Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 23/03/2026This never gets old. maybe it’s one of the reasons for Finnish happiness rankings? 040
Reposted by Paavo MonkkonenNithya Raman @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Big news… A new LA Times poll just dropped and we’re the top challenger in the race. Even though we’ve only been running for a few weeks, our movement is clearly resonating across the city. Please donate and volunteer so we can win a city that works for everyone! linktr.ee/NithyaForMayor 017619
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 19/02/2026glad to see @ternerhousing.bsky.social bringing attention to the latest f$^&ed up federal policy ternercenter.berkeley.edu/blog/pathway...ternercenter.berkeley.eduPathways to Support Mixed-Status Immigrant Families Receiving Federal Housing Assistance - Terner CenterIntroduction Recent and potential actions by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) could harm thousands of mixed-status immigrant families receiving federal housing assistance. Mi... 050
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 17/02/2026nice multifamily at the end of the rainbow, though the building’s name is a little odd 040
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 05/02/2026under appreciated frank Lloyd wright building in Beverly Hills, feels kinda fun down in spite of the Givenchy touch 0122
Reposted by Paavo MonkkonenSan Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 28/01/2026ICE agents would be disqualified from working in California law enforcement and inside the public school system under a new bill introduced in the Legislature this week.bit.lyCalifornia bill would ban ICE agents from jobs in teaching and policingICE agents would be disqualified from working in California law enforcement and inside the public school system under a new bill introduced in the Legislature this week. 462375477
Reposted by Paavo MonkkonenUCLA Lewis Center @uclalewiscenter.bsky.social · 15/01/2026CA's housing crisis persists despite incremental reforms. With UC Berkeley's Possibility Lab, Paavo Monkkonen outlines a comprehensive approach to achieve housing abundance and "change the cultural imagination of what CA homeownership looks like." 🔗🏠 possibilitylab.berke... 054
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 23/12/2025also a major problem in California‘s statewide housing planning process… it’s funny because the idea of having plans with different levels of specificity ‘makes sense’ when the general plan is for a large urban region and zoning is for a small area within it, but most US cities do not need both 1292
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 10/12/2025happy holidays from the urban planning holiday party 090
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 06/12/2025first time seeing Marina Central Park promo from @streetsforall.org this is so cool, let's do it! www.marinacentralpark.commarinacentralpark.comMarina Central Park 010
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Has anyone tried to compare the pace / rate of implementation of bike infra plans in California? 100
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Early reyes for me, this book on Carlos Contreras is hitting the spot - he brought US planning ideas to Mexico in the 1920s… 150
Reposted by Paavo MonkkonenNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 20/11/2025New from me for Inside Philanthropy: California foundations need to decide whether they genuinely want to improve housing affordability or would rather keep funding NIMBY obstructionism in Sacramento. www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/philant...insidephilanthropy.comPhilanthropy Needs to Pick a Side on the Housing Construction DebateDespite California’s severe housing shortage, foundations are still funding on the wrong side of the housing fight there, guest author Ned Resnikoff writes. 512420
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Y’all see any new interesting housing / urban research lately? this one looks great helena-pedrotti.github.io/assets/docs/...helena-pedrotti.github.io 120
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Parabens to the Fundacao Joao Pinheiro! panel is on now, here’s the English feed: m.youtube.com/watch?v=BL7x...m.youtube.com(tradução) 2º dia - Seminário internacional 30 anos da pesquisa do Déficit Habitacional no BrasilYouTube video by Fundação João Pinheiro Oficial 000
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Most famous person to pass beyond the veil in Santa Monica ? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...nytimes.comBefore Bad Bunny, the World Had Juan Gabriel 000
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 12/11/2025with everything going on, don't you want to zoom to a conference in Belo Horizonte tomorrow morning at 8:45 PST to hear some housing nerds talk about vacancy and deficits? fjp.mg.gov.br/seminario-in...fjp.mg.gov.brSeminário Internacional – 30 anos da pesquisa do Déficit Habitacional no Brasil |Referência nacional em estudos e pesquisas sobre gestão pública e desenvolvimento social, a Fundação João Pinheiro irá promover o Seminário Internacional 30 anos da Pesquisa Déficit Habitacional no Brasil nos dias 11 e 12 de novembro/2025, no Auditório do BDMG,… 020
