COVID has nuked tax receipts, and cities are hurting; what patterns do we see in their budget crises, and what can we do to avoid a new regime of austerity?

Talking politics, both with the exciting new white paper with all the best policy proposals (including land value tax), and some fun discussion on the dem candidates' housing plans.

Alex Baca has plenty to say about the shortcomings of the Green New Deal platform, with respect to the waste that comes from our land use decisions. We're also joined by Ollie Zhu, as we probe key questions about equity (for whomst?), chat about rust belt urbanism, and talk about the challenges of grow-the-pie solutions being balanced against zero-sum battles.

Ollie Zhu is based out of San Jose, and is active in housing, through the Silicon Valley DSA and beyond. We talk about what it means for tenants to build power, the pitfalls of depending upon non-profits in place of bottom-up organization, the challenges of Silicon Valley's housing situation, and what the left could stand to articulate better about housing.