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Infill: A YIMBY Podcast

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Oct 26, 2018 • 42min

YIMBY Goes to School

Guests Michelle Parker and Victor Olivieri discuss San Francisco's transportation challenges getting kids to public schools and City College's plans for its land, including housing on Balboa Reservoir. Michelle and Victor have been endorsed by YIMBY Action in their campaigns for School Board and College Board respectively. Michelle Parker for School Board Victor Olivieri for City College Board Share the YIMBY endorsements on VoterCircle
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Oct 19, 2018 • 37min

Fixing Homelessness and Improving Transit

California wants homelessness and transportation to get better, but isn't always willing to pay for it. That's why in San Francisco, we have our work cut out for us to pass local Prop C, which would tax businesses making over $50 million to provide a permanent funding source for supportive housing, mental health services and shelters. At the beginning of the program, Nick Kimura (Eviction Defense Collaborative/Yes on C) tells us about some of the unfunded programs Prop C could start back up, like the Moving On program, and Sam adds his take as an affordable housing developer. At 16:34, we talk to Adina Levin (Friends of Caltrain and a South Bay YIMBY) about No on 6, the fight to protect transportation funding against the Republicans' gas tax repeal measure. We go into what's at stake: important road repairs, Caltrain to downtown SF, longer BART trains, new AC Transit and Muni vehicles, bike/pedestrian improvements, and a regional means-based fare pilot. All these projects lose funding if Prop 6 passes, so find out what you can do! Lastly, at 27:27, YIMBY volunteer Scott Feeney introduces the nascent YIMBY Mobility, a caucus (or "club," we're not sure which) that recently mobilized for Janice Li/No on 6 on the west side and has a District 2 mobilization coming up. YIMBY endorsements for November 6th Share the YIMBY endorsements with your friends using VoterCircle! Prop C: Our City, Our Home No on Prop 6 statewide campaign In San Mateo County, Adina recommends Measure W Saturday's YIMBY Mobility action for Nick and Janice
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Oct 16, 2018 • 54min

SPECIAL: Richard Rothstein "The Color of Law" Mission YIMBY event

On Oct 10th, Mission YIMBY held an event at the Brava Theater with Richard Rothstein, author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. It was a powerful lecture on the racist history of housing in the United States, with opening remarks from organizer Steven Buss and Mission Housing's Sam Moss. The Color of Law documents how American cities, from San Francisco to Boston, became so racially divided, as federal, state, and local governments systematically imposed residential segregation. Pick up a copy at your local bookstore!
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Oct 12, 2018 • 48min

Eastern Neighborhoods

A chat with Sonja Trauss and Theo Ellington, candidates to represent SoMa, Dogpatch, Bayview and other east-side neighborhoods that together are building 80% of San Francisco's new housing. Sonja, who regular listeners know by now, catches us up on her campaign. She blows our minds with the stats on where new housing is concentrated, how she hopes to change that to allow Affordable Housing everywhere, and her plans to wage war on cars for safer District 6 streets. Then (starting at 23:44) Theo tells us about his experiences growing up in the Bayview, his plans to better connect District 10, build more housing and push for development equity citywide, as well as his lawsuit over the discovery of radium 50 yards from his Shipyard home. Sonja Trauss for Supervisor Theo Ellington for Supervisor Share the rest of the YIMBY endorsements!
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Oct 5, 2018 • 52min

Homes Near Train Stations (with Nick Josefowitz and Janice Li)

"It allows this really radical thing of allowing homes near train stations." We're all happy the governor signed AB-2923, Assemblymember David Chiu's bill to help BART build more housing on its parking lots. To mark the occasion, we chat with YIMBY Action-endorsed candidate Nick Josefowitz (1:24), who helped shape the bill, about BART, housing, and his vision for District 2 (Russian Hill, Marina, Pacific Heights). Next, YIMBY Action-endorsed Janice Li (13:15) tells us about her run for BART board in a very oddly shaped district. If she prevails, Janice will be at the center of the next set of fights: using AB-2923 to actually implement BART's TOD policy. Finally at 32:45, we revel in the glow of BART housing and discuss other housing bills with Brian Hanlon, executive director of California YIMBY. AB-2923 article on KQED Nick Josefowitz for Supervisor Janice Li for BART Share all the YIMBY Action endorsements!
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Sep 28, 2018 • 37min

Endorsements All the Way to the West Side

Laura and Sam run through YIMBY Action's major endorsements for November 6th. Then, at 12:42, we talk to Trevor McNeil, a schoolteacher, parent, and pro-housing candidate for District 4, the Central and Outer Sunset. It's the first in a series of interviews with YIMBY-endorsed candidates. We forgot to list off the neighborhoods that constitute District 6, where Sonja Trauss is running; she would represent SoMa, the Tenderloin, Mission Bay and Treasure Island. See all the YIMBY Endorsements for November 2018 Support Trevor McNeil's campaign Join YIMBYs tomorrow, Saturday 9/29 at a day of action for Trevor McNeil
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Jul 26, 2018 • 51min

Ernest for East Bay

Ernest Brown from East Bay for Everyone chats with Laura and Sam about organizing, politics and Big Ideas in YIMBY. Blurb on Ernest EB4E Calendar YIMBY Working Weekend Medium Post by Laura
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Jul 5, 2018 • 56min

Eat Local!

Insightful panel discussion with restaurant owners and the Golden Gate Restaurant Association, hosted by YIMBY Action and the Bay City Beacon! May be the best podcast yet! Auntie April of Auntie April's Chicken & Waffles Yuka Ioroi of Cassava Restaurant Gwyneth Borden of Golden Gate Restaurant Association
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Jun 18, 2018 • 49min

The Campaign is Over, Long Live the Campaign!

Randy Shaw of Beyond Chron joins Sam and Laura to hash over election results, talk about his upcoming book, "Generation Priced Out." It's about $800 to get better recording tools. Donate to YIMBY Action and put #INFILL in your comment.
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Jun 13, 2018 • 11min

Housing For ALL

Selections from our Mayor Elect London Breed. The first is from her opening comments at the YIMBY Mayoral Debate. The second is from her vote not to oppose SB 827.

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