This is all based on what I read from interested parties in twitter so who knows, but I don’t think that’s true. For one, a much larger set of developers can finance single floor buildings like that. There aren’t enough developers capable of building mid rises on the land sb50 etc. would make usable.The other thing is new bungalow courts are apparently a kind of sweet spot financially. You can make your money back renting them for 1000 month because they’re relatively cheap to build, but they rent for multiples of that. The profit margin on a “luxury” (ie not old) apartment is smaller as a percentage.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 31 January 2020 02:13 (four years ago) link
Every new project in Pasadena is at least three stories, most are 4-6. I don't see anyone getting rid of a couple houses on a half acre only to put up 6-8 bungalows.
The Esotouric thing I mentioned was a developer wanting to tear down a 1930s bungalow court in the Melrose area in LA for a much higher density project.
It was parking requirements that killed bungalows, with 2 spots necessary per unit there wasn't room for enough sq ft of living area, so developers went for the 2-story dingbat style, with parking on the bottom.
― nickn, Friday, 31 January 2020 03:26 (four years ago) link
every new project in pasadena is mid-rise because sb50 or similar legislation hasn't passed so multi-unit zoned land is rare and expensive, so you have to build 12+ units to make money. i don't think it would stay that way if everything within half a mile of the gold line got upzoned.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 31 January 2020 06:11 (four years ago) link
Ehhh, I don't know, I can't see a developer choosing small scale when they could go larger.
― nickn, Friday, 31 January 2020 06:42 (four years ago) link
right but my point is not all developers can go larger. you need huge amounts of capital to build a four floor apartment building.
(i'm also 100% fine with exclusively mid-rise apartment buildings getting built and no bungalow courts getting built, but i don't think that's what would happen)
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 31 January 2020 07:22 (four years ago) link
Seems like the property owners would not settle for the price a small scale development would get, and would be willing to hold out for a price that only a large development would justify. But who knows, maybe if enough building was allowed the price would drop. Or maybe people would develop decent-sized single family house properties into 2-4 bungalows.
― nickn, Friday, 31 January 2020 07:52 (four years ago) link
They should build as many market rate apartments and condos near Orinda BART as they are/have in my neighborhood in Oakland.
― sarahell, Saturday, 1 February 2020 19:48 (four years ago) link
Ned posted this in the Oakland thread -- but it is actually state legislation, so it can go here too!
https://www.kqed.org/arts/13874382/state-senator-introduces-legislation-to-protect-live-work-and-warehouse-residences
― sarahell, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 18:01 (four years ago) link
thread from the state assemblywoman who lead AB5 about follow-up legislation
Based on dozens of meetings with freelance journalists & photographers, we have submitted language to legislative counsel that we hope to have available next week to put into AB1850 which will cut out the 35 submission cap & instead more clearly define freelancer journalism 2/— Lorena (@LorenaSGonzalez) February 6, 2020
(AB5 aside, watch her. she'll be a senator in DC soon.)
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 6 February 2020 21:55 (four years ago) link
she moves fast and breaks things, but she hears you and she'll do better
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 6 February 2020 22:36 (four years ago) link
I wonder how this proposed fund to assist arts nonprofits would work. ... it seems like a well-meaning idea that will create more problems for people
― sarahell, Friday, 7 February 2020 01:27 (four years ago) link
Referred to here:https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/AB5-to-ease-caps-for-writers-photographers-more-15036406.php
― sarahell, Friday, 7 February 2020 01:28 (four years ago) link
does it mention any remedies for gig musicians?
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 7 February 2020 02:29 (four years ago) link
Meanwhile, AB-5 has forced the local playhouse here in Sierra Madre to cancel a show:
https://abc7.com/business/local-theater-struggles-under-ca-law-restricting-independent-contractor-designation/5899734/
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 7 February 2020 06:27 (four years ago) link
Every new project in Pasadena is at least three stories, most are 4-6.
They're called Five-Over-Ones, One-Plus-Fives, etc. but the construction is the same: five floors of residential wood construction on top of a concrete box retail floor. A vast chunk of American civic land is zoned to prohibit construction over 65 feet, which makes it just right for these five or six story boxes. They're cheap as hell to build and taller/denser construction would run up against different standards for fire regulation, parking, etc. etc. The architecture derives from being the minimal legal hassle to maximize as much possible profit.
More:http://archplanbaltimore.blogspot.com/2015/03/how-one-plus-five-is-shaping-american_27.htmlhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-02-13/why-america-s-new-apartment-buildings-all-look-the-same
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 7 February 2020 06:40 (four years ago) link
oooooh! thank you!
― sarahell, Friday, 7 February 2020 17:46 (four years ago) link
Five-Over-Ones, One-Plus-Fives,No one here gets out alive.
