YIMBY News for 2/10

[Eric Budd]

2026 Levy Plan Sets Stage for a New Mayor’s Transportation Priorities

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 35.30. bus stop, complete street, construction, growth, housing, multimodal, project, public space, rent, transportation, urban, vision zero, walk

A new crosswalk at a bus stop. A new stretch of sidewalk along a school walk route. A set of traffic calming upgrades along a heavily used bike corridor. These are the types of transportation projects that Seattle residents expect to continue from one mayoral administration to the next. And yet they’re also the types of projects that, if executed well, can solidify a mayor’s reputation as a leader who takes transportation seriously, serving as the backbone of a transportation strategy. The 2026 transportation levy delivery plan just released by the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) i

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Site of former Boulder Dinner Theater re-zoned to pave path for housing

Daily Camera Boulder News

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KEYWORD SCORE: 30.06. bike lane, bus stop, density, development, housing, land-use, mixed-use, project, site review, transit-oriented, zone, zoning

Another box is checked for a planned mixed-use development in east Boulder. The Boulder City Council unanimously green-lit the rezoning of more than 115,000 square feet of land near 55th and Arapahoe during its Thursday meeting. This was the second reading of two ordinances related to the project, with a third and final reading on the horizon. The site includes the old Boulder Dinner Theater and is near the 55th and Arapahoe bus stop. Premier Members Credit Union is also on the property. The rezoning for mixed-use falls in line with the city’s vision of developing the area of east Boulder into

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Mayors Like to Promise the Moon. Only a Few Get Close

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 28.86. affordable, affordable housing, construction, downtown, housing, parking, parking lot, rent, transportation, urban, walk

Zohran Mamdani’s election in November as mayor of New York was an undeniably dramatic event, and Mamdani took full advantage of the opportunity to paint it in dramatic terms. On the night of his victory, and again at his inauguration last month, he assured his audiences that the city would never be the same again. “Together,” he told cheering supporