In this episode, ⁠ M. Nolan Gray⁠⁠ chats with William Steichen and Trevor Stockinger, two of the coauthors on a brand new California YIMBY ⁠report⁠: The Impact of Fees: Rethinking Local revenues for More Multifamily Housing. Over the past semester, Will, Trevor, and four others served as California YIMBY Research Fellows as part of their work toward a graduate degree. Stay connected with the ⁠⁠Metropolitan Abundance Project⁠⁠ on ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠. Stay connected with ⁠⁠⁠California YIMBY⁠⁠⁠ on ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠.

Anthony Gill, an economic development professional and writer on urbanism in Spokane, teams up with Robyn Leslie, director for strategic partnerships at California YIMBY. They dive into Spokane's recent zoning reforms and the city's unique political landscape, where diverse perspectives unite on housing challenges. The discussions showcase Spokane's historical roots, evolving housing market, and innovative strategies aimed at enhancing urban livability. Insights on how community involvement shapes urban planning are also highlighted, making for a timely and enlightening conversation.

Welcome back to the Abundance Podcast! In this episode, M. Nolan Gray chats with Sarah Karlinsky. Sarah is the Research Director at the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley where she leads the development of the center’s research agenda. They’re joined in this episode by Robyn Leslie, the director for strategic partnerships at California YIMBY. In this episode, they chat about Sarah’s new report, “Structured for Success: Reforming Housing Governance in California and the Bay Area.” Stay connected with the Metropolitan Abundance Project on Twitter, Bluesky, and Instagram. Stay connected with ⁠California YIMBY⁠ on ⁠Twitter⁠, ⁠Bluesky⁠, ⁠Instagram⁠, and ⁠TikTok⁠.

Welcome back to the Abundance Podcast! In this episode, M. Nolan Gray and Ned Resnikoff chat with Megan Kimble.  Megan is an investigative journalist and the author of Unprocessed. A former executive editor at The Texas Observer, Kimble has written about housing, transportation, and urban development for The New York Times, Texas Monthly, The Guardian, and Bloomberg CityLab. She lives in Austin, Texas. In this episode, they discuss her new book, City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America's Highways. Be sure to follow the Metropolitan Abundance Project on ⁠Twitter⁠, ⁠Bluesky⁠, ⁠Threads⁠, and ⁠Instagram⁠.

In this episode, Ned Resnikoff chats with Alexander Sahn. He is a Thomas J. Pearsall Fellow and an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he studies inequality in political participation, representation, and public policy, especially subnational governments in the United States. He was previously a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Princeton University and received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. They discuss public engagement, exclusionary zoning, and civil service reform. Be sure to follow the Metropolitan Abundance Project on Twitter, Bluesky, Threads, and Instagram.

Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stan Oklobdzija, discusses YIMBY politics, housing market dynamics, and challenges in urban governance with Nolan Gray and Ned Resnickoff. They explore misconceptions about housing markets, the bipartisan appeal of YIMBY advocacy, and the impact of interest groups on local government outcomes. They also delve into the challenges faced in implementing critical projects in cities like Los Angeles, and the housing issues in New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina.

This week, Nolan Gray chats with Ben Raderstorf. Ben is vice president of House Sacramento, an all volunteer grassroots pro-housing group in the California Capital region. In his day job, he's a pro-democracy advocate, but on nights and weekends he works to make his adopted hometown more affordable, liveable, walkable, bikeable and resilient. Find him on twitter at @braderstorf. In this episode, they chat about the exciting new land use reforms recently adopted for Sacramento. If you haven’t already please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review. It really helps us to reach new audiences! 

Nolan Gray and Ned Resnikoff chat with Danielle Allen, a Professor at Harvard University, about power-sharing liberalism and abundance progressivism. They discuss the future of metropolitan governance, the impact of high rent and transient housing on civic engagement, and the need for streamlined decision-making. They also explore the perspectives of power sharing liberals and hard liner abundance progressives, recommend books by Hannah Arendt, and share their favorite travel experiences.

Welcome back to Abundance! In this episode, California YIMBY research director Nolan Gray chats with Henry Grabar. Henry is a journalist at Slate, where he writes about cities, and a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. In this episode, they discuss Grabar's brand new book, Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World, including why parking drives people nuts, the curious case of parking privatization in Chicago, and the future of parking reform. If you haven’t already please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review. It really helps us to reach new audiences! Stay connected with ⁠⁠⁠California YIMBY⁠⁠⁠ on ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠. And with that, on to the show!

Welcome back to Abundance! In this episode, we discuss Housing Underproduction in California 2023, a new report published by the California YIMBY Research Fund in collaboration with MapCraft. California YIMBY research director Nolan Gray is joined by Ian Carlton and Lacy Patterson, two members of the MapCraft team who helped to put this report together. In this episode, they discuss which parts of California are building the least housing, which are building the most, where the gap between market feasible capacity and actual permits issued is widest. If you would like to see the full report and associated maps and data, go check it out on our brand new website!