Transportation planner and economist. Founder, Siegman & Associates. Formerly Principal & Shareholder at Nelson\Nygaard. LinkedIn: https://tinyurl.com/5cekhrjh
Patrick Siegman
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"The State Land For Homes initiative is expediting the availability of public land throughout the Commonwealth specifically for housing development."
More of this, please, with less ability for towns to block it!
I don't know if this strategy was the accidental result of an idealistic guy trying to do the right thing or a clever plan to distract. (@anniefryman.bsky.social knows.)
Either way, it worked out well! Wealthy, job-rich cities like #BeverlyHills are finally having to allow homes for their workers.
Only "about 20% of homes need some kind of electrical upgrade before installing an EV charger." But once "with 100-amp or older 60-amp panels may need an upgrade or workaround solution." If you've added EV charging to a home with a <=100-amp panel, how did you do it? What were the costs & benefits?
In 2018, @scottwiener.bsky.social introduced multiple bills as a young legislator. SB827, legalizing apartments near transit, drew headlines & huge opposition. It failed.
#SB828, a very consequential bill that massively increased the # of homes that rich cities had to allow, went almost unnoticed.🧵
The combined effect was like a magician using distraction to pull off a sleight-of-hand trick. NIMBYs focused outrage on the easy-to-understand SB 827. SB 828, a much more technocratic bill that changed the formulas for calculating each city's fair share housing goals, went almost unnoticed.
