Muhammad Alameldin
@muhammadspeaks.bsky.social
Senior Policy Advisor, California YIMBY.
Boardmember Casita Coalition and RCPC.
They call me condo daddy
Boardmember Casita Coalition and RCPC.
They call me condo daddy
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Good news: New data suggest that Portland's inclusionary zoning program is finally working as intended, after being fully funded in 2024 www.sightline.org/2025/11/25/p...
Portland’s Inclusionary Zoning Program Is Finally Performing, New Data Suggests | Sightline Institute
Because for the first time, the city fully funded it.
www.sightline.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Good news: New data suggest that Portland's inclusionary zoning program is finally working as intended, after being fully funded in 2024 www.sightline.org/2025/11/25/p...
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Berkeley's ordinance is up December 2nd!
Courtesy of the Casita Coalition:
AB 1033 (ADUs for sale) implementation tracker!
Implemented: San Jose, San Francisco, West Hollywood, San Diego, Santa Cruz, Santa Monica, Stockton, and Martinez.
In progress: Sebastopol, Berkeley, and Los Angeles.
Interested: 3 cities (I won't disclose)
AB 1033 (ADUs for sale) implementation tracker!
Implemented: San Jose, San Francisco, West Hollywood, San Diego, Santa Cruz, Santa Monica, Stockton, and Martinez.
In progress: Sebastopol, Berkeley, and Los Angeles.
Interested: 3 cities (I won't disclose)
November 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Berkeley's ordinance is up December 2nd!
Courtesy of the Casita Coalition:
AB 1033 (ADUs for sale) implementation tracker!
Implemented: San Jose, San Francisco, West Hollywood, San Diego, Santa Cruz, Santa Monica, Stockton, and Martinez.
In progress: Sebastopol, Berkeley, and Los Angeles.
Interested: 3 cities (I won't disclose)
AB 1033 (ADUs for sale) implementation tracker!
Implemented: San Jose, San Francisco, West Hollywood, San Diego, Santa Cruz, Santa Monica, Stockton, and Martinez.
In progress: Sebastopol, Berkeley, and Los Angeles.
Interested: 3 cities (I won't disclose)
November 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Courtesy of the Casita Coalition:
AB 1033 (ADUs for sale) implementation tracker!
Implemented: San Jose, San Francisco, West Hollywood, San Diego, Santa Cruz, Santa Monica, Stockton, and Martinez.
In progress: Sebastopol, Berkeley, and Los Angeles.
Interested: 3 cities (I won't disclose)
AB 1033 (ADUs for sale) implementation tracker!
Implemented: San Jose, San Francisco, West Hollywood, San Diego, Santa Cruz, Santa Monica, Stockton, and Martinez.
In progress: Sebastopol, Berkeley, and Los Angeles.
Interested: 3 cities (I won't disclose)
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the two magic words to make any millennial's day:
text me
November 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
the two magic words to make any millennial's day:
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New HCD update on SB 1123.
In a letter addressed to LA, there has been clarifications on minimum densities, building in single family zones, if ADUs count for minimum density (no), and local flexibility for governments to allow SB 1123 on SB 9 lot splits.
drive.google.com/file/d/1AUaM...
In a letter addressed to LA, there has been clarifications on minimum densities, building in single family zones, if ADUs count for minimum density (no), and local flexibility for governments to allow SB 1123 on SB 9 lot splits.
drive.google.com/file/d/1AUaM...
Los-Angeles-HAU-2061-TA-111725.pdf
drive.google.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
New HCD update on SB 1123.
In a letter addressed to LA, there has been clarifications on minimum densities, building in single family zones, if ADUs count for minimum density (no), and local flexibility for governments to allow SB 1123 on SB 9 lot splits.
drive.google.com/file/d/1AUaM...
In a letter addressed to LA, there has been clarifications on minimum densities, building in single family zones, if ADUs count for minimum density (no), and local flexibility for governments to allow SB 1123 on SB 9 lot splits.
drive.google.com/file/d/1AUaM...
Los-Angeles-HAU-2061-TA-111725.pdf
drive.google.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
New HCD update on SB 1123.
In a letter addressed to LA, there has been clarifications on minimum densities, building in single family zones, if ADUs count for minimum density (no), and local flexibility for governments to allow SB 1123 on SB 9 lot splits.
drive.google.com/file/d/1AUaM...
In a letter addressed to LA, there has been clarifications on minimum densities, building in single family zones, if ADUs count for minimum density (no), and local flexibility for governments to allow SB 1123 on SB 9 lot splits.
drive.google.com/file/d/1AUaM...
