East Bay YIMBY

February Housing Happy Hour next Wednesday!

Housers in California have a lot to be happy about last year, and some of the past actions taken in January 2026. Come and hang out with us to talk about urbanism, housing, actions we can take this 2026.

No Agenda, just vibes

Details about the space:

Upstairs, up to 20 people. If there are too many people, there is the bar area downstairs to chat as well!

Near 12th St BART
2 Bike Racks
Little Street
Parking
No elevator to access upstairs-- apologies.
https://actionnetwork.org/events/february-housing-happy-hour

Advocate for some housing in in Walnut Creek and Berkeley!!!!

Berkeley
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/support-for-berkeley-taking-bold-action-to-allow-more-housing-along-its-commercial-corridors

Walnut Creek
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/support-for-mitchell-drive-townhomes

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/call-on-berkeley-to-meaningfully-upzone-solano-college-and-north-shattuck/

Call on Berkeley to meaningfully upzone Solano, College, and North Shattuck! Berkeley is a city of contrasts. It has built thousands of new apartments in the last five years, yet it also exhibits extreme differences between its exclusive, tree-lined neighborhoods and its formerly redlined neighborhoods. The city was at the forefront of integrating its schools, but it is also...

Happy hour today!

SB 79 Celebration! 7 stories of housing near quality transit is now the law of California! Gov Newsom signed SB 79, the land use law that YIMBYs have been fighting for for 8 years, into law on Friday. Let's celebrate together!

Looking for affordable housing opportunities? 🏠

Oakland Housing Authority has opened their Housing Choice Voucher Waitlist!
📅 Apply online: click the link in our bio!
📞 For questions or assistance, contact Oakland Housing Authority directly at (510) 587-2100.

✨ Please note: For all inquiries about the Housing Choice Voucher Waitlist, please reach out to OHA directly!

Interesting what Pacific Pipe in could have been, today....

OAKLAND / Zoning fight pits housing against industry / Panel to take up plan to put condos on site set aside for business Oakland's three-member Zoning Update Committee today will take on the thorny issue of...

Interesting read via @ Disability YIMBY

How Berkeley's NIMBYism Betrayed the Disability Rights Movement: Part 1 Berkeley is the home of the modern disability Rights movement. But anti-housing activism in the '60s and '70s made the town inhospitable to people with disabilities...

🚨 New Infill episode just dropped 🚨

Tune in to hear from Dr. Adam Ozimek, Chief Economist for the Economic Innovation Group about "Density Zones," their new idea for how the federal government can incentivize local governments to remove barriers to building new housing.

Check out the episode: https://infill.simplecast.com/episodes/introducing-density-zones

⏰BERKELEY ⏰
We need housing at 2274 Shattuck! Write a letter of support with this link here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/a3f79ea55faf1f4b1d62ccc94eb8ad5985ff491b

227 naturally-affordable homes, with 23 units designated to be affordable to Very Low Income residents.

Our Letter of Support to Planning Commission on the BART West Oakland Affordable housing project.

We have two exciting canvasses coming up!
Please mark your calendars and RSVP! 🧵

next weekend for Warren Logan Oct 12th starting at 11am(or 12:30pm for the second shift)
https://www.mobilize.us/warrenforoakland/event/715434/

on Saturday the Oct 19th for Adena Ishii and Terry Taplin. We'll also be handing out info from Prop 5, Measure FF, and possibly some other local candidates!
https://actionnetwork.org/events/show-up-for-yimby-candidates-in-berkeley-knock-on-doors-with-us-oct-19th?source=direct_link&