Aaron Green
@aaronguhreen.bsky.social
This is private land. 234 Pico in Santa Monica.
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
This is private land. 234 Pico in Santa Monica.
For AB2097 projects (within 1/2 mile of major transit stops) the Coastal Commission’s authority to require parking has been limited but they don’t like this and will instead require in-lieu fees or other “mitigations” which has the net effect of causing developers to just build the parking.
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
For AB2097 projects (within 1/2 mile of major transit stops) the Coastal Commission’s authority to require parking has been limited but they don’t like this and will instead require in-lieu fees or other “mitigations” which has the net effect of causing developers to just build the parking.
The Coastal Commission has very broad discretion on any projects within the Coastal Zone and they generally will not approve anything that doesn’t have massive amounts of parking.
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The Coastal Commission has very broad discretion on any projects within the Coastal Zone and they generally will not approve anything that doesn’t have massive amounts of parking.
Remember when San Diego put a cemetery on their sites inventory?
November 3, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Remember when San Diego put a cemetery on their sites inventory?
Santa Monica had a cool park with chess tables right on the beach. Homeless started hanging out there. Santa Monica got rid of the chess tables and shut the whole park down.
October 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Santa Monica had a cool park with chess tables right on the beach. Homeless started hanging out there. Santa Monica got rid of the chess tables and shut the whole park down.
Apartments are much more affordable than single-family homes. SB79 legalzies many new apartments.
October 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Apartments are much more affordable than single-family homes. SB79 legalzies many new apartments.
Council should just exempt all single family homes and make ULA apply to multifamily redevelopment exclusively, this was clearly the intent of LA political elites from the jump anyway.
Mayor Karen Bass is asking LA's city council to pass an ordinance that would exempt Pacific Palisades transactions from ULA, the city's transfer tax.
Of note: "The letter follows a meeting with Rick Caruso, founder of Steadfast LA, who proposed ideas to help address this issue"
Of note: "The letter follows a meeting with Rick Caruso, founder of Steadfast LA, who proposed ideas to help address this issue"
October 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I think the whole system is very stupid and look forward to sending my kids to public school but the “top” highschools do send many kids to the Ivys. It’s not just a handful from each school.
October 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I think the whole system is very stupid and look forward to sending my kids to public school but the “top” highschools do send many kids to the Ivys. It’s not just a handful from each school.
I like lots of free time so I would be a peasant for sure.
October 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I like lots of free time so I would be a peasant for sure.
Conventional wisdom is that we need to lean into crypto, gambling, etc. to win back young voters which IMO is completely ridiculous.
October 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Conventional wisdom is that we need to lean into crypto, gambling, etc. to win back young voters which IMO is completely ridiculous.
Good idea to put avocados on the list too
September 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Good idea to put avocados on the list too
I’ll re-evaluate if/when we see any evidence that his actions are negatively polarizing people against housing. Haven’t seen it yet.
September 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I’ll re-evaluate if/when we see any evidence that his actions are negatively polarizing people against housing. Haven’t seen it yet.
But ultimately he’s just one guy. He wrote a book, made some good arguments. Sometimes he writes things that aren’t so good. Whatever - take what you like, ignore the rest. I don’t really understand the intense focus on everything he does. If you like him great. If you don’t, that’s fine too.
September 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
But ultimately he’s just one guy. He wrote a book, made some good arguments. Sometimes he writes things that aren’t so good. Whatever - take what you like, ignore the rest. I don’t really understand the intense focus on everything he does. If you like him great. If you don’t, that’s fine too.
And maybe it’s opposite of what you fear? Maybe him talking about such a wide variety of issues has given him a large enough audience to meaningfully shift opinion on lower salience issues like housing reforms?
September 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
And maybe it’s opposite of what you fear? Maybe him talking about such a wide variety of issues has given him a large enough audience to meaningfully shift opinion on lower salience issues like housing reforms?