New home deposits could move the homeownership market in California more than construction defect reform.
Learn more here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Learn more here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: New Home Deposits: Financing the Next Wave of Homeownership. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join California YIMBY and LAI for the “New Home Deposits: Financing the Next Wave of Homeownership” webinar. California needs more for-sale homes in walkable, job-rich areas. With limited land for sin...
us02web.zoom.us
November 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
New home deposits could move the homeownership market in California more than construction defect reform.
Learn more here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Learn more here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Why am I waiting for a bus to go between terminals at LAX? Bus comes every 10 minutes too.
Even Sacramento international got a train between terminals.
Even Sacramento international got a train between terminals.
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Why am I waiting for a bus to go between terminals at LAX? Bus comes every 10 minutes too.
Even Sacramento international got a train between terminals.
Even Sacramento international got a train between terminals.
Learn about new home deposits (condo deposits) on Monday: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: New Home Deposits: Financing the Next Wave of Homeownership. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join California YIMBY and LAI for the “New Home Deposits: Financing the Next Wave of Homeownership” webinar. California needs more for-sale homes in walkable, job-rich areas. Yet there is limited land...
us02web.zoom.us
November 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Learn about new home deposits (condo deposits) on Monday: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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“By cutting aid for permanent housing by 2/3 next year, the plan risks a sudden end of support… beginning as soon as January. All are disabled — a condition of the aid — and many are 50 or older. The document does not explain how they would find housing.”
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 AM
“By cutting aid for permanent housing by 2/3 next year, the plan risks a sudden end of support… beginning as soon as January. All are disabled — a condition of the aid — and many are 50 or older. The document does not explain how they would find housing.”
We need to restructure conferences.
We have many bright minds in a single place and information is shared in a non-optimal format.
After-conference happy hours aren’t the best to network or close deals, so there is a ton of follow up emails/meetings.
This is unsustainable and a solvable issue.
We have many bright minds in a single place and information is shared in a non-optimal format.
After-conference happy hours aren’t the best to network or close deals, so there is a ton of follow up emails/meetings.
This is unsustainable and a solvable issue.
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
We need to restructure conferences.
We have many bright minds in a single place and information is shared in a non-optimal format.
After-conference happy hours aren’t the best to network or close deals, so there is a ton of follow up emails/meetings.
This is unsustainable and a solvable issue.
We have many bright minds in a single place and information is shared in a non-optimal format.
After-conference happy hours aren’t the best to network or close deals, so there is a ton of follow up emails/meetings.
This is unsustainable and a solvable issue.
I wish I had the time to write up a post on real reforms to Construction Defect Liability.
My old paper is outdated and the states that have adopted the changes don't really solve the core issues.
My old paper is outdated and the states that have adopted the changes don't really solve the core issues.
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I wish I had the time to write up a post on real reforms to Construction Defect Liability.
My old paper is outdated and the states that have adopted the changes don't really solve the core issues.
My old paper is outdated and the states that have adopted the changes don't really solve the core issues.
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One way to reduce condo defect liability: stop forcing architects to design buildings that leak. HCD’s “objective design standards” guide *encourages* making building envelopes more complex, heightening leak and therefore defect lawsuit risk cao-94612.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/documents/Ap...
November 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
One way to reduce condo defect liability: stop forcing architects to design buildings that leak. HCD’s “objective design standards” guide *encourages* making building envelopes more complex, heightening leak and therefore defect lawsuit risk cao-94612.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/documents/Ap...
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Every single corner and every place two different materials meet is another potential leak
One way to reduce condo defect liability: stop forcing architects to design buildings that leak. HCD’s “objective design standards” guide *encourages* making building envelopes more complex, heightening leak and therefore defect lawsuit risk cao-94612.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/documents/Ap...
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Every single corner and every place two different materials meet is another potential leak
Zohran Mamdani won the election and Dick Cheney died today.
What an awesome day to be a Muslim
What an awesome day to be a Muslim
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Zohran Mamdani won the election and Dick Cheney died today.
What an awesome day to be a Muslim
What an awesome day to be a Muslim
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California’s Prop 13 was meant to help homeowners. It's the opposite.
New research supported by the Progress & Poverty Institute’s Progress of Ideas grant program shows that Prop 13 has deepened inequality and made housing less affordable across Los Angeles County.
