

over 5000 blocks in San Francisco but most of The Discourse™ is about a few dozen of them🙃

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

3 years

what is and isn't part of the Bay Area? well...

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

One way to keep cars from using bus lanes as express or passing lanes is grass. Buses are wide enough to straddle the grass, while cars can't.

Alfred Twu for AC Transit

@alfredtwu_act

2 years

Darrell makes great points in the thread. While car drivers ignore bus lane paint of all types, left-lane bus lanes have special challenges. Right-lane bus lanes get misused for loading, but left-lane bus lanes get used as high speed express lanes, which is much more dangerous.

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

3 years

When it's both #TransDayOfVisibility and Infrastructure Week 🐦

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

4 years

West Coast governors and New York area governors are now coordinating regional responses to containing the virus and reopening businesses.

Kim-Mai Cutler

@kimmaicutler

4 years

Wow, OK. We're now in a "Western States Pact" about re-opening. So much for the federal government.

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

A tale of four cities🌇🌆🏙️🌃🧵

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 months

@IDoTheThinking as fern puts it:

@fernkhahn.com 🦋

@sanpabloavenue

2 years

an 18-year-old on local minimum wage should be able to afford a nice little studio unit

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

4 years

Monday afternoon update: Massachusetts has joined the Multi State Council. We now have bipartisanship.

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

3 years

the perfect San Francisco building doesn't exis-

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

7 months

Florida passed law banning Chinese immigrants from owning property. The law has a useless exception for homes more than 5 miles from critical infrastructure (which limits it to rural areas) but also on lots smaller than 2 acres (rare in rural areas), so its basically a total ban.

NBC Asian America

@NBCAsianAmerica

7 months

Three months after Florida banned many Chinese citizens from owning property, some real estate agents say they are losing business as families across the state are walking away from deals.

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

5 years

Same comparison, now with a typical European block added. In Europe, the buildings are concrete and are slightly taller than their US counterparts. While again the density is similar, the couple additional floors allow larger courtyards and some front yard landscaping. 5/

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

Only 1 city in the USA where rents are stable: Oakland! In recent years, Oakland has: - Funded lots of affordable housing - Legalized RVs on private property - Rezoned car dealerships for housing - Expanded tenant protections - Lots of new highrises (no height limit in downtown)

Conor Sen

@conorsen

2 years

Encouraging update here. Conditions slowly normalizing. A mind-blowing YoY rent comparison: New York City +33.5% Oakland +0.5%

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

5 years

@SFBART abartments

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

8 months

It's time for the 4-day, 32 hour week. We've been at 5 days/ 40 hours for almost 100 years. Meanwhile, productivity today is over 5 times higher than it was in the 1930s, which means it takes just 1 day to produce what took 5 back then.

UAW

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"A four-day workweek might not be as unreasonable an ask as it would have been even five years ago. A new survey of more than 1,000 US workers found that nearly nine out of 10 US employees are interested in the idea."

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Alfred Twu

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2 years

California zoning is unnecessarily complex. In an ideal world, we would simplify it to the following four categories. 🐦

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

3 years

transportation idea: use vacant houses as cargo containers. extra height and width compared to standard shipping containers makes easier to fit oversize stuff. 🙃

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

What's the secret to the East Bay's progressive victories? We've got a lot of hardworking youth, parents, and elders, who've been playing the long game to bring change to the suburbs. Also we have very few billionaires.

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

This is a big deal and has historical precedent. Basically all hospitals are Medicare facilities. The creation of Medicare was also used to desegregate hospitals. Hospitals had to do it to receive Medicare funding.

Ariel Kelley

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BREAKING: President Biden just announced that Medicare facilities will be required to perform abortions that save the mother’s life *regardless of state law* This decision will save lives. So grateful for @POTUS 's leadership.

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Alfred Twu

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When done across a neighborhood, duplexes, accessory dwelling units, & small apartments unlocks the population density to support transit. A neighborhood of plexes & ADUs supports basic bus service, one with small apartment bldgs has enough people for frequent service. 🚌 1/

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

4 years

Who's paying for that Prop? California's $502,000,000+ ballot measure election donor list is topped by DaVita and Uber. Realtors, unions, landlords, and business associations are also big on the list. Data is from the @CA_FPPC 's Top Contributor list at

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Alfred Twu

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3 years

5-over-1's are yesterday's news. Today's building code allow 5-over-3's. 🏗️🏬🐦

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

3 years

A Look at Taipei Zoning & City Planning - a thread! A close look (complete with technical details!) at one of Asia's newest yet interesting cities. 1/

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

4 years

. @mcmansionhell @mcpolicestationhell

Kiya Edwards

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Downtown Minneapolis @MinneapolisPD #sunrisers

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

My thoughts on the San Francisco fourplex debate.... Because SF lots are tiny and prices are so high, for a house in San Francisco to be worth more as a site for apartments than as a luxury house, it's got to be zoned for a lot more than 4 homes. More like 15-30 of them. 🧵🏠1/

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

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The biggest savings in building housing isn't from making them smaller, it's from mass production. In most of the US, a suburban house costs less to build than a bedroom in San Francisco. Key factors: - Use the same design 1000s of times - Quick, predictable permitting schedule

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

how do you define what is a bus? 🙃🚌

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

4 years

what if the highways were shut down forever, and the land returned to the people that lived there?

