Non-Academic Writing

Housing and Land-Use Policy:

For the Times–Picayune | Advocate (New Orleans):

• “Rethinking residential zones is a key to economic development”

For The Metropolitan Abundance Project:

• “Give Transit Agencies Control Over Zoning”

For Slow Boring:

• “America’s cities need multi-party democracy”

For the Los Angeles Daily News:

• “The Myth of Excess Vacant Housing Distracts from Solutions”

For the Daily Camera (Boulder, Colorado):

• “To keep from becoming California, Colorado needs to build”

For California YIMBY:

• “California’s Housing Crisis is a Failure of California’s Democracy”
• “Los Angeles Studio Apartments: Worth More than a Parking Lot?
  • White paper here.

For BeyondChron:

• “LA Needs SB 50 to Break the NIMBY Doom-Loop.”

Campaign Finance:

For 3Streams:

• “Despite its Role in a Billion Dollar Corruption Scandal, ‘Dark Money’ is Here to Stay”

For the London School of Economics’ United States Policy and Politics Blog:

• “Why do lawmakers shutdown the government? Evidence from California shows we should ‘follow the money.’”

For the Sunlight Foundation:

• “Will Big Taxi’s massive political spending advantage leave ride-sharing groups stranded?”
  • Story also picked up by the Washington Post and cited in Vox Media.

• “See who’s financing Illinois elections — thanks to local open data group”

• “Outside political spending = economic boom in D.C.”

Media Interviews:

• “For $200, a Person Can Fuel the Decline of Our Major Parties.” The New York Times.

• “Fox Executives Are Pouring Cash Into Joe Manchin’s Campaign.” The Intercept.

• “Who Killed Affordable Housing?” Science Vs. (Podcast.)

• “A professional couple who make over $200,000 combined say it’s ‘hilarious’ to think they could afford a home in Los Angeles.” Fortune Magazine.

• “Force multipliers: How one donor network is pushing the envelope on California campaign money.” CalMatters.

• “How Uber and Lyft get what they want.” Crain’s Chicago Business.

• “Ocasio-Cortez builds political army, and a fundraising machine to match.” The Hill.

• “Warren tax on ‘excessive lobbying’ gives NRA a pass.” The Washington Examiner.

Podcasts:

• Growth Machine (Austin, TX NPR): “Grow or Die”

• Scholar’s Circle: “Dark Money in Politics keeps Voters in the Dark”

• Policy Chats: “The History, Cause and Impacts of the Housing Crisis.”

• Factually! with Adam Conover: “Why Single Party Rule is Bad For Democracy”