New research supported by the Progress & Poverty Institute’s Progress of Ideas grant program shows that Prop 13 has deepened inequality and made housing less affordable across Los Angeles County.
Nestor Garza & Jose Martinez - The Progress and Poverty Institute
Proposition 13 and the Implicit Subsidy to Housing Prices in Los Angeles County Nestor Garza & Jose Martinez Video Interview Research Article Full Research
progressandpovertyinstitute.org
October 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
California’s Prop 13 was meant to help homeowners. It's the opposite.
New research supported by the Progress & Poverty Institute’s Progress of Ideas grant program shows that Prop 13 has deepened inequality and made housing less affordable across Los Angeles County.
New research supported by the Progress & Poverty Institute’s Progress of Ideas grant program shows that Prop 13 has deepened inequality and made housing less affordable across Los Angeles County.
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#Berkeley Middle Housing upzoning takes effect on Nov. 1, 2025, allowing 8 homes on a typical lot in most of the previously low-density zones in the city, and more if state Accessory Dwelling Unit and Affordable Housing Density Bonus laws are used.
Here's a look at some possibilities! 1/
Here's a look at some possibilities! 1/
July 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
#Berkeley Middle Housing upzoning takes effect on Nov. 1, 2025, allowing 8 homes on a typical lot in most of the previously low-density zones in the city, and more if state Accessory Dwelling Unit and Affordable Housing Density Bonus laws are used.
Here's a look at some possibilities! 1/
Here's a look at some possibilities! 1/
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Great @cayimby.bsky.social panel on condo regulation reform and unlocking multifamily starter homes
October 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Great @cayimby.bsky.social panel on condo regulation reform and unlocking multifamily starter homes
I just got my hands on a memo I wrote in 2018 for my old boss, back before I found my way into housing policy.
#2, #3, #6, and #7 have since been passed because of @cayimby.bsky.social's fantastic team! 😊
Some points didn’t age as gracefully. It was a different time, we were all still learning.
#2, #3, #6, and #7 have since been passed because of @cayimby.bsky.social's fantastic team! 😊
Some points didn’t age as gracefully. It was a different time, we were all still learning.
October 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I just got my hands on a memo I wrote in 2018 for my old boss, back before I found my way into housing policy.
#2, #3, #6, and #7 have since been passed because of @cayimby.bsky.social's fantastic team! 😊
Some points didn’t age as gracefully. It was a different time, we were all still learning.
#2, #3, #6, and #7 have since been passed because of @cayimby.bsky.social's fantastic team! 😊
Some points didn’t age as gracefully. It was a different time, we were all still learning.
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This bill I wrote is now law.
[VICTORY ALERT] Governor Newsom has signed AB 1154, which will make it faster, cheaper, and easier to add small accessory dwelling units to existing homes.
Our statement: cayimby.org/news-events/...
Our statement: cayimby.org/news-events/...
California Law Makes it Easier to Build Small, In-Home ADUs
New Law Signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom Removes Barriers, Imposes Standards
cayimby.org
October 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This bill I wrote is now law.
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[VICTORY ALERT] Governor Newsom has signed SB 79, which will make it legal to build multi-family housing near high quality transit!
Our statement:
cayimby.org/news-events/...
Our statement:
cayimby.org/news-events/...
cayimby.org
October 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
[VICTORY ALERT] Governor Newsom has signed SB 79, which will make it legal to build multi-family housing near high quality transit!
Our statement:
cayimby.org/news-events/...
Our statement:
cayimby.org/news-events/...
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SB79 (California) just signed into law
SB 79 now stands as the largest pro-housing land-use legislation in this nation’s modern history.
October 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
SB79 (California) just signed into law
SB 79 and the rest of @cayimby.bsky.social’s bills have been signed by @governor.ca.gov today :)))
October 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
SB 79 and the rest of @cayimby.bsky.social’s bills have been signed by @governor.ca.gov today :)))
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it's so crazy that the 1986 tax law that created the Low Income Housing Tax Credit also eliminated accelerated depreciation on rental housing and the results were predictably terrible taxfoundation.org/blog/1986-ta...
Did 1986 Tax Reform Hurt Affordable Housing?
The increase in investment costs brought by 1986 tax reform changes to rental housing investment contributed to reduced construction of new multifamily homes. While other factors, such as high rates o...
taxfoundation.org
October 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
it's so crazy that the 1986 tax law that created the Low Income Housing Tax Credit also eliminated accelerated depreciation on rental housing and the results were predictably terrible taxfoundation.org/blog/1986-ta...