Corey Smith 陈锐

Big news: Circulate San Diego is now Circulate Planning & Policy. Same mission. Same team. Bigger impact.

Just in: The NBA will hold a vote at the Board of Governors meetings March 24-25 to explore adding expansion teams exclusively in Las Vegas and Seattle, with the two franchises targeted for the 2028-29 season, sources tell ESPN. There is momentum for stakeholders to approve surveying what industry executives project will be bids in the $7-to-$10 billion range for each team.

Guys, relax, the only risk in transiting the Strait of Hormuz is that Iran will shoot a missile at your ship. Otherwise it's open for transit. An all-time quote from our Secretary of War.

I’m supporting Scott Wiener for Congress because he’s delivered on the hard stuff: YIMBY, standing up to dysfunction, and fighting for an SF that works. We don’t agree on everything but I back leaders who show up, take tough votes, and move the ball forward for this city.

The current crop of Leftist YIMBYs in NY and LA think they can entice developers to build simply by adjusting zoning and building codes, while at the same time crushing existing owners with onerous, unfair regulation (rent freezes, eviction moratoria, etc.). They will be surprised when investors opt to keep their money in the NASDAQ instead, but we won't be.

Why are 50,000 housing units entitled in San Francisco, but not breaking ground? In part, because it takes over 280 days to get permits approved after entitlement in SF - longer than any other major city. Last year, I authorized a first-of-its kind study from our city's analyst division: comparing our city's post-entitlement permitting system with other cities to understand how to fix this. Here's what we learned: 1. We have 5 different departments responsible for permitting post-entitlement, but no single point of contact. 2. That leads to bottlenecks in the process, where for instance the Department of Building Inspection has the longest step in the process at 30 days 3. The complexity of our building code (over 1000 pages long!) creates further delays with 3 rounds of review on average per project application To fix this, we need to streamline our post-entitlement processing through a mix of consolidation, consistency, and collaboration. We need to create a "one stop shop" for post-entitlement housing permitting. But because the responsibilities for each department responsible - like Planning and Building Inspection - are hard coded into our charter or city's constitution, this can be difficult to change. I will be accordingly introducing a charter reform measure for the November ballot to help fix this.