This, after this week’s housing discussion, is worth explicitly connecting to Lex and Uni.

One of the primary complaints I heard against Market Rate housing in Rondo was a fear of additional aggressive policing being brought down on the community. https://twitter.com/juliancastro/status/1380730817459187715

Making YIMBYism a successful political force that improves communities means that it needs to acknowledge the political context of issues outside of housing.

Yes, I’m Minimizing Budgets in Ypolice.

Yes I am saying that the cops, at least partially, cost us Lex/Uni. And until you start watching police with a leery eye you’re gonna keep being “surprised and disappointed” when POC neighborhoods say no to development.