Join us Feb. 6 at 10 am with famed Vancouver urban planner and UBC Prof. Patrick Condon, who says: “I am neither Nimby or Yimby” after years of embracing dense zoning.

Author of the new book, Sick Cities, Prof. Condon says:

“I strongly advocate for affordable housing and additional density when it can be shown that this leads to more affordable housing. … And over time, new density reduces auto use and increases walkability. Where I depart from many Yimby advocates: I don't share their faith that adding density will lower cost. It mostly adds to land price, thus no benefit to buyers.” Unaffordability is caused by “an ever-increasing gap between wages and the price of urban land.”

Patrick told Vancouver Real Estate podcast:

“We need to take another look at single-family home zoning. Everyone thinks zoning is the problem. I was in the camp of looking at how to organically increase density.
In Vancouver there is no such thing as single-family zoning anymore. We have incrementally quadrupled density … but we haven’t seen any decrease in per square foot housing costs. That evidence is indisputable.
To summarize: Zoning is not the problem.”

Livable California opposes state Sen. Scott Wiener’s FOURTH attempt to pave over communities from South L.A. to City of San Fernando. Legislators approved a sea of 67 housing bills in 4 years, jammed with rewards for market-rate density. One result: a dearth of housing for low-income families.

Please join us in this fight by donating now to Livable California. We support SB 15 (Portantino). We oppose:

SB 9 targets 21M people living in homes they own. It kills single-family zoning to replace owned homes with 6-unit and 8-unit market-rate housing. It drives land sky-high, invites big investors to scoop up homes and destroys single-family neighborhoods.
SB 10 by Wiener lets cities nullify voter-approved land-use protections, letting developers build 10-unit luxury apartments in low-density areas, poor and rich. SB 10 will send land costs sky-high and gentrify and displace thousands of people.

We are small fry, fighting huge forces. Please DONATE HERE to Livable California, now. We thank you!

See you on Feb. 6, at 10 am, with Patrick Condon!

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