Lindsay Loves Cities

Unfunded inclusionary zoning mandates require home builders to rent units at a loss. They raise the cost of building new housing, worsen our housing shortage, and raise housing costs across the board. This is bad, counterproductive policy that California should abandon entirely.

California's ADU preemption law—of the sort Michigan is considering this year—has directly led to the construction of over 100,000 housing units that would have been illegal prior to 2017.

A top goal of city government should be to deliver public amenities to the people. Shared spaces - parks, playgrounds, vibrant walkable retail — are what bring us together, provide calming green space, allow for children to play, and keep the economy vibrant.

Recognize grousing about local government expenditures is pretty conservatve-coded. But I want to remind everyone liberals and progressives *also* have a strong interest in assuring that every $1 of government spending does as much good as it possibly can.

Over the past six months, I’ve become a total geek about factory-built housing (FBH). At this point I have probably toured more housing factories than any other lawmaker in the country. If FBH can flourish elsewhere, why not California?

I don't care what anybody says, whether it's overrated or cliche, the San Antonio Riverwalk is a masterstroke of genius.

I don't care what anybody says, whether it's overrated or cliche, the San Antonio Riverwalk is a masterstroke of genius.

Am 100% confident I could re-build this pool for less than the **$28,000,000** the City of Los Angeles has budgeted.

A prefabricated foundation built in *one day* The rest of the structure built in just six weeks. Total construction cost $685,000 ($118/sqft). Get prefab working at scale, and it could transform affordable housing!

Hugely underrated progress Europeans have made getting cars out of inner cities.

Chicago could simply convert 15% of its streets to multi-use paths, no cars allowed. 1. Save millions on street maintenance annually 2. Increase value of living near multi-use trails 3. Massively improve quality of life for everyone 4. Allow really cool uses along the trails

Paris boosting property values and quality of life merely by making streets traffic free