Dean Malo A. Hutson @maloandrehutson discusses academic leadership and shared values at a public university in an recently released Envision story giving.virginia.edu/stories/five-q…

A case before the Supreme Court this term could transform federal elections in America. UVA Law School professor Bertrall Ross looks at the potential impact of Moore v. Harper in episode 2. #AppellateTwitter soundcloud.com/commonlawuva/s…

*Very* excited to announce a new paper series I edited with Furman Center: "Learning from Land Use Reforms" - seven papers evaluating recent zoning reforms at the state and local level. We've been working on these for almost 2 years and they're GREAT. furmancenter.org/landuse

My colleagues at UCLA Lewis Center, UC Davis, UC and Berkeley have published a new tool for measuring whether cities are "affirmatively furthering fair housing" in their land use plans, using several California cities as case studies. Quick thread.🧵 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

After his acceptance to UC Riverside, Terrance Stewart couldn't find a place to live nearby because his prior cocaine dealing conviction made him ineligible under Riverside's crime-free housing laws. The state is now on the verge of banning crime-free laws latimes.com/homeless-housi…

Thank you to all the storytellers who participated in this year’s Double Take—one of my favorite hours of the semester. Their stories were remarkable and inspiring, and I am grateful to all who helped bring this special event to life.

Scoop! Long awaited review of housing approvals in SF is scathing: San Francisco Takes Forever to Approve New Housing. California Officials Are Forcing Change | KQED kqed.org/news/11965492/…

The California Department of Housing and Community Development report, released Wednesday morning, concluded that delays are so baked into the city’s approval process that one person can stall or kill projects that should be allowed under state law.

Under state law, HCD’s Housing Accountability Unit will now require the city to change a number of practices and rewrite city laws governing the housing permitting and appeals process.

Here's the state report: hcd.ca.gov/policy-and-res…

via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2023/10/25/us/…

Trump and allies map out plans to use the government to punish critics and even invoke the Insurrection Act on his first day in office to allow him to deploy the military against civil protests. ⁦Josh Dawsey⁩ ⁦Isaac Arnsdorf⁩ ⁦Devlin Barrett⁩ washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…

Congratulations to Taison Bell MD, who was honored by The UVA Office of Engagement as a Distinguished Scholar on Nov 1st, where he was recognized for the outstanding nature of his FY2022-23 contributions and commitments. UVA PCCM UVA ID news.med.virginia.edu/medicinematter…

The world's largest AIDS charity has spent over $300 million on pro-tenant political campaigns and operating homeless housing. An Los Angeles Times investigation shows many AIDS Healthcare Foundation tenants in squalid conditions while its evicted dozens more latimes.com/homeless-housi…

Small Bay Area city invoking Article 34, a Red Scare era state constitutional provision that requires a public vote prior to the building of public housing, to try to deny using public funds to purchase a motel that would be converted to low-income housing smdailyjournal.com/news/local/mil…

#UVALaw’s environmental clinic has been engaged in the community effort to preserve Pine Grove, a historically Black schoolhouse in Cumberland County, Virginia, for several years. (1/2)

BREAKING: Invitation Homes, the nation's largest operator of single-family home rentals will pay $3.7 million to settle allegations it violated California's anti-rent gouging laws affecting 1,900 tenants, Rob Bonta announced today. latimes.com/homeless-housi…

The next time a millionaire in Beverly Hills wants to remodel their kitchen they might not be allowed. Why? Because a judge has issued a moratorium on building permits as punishment for the city's lack of an affordable housing plan latimes.com/homeless-housi…

Future generations may look back on today's decision in the UC Berkeley "social noise is pollution?!" case as the turning point between "Old CEQA" and "New CEQA." 🧵/13 kqed.org/news/11989237/…