Jeremy Levine, PhD in city council meetings
@thejeremylevine.bsky.social
Supporting houses and the people who live in them and also the mushrooms who grow nearby
Writing at https://jeremyl.substack.com/
Writing at https://jeremyl.substack.com/
People will be like “zoning is a completely rational tool to promote public health and safety, leading to better housing options and living conditions” and then the zoning codes include sections about “fenestration variety“
November 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
People will be like “zoning is a completely rational tool to promote public health and safety, leading to better housing options and living conditions” and then the zoning codes include sections about “fenestration variety“
I love reading zoning codes and finding rules that just make new housing look weird like this “Fenestration Variety” standard
The planners have gone mad!
The planners have gone mad!
November 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I love reading zoning codes and finding rules that just make new housing look weird like this “Fenestration Variety” standard
The planners have gone mad!
The planners have gone mad!
Baltimore just eliminated parking minimums, reduced lot line setbacks, and allowed single-stair buildings for buildings up to six stories
All without years of studies or prevarication. This is not just the path to rest belt revival, it is a model for cities nationwide
All without years of studies or prevarication. This is not just the path to rest belt revival, it is a model for cities nationwide
November 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Baltimore just eliminated parking minimums, reduced lot line setbacks, and allowed single-stair buildings for buildings up to six stories
All without years of studies or prevarication. This is not just the path to rest belt revival, it is a model for cities nationwide
All without years of studies or prevarication. This is not just the path to rest belt revival, it is a model for cities nationwide
GOVERNOR NEWSOM HAS SIGNED SB 79 LFG!!!!!!
October 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
GOVERNOR NEWSOM HAS SIGNED SB 79 LFG!!!!!!
San Francisco sunsets look best from a BART car
September 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
San Francisco sunsets look best from a BART car
Newest Substack covers what it took to pass SB 79, a bill to allow 5-7 story buildings within a half mile of major transit stations, out of California’s legislature
Now just needs the Governor’s signature to become law!
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Now just needs the Governor’s signature to become law!
jeremyl.substack.com/p/the-ecstas...
September 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Newest Substack covers what it took to pass SB 79, a bill to allow 5-7 story buildings within a half mile of major transit stations, out of California’s legislature
Now just needs the Governor’s signature to become law!
jeremyl.substack.com/p/the-ecstas...
Now just needs the Governor’s signature to become law!
jeremyl.substack.com/p/the-ecstas...
I love Nextdoor! Only place I’ve ever been called a Nazi and a Communist in the same interaction
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May 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I love Nextdoor! Only place I’ve ever been called a Nazi and a Communist in the same interaction
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Amidst everything going on in the world, it’s still crazy to me how little we talk about how wrong Euclid v. Ambler. America might be a much more free, affordable place if it were decided differently
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April 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Amidst everything going on in the world, it’s still crazy to me how little we talk about how wrong Euclid v. Ambler. America might be a much more free, affordable place if it were decided differently
jeremyl.substack.com/p/zoning-con...
jeremyl.substack.com/p/zoning-con...
San Mateo’s multi-family Objective Design Standards are 85 pages! Planning taken to a counterproductive extreme
www.cityofsanmateo.org/DocumentCent...
www.cityofsanmateo.org/DocumentCent...
March 24, 2025 at 4:59 AM
San Mateo’s multi-family Objective Design Standards are 85 pages! Planning taken to a counterproductive extreme
www.cityofsanmateo.org/DocumentCent...
www.cityofsanmateo.org/DocumentCent...
Menlo Park NIMBYs fighting housing in downtown parking lots quote Joni Mitchell to argue the city should keep paradise paved!
March 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Menlo Park NIMBYs fighting housing in downtown parking lots quote Joni Mitchell to argue the city should keep paradise paved!
Proud to announce my Substack, Jeremy’s Quarterly, will be a family business! My brother Benji will be the editor.
First post about Bay Area YIMBYism comes out tomorrow—subscribe now to support a new dynasty jeremyl.substack.com/p/introducin...
First post about Bay Area YIMBYism comes out tomorrow—subscribe now to support a new dynasty jeremyl.substack.com/p/introducin...
February 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Proud to announce my Substack, Jeremy’s Quarterly, will be a family business! My brother Benji will be the editor.
First post about Bay Area YIMBYism comes out tomorrow—subscribe now to support a new dynasty jeremyl.substack.com/p/introducin...
First post about Bay Area YIMBYism comes out tomorrow—subscribe now to support a new dynasty jeremyl.substack.com/p/introducin...