Reposted by Paavo MonkkonenUCLA Lewis Center @uclalewiscenter.bsky.social · 07/11/2025It was a pleasure to begin our 2025-26 Housing Lecture Series with @elpaavo.bsky.social After two years in Paris, we're thrilled to have Paavo back in LA, and enjoyed his history/analysis on French social housing. 🇫🇷🏗️ His lecture is linked below youtu.be/t2Yp8oPIAZw 011
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 03/11/2025anyone have the backstory on the revolutionary landlords of santa monica? 1204
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 01/11/2025households in LA with more car space than house space 2174
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 28/10/2025I do agree w that Monkkonen guy, feels like he‘s got beef with American urban planning luskin.ucla.edu/sending-a-po...luskin.ucla.eduSending a Pointed Message Through Real Estate“Hostile architecture is very American,” UCLA Luskin’s Paavo Monkkonen says of the phenomenon of using “spite houses” to settle scores. 050
Reposted by Paavo MonkkonenAdrián @elenoam.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Mexico City has a participatory budget. Usually, neighbors vote for pavement and street lighting with super low turnouts. This year, some of the wealthiest neighborhoods voted to hire lawyers to prtoect exclusionary zoning within their boroughs 😖 35014
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 25/10/2025Moving back to LA I sought out a walkable neighborhood. Last night two people walking on the side were killed a block from my apartment. Should I still walk here? www.latimes.com/california/s...latimes.comWrong-way motorist who fled on foot sought in fatal hit-and-run in Santa MonicaSanta Monica police are searching for a hit-run driver who plowed onto a busy Wilshire Boulevard sidewalk Friday night, killing two pedestrians and injuring two others. 030
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 16/10/2025do you have a guesstimate of how many total units of rezoned capacity SB79 will unlock? @idothethinking.bsky.social 021
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 16/10/2025a benevolent developer should make sure the first SB79 project in a single family neighborhood is a pretty building… prettier than ai can generate of course 150
Reposted by Paavo Monkkonenthe babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 12/10/2025In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.” 5441621160
Reposted by Paavo MonkkonenTero Kuittinen @teroterotero.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Ice breaker specialist Mikko Suominen (!!) warns about the crucial importance of continuing intense ice breaker R&D efforts to maintain Finland’s leadership in ice breaker technology. www.is.fi/taloussanoma...is.fiAsiantuntijalta varoitus Suomen jättidiilistäMeritekniikan asiantuntija muistuttaa jatkuvan tutkimuksen tärkeydestä. 181
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Did someone say social housing? If you're in LA, I'll be talking about my research on French social housing on Oct 29th. I'll present early results from a project with Florence Goffette-Nagot & Romain Durand on why some landlords build so much more than others... www.lewis.ucla.edu/event/learni...lewis.ucla.eduLearning From Social Housing Production in France - UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies 060
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 17/09/2025best birthday message #sncf #grandvoyageur #chemindefer #garedelyon 000
Reposted by Paavo MonkkonenMike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 10/09/2025nerdy but important urbanism/city building stuff. enjoyed this discussion w/ @shanedphillips.bsky.social and @elpaavo.bsky.social on single stair & building code reform. ecodistricts. family-sized homes. my book (Building For People) and more! thanks for having me on, guys. enjoy! 0151
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 05/09/2025why are setbacks so deeply engrained? Wood construction (bad noise insulation) has got to be a factor. 050
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 29/08/2025turns out a large majority of Angelenos want more apartments - even on single-family streets www.lewis.ucla.edu/research/a-l...lewis.ucla.eduA Large Majority of Angelenos Want More Apartments — Even on Single-Family StreetsThis brief aims to shed light on the preferences of L.A. residents regarding building affordable multifamily housing. Mayor Bass has constantly scaled down ED1 due to 'pushback' but has yet to take a ... 1256
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 12/08/2025another AFFH in California paper is out! In this one, we provide evidence of serious flaws in the role of public participation in developing local AFFH programs. Comments welcome! (it’s open access) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 130
