California Housing Is Killing Democracy
The Gerrymandering War took a bad electoral situation for the Democratic Party in 2030 and made it much, much worse. All thanks to California's housing shortage.| The Discourse Lounge
The Gerrymandering War took a bad electoral situation for the Democratic Party in 2030 and made it much, much worse. All thanks to California's housing shortage.| The Discourse Lounge
My response to Noah Smith's case for Carceral Urbanism explaining what actually ails U.S. cities and it's not primarily law enforcement.| The Discourse Lounge
Remember the golden rule: correlation isn't necessarily causation!| The Discourse Lounge
Why the death of Twitter will hurt the right, and how left-of-center culture failed to see the incoming right-ward shift of non-white voters due to who they listen to.| darrellowens.substack.com
I analyze politics, housing affordability, transportation, culture and urban living. Mostly focused in the Bay Area but not exclusively. Click to read The Discourse Lounge, by Darrell Owens, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.| darrellowens.substack.com
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And why urban revitalization initiatives have failed to fix it.| darrellowens.substack.com
Why young people are staying home or abandoning the Bay Area, killing local businesses and bars.| darrellowens.substack.com
Environmental regulation of development is transitioning rapidly, but it's important to understand how it started, how it works now, and where its going.| The Discourse Lounge
My take on Zohran Mamdani's plan for free bus fares.| The Discourse Lounge
The final run-down on Middle Housing.| darrellowens.substack.com
Sen. Mike Lee and President Trump intend to fulfill a campaign promise to sell federal lands for suburban sprawl.| The Discourse Lounge
Automated traffic enforcement mostly solved the issues a civilian traffic enforcement program would target. But Americans have a bigger issue making substantive police reform impossible.| darrellowens.substack.com
Explaining why the lack of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) hurts State Senate District 10 taxpayers.| darrellowens.substack.com
An overview of the politics surrounding big zoning laws headed for committee tomorrow.| darrellowens.substack.com
How college campuses, not necessarily education, explain why men with degrees are more immune to far right radicalism on gender.| darrellowens.substack.com
Abundance is not the winning argument for Democrats nationally but it's still has a lot of good. Why is the left fighting over it every time it comes up? And what "Abundance" gets right and wrong.| darrellowens.substack.com
Big coastal cities have issues but this propaganda is spreading nationally and there's a big problem with it.| darrellowens.substack.com
Cambridge, MA becomes the first city in the U.S. to abolish exclusionary zoning and adopt a universal housing standard. Can Berkeley's ambitious plan get back on track?| The Discourse Lounge
If we aren't serious about rapidly expanding public transit, just eliminating parking requirements won't eliminate the need for parking.| darrellowens.substack.com
To understand and appreciate Adena Ishii's victory, it's important to understand how Berkeley got to this point and what the election really means vs. the bombastic headlines.| darrellowens.substack.com
A toxic male takes a feminist class to learn about the other sex.| darrellowens.substack.com
My dad has a farm out in San Joaquin Valley and some kids of the hired help and the neighbors mingle together.| darrellowens.substack.com
California, Oregon and New York are just five years away from losing 10 congressional seats and electoral college votes to Republican states.| darrellowens.substack.com
Trying the same thing over and over, yet expecting a different result.| darrellowens.substack.com
An unhoused 30-year-old Black man with schizophrenia named Jordan Neely was screaming erratically on a subway train and was put into a chokehold for 3 minutes by a 24-year-old white man named Daniel Penny.| darrellowens.substack.com
Note: an earlier draft had accidentally been published over the final version.| darrellowens.substack.com
Naturally, New Orleans is an ideal place for an urbanist.| darrellowens.substack.com
Breaks down who's a YIMBY, NIMBY and everyone in-between.| darrellowens.substack.com
