Greg Holtz

Lawn signs in front of houses that read "I have a Restrictive Covenant. I am helping my neighbours!"

Started seeing these signs pop up in some fancier neighbourhoods. Thoughts: 1. Restricting how your land can be used will hurt your land value down the line. 2. You want to fight homes for more people in a housing crisis? 3. Remember what restrictive covenants were originally for (racism). #yyc

Survey shows Calgarians mostly support pedestrian-only 17 Avenue pilot A new survey suggests there’s strong public support for turning a stretch of 17th Avenue S.W. into a pedestrian-only zone on weekends in the summer months, but the plan is raising red flags for some l...

Hats off to @peterloliver.bsky.social and the Beltline Neighbourhoods Association‬ for pushing this forward:

"... results show a majority of local businesses (54 per cent) support the open streets pilot, while 36 per cent remain opposed."

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Construction of one of the largest mass timber towers in the world at 1510 Webster St. in downtown Oakland on Aug 7, 2023. Photo by Semantha Norris, CalMatters Hed: One of the biggest obstacles to building new housing in California has now vanished

A decade-spanning political battle between housing developers and defenders of California’s preeminent environmental law likely came to an end this afternoon with only a smattering of “no” votes.

The forces of housing won. cal.news/44sKsuX

📸 Semantha Norris

Now you can regale us with tales around the campfire about the fish you would have caught.

Bike Calgary Town Hall in support of Bike Lanes. Date: Thursday, May 1st. Time: 6-7pm. Location: CommunityWise Resource Centre (223 12 Ave SE). All ages welcome! Space is limited so please register!

The UCP is wanting to distract from their piles of disasters by coming for our Bike Lanes?? Bold move. Come out to this Town Hall hosted by @bikecalgary.bsky.social to get informed and organize with your community! #yycbike www.eventbrite.ca/e/bike-calga...

15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment.

Today, billionaire political spending is up 160-fold since that ruling.

Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

Canadians alarmed by text messages asking their vote preference. Then their postal code. Then their name | CBC News The Canadian Research Insights Council (CRIC), a polling industry association, has received numerous complaints about these text-message tactics from ERG National Research.

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Calgary receives $23-million federal funding boost for exceeding housing targets The City of Calgary will receive an additional $22.8 million from the federal government's Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF), it announced Saturday, after exceeding targets set out in late 2023.

The City of Calgary is receiving an additional $22.8 million in federal funding for exceeding housing targets.

Funding will be allocated to support housing initiatives in Calgary’s downtown and incentivize more secondary suites across the city.
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Calgary's Local Area Planning process is broken Calgary's Local Area Planning process is broken

Calgary's Local Area Plans are being leveraged by some Council members to stir up discontent among residents and stop our city from moving forward on important issues. @thecalgaryparty.bsky.social is committed to stopping the dysfunction on Council.

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YouTube video by The Calgary Party Calgary deserves better — and we’re ready to build it.

For too long, Calgary City Hall has been stuck in gridlock — endless bickering, missed opportunities, and a failure to deliver on what Calgarians need most.

That's why @briantyyc.bsky.social is stepping up - to be your next Mayor, and build a Calgary that works.

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your turn, @cityofcalgary.bsky.social. i get why governments got on twitter: it was a free, popular way to communicate that didn’t require anything more than access to the Internet. X is not that: it requires a subscription and using it is in itself a politcal statement.

Housing Shortages Create an Alternative to NIMBYism The Yes In My Backyard movement is barely a decade old. But it has set the terms of the debate over state and local housing policy.

Being strongly pro-housing is the obvious, practical response to a shortage of homes caused by decades of exclusionary NIMBYism and enabled by policymakers’ distraction, cowardice, and hand-wringing.

Does your disdain extend to electric leaf blowers?

Speed, possible medical incident investigated as factors in fatal bus shelter crash | CBC News Police consider speed to be a factor in a crash that killed a pedestrian at a bus shelter Sunday and are investigating the possibility the driver suffered a "medical incident" before the collision.

Also reminded of this gem: Um, why was that vehicle owner using piblic transit? Seems sus. “Police also looking into why the pedestrian, who owned a vehicle, was in the shelter.”

Woman critically hurt after being hit by truck in downtown Calgary Emergency crews have closed multiple roads in downtown Calgary Friday morning after a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle.

Hey @cityofcalgary.bsky.social when are we going to stop using X, a subscription-only private company owned by an alt-right American oligarch, for disseminating information about public services, from C-Train updates to statements by CPS like the one in this article?

yeah but, like, maybe she can become minister governor of north montana?

i’ll be honest, i think equating land use reform with neoliberal deregulation and building code reform with tenements is a clear indication that the anti-YIMBYs are not particularly interested in solving the problem of high housing costs

Supply and the Housing Crisis: A Debate - Dissent Magazine How do we achieve housing for all?

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Come for the policy discussion, stay for the sick burns.

Cook slicing layered meat from a vertical spit in an outdoor kitchen at night.

Authentic, direct-from the trompo al pastor, pictured here from a street stand on Victory Boulevard in LA, is not available in Canada because … rules. www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...

Ballot battles, lawsuits and a ticked off millionaire: What's behind Eureka's parking lot war? Ballot battles, lawsuits and a ticked off millionaire. What's behind Eureka's parking lot war?

Farther north in Eureka, a connected rich guy is waging a “war” to stop parking lots from becoming housing, using the same tactic, along with a (failed) ballot measure. calmatters.org/housing/2024...

🛑🏠In voting to block 1,100 new homes in Calgary yesterday, eight housing gatekeepers on Calgary city councillors sided with the same vocal minority of NIMBYs who previously opposed bus rapid transit to their southwest communities.
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In the US, Tenants Are Usually on Their Own. Can a New National Tenant Union Change That? The Tenant Union Federation aims to organize tenants to improve living conditions and transform the housing market, with the aim of turning renters into a powerful political class.

My latest for @thenation.com: I spoke with three local organizers with the new Tenant Union Federation.

Each is low-income and elderly or disabled.

Their stories show how TUF is transforming the most marginalized tenants into a political class to be reckoned with.
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Nelson: Calgary's bike lanes are our road to ruin Many Calgarians imagine bike lanes are a fad, only affecting downtown. Oh no they are now. The city's plan is to build them everywhere.

Just as the sun always always rises in the east, Postmedia engages in rage baiting about bike lanes.
They're setting conditions for the Dani to pull a Dougie #yycbike calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Wondering why your rent is going up? Why owning a home in Calgary is looking further and further out of reach? Well here's why. What to make of a council that votes against thousands of homes in a prime location for no valid reason?

Why housing shortages cause homelessness - Works in Progress Why do high-cost cities have more homelessness? It's not just about rents — it’s also about the rooms friends and family can’t afford to share.

Great essay on "spare bedrooms" as the link b/t market-rate housing prices and rates of homelessness across cities.

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