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NIMBYs Complained About Me to the State Bar. The State Bar Told Them To Get Lost.
Everyone has the right to tell the government what they think.
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Sonja Trauss
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NIMBYs Aren’t Just Shutting Down Housing
They want to shut down our right to be heard in the first place.
Feb 5
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Sonja Trauss
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Seven YIMBY Victories in 2025 You Should Know About
A sampling of YIMBY Action wins from across the country!
Jan 30
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Laura Foote
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Abundance Isn’t Going To Happen Unless Politicians Are Scared of the Status Quo
Mar 27, 2025
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Laura Foote
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NIMBYs Aren’t Just Shutting Down Housing
Feb 5
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Sonja Trauss
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Zohran Mamdani Is Surrounding Himself With YIMBYs
Dec 15, 2025
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Laura Foote
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The Solutions To The Housing Shortage Are Often Not Popular.
Jun 6, 2025
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Laura Foote
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We Endorsed A NIMBY.
Jun 13, 2025
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Laura Foote
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How We Forced the “Richest Retirement Town in the Country” to Approve More Housing
Sep 10, 2025
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Sonja Trauss
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Trump’s Ban On Investors Buying Single-Family Homes Will Never Happen — And It’s Pointless Anyway
Ask me what I really think.
Jan 23
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Laura Foote
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Fighting Over the Development of a Single Grocery Store in San Francisco Is Exhausting, and Totally Worth It
The trench warfare strategy of Housing Activism
Jan 12
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Laura Foote
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Naughty & Nice: CA Edition
A data-driven look at which California cities said yes to housing—and which ones earned coal
Dec 19, 2025
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Leora Tanjuatco Ross
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Zohran Mamdani Is Surrounding Himself With YIMBYs
Here’s why leftists should be happy about it.
Dec 15, 2025
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Laura Foote
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The 2025 Urbanist Gift List
Something for everyone on your list, from YIMBaby to Nana Nimby.
Dec 13, 2025
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Laura Foote
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In San Francisco, A Six-Story Moral Panic
One local NIMBY is desperately trying to pull up the ladder behind him. Here’s why it matters.
Dec 4, 2025
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Jeff Fong
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No, Immigrants Didn’t Cause Our Housing Crisis. Exclusionary Zoning Did.
JD Vance and NIMBY residents are blaming immigration for our housing shortage, but housing isn’t a zero-sum game.
Nov 18, 2025
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Laura Foote
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