Sophie McGinley
@SophMcGinleyUrban Planner, Planning Commissioner, Bike Enthusiast, & Collector of Statement Earrings. All views are my own. Likes & RTs do not equal endorsements.
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Granny flat: a term commonly used to refer to accessory dwelling units (ADUs)- small living structures built in the backyards of existing houses...cuz girls just wanna age in place! What’s really spooky is the housing shortage. GET ON MY LAWN #housing
Over the last two months I've read dozens of studies about gas stoves and indoor air quality. I also installed monitors in our home and ran my own tests. Here's a thread on what I learned 🧵 #energytwitter
“I mean, if you go ask people about zoning, first of all you’re missing the point, second of all, you’re really advantaging people who have read the zoning code, who attend all these meetings, and you're really not really catching the vast majority of people who live in our city”
We sat down to talk with Lisa Bender about her time in office. southwestvoices.news/posts/exit-int…
Michelle Wu has been elected as Boston's new mayor, breaking a 199-year streak of white, male city leaders to become the city's first woman and first person of color elected to the position. n.pr/3w8DNVj
One rep at a time. The Ducks are No. 4 in the first @CFBPlayoff rankings of 2021. #GoDucks
Speaker Kotek: statewide reform is really important, so exclusionary localities can't opt out. "More people have opportunity to live in high-opportunity communities with middle housing." That's it, that's the goal.
The White House gave big props to Oakland and Berkeley's anti-exclusionary zoning proposals and California's SB 9 in their bulletin today on making housing affordable, combating speculators, and the racial housing gap! whitehouse.gov/cea/blog/2021/…
Justice Kagan's powerful intro to her dissent just now
Vox did a great video about the national American housing crisis. Less homes constructed in this 2010s than any decade after the WW2 baby boom. Dozens of buyers competing for shacks in the Bay Area. Vox goes into why this is the case (spoiler: its zoning). youtube.com/watch?v=0Flsg_…
Housing segregation is getting worse. Why? “Systemic racial factors have long hampered residential integration. White communities kept out affordable housing through zoning laws that prohibited the construction of multifamily or affordable housing.” time.com/6074243/segreg…
New for @Sightline: Oregon just joined Washington in voting to re-legalize a great idea - the rooming house. sightline.org/2021/05/03/ore…
Fortunately, we have the tools to dramatically reduce emissions and shift trips from personal vehicles to lower-carbon modes: 3/x ✴️Invest in transit ✴️Make streets safer to walk, bike, and roll ✴️Empower cities to build the projects they know work.
New >> In 2009 as part of his stimulus package, Obama announced a "Race to the Top" program to get states to compete with one another and improve schools. Now, Biden is proposing a similar program -- to begin tackling America's housing crisis. vox.com/22369761/biden…
5.8M people/year die from a sedentary lifestyle. So many people are sedentary because we’ve designed our cities for car-only transportation. Making our cities more walkable, bike-friendly & transit-friendly will make people healthier & save many lives. Great thread/article ⬇️
Inactivity is the fourth biggest killer in the world - yet it's barely discussed. We spoke to @peterwalker99 about his new book which looks at this health crisis, and how the solution to sedentary living could save both planet and people. For #healthcareweek, read more 👇
Frontline workers and other groups are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in 20 counties, earlier than previously planned. kezi.com/content/news/V…
You should not have to own a car to prosper in this country, no matter what kind of community you're living in.
1916: The City of Berkeley originates single-family zoning 2021: The City of Berkeley votes to end exclusionary zoning by the end of 2022
Tonight, a big car company is going to show off its new commitment to electric vehicles by comparing the US to Norway. We're not going to "EV" our way out of today's transport problems unless we do some other things they're doing. bicycling.com/news/a20016487…
From @pbsnewshour: How zoning can restrict, or even prevent, affordable housing pbs.org/newshour/show/…
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