DO i love the center for land economics' new site, esp this quick graphic explainer pointing to land value tax solutions? yes. yes i do
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Fight #climate change -- with more apartments! #affordability #morehomes usa.streetsblog.org/2026/10/22/o...
Our Best Bet To Confront Climate Change in the Trump Era? Build More Apartments — Streetsblog USA
Most climate strategies are hamstrung by Washington and culture wars across the country. But zoning reform may be the exception.
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Our friends @sightline.org are hiring for a new Principal Director of Program Development! Application deadline is November 15, so apply today on the Fuse Progressive Jobs Bank: www.fuseinnovation.org/jobs/princip...
Love this one we just pubbed from Alan Durning of @sightline.org about why building apartments(particularly in transit rich/walkable neighborhoods) is an under-appreciated climate strategy, and the rare tactic that can still work at scale in an era of climate denial.
Our Best Bet To Confront Climate Change in the Trump Era? Build More Apartments — Streetsblog USA
Most climate strategies are hamstrung by Washington and culture wars across the country. But zoning reform may be the exception.
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Our cities and towns need more homes people actually want to downsize into.
Age-Friendly Homes for Oregon Neighborhoods | Sightline Institute
Small-scale apartment and condo buildings would offer accessible homes with elevators in more Oregon towns and neighborhoods. Four key policy changes would make this possible.
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Vancouver's city council election delivered the progressive majority voters wanted, but the lopsided 9-1 outcome is a symptom of the city's clunky old block voting system. @rcampbell.bsky.social and I wrote about the importance of proportionality for Sitka Media: www.sitkamedia.ca/vanderklipp-...
VANDERKLIPP & CAMPBELL: Does Vancouver need a new electoral system?
If there's one thing local candidates and elected officials can count on, though, it's that block voting fosters a "winner-take-all" environment in which parties and lawmakers focus on dividing their ...
sitkamedia.ca
Portland voters have used the ranked choice system before to elect new city council members, but this is the first time people outside city limits will use ranked choice voting for county positions.
What to know about the Ranked Choice Voting system rolling out across Multnomah County this election
Ballots are hitting Oregon mailboxes and for voters in Multnomah County, there’s a lot more to choose from than in previous elections.
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“It’s like having car exhaust in a home.” Pollution from gas stoves can have serious health effects—but they continue to pollute the air inside Northwest homes, while gas furnaces and water heaters also release pollution outdoors. www.sightline.org/2026/10/15/t...
Parking reform bill SB 5184 (TY @jessdbateman.bsky.social ) requires cities to be in compliance by the end of January 2027 so expect to see more parking reforms pass at the city level in the next few months. Some more info from @sightline.org here: www.sightline.org/2025/05/16/h...
How Washington State Won Parking Reform | Sightline Institute
Lessons and strategies for parking flexibility advocates elsewhere.
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#VancouverBC uses an outdated election model called block voting. It rarely works as it should: "Last municipal election, ABC councillors won 35% of the vote, yet somehow collected seven of ten council seats."@alvanderklipp.bsky.social in @sitkamedia.bsky.social
VANDERKLIPP & CAMPBELL: Does Vancouver need a new electoral system?
If there's one thing local candidates and elected officials can count on, though, it's that block voting fosters a "winner-take-all" environment in which parties and lawmakers focus on dividing their ...
sitkamedia.ca
It's spooky season and @rpelai.bsky.social has the run down on one ghost haunting millions of Northwest homes...air pollution from gas appliances. @rpelai.bsky.social
Sightline Institute@sightline.org · last wk.The pollution is coming from inside the house. @rpelai.bsky.social
Since Alaskans adopted top-four primaries and ranked choice voting, legislative elections feature closer margins, more viable candidates, and more challengers unseating incumbents. @alvanderklipp.bsky.social
Post-Reform, Alaskan Elections Are More Competitive | Sightline Institute
That’s good news for Alaskans of all political stripes—and an example for voters elsewhere of how to get more choice at their own ballot box.
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Sightline runs housing, democracy, and climate programs. What would you add? We’re hiring a new role to build our next research program (and then the next). - Scout, launch, and hand off new programs - $166-185k, plus 10% retirement - Remote anywhere in Cascadia
Principal Director, Program Development | Sightline Institute
Principal Director, Program Development
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We’re hiring a messaging strategy manager! -Research, test, and refine pro-housing, democracy, and clean energy messages - $70-85k, plus 10% retirement - Work with @trufahey.bsky.social and Sightline’s communications team
Manager, Messaging Strategy  | Sightline Institute
Manager, Messaging Strategy
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In a thoroughly reported piece, food writer Meghna Jaradi shows how the wine industry — a relatively deep-pocketed, well-researched agricultural sector — offers early signs of where Washington’s food systems might head in response to more wildfire smoke: www.chum.news/wine-and-wil...
WINE & WILDFIRE — CHUM NEWS
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Replace your gas line, or get an incentive and go electric? A new law in California will offer residents the choice.
A new gas line or cash to electrify? California lets households…
Before replacing gas service lines, utilities will need to offer customers a financial incentive to electrify instead, thanks to a new law.
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If Cascadia were its own country, it would be around the 60th biggest in the world—somewhere between Australia and Chile.
Twenty-one Million Cascadians: An Overview | Sightline Institute
Who is Cascadia? A new series on the bioregion’s people.
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Sightline Institute@sightline.org · 2w agoResident Data Guy @jayleetx.com took up the task of counting the people who live here: all 21,561,819 (ish) of them.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Fast-moving, virtually irrepressible wildfire events “are not the seasonal burns of decades past; they are the hazard lights of a heating climate, and they are flashing furiously,” John Vaillant writes.
Opinion | What Happens When You Can No Longer Fight a Wildfire?
This year’s fast moving, virtually irrepressible events are not the seasonal burns of decades past.
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What if a small elevator could help more people stay in the neighborhoods they love? đź›— @sightline.org explores how making elevators easier to install in smaller apartment buildings could give more older adults the freedom to age in their communities.
Age-Friendly Homes for Oregon Neighborhoods
Age-Friendly Homes for Oregon Neighborhoods
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”This municipal election, candidates in our biggest cities should be judged on whether they will finally remove the barriers that keep homes scarce and expensive,“ says @1alexhemingway.bsky.social in his latest piece. Read it here: bcpolicy.ca/big-cities/
BC’s big cities must do better to fix the housing crisis
As municipal and provincial elections approach, BC’s biggest, most expensive cities should face scrutiny for their role in the ongoing housing crisis.
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No one's forcing Washingtonians to spend $$ to buy a heat pump (as much as I'd love my landlord to replace my gas furnace...). You wouldn't know that by reading @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social Sunday article about Initiative 2066. Correcting the record ⬇️.
Such a cool study of population in the #Cascadia bioregion. If we were an independent nation, we'd be on par with Chile.
Sightline Institute@sightline.org · 2w agoHow many people live in Cascadia? (Spoiler: 21M. But let’s break it down.)
How many people live in Cascadia? (Spoiler: 21M. But let’s break it down.)
Twenty-one Million Cascadians: An Overview | Sightline Institute
Who is Cascadia? A new series on the bioregion’s people.
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For #WeekWithoutDriving, we published a report showing that car dependence is a burden for people across the US, draining household budgets and leaving drivers feeling trapped. A few key findings with @dataforprogress.org:
