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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A queer art collector who decides that vulgarity is the definition of ugly?
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Affordability is the broader accessibility problem. Townhomes don’t use land or internal space efficiently compared to stacked flats.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Should have added “when I built” small lot townhomes. I’m sure a pain for apts also! Especially annoying when doing simple IRC homes. Doing the drops cast iron is advisable at the higher end for noise - the rest is madness.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
CPC requires cast iron at 3 stories. It’s a real pain for small lot townhomes.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Yeah building and renting housing for people is terrible.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Some of the most agile 60 somethings I’ve come across are still skateboarding at our local park.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Lucky to spend a couple weeks just a short walk from there every year
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
10’ front yards? Never thought I see the day 👊!
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Rowan about 3 times as popular now as when we named our 18 yr old
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Lecture 1 reminding me that Banham left UCSC the year I arrived - such a bummer. Looks like a great class.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My Santa Monica house being removed from SB79 - in favor of noisy polluted boulevards. That 4 story single stair was a brief possibility was amazing progress. But applying inclusionary to small economically marginal projects makes zero sense.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
25 years ago an artist friend picked up an Echo Park duplex for 200k (400k today’s dollars) - now 1.7M.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Even 74° at 72% not great for sleep. Discovered that AC at 72° quickly brings humidity down to low 60% - much better.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Those curb ends need to be more substantially engineered. Especially on a hot summer day “local crushing/yielding and progressive deformation of the asphalt around the dowel” the likely failure point.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Oof. Santa Monica? Reinforcement needed going forward. Curbs work because they’re set into the ground - too vulnerable if just floating on asphalt.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
A main point of the study was that extreme fire conditions are becoming more frequent, with newer post 1990 structures showing only a very modest increase in survivability. In sum, “effective strategies must treat extreme conditions as the design standard for…building codes.”
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Any reason you can’t SB1123 subdivide a SB79?
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Much easier with a 14’ wide driveway aisle and regular size ADA space. Maybe the first cargo bike parking layout?
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Now add to this a surfboard leash at maximum tension dragging you ever closer to the Malibu Pier.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Watched pride event supporters intersect England World Cup supporters deep in the labyrinth of the tube in 2018 - everything a city should be.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Mini split compressor going to be 10db quieter in most cases.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Even going back to the 70% lot coverage of the 60’s invites major blowback here. Lot coverage, landscaping, and tree canopy are really important to people - as Auckland found out after upzoning.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
New buildings run a gauntlet of seismic and energy code - yet old dingbats expected to live for eternity.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Displacement their only concern - so noisy polluted blvds it is.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The beauty of WC knock out matches is the luck and randomness. Why else would 30-40% end in ties?
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Beck and Anthony lived on the same street I was renting a guesthouse. Dylan a block away.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
4 story walk up 5-10% discount - 5 story 10-20%. But adding the elevator cuts floor plan efficiency 5-15% because now all accessible. Visited a 4 story single stair walk up in Seattle that navigated this deftly.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Nothing a couple billion can’t fix here in LA.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I like it - not so dumb!
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Four separate facade planes on that dumb box though
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Intentional – more of an arsenic/hemlock prescription.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
A simple organic cotton baby sling for dad. Indispensable.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Coastal cities going all in on IZ until there’s a state or a judicial override.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
IZ has incentivized smaller and more expensive projects. No IZ up to 3 units – so we get larger $3.4M condos now. www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
zillow.com
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
This is wise for the long term. Some measure of care about the look and feel of new buildings should be a core value.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Since Santa Monica enacted IZ and strict tenant relocation protections we’re averaging 10 new condo units/yr this decade – basically nothing. At 6+ units you’re providing the strange monster that is for sale IZ unit(s) on site.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
15% IZ req here in Santa Monica
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
My 7500sf lot would be upzoned to 2.5 FAR 55’ max ht - so 5 stories with 50% lot coverage. But most cities delaying until 2030. 😴
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Assuming a 4.5% cap rate and typical expenses you're at $10.9M value w IZ - a $1M value reduction compared to MR. Total development cost with land 10.3M–$12.2M. Mansion tax! Take another 5.6% in value off your break even project.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
14 units allowed – but hits a cliff requiring 3 affordable. So 13 units with 2 affordable. Results in a 6% income reduction if game the bdrm count: (11) market rate units 1-3 bdrms ~$56,400/month (2) Affordable units 1-2 bdrms ~$4,200/month Total w IZ: ~$60k/month gross No IZ ~$64k/month gross
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
My Santa Monica house falls under SB79 –quick math shows IZ taking an apt bldg from break even to 9% underwater. What are we gaining here?
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Also why California needs to say no to propositions.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Felt unexpectedly barren as a tourist a few weeks ago.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Very often seen joyriding along the coast.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
There’s a very brief window to enact change. Wildfire particularly difficult because the ignition source is often human – so traumatized communities spin their wheels assigning blame – rather than questioning the safety of keeping matchsticks next to a campfire.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
And more serious home hardening. The likelihood of fire rebuilds burning again is higher than anyone wants to admit.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I saw one do that here in Santa Monica. WTF behavior.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I’d go out to skateboard contests in 78-79 in places like Upland and Colton and be dying by the end of the day. Any deep breath was met with pain and a cough.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Washington was also pretty nice a couple weeks ago.
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gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
This one of my great uncle Dave hanging with Sinatra, Reagan, and…Harpo is one of my faves. Have an original photo of the exterior as “Chasen’s Southern Pit” – it was LA’s first BBQ joint? Likely a skill the Odessa born Dave learned on the vaudeville circuit.
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