YIMBY News for 2/6

[Eric Budd]

2 Line Countdown Milestone Points to Light Rail Battles Ahead

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 46.98. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, bike lane, complete street, construction, downtown, growth, house, housing, income, project, transportation, urban, walk

The crosslake connection will be a great leap forward, but more hurdles lie ahead for Sound Transit. On a frostbitten Friday morning, a gaggle of officials and transit nerds gathered hot with anticipation for the unveiling of the opening day of the 2 Line’s “Crosslake Connection.” By the end of the event, most were glowing with excitement, warmed by the news, the photogenic countdown clock, and the spring-uary sun. While Sound Transit board chair Dave Somers acknowledged the speeches may be forgotten by history, speaker after speaker gave it a try anyway and waxed poetic about the impact the l

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Newport Beach's NIMBYs Are Trying To Rewrite the Law to Block New Houses

YIMBY Law

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KEYWORD SCORE: 38.45. affordable, density, development, homeowner, house, housing, housing crisis, income, nimby, project, yimby, zoning

*An idea so bad it’s self-defeating* Newport Beach is one of the richest cities in California. If you lived there, you'd assume you wouldn't have any reason to throw a tantrum. But then again, for some NIMBYs, there's no excuse too small to try to block housing. Newport Beach is one of a growing number of cities placing itself in legal jeopardy through exclusionary local decisions. An initiative slated for the November 2026 ballot would toss out a zoning plan that tooks years for the city’s staff to write and is already approved by the state for one cobbled together by local NIMBYs that would

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Lafayette council raises familiar concerns over U.S. 287 development plan

Daily Camera Boulder News

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KEYWORD SCORE: 31.47. apartment, comp plan, comprehensive plan, density, development, housing, parking, planning commission, project, rent, walk, zone, zoning

The Lafayette City Council echoed familiar concerns Tuesday night over an early-stage plan for a proposed development at the southwest corner of Arapahoe Road and U.S. 287, requesting that future phases of the development application better align with the city’s comprehensive plan. The project, known as The Range at Lafayette, is proposed by developer Kensington Development Partners and could include about 450 residential units and roughly 160,000 square feet of commercial space, according to the sketch plan presented to the council. A sketch plan is a nonbinding, conceptual proposal that allo

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Louisville City Council sends Little Italy-area development proposal to final planning stages

Daily Camera Boulder News

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KEYWORD SCORE: 30.16. development, housing, mixed-use, planning commission, project, public hearing, rent

A proposed development on land just north of homes in Louisville’s historic Little Italy neighborhood has taken another step forward after years of planning and after opposition from nearby residents. This week, town leaders pointed to the project as an example of successful collaboration among residents, a developer team and the city’s planning staff. The mixed-use development, known as Coal Creek Village, could include more than 180 housing units and over 13,000 square feet of commercial space on about 11 acres south of the intersection of South Boulder Road and Courtesy Road. That road is a

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Resort industry insiders who organized to help Nederland buy Eldora are no longer part of the plan

Colorado Sun

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KEYWORD SCORE: 23.98. affordable, affordable housing, construction, housing, project, rent, walk

[image: The Outsider logo] ------------------------------ The Nederland Board of Trustees has given the initial nod to a plan to buy Eldora Mountain Resort for $120 million. The board last month unanimously approved the issuance of as much as $225 million in bonds to pay for the acquisition and improvements at the resort. And a group of resort industry insiders and investors that formed to help the town acquire and manage the ski area — 303 Ski — is no longer part of Nederland’s deal to acquire and operate Eldora ski area. As the team of industry experts steps back, Nederland is moving forward

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Tina Kotek's Complicated Road to Re-election

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 18.25. house, housing, housing cost, project, transportation

This article is part of Governing’s Inside Politics newsletter. Sign up to subscribe. Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek found herself in an unusual position last month, asking her fellow Democrats in the state legislature to repeal a bill she’d pressured them to pass during a special session she’d forced them into late last year. The bill had to do with transportation funding. Legislative leaders started the 2025 session intent on generating more money to build and maintain roads, bridges and public transit, and they thought they had a clear path to do it. Democrats have full control of the Oregon govern

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