I’m into the the 3 Ps—progress, politics, and policy 😉 Happily retired former Berkeley politicianhttps://bsky.app/profile/loridroste.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/loridroste.bsky.social/post/3lsltmvoxfk2cWhat a week for Berkeley: -passed the budget addressing the structural deficit -opened the Willard Clubhouse which will children and families across Berkeley -passed Missing Middle 🎉 to address skyrocketing housing costs and scarcity I couldn’t be prouder of our city.27 Jun 2025 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:biwlfayr4cfbseq4gdmrriwi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsltmvoxfk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/loridroste.bsky.social/post/3lslsu26rqk2cHooray! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jun 2025 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:biwlfayr4cfbseq4gdmrriwi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lslsu26rqk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/loridroste.bsky.social/post/3lsh4ukzrfk2sKaren Chapple, preeminent scholar on anti-displacement policy supports Berkeley’s missing middle ordinance25 Jun 2025 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:biwlfayr4cfbseq4gdmrriwi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsh4ukzrfk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/loridroste.bsky.social/post/3lsh4ukzrfk2sKaren Chapple, preeminent scholar on anti-displacement policy supports Berkeley’s missing middle ordinance25 Jun 2025 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:biwlfayr4cfbseq4gdmrriwi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsh4ukzrfk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/loridroste.bsky.social/post/3lsfb6v6utk27Stephen Menendian, preeminent scholar of racial inequality, segregation, and land use strongly urges Berkeley to pass the middle housing ordinance.24 Jun 2025 23:35 +0000at://did:plc:biwlfayr4cfbseq4gdmrriwi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsfb6v6utk27https://bsky.app/profile/loridroste.bsky.social/post/3lselfqxhwk27Nobel Prize winning climate scientist, coordinating lead author of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Former US State Department Science Envoy SUPPORTS MIDDLE HOUSING ordinance in Berkeley24 Jun 2025 17:05 +0000at://did:plc:biwlfayr4cfbseq4gdmrriwi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lselfqxhwk27https://bsky.app/profile/loridroste.bsky.social/post/3lscyp2yijk2dAssemblymember Buffy Wicks urges Berkeley to support middle housing ordinance24 Jun 2025 01:58 +0000at://did:plc:biwlfayr4cfbseq4gdmrriwi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lscyp2yijk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/loridroste.bsky.social/post/3lsbtvka7ts2fIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change scientists urge support of Berkeley’s middle housing ordinance.23 Jun 2025 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:biwlfayr4cfbseq4gdmrriwi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsbtvka7ts2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/loridroste.bsky.social/post/3lhnd2slqec2vDonald Shoup revolutionized how we think about parking, cities, and transportation. His work will shape urban policy for generations. I was honored to have his support and will always be inspired by his legacy in his memory, Im revisiting this: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-08-31/why-free-parking-is-bad-according-to-one-ucla-professor [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Feb 2025 04:53 +0000at://did:plc:biwlfayr4cfbseq4gdmrriwi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhnd2slqec2v