Japan Seeks to Squelch Its Tiny Cars – NYTimes.com.
Saying the nation’s automakers are too focused on a niche market, the government has sharply raised taxes on the tiny vehicles, prompting an outcry.
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Town Hall
Town Hall
Little Nepal Restaurant
Little Nepal Restaurant
Voters in one of America’s most expensive cities just came up with another way to block new housing
In theory, this takes power from generally unpopular developers and places it in the hands of the public instead. In reality, however, it yanks influence from a very different group: city professionals whose full-time job it is to weigh the insanely intricate implications of new development for affordable housing, property-tax coffers, economic development, public benefits, transportation infrastructure and more.
via Voters in one of America’s most expensive cities just came up with another way to block new housing.
Mountain View stuck in past when it comes to housing policy – San Francisco Chronicle
During the next 15 years, Mountain View’s plans allow fewer than 8,000 housing units to be added within its city limits. Within the same time frame, more than 20,000 new jobs are expected to be created – an imbalance that’s sure to exacerbate the strains on a community where monthly rents on the newest one-bedroom apartments start at $3,400.
This problem isn’t unique to Mountain View: Almost every municipality in Silicon Valley wants to grab a share of the tech economy while pretending that the workers don’t need places to live.
via Mountain View stuck in past when it comes to housing policy – San Francisco Chronicle.
Mandalay Restaurant
Mandalay Restaurant
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Hong Kong East Ocean Seafood Restaurant
Businessweek’s Thomas Piketty Cover: How We Made It – Businessweek
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-05-29/businessweeks-thomas-piketty-cover-how-we-made-it
A la Teen Beat, amazing!
New bike!!!
Well half of a new bike anyway. SOMA San Marcos frame, Nitto stem, Tektro brakes. The rest came off my old Vigorelli. Shout out to American Cyclery for an amazing job on the build!
A Price Tag on Carbon as a Climate Rescue Plan – NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/30/science/a-price-tag-on-carbon-as-a-climate-rescue-plan.html?ref=us
As part of its plan, the state decided to allow emission-lowering projects in sectors not covered by the cap-and-trade system, such as forestry and farming. These “offset projects,” which can be located anywhere in the United States, are subject to strict auditing. The projects create credits that can be sold in the California market.