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Kevin became interested in Bay Area housing issues when his friends and family slowly started moving out of the Bay Area, in large part due to high housing costs.
In 2017, as a volunteer working for CARLA, Kevin flagged the rejection of a 10-unit apartment complex in San Mateo that became the basis for the groundbreaking legal case CARLA vs. San Mateo, which strengthened the Housing Accountability Act, and has been cited in virtually every housing case of consequence since.
For the past half decade, Kevin has been volunteering with East Bay for Everyone, advocating for housing throughout the East Bay. In particular, Kevin has been leading EB4E's evaluation of Housing Elements for jurisdictions in Contra Costa County.
Recently, Kevin has informally consulted for property owners and developers on an unpaid basis to help them find the best ways to take advantage of new state laws, such as SB 9, the Housing Accountability Act or the builder's remedy.
Beginning in late 2023, Kevin has been focused on directly building housing to help solve the housing crisis.
San Francisco is ignoring state housing laws. Newsom needs to get tougher," SF Chronicle
"What to know about California’s ‘builders remedy’ — and how it could explode housing development in S.F.", SF Chronicle
"This Bay Area county wants to put low income housing next to a toxic waste dump," J.K. Dineen, SF Chronicle
San Francisco is poised to miss a crucial housing deadline. Meet the YIMBY who noticed the mistake. Sarah Klearman, SF Business Times
A 1-foot-wide piece of land? A tiny banana-shaped parcel? They were almost part of Orinda’s housing plan. Katie Lauer, East Bay Times
Widbero is the name of a former train stop on the Southern Pacific Railroad line that went through the San Ramon Valley. The stop was located between Alamo (where I grew up) and Walnut Creek (where I live now). You can see it on page 17 of this list of railroad stops and if you look closely at the right spot on the Iron Horse Trail, you can see the remnants of a station platform.