― nickn, Friday, 7 February 2020 18:50 (four years ago) link
also interesting along these lines
https://www.curbed.com/2019/1/16/18184194/mcmansion-hell-kate-wagner-modern-building-materialshttps://whyy.org/segments/we-dont-build-them-like-we-use-to-why-new-houses-arent-made-of-brick/
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 7 February 2020 18:55 (four years ago) link
Didn’t read but isn’t the short answer seismic safety — unreinforced masonry
― sarahell, Friday, 7 February 2020 21:08 (four years ago) link
Lol ok I read it and it is about Philly. But changes to building codes and the ability to use alternative methods is a relevant issue.
― sarahell, Friday, 7 February 2020 21:13 (four years ago) link
as a Seattle resident there's far too much unreinforced masonry still standing for my nerves
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Friday, 7 February 2020 21:26 (four years ago) link
There are ways to legally and safely reinforce the unreinforced masonry, but not cheaply
― sarahell, Friday, 7 February 2020 21:29 (four years ago) link
Yeah and it’s not blanket-required “lol”
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Friday, 7 February 2020 22:15 (four years ago) link
what a mess
https://www.patreon.com/posts/34027460
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 14 February 2020 22:47 (four years ago) link
law is totally gonna get amended/re-written. not a bad thing imo. still hope it puts uber etc out of business.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 14 February 2020 22:59 (four years ago) link
anyone in LA CD12? apparently this flyer is supposed to make you not want to vote for lundquist?!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQxZyzHU0AEKvmQ?format=jpg&name=medium
she's got a good shot. she lost to lee (a republican) by a small amount in a very low turnout special election last year. she'll benefit from increased democrat turnout in march and lee knows this (he's running as an indpendent) if she gets more than 50% in the primary she wins right away.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 15 February 2020 00:04 (four years ago) link
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, February 14, 2020 2:47 PM (four hours ago)
What's even messier is how the people who have legal expertise in these industries (publishing, media, art, theater, music, etc.) don't even seem to understand the law -- or at least are giving sloppy advice to freelancers. Like, the forming an LLC is so not gonna qualify. I am glad the author of this article didn't do it and have to spend $800 (at least) per year for something legally useless for AB5 issues. It's possible that one could get away with forming an S-Corp where you pay yourself as an employee, and the client pays your S-Corp, though CA Lawyers for the Arts said in their toolkit they just put out that that was a bit dicey and that would fall under a "loan out" provision that is considered non-exempt from AB5.
AB5 is also interesting in relation to the Federal TCJA provisions from last year that eliminated deductions for unreimbursed employee business expenses. Like, in one way it is regressive and shitty, because it tends to affect people like teachers and non-profit staff that have underfunded workplaces, as well as people who are dues-paying members of unions (teachers again, nurses, etc.). However, one could argue, that it gives employees more impetus to get their employers to pay for things rather than expecting the employees to pay for stuff out of pocket because they care about their work.
Basically, if I were involved in unionization type work, I would be like, "this is our moment" and would be in manic activist mode right now.
― sarahell, Saturday, 15 February 2020 03:13 (four years ago) link
california
Ladies and gentlemen, the best Palo Alto Online post of all time pic.twitter.com/wmp5kDym7y— Mark Mollineaux 🦀🔰🕊🌹🌐 (@bufordsharkley) February 22, 2020
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 22 February 2020 01:38 (four years ago) link
commute from Salinas isn't that bad tbh
― sarahell, Saturday, 22 February 2020 19:30 (four years ago) link
It’s an hour and 20 minutes without traffic from Salinas to my office in PA and the planet is dying.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 22 February 2020 21:53 (four years ago) link
It's way longer from Tracy tho
― sarahell, Saturday, 22 February 2020 22:25 (four years ago) link
the idea of commuting from Tracy to Palo Alto is the stuff of nightmares
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Sunday, 23 February 2020 02:16 (four years ago) link
I commuted for years, anything over an hour in the end is brutal
― Dan S, Sunday, 23 February 2020 02:24 (four years ago) link
My endorsementsLA ballot measure R: yes (sheriff sucks)State ballot measure 13: yesCD 10: aura vasquez (ie not mark Ridley Thomas)County 2: holly Mitchell (ie not Herb Wesson)LA DA: Gascon (I prefer Rossi but Gascon has a better shot at Lacey in the general)Cd 12: lundquist (climate, housing, phd astrophysicist, not a republican, might get over 50% in the primary)Cd 4: nithya Raman (she rules and she’s not this guy https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ryu-attempted-rape-charge-dismissed-20150420-story.html)
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 23 February 2020 15:30 (four years ago) link
― Dan S, Saturday, February 22, 2020 6:24 PM (yesterday)
I did the same -- for me, it depended on the difference between how long it would take without traffic vs. actual commute duration.
― sarahell, Sunday, 23 February 2020 19:17 (four years ago) link
The LA DA race is heating up!
