EXCLUSIVE: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will be sworn in as mayor on midnight on January 1 inside the old abandoned City Hall subway station, saying that he sees the venue as a symbol for the aims of his upcoming administration.

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Not having parking makes the design much more pleasant, and also allows it to fit on a smaller lot. Compare to the version with cars, the slot home, which has a driveway and garage doors in the middle, instead of a pedestrian path with front doors. ordinaryhomes.blogspot.com/2023/11/slot...

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An old Shanghai housing type, the 石庫門 (shikumen) alley townhouse has made it to Portland, Oregon. (Portland version on the left, Shanghai original on the right from commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E...) The Portland versions are 2-bedroom homes selling for around $250k.

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FAIR plan’s current liability is greater than the entirety of CA’s annual budget and it’s only a fraction of CA’s property owners. The insurance industry would have to backstop this weee the FAIR plan to go bankrupt, which is both likely and impossible. Jane Kim wants to increase public exposure.

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This is what passes for progressivism and climate policy in California. Jane Kim’s answer for elevated fire risk and actuarial risk? Put it on the public dime. Urban renters should bail out well to do exurban property owners and landlords in fire zones. FAIR plan is already a ticking time bomb!

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