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Urbanist / Designer

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Joined May 2011
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John Bela
3 years
Thank you @GavinNewsom for signing #AB2011 #AB2097 and other crucial housing legislation backed by @cayimby this year! Thank you also to the pro-housing voters, advocates, and elected officials who are helping make CA for everyone! 🏘️🏘️🏘️.
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John Bela
3 years
The downtown area, the city’s primary economic driver, has been teetering on the edge since the pandemic and is facing challenges greater than previously known, new data shows.
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John Bela
3 years
switching the fuel source of our automobiles is not enough to meet our goals for emission reductions to combat climate change. Combating climate change also requires Americans to drive less and walk and bike a lot more than we do now. via @NYTOpinion
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nytimes.com
Bicyclists and pedestrians are dying at alarming rates. Do we have the courage to remake our car-centric streets?
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John Bela
3 years
Arnold speaks the truth! Putin, you can stop this war in Ukraine!.
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John Bela
4 years
New California “Strike Force” Gives Teeth to State Housing Laws
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John Bela
4 years
No more butt sliding: Muni will roll out trains with redesigned seats in early 2022 via @sfchronicle.
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The slippery bench seats on Muni train cars will one day become extinct. The next...
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John Bela
4 years
“My dream is that 20 years from now we will look back at 2021 and see it as the beginning of a massive cultural paradigm shift around fire in the west…to heal the land and mitigate wildfire disasters” - UC Merced fire scientist Crystal Kolden
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The new law limits the liability of private landowners and public agencies that use prescribed fires under specified conditions.
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John Bela
4 years
Controlled burns can help eliminate conditions that supercharge fast-moving blazes, while leaving older trees alive. Much of California’s woodlands are thickly overgrown, making them vulnerable to megafires, especially in the midst of a severe drought.
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bloomberg.com
Islands of green trees near Lake Tahoe survived the fast-moving flames of the Caldor Fire, thanks in part to earlier controlled burns and other treatments, officials say.
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John Bela
4 years
In 2007, the country began a $2.7 billion project called Room for the River that has pursued more than 30 projects along the Maas and Rhine Rivers to control flooding by creating catchment areas that often mimic the natural flood plains.
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John Bela
4 years
“For a long time we have worked against nature. The river is telling us it needs more space. We shouldn’t fight that. We should cooperate with nature.” via @NYTimes
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Extreme rainfall is causing deadly and destructive floods globally. The Netherlands averted disaster this summer by creating flood plains.
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John Bela
4 years
Glad to see Nordhavn coming into the spotlight. It may be my favorite new urban neighborhood!
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bloomberg.com
Nordhavn, a former industrial shipyard on the city’s northern edge, is becoming the coolest place in town—and the future of urban planning.
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