#BREAKING This morning Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey’s husband pulled a gun out on Black Lives Matter activists who protested his wife in front of their house. @BLMLA pic.twitter.com/wnCFMMvaWV— Jasmyne Cannick (@Jasmyne) March 2, 2020
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 2 March 2020 16:16 (four years ago) link
Any good voting guides for SF specifically / CA generally?
― Feminism-Appropriating Regressive Transphobe (Leee), Monday, 2 March 2020 18:09 (four years ago) link
there are LA guides but they cover some CA races
https://tjr.xxx/content/home/california-cheat-sheet-feb-2020-front-and-back-3.pdf
https://thelapod.com/posts/la-podcast-2020-voter-guide-primary-edition/
https://www.dsa-la.org/2020_primary_voter_guide
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 2 March 2020 18:13 (four years ago) link
This looks lefty: http://www.theleaguesf.org/about
― Feminism-Appropriating Regressive Transphobe (Leee), Monday, 2 March 2020 18:25 (four years ago) link
ha
Text from a Lacey supporter in regards to, again can't believe I'm typing this, her husband pointing a gun at demonstrators -- "This may be the all time stupidest pre-Election Day F*** up."— James Queally (@JamesQueallyLAT) March 2, 2020
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 2 March 2020 19:06 (four years ago) link
― Feminism-Appropriating Regressive Transphobe (Leee), Monday, March 2, 2020 10:25 AM (yesterday)
yep.
here's another one
http://spacecats.org/
― sarahell, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 19:37 (four years ago) link
Hahah amazing!
― Feminism-Appropriating Regressive Transphobe (Leee), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 20:33 (four years ago) link
my Glendale-resident sister reports that all her local candidates promise to do something about "traffic", which she compared to student body president candidates promising longer recess.
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 21:00 (four years ago) link
measure R (sheriff's oversight passed in a landslide). looks like the spending measures will pass.
jackie lacey the terrible DA with the gun-wielding husband is on 50.6%. she needs over 50% to avoid a runoff in the fall. gascon (ex-SF DA) is in second place. late reporting votes tend to move things left in LA, so she's in trouble.
on the council: david ryu will need a runoff against the nithya raman (yay). looks like john lee (the republican who switched to no registration) beat the (excellent) democrat by enough to hold even with the swing left in late count :-(
herb wesson (one half of bullshit corrupt seat swap) needs a runoff against holly mitchell and looks to be in trouble when that happens. mark ridley thomas (the other half of the bullshit corrupt seat swap) will also need a run off but is probably in less trouble.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 18:22 (four years ago) link
Measure Q only got a majority and not the 2/3 needed to pass. There was a lot of anti-Q campaigning done by pro-corporate landlord PAC(s)
― sarahell, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 18:26 (four years ago) link
geez I'm surprised honestly, I thought it had a lot of goodwill. Since I've become a homeowner in the last decade I've paid a lot more attention to parcel tax increases, but I don't think there's a single one I've not supported.
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 18:29 (four years ago) link
While I was pro Measure Q on principle, I was sympathetic to the anti-Q people who were arguing that the City of Oakland is incompetent when it comes to managing money (e.g. the soda tax, the affordable housing impact fees) so why give them more money? I was not sympathetic to the people opposed to it because they were against the Tenants Opportunity to Purchase Act part of the measure because they somehow believed it would mean their property would be seized (?) ....
― sarahell, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 18:30 (four years ago) link
reminder
Ok, it is incredibly early, and we will know more in the coming days, but two things we can say about the outstanding votes in California (with gifs).— CA120 (@CA_120) March 4, 2020
First: There are massive numbers of ballots to be counted in CA. This will be a record. More than 4 million. Could reach 5 million (with 1.2 million in LA County alone).Put another way, we may only be half way there. pic.twitter.com/tLp3Sp2GJu— CA120 (@CA_120) March 4, 2020
Uncounted votes aren’t from old white homeowner Reps, they mostly voted early and they are over represented in the current tabulations.Uncounted will skew young, Latino, Dem. For candidate races and ballot measures this means the votes will go in one direction: to the left. pic.twitter.com/tXmQqjVNDv— CA120 (@CA_120) March 4, 2020
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 18:31 (four years ago) link
Nice
LOS ANGELES updates: with 112K ballots counted today, DA Jackie Lacey drops from 50.69% to 50.14%. She received 45% of the vote in this batch.I'd expect hundreds of thousands of more ballot, & for them to be also much less favorable to her than earliest mail-ins (55%).— Taniel (@Taniel) March 5, 2020
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 5 March 2020 02:37 (four years ago) link
our experience here in Seattle is that the T+2 days ballot drop will see the biggest bolus of progressive votes in this kind of race
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Thursday, 5 March 2020 02:38 (four years ago) link