The start of a new media empire
February 13, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The start of a new media empire
Fruits of the California rain
February 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Fruits of the California rain
LA leaders doing everything in their power to embody the meme
January 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
LA leaders doing everything in their power to embody the meme
Great presentation from
@aceckhouse.bsky.social, beautiful meeting space from Branagh Development
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@aceckhouse.bsky.social, beautiful meeting space from Branagh Development
docs.google.com/presentation...
January 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Great presentation from
@aceckhouse.bsky.social, beautiful meeting space from Branagh Development
docs.google.com/presentation...
@aceckhouse.bsky.social, beautiful meeting space from Branagh Development
docs.google.com/presentation...
Great event in Lafayette CA, with 23 people coming out on a Tuesday night to learn about the basics of housing policy!
The housing movement growing in the suburbs 💪🏻
The housing movement growing in the suburbs 💪🏻
January 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Great event in Lafayette CA, with 23 people coming out on a Tuesday night to learn about the basics of housing policy!
The housing movement growing in the suburbs 💪🏻
The housing movement growing in the suburbs 💪🏻
Pro-housing movement stronger than ever: Of 103 public comments about affordable homes on city-owned parking lots in downtown Menlo Park last night
- 47 supportive
- 5 neutral
- 51 opposed
Oppo spent $10k+, still barely outnumbered volunteer supporters 🌇 this is what power looks like
- 47 supportive
- 5 neutral
- 51 opposed
Oppo spent $10k+, still barely outnumbered volunteer supporters 🌇 this is what power looks like
January 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Pro-housing movement stronger than ever: Of 103 public comments about affordable homes on city-owned parking lots in downtown Menlo Park last night
- 47 supportive
- 5 neutral
- 51 opposed
Oppo spent $10k+, still barely outnumbered volunteer supporters 🌇 this is what power looks like
- 47 supportive
- 5 neutral
- 51 opposed
Oppo spent $10k+, still barely outnumbered volunteer supporters 🌇 this is what power looks like
Proud to receive my first hate mail from a former California state senator, starting with the legendary line “Dear Schmucks”
January 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Proud to receive my first hate mail from a former California state senator, starting with the legendary line “Dear Schmucks”
Mushroom madness from the last week! Seven different kinds of edibles + a nice haul of chanterelles
January 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Mushroom madness from the last week! Seven different kinds of edibles + a nice haul of chanterelles
Check under some of those oaks, you might find gold! Found today in some east bay hills
January 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Check under some of those oaks, you might find gold! Found today in some east bay hills
Amazing mushroom hunt today! AMA
December 29, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Amazing mushroom hunt today! AMA
CA Democrats on track to lose 4 house seats and electoral votes by 2030, and the only way out is by unleashing a massive boom of new housing in our cities
Read on at www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
Read on at www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
December 15, 2024 at 5:02 PM
CA Democrats on track to lose 4 house seats and electoral votes by 2030, and the only way out is by unleashing a massive boom of new housing in our cities
Read on at www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
Read on at www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
Protecting CA’s values requires building more of everything: market-rate, affordable, single-room occupancy, supportive housing
We need an all-of-the-above solution, a massive building boom that will require removing decades of barriers to homes in the places people want to live
We need an all-of-the-above solution, a massive building boom that will require removing decades of barriers to homes in the places people want to live
December 13, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Protecting CA’s values requires building more of everything: market-rate, affordable, single-room occupancy, supportive housing
We need an all-of-the-above solution, a massive building boom that will require removing decades of barriers to homes in the places people want to live
We need an all-of-the-above solution, a massive building boom that will require removing decades of barriers to homes in the places people want to live
Facing longterm electoral disaster, @GavinNewsom is preparing to sue the Trump administration. He can be the hero CA needs if he focuses just as much on major wholesale housing reform
Ready my latest in the Chronicle: www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
Ready my latest in the Chronicle: www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
December 13, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Facing longterm electoral disaster, @GavinNewsom is preparing to sue the Trump administration. He can be the hero CA needs if he focuses just as much on major wholesale housing reform
Ready my latest in the Chronicle: www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
Ready my latest in the Chronicle: www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
Ad by Menlo Park small business owners: “We Support Affordable Housing in Menlo Park,” just not anywhere nice especially if it’s near us or would help our own employees live here
Tell your Menlo Park friends to sign this petition in support of the affordable homes actionnetwork.org/petitions/ye...
Tell your Menlo Park friends to sign this petition in support of the affordable homes actionnetwork.org/petitions/ye...
December 13, 2024 at 1:27 AM
Ad by Menlo Park small business owners: “We Support Affordable Housing in Menlo Park,” just not anywhere nice especially if it’s near us or would help our own employees live here
Tell your Menlo Park friends to sign this petition in support of the affordable homes actionnetwork.org/petitions/ye...
Tell your Menlo Park friends to sign this petition in support of the affordable homes actionnetwork.org/petitions/ye...