Justin A. Williams
@PermitCzar
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Permit Czar...or Director of Permitting & Development Services. Working to make Bmore's permitting & development processes a nat'l model: fast/transparent/safe
Baltimore, MD
Joined July 2019
In addition to legal guardrails, continue to think we need transparency of allowing cameras in court. Every City Zoning Board hearing this decade is on youtube, but no one can watch the hearing referenced in this piece that led to woman being held w/o bail on made up charges
Law professors, state’s attorneys and advocates maintain adding stronger guardrails to the process could better protect Marylanders from being falsely accused: https://t.co/o2uyZ0WVjv (via @BaltimoreBanner)
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50 Cent can produce four hours about another man’s violence toward women while his own history goes unquestioned. That’s not incidental to hip-hop’s reckoning with misogyny. It IS the reckoning. My latest: https://t.co/7MmPLf5cI4
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Proud to be a part of shaping the development policy (which should reinforce the public safety wins) with @MayorBMScott. Himself a renter until 2 years ago, I think he has a unique perspective on housing from most other mayors / county execs
the most under-appreciated local government success over the past three years? it’s actually Baltimore imo -murders down 60% -major pro-housing reforms including ending parking mandates, legalizing single-stair buildings, and permitting denser housing
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See also, the @Ravens game w @marlon_humphrey robbed of a pick. The Down Judge closest to play drops the bean bag, but Referee, ~20 yds away declares the "ruling on the field" to be forward progress called. This is then upheld despite there being zero "football move" w possession
1. Absolutely a fumble 2. Fastest “forward progress” call in history 3. lmao
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In addition to the whole second hearing before the planning commission still to come, there will be *at minimum* a council committee hearing for each and every one of these bills, followed by three considerations by the entire council. Just how many input points do you need?
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Identies Sought In connection with a rash of destruction of property and larceny from auto crimes that occurred on July 13, 2025, between the hours of 3:30 a.m. to 5:55 a.m., in the area of Federal Hill https://t.co/xnL4LkpDTb
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And we're achieving home values in formerly redlined communities like Park Heights that just about cover the cost of rehab, but still low enough that with just a $5k down payment, this woman's mortgage payments are just $200 more than what she was previously paying in rent
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A nice NYT dispatch outlining some of the green shoots of the vacancy reduction efforts
nytimes.com
In the “birthplace of redlining,” an ambitious plan to promote homeownership and restore neighborhoods plagued by vacant houses is taking hold.
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🏡 Big progress in the 400 Block of East 22nd street! With support from DHCD’s Community Catalyst Grants, Peoples Homestead Group has rehabbed 9 vacant homes in the area: ✔️ 5 sold ✔️ 2 under contract ✔️ 1 listed ✔️ 1 under construction Learn more at https://t.co/bM5AlItU6n
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DHCD invested $200K in East Midway to bring 4 vacant homes back to life! See the results 📸 🏡 2 sold (one to a veteran) 🔑 1 under contract 🔧 1 wraps up in July Thanks to the developer & Greater Greenmount Community for making it happen! Learn more: https://t.co/bM5AlItU6n
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Our friends at Rye Street Tavern are hiring and we can refer you directly! 🤩 Apply to open positions at https://t.co/utOoG6DnXj and then email your resume to our team member 📧 andre.beckles@baltimorecity.gov
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What was once a dumping ground is now a green gem! DHCD, @BaltimoreDPW, @ParksandPeople & Councilman @JamesTorrenceJD joined forces to turn Etting Street in Druid Heights into a vibrant pocket park 🌿 🎥 Watch this video to learn more!
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#ICYMI 🎉 Congrats to @nhpfoundation on completing The Terraces at Park Heights—100 new affordable homes for seniors & the first step in a $400M transformation!
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Truly historic council agenda in Baltimore last night: eliminating parking requirements, single-stair-reform, upzoning all single-family zones.
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Mayor Scott and YIMBY leaders on the City Council introduced bills today that would roll back Baltimore's restrictions on development density, allow people to build closer to their property lines, and do away with requirements for off-street parking
thebanner.com
A package of five bills will attempt to make it easier to build and redevelop Baltimore City properties.
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Additionally, 73 years ago today, @nbcthegoodplace explained that a Baltimorean earned a spot in the Bad Place by being the first to floss in an open-plan office
35 years ago, ‘The Cosby Show’ had ‘big fun’ in Baltimore. We still are. https://t.co/PbUzLQw9Lb by columnist @LeslieStreeter
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Same. Though it's an easy giveaway when the emailer who I saw earlier that week or even that day, starts off with "I hope you're doing well."
Unfortunately I now recognize GPT's writing style too well and, if it's not been heavily edited, can usually spot it. And I see it everywhere. Blogs, tweets, news articles, video scripts. Insanely aggravating.
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Through April for the year, there have been 39 homicides in Baltimore. This is by far the fewest recorded for that period in the past 55 years, with the previous fewest through April being 49 homicides in 1977. After that, it's 56 in 2010 and 2014
There were 5 homicides in April in Baltimore. This is a new record for fewest homicides in a month in the city's modern history (since 1970). The previous low was 7, which happened in June of 1983, and April of 2014...
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