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

On the campaign trail, a question I got recently was "Why are there so many empty buses?" I explained it as "There are a lot of road lanes that are used during rush hour but empty otherwise" and it clicked for them.

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

Good morning East Bay! Excited to announce that I'm running for AC Transit Board At-Large! 🚌🐦 My platform: - Supporting riders & workers - Coordinating connections - Growing our communities & businesses ✅Endorse: 💵Donate:

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

An illustrated look at the the US city of the future, based on changes happening today. Key highlights: - Colleges & hospitals are big in-person job centers, surrounded by new homes - Downtown freeways replaced by parks - Slow streets & greenways 1/

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦

@Noahpinion

2 years

In which the excellent @alfred_twu writes a guest post for Noahpinion, telling us what the American city of the future will look like!

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

In Fremont, landlords and realtors spent over a million dollars against Assemblymember Alex Lee, who is one of only a handful of legislators that doesn't take corporate money. Still, they failed to get any of the moderate Dems into the general election.

Alex Lee 李天明

@alex_lee

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People Power Prevails

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

Downtown San Jose is easy mode for driving: wide streets on a grid, not that many people or cars (especially right now), good weather, no hills, and relatively low speeds. If self-driving software can't handle that, it shouldn't be available for public use.

Taylor Ogan

@TaylorOgan

2 years

Watch a Tesla on the latest version of "Full Self-Driving" Beta almost hit a pedestrian who had a walk sign, try going down railroad tracks, & glitch to the point where the driver COULD NOT TAKE CONTROL. All in 21-min drive. Full video from @Aiaddict1 :

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Alfred Twu

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@cafedujord He also vetoed independent redistricting, Native American tribal housing funding, expanding a LGBTQ youth housing program to San Diego & Sacramento, many healthcare bills. Reminds me of a tweet I saw where someone said "worst thing for a state is a gov who wants to be president"

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Alfred Twu

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In California your property taxes might be ten times your neighbors identical, equally valuable house, simply because you bought last year and he inherited it from someone who bought it in 1978. Also oil refineries, theme parks, & office buildings also gets that tax break 🙃

gryphoneer

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YOU THERE. YES, YOU. WHAT'S A LITTLE-KNOWN FACT ABOUT YOUR PROFESSION THAT WOULD MAKE OTHER PEOPLE LOSE THEIR SHIT?

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

Articulated buses vs. Articulated buildings 🚌🙃

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

1 year

I want to thank everyone who's supported my campaign. While we are behind on the votes, the work to reform transit governance and bring about a seamless regional transit system will continue in other ways 🚋🚌🐦

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

1 year

The growing protests in China reminds me of the research that revolutions are most likely when the standard of living rises but then goes in reverse, causing anger due to unmet expectations. China's last 20 years have got to be one of the most extreme versions of this. 1/

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

3 years

CA Senate Bill 9 allows up to 4 homes in most single-family zones, regardless of local zoning. You can use #SB9 to split your lot, add a 2nd home to a lot, or both (split lot & have 2 homes on each lot for total of 4). Here's a how-to guide & thread: 1/

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

Contra Costa County - home to refinery towns, wealthy suburbs such as San Ramon, as well as diverse suburbs like Antioch, re-elected pro-reform District Attorney Diana Becton by a large margin.

Diana Becton District Attorney

@DADianaBecton

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Thank you for believing in me and for believing that our justice system can keep us safe AND be more fair and equitable. Polls close tonight at 8 p.m. Let’s continue to show up, show out and #VOTE !

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

5 years

It's not a house, it's a oneplex

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

4 years

with all the drama about #Tesla threatening to leave #Fremont over not wanting to follow public health laws, maybe we should talk about how a car factory isn't an efficient use of 400 acres next to a BART station less than 10 miles from the heart of Silicon Valley.🙃

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

9 months

The new #Caltrain electric trains are quite nice! Comfortable seats with power outlets, tables, and excellent lighting. More pics in the thread

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

3 years

Here it is: 2021 California Housing Legislation Highlights! Big year for fire prevention, general plans, small apartment buildings, electrification, student housing, and more. Details are in the thread and also being added to 1/ of 100+

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

4 years

Not only are bungalow courts cheap to build, they're also smol and adorbs. This one's in Alameda, CA. Image by Jennvirskus, 9/

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

3 years

sometimes a map gives off a "haven't I seen this map before?" vibe. Left: size of Prop 13 property tax subsidy that homeowners who bought a long time ago get, map by @levin_phil . Right: Racial dot map, map by @UVACooperCenter

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

4 years

2020 California Ballot Measures Personified! #Prop14 stem cells #Prop15 & #Prop19 property taxes #Prop16 affirmative action #Prop17 & #Prop18 voting #Prop20 crime #Prop21 rent control #Prop22 uber #Prop23 dialysis #Prop24 privacy #Prop25 ending bail details in thread! 1/

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

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Notches in buildings can make the structure complicated, as it creates a narrow weak point in the plan. It also reduces the amount of space inside, while increasing the surface area, leading to higher heating and cooling costs.

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

4 years

Downloaded every zoning map for Silicon Valley. Guess which city makes it hardest to view the info? Palo Alto!

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

Most US apartments bldgs have homes on both sides of the hallway, which means you only have windows facing one side. Elsewhere in the world, apartments have cross ventilation. With larger family-size units, even with a 2nd stair, this layout can be more efficient.

Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

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every single one of these units is single aspect no cross ventilation no respite from sun on south no respite from noise if on arterial side of building also, look how long elevator to corner bedroom is.

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

Density doesn't mean cramped living spaces, in fact, the whole point is to fit more square feet of living space on the same piece of land. The urban American dream isn't a windowless bedroom pod, it's a 1,800 square foot condo with large balconies and windows on all sides.

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

If SF politics is a knife fight in a phone booth, East Bay politics is a soccer game. It's a team sport. There's a lot of time & turf to cover, sometimes you got the ball, sometimes you pass it on, sometimes you take a break on the sideline while a fresh teammate goes in.🐦

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

3 years

"Build the Cube" memes have it wrong. It will be in Jersey City, not Manhattan.

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

@chrisarvinsf First step to the transatlantic BART extension

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

Random #architecture sketch: the 5 over 1 over 5 over 1 over 5 over 1 over 5 over 1 over 5 over 1 over 5 over 1 over 5 over 1 The boxy style a lot of apartments use goes from ordinary at 6 floors to real chaos energy at 40🙃🐦 what other styles would you like to see explored?

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

4 years

Landlords claim that rent control stops construction. They got it backwards. Zoning in the 1970s stopped construction, causing rents to go up & cities to pass rent control. Today, landlords continue to ban new homes in the wealthy neighborhoods they live in. #YesOn21 @YesOn21CA

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

In the East Bay, we're not just winning elections, we're delivering on the Democratic Party's promises. South Hayward has new starter condos selling for as low as $371,000, something a middle class couple can afford.

Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

Riding on the bus bridge between South Hayward & Union City BART gives a taste of what Bus Rapid Transit could be like along Mission Boulevard, which has recently added a lot of new homes. There's also a protected bike lane, though it mixing with the right turn lane is not great

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

4 years

Since housing twitter is talking architecture lately, here's some Western architecture with Chinese characteristics: while in the 2000s & 2010s, China was known for copying European buildings, local architects have since invented new designs that literally take it to new heights.

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

3 years

One of the worst parts of the $2000 asset limit for people receiving Social Security disability money is that while homes are exempt from the limit, renters don't get any exception, which makes it impossible for people to save enough for first month's rent + security deposit.

derecka

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Don't raise it, cancel it. Limits keep disabled people in poverty

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Alfred Twu

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A good way to keep trucks out of the bike lane is to have a loading lane. On this block there are a few yellow-paint loading zones and the trucks and taxis use them. It's safer for everyone.

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

3 years

Uber charging a driver a $11.26 service fee on a $9.06 fare. This company's going to implode.

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@TheSofaaa

3 years

As a driver for Uber I was charged money to drive a passenger thirteen miles today. #Uber #Rideshare #Lyft

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

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The medieval era was fine, it's the post-1978 era that really set society back. If the world's top public university has to cut 1/3 of its students, what scientific discoveries, inventions, and leaders are we going be missing out on over the next century?

Berkeleyside

@berkeleyside

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UC Berkeley must slash new enrollment by a third unless high court intervenes

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

5 years

California's new governor calls for a "Marshall Plan for affordable housing" to increase housing supply by 25%, a total of 3.5 million new homes. Depending on how you frame it, that's 9 new San Franciscos... or a couple buildings on each block. Thread 1/

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

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A thread on Missing Small Housing! Stuff smaller than a house, but bigger than a tent. The housing crisis isn't just a big city problem. Rural areas also don't have enough homes - for example, California's Imperial County has one of the highest rates of overcrowded homes. 1/

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

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Pamela Price, who is running to reform the District Attorney's office, came in first in the primary, with strong support not just in the Berkeley-Oakland area, but also in Fremont and the other South Alameda County cities.

