Thomas DeFranco retweetledi
Thomas DeFranco
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Thomas DeFranco
@thmsonline
doing housing things | Policy @ SDHC
San Diego, CA Katılım Eylül 2009
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Thomas DeFranco retweetledi
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Further to this point - Houston does a far better job of fulfilling progressive ideals than anywhere in any blue state. Yet this causes basically zero soul searching among blue state policy makers.
M. Nolan Gray 🥑@mnolangray
It's funny, Houston is this supernova of growth, the rare place in the US that is absorbing millions of domestic and international migrants and making them richer, but if you say anything nice about it, e.g. maybe non-zoning is fine, people have a meltdown.
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@JulieChangRE Don’t disagree! With this type of historical house, the only options are rent it out for parties or short-term vacation rental for large groups. We’ve kinda handcuffed the owners lol
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@thmsonline I hope it doesn’t draw large groups. I’m 💯 for density, mixed use, long term renters and hotels - but STRs are terrible for neighborhoods and there is no inspection / oversight that they are safe and managed for issues.
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I always wondered about this house and what it looked like on the inside
It’s a massive house but especially right in the city
7 bed, 5 bath, 6732 ESF
And then I lookup the address. It’s a vacation rental
For the neighbors sake let’s hope it doesn’t become a loud party house
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@NotoriousAirbnb If only there was some sort of financial incentive to encourage them to keep it as a rental… lol
Also really don’t see this being a strong Airbnb location either.
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@thmsonline Exactly. Golden Hill, desirable.
But also the huge problem with Airbnb. Instead of accepting the realities of the rental market and accepting $3200, lowering rents in general...
this owner instead removes a housing unit from the market entirely.
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The crazy part about this house is that they tried to rent it at a reasonable $3,800/mo and had no takers.
Based on rents, this house is not worth a million dollars.
And we are acting like San Diego real estate is accurately priced.
NotoriousAirbnb@NotoriousAirbnb
Another San Diego home flipped to $400/night Airbnb. Owner tried to rent it at the rent estimate, failed. Cheated and went to short-term rental. The property is registered as owner-occupied. This may be mortgage fraud.
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@TastelessAlex Escondido has a ton of infill opportunities and their elected leaders have made it ridiculously hard or expensive to build anything.
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More housing means lower housing costs which means subsidies go further and you also get more tax revenue. Everyone wins.
Saad Asad@realsaadasad
Escondido has 5,276 residents waiting for housing help and only 30 currently receiving it. Doubling down on rental subsidies gets more people covered now, but the city needs more housing options.
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@DucksFanZone Ideal world is get in, get some good playoff experience, maybe win a series, and come back stronger and more prepared next season.
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This is not a serious playoff team. It's been fun but this is a team with a lot of work to do.
NHL@NHL
THE SHARKS SCORE TWO GOALS IN THE FINAL TWO MINUTES TO WIN THE GAME! INCREDIBLE 🙌
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People have 100 different theories as to why California is so expensive.
The actual answer lies in this photograph.
ConnectedSF@ConnectedSF
Happening Now: ➡️Protest opposing 25-story Marina Safeway Development proposal. Last week, SF Planning Dept deemed eligibility of AB 2011 approval, fast-rtacking design review. Fight back by signing the petition that will be emailed to City Hall today form.jotform.com/253625476102151
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@SukritGanesh @WesSDCali When it comes down to it, I really doubt he’s going to pass those YIMBY policies behind the scene. It’s literally the same messaging switch-er-oo Bass and other Dems use.
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@WesSDCali Honestly, I'll take it. Actions matter more than words, and frankly I'll be perfectly happy if local leaders use NIMBY-populist rhetoric while quietly passing YIMBY policies behind the scenes.
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"Sure, taking a train to work is cleaner than driving, but taking an elevator to work is even cleaner than that."
Not wrong 🤷♂️
Outside the 'YIMBY cultists' and 'phantom crisis' references, there's a lot of merit here. Also, commerce, housing, and transit CAN all be adjacent.
Spencer Pratt@spencerpratt
LA has a problem with misdiagnosing problems. The rent is too damn high, but it’s not because of what everyone claims. Read the new PrattStack about my solution for the housing affordability crisis…is there really a housing crisis? open.substack.com/pub/spencerpra… @Substack
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If the goal is to reduce fire risk in VHFHSZs, the answer isn’t preservation of the status quo buildings.
It’s allowing the more fire-prone buildings to slowly be replaced with new buildings that meet modern fire codes, have suppression systems, and are designed for the climate we actually live in now.
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The “fire hazard zone” exemption logic assumes more density = more risk.
But that’s backwards when the existing density is aging wood-frame single-family with no fire suppression systems, decades of deferred maintenance, and building envelopes designed to catch embers.
Wesley Morgan@WesSDCali
The top 3 exemptions: 1) Areas within Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones 2) Areas identified in Low Resource Area 3) Areas with historically-designated resources
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@ColinParent @vosdscott @CityofSanDiego SB 79 also applies to single-family zoned parcels of which the City’s rezonings and LDC updates have struggled to affect.
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@vosdscott @CityofSanDiego San Diego has similar development capacity in a lot of these locations. Sometimes it's even better in terms of total allowed number of units. But they come with different strings attached as compared to SB 79.
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Same. I also understand the need to build beautiful buildings, I do think it’s important. But if the city is going to require millions worth of offsite infrastructure improvements and development impact fees, we can’t expect them to also invest $$ in making the building pretty. There are tradeoffs 🤷♂️
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@thmsonline @fran_geleno That’s awesome. I’m glad affordable housing is getting built
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All for more housing
But is this best design?
Looks like a hospital or hotel or office?
New Hillcrest units on 6th which was an assemblage of lots
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It’s actually somewhat impressive that the entire County of San Diego only lost 5k people from 2020-2025.
The City of San Diego and Chula Vista have bucked degrowth and grew their populations over this time period… while most of the cities in North County and East County lost residents and failed to contribute to our region’s economic growth.
Rob Pyers@rpyers
California Counties sorted by net population change, 2025 vs 2020
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Not familiar with the specifics of the project. I live nearby and parts of the facade are a bit boring, but it also has some brick features that are cool. Idk I’m indifferent to it, I spoke with an elderly man who had been a Hillcrest resident for decades and who was on fixed-income + part time work. He was able to apply and get in one of the affordable units, which I was happy to hear.
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@fran_geleno I didnt read about the project so know nothing
@thmsonline do you have insights you can share
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@rich_roberts He looked very good. Balanced swing, fast around the bases. Highlight to an otherwise shitty opening day.
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