YIMBY Action

YIMBYs have been busy in July 🔥

As we close out the month, we would like to celebrate the outstanding work our members have done across the country.

Your voices are creating change across so many communities! Let's keep up our great work, and get ready to accomplish even more next month 🥳

Happy Disability Independence Day!

While there has been so much progress towards making the world more accessible for folks, there is still a LOT to do.

We're proud to use our voices to advocate for more accessibility in all of our backyards.

Big news for everyone passionate about better cities.

The War on Cars is coming to San Francisco.

Join YIMBY Action and The War on Cars podcast for a live event on October 25.

Save the date! @thewaroncars.bsky.social

Green, yellow and red graphic that says "cars ruin cities" in the background. In white it says "YIMBY Action Presents The War on Cars Live, Life After Cars with Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon, and Laura Foote, Save the Date, Saturday October 25 San Francisco.

Save the date!

We're coming to San Francisco on our "Life After Cars" book tour for a live event with @yimbyaction.bsky.social on Saturday, Oct 25th.

Presale tickets will be available starting this Sunday.

Support us on Patreon to get access at an early bird price!

www.lifeaftercars.com

CEQA submitting to the abundance agenda will help the environment The passage of these essential reforms are the opening act in the movement for a sustainable California that builds and provides the fruits of opportunity and abundance for current and future resid…

One of our YIMBY LA chapter volunteers recently wrote an op-ed for the Los Angeles Daily News about the CA CEQA reform and why it's so important 🔥

Check it out: www.dailynews.com/2025/07/14/c...

"While transparent & accountable government is a laudable goal, we should be vigilant for laws, policies, and processes that either outlive their original intended purpose or become tools for reactionaries who besmirch the good name of environmental protection to prevent anything from changing."

2025 Housing Forward Proposals

Madison, WI just approved 3 pro-housing proposals including legalizing duplexes!

Here is a description of the proposals:
www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/priori...

Chicago's Zoning Committee vote to allow ADUs citywide received a TON of press today. Here's a mega-thread with all of the articles we could find. 🏘️ 🧵

Mayor Johnson determined to push for Council vote on 'granny flats' measure next week It's time to bring to a head the yearlong debate on whether to legalize accessory dwelling units, senior mayoral advisor Jason Lee said Monday.

🚨 ADU SHOWDOWN NEXT WEEK 🚨

After a yearlong wait, ADUs are about to have their moment at City Hall.

According to reporting from the Sun Times, Mayor Brandon Johnson is determined to push for a vote to allow ADUs by-right throughout Chicago. 🎉🍿

chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/20...

The next Pro-Housing Power Building blog is here!

One strategy to build statewide power that YIMBYs can focus more on is coalition building 🤝

Learn why alliances are helpful to build your YIMBY power and how you can create state-level coalitions in our latest blog!

yimbyaction.org/blog/we-cant...

Can the abundance movement save the Democrats? The idea of building, fixing and providing more is sweeping the Democratic Party. But some critics say that in the era of Trump, it entirely misses the point.

“This is where I think the abundance discourse is missing things a little bit … It’s not enough to be right. You have to be powerful.” -Gillian Pressman, Managing Director at YIMBY Action

What's your role in creating abundance for all? Help YIMBYs build power to create change.

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Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸

Remember, abundance 🤝 freedom

Our chapter volunteers put in lots of work in June to help us build a future of abundant housing for everyone 🔥

Check out some of the work that YIMBYs have been doing across the country. We're seeing lots of wins, but we are just getting started 😏

🚨 New Infill Episode Just Dropped 🚨

What does it take to dismantle segregation?

Richard & Leah Rothstein share why local action matters and how you can be part of the solution.

Listen now 🎧
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

This is the BIGGEST YIMBY win in California this year 👏

Last night, the CA Legislature and @governor.ca.gov passed significant pro-housing bills!

The big takeaway is that infill urban housing development is now exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act 🥳🥳🥳🥳

Keep speaking up, YIMBYs!

Shoutout to our leaders who are helping us usher in a new era of abundance!

And shoutout to all the YIMBYs who supported and advocated for reform. Your work is paying off in HUGE ways 🔥

BIG NEWS: The Legislature passed our major CEQA reform & affordability legislation, SB 131:

SB 131 cuts down on unnecessary process — often having nothing to do with the environment — that makes it harder & more expensive to build housing, advanced manufacturing, child care centers, broadband … 🧵

The impossible has become possible: we've passed a clean CEQA infill exemption. This is probably the most important thing California has done on housing in the present YIMBY moment.

Americans need an answer to our rising home prices.

Everyone should have access to an affordable, safe, accessible home that meets their needs.

We can't begin to solve our problem, if we don't embrace abundant housing.

Read our new blog post: yimbyaction.org/blog/the-cos...

In a future where housing is abundant, people with marginalized identities would not have to face homelessness or housing instability simply because of who they are.

It's time for us to solve the housing shortage so that we can protect ALL of our neighbors.

www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/2...

🚨Action Alert 🚨

Contact your Assemblymembers NOW!

How do you build YIMBY power in the community you live in?

We've got all the tips and tricks to help you find advocates and channel their energy. Check out our latest blog post!

yimbyaction.org/blog/pro-hou...

Celebrating 26 Years of Olmstead: Where We Are and What We Can Do - The Kelsey This year marks the 26th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in Olmstead v. L.C. (Lois Curtis). Known as the “Olmstead decision,” the ruling reaffirmed the right of people with disabilities to liv...

Today marks 26 years since the #Olmstead decision reaffirmed disabled people’s right to live in the community. We celebrate this milestone and recommit to the work ahead to make that right a reality for all people with disabilities.

Join us and learn more: bit.ly/44rzmaA

On Juneteenth, we honor the activists who fought for the freedom of Black Americans.

Today, we uphold their legacies by fighting against systems of oppression that continue to limit opportunity and access to safety and mobility in our communities.

Making endorsements plays a big role in building political power.

So, how do you decide who to support? What do you do when a politician who you endorsed changes tune once they get access to power?

Get insights from our Executive Director, Laura Foote: inpractice.yimbyaction.org/p/we-endorse...

Join our @abundanthousingil.bsky.social chapter on Wednesday, June 25 at 6pm 🔥

Are you curious about the complexities of advancing abundant housing policies at the city level? Get thoughts from former Mayor Giselle Hale of Redwood City, CA on 6/25 🙌

www.eventbrite.com/e/a-conversa...

Vote for Ghazala Hasmi for Lieutenant Governor in the Democratic Primary

Be sure to vote today, Virginians! The YIMBY chapters have endorsed Senator Ghazala Hashmi! @yimbyaction.bsky.social

Vote for Ghazala Hashmi

Only a few days left to vote in Virginia! The @yimbyaction.bsky.social chapters have come together to endorse Senator Ghazala Hashmi for Lieutenant Governor! Please support her on Tuesday, June 17, or during the last few days of early voting! www.yimbysofnova.org/election-gui...

New episode of Infill just dropped 🚨

On this episode, Gillian Pressman talks with Sonja Trauss and Misha Chellam about the resources, strategy, and movement-building it takes to make abundance our reality.

Listen now: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

YIMBY Action's Gillian Pressman on Addressing America's Housing Crisis - KeyCrew "We're in the business of making housing more affordable, and we recognize that the key lever is increasing housing supply," says Gillian Pressman, Managing

“We’re in the business of making housing more affordable, and we recognize that the key lever is increasing housing supply,” says Gillian Pressman, Managing Director of YIMBY Action.

keycrew.co/journal/yimb...