Emeryville Went The YIMBY Way: Now It Has The Most Expensive Rent In The East Bay, The Emeryville Tattler
Emeryville swallowed the YIMBY promise whole: let developers loose, and affordability would magically follow. Instead, the city is now jammed with new market-rate apartments while rents have soared to among the highest in the East Bay. City leaders celebrate construction while ignoring the people priced out. Emeryville is not a housing success story, but evidence that “build, build, build” has become an excuse for enriching developers while residents pay the unaffordable price.

‍Why the Wiener housing bills will never work—and could destroy the coast. A detailed primer, by Michael Barnes, 48 Hills
The Scott Wiener housing bills are a reckless giveaway, masquerading as an affordability plan, and designed to turn public planning into a profit pipeline for real estate interests. Cities are punished for permits developers choose not to pull, while state mandates strip away local planning, environmental review, and public oversight. Loss of protections meant to preserve fragile shoreline ecosystems, public access, and the California coast could be the result.