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

3 years

任何中国城市的地图

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

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About 40 housing bills are now on Governor Newsom's desk - the largest number yet. Bills cover general plans, zoning, affordable housing funding, student housing, tenant protections, homeownership and homelessness. Details in thread.

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Alfred Twu

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Back to the original point of massing breaks vs ornament, there is something funny how after 100 years, Modernist architecture - originally marketed as being simple and efficient - ended up as a style that's objectively less efficient than the decorated boxes they replaced 🙃

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

3 years

inspired by @ItchyFeetComic 's maps of every European & American cities, here is a map of every Chinese city. 🙃 (English text below, Chinese text in reply)

Terrible Maps

@TerribleMaps

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A map of every European City

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

3 years

UC Berkeley, sometime in the future🐻

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

Oakland's library tax extension, which extends a parcel tax for another 30 years, Measure C, is passing with over 80% of the vote.

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

Here in the East Bay, we don't think of ourselves as the main character. We're the supporting cast and the stage crew (there's a lot of infrastructure and heavy industry here!) We might not set out to change the world, but in the quiet sum of our everyday lives, we already have.

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

Richmond has electric bikeshare - $80 a year, $5 a year for low income residents.

Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

While Berkeley and Oakland continue to wait for the return of electric bikeshare, Richmond, which wasn't part of the Bay Area Bikeshare (now Bay wheels) system has an all-ebike system available at many places around the city

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

5 years

Recently I was talking to some housing activists about how buildings with flat roofs are perceived to be taller, even when they’re not. I remarked how sloped roofs are coded as “house” & flat roof as “highrise”. Thread 1/ , or go to

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

3 years

#California - where we live in that illustration in the earth science textbook of different landforms - both natural & artificial. 🐻🏔️🏜️🌋🏞️🐦 Full size image: Buy a poster:

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

4 years

Colorado residents have also been assisting the hard-hit Navajo Nation. 4/

Colorado residents pitch in after coronavirus strikes the Navajo Nation

CORTEZ, Colo. (KDVR) — The coronavirus is hitting the Navajo Nation hard. The country’s largest Indian reservation, Navajo Nation sits just across Colorado’s southwestern corner. …

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

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You don't find happiness, you create it

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

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Cities in California that elect mayors on presidential years: Fresno, Sacramento, San Diego, Bakersfield, Stockton, Riverside, Fremont On midterm years: LA, San Jose, Irvine, Long Beach, Oakland, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Chula Vista On odd-numbered years: San Francisco

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San Francisco Mayor London Breed says a potential ballot measure to move citywide elections to presidential years is a democratic socialist power grab, and the proposal's author is pushing back.

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

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#cottagecore 2020 california propositions, a thread see also:

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

4 years

So, how can we bring the bungalow court back? Parking lots on stripmalls are a great place to start. Zoning changes required: - Allow residential use, no density limit - Get rid of yard/parking requirements but guess what: no change to height limits. Your zucchinis are safe! 10/

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

4 years

@pantone #BlueWave2020 🌊

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

3 years

one of the tensions in SimCity is that most players want to build a big downtown with lots of buildings, but the car-centered transportation model makes it hard. So when it comes to parking lots, the game designer "just imagine they are underground."

how sim city greenwashes parking — Human Transit

Here's a shot of an edge city from the new SimCity. Notice what's missing? (Source: BLDGBLOG) From Geoff Manaugh's interview of the new SimCity's designer, Stone Librande: Geoff Manaugh: While you...

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

2 years

East Bay has many cities, which leads to uncoordinated decisions such as bike lanes that stop at city limits. But it's like having a lot of little labs. While progress might slow in one place, it can't be stopped in the whole region. Emeryville built the homes Berkeley wouldn't.

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

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Different city building games have both different player roles, as well as differences over what you have control over. While all of them let you build roads and rails, there are differences when it comes to zoning, as well as whether players can build homes & businesses. 2/

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

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in contrast, in the Slovakian game "Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic", parking lots are realistically sized and something the player has to build if they decide to let people own personal cars.

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

4 years

time to stick a big Prop 65 warning on the state

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

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For most of us Americans though, we like to have more space than a bed in a shared room. Having a successful local economy should not mean having overcrowded housing. And therefore, if Main Streets are to stay in business, there needs to be more living space above. 5/

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Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

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Corner of Shattuck and University. Few corners in #Berkeley have changed as much as this one recently - except for the smaller buildings above the bus, everything else is from the last few years. When done, 1 out of every 50 people in Berkeley will live on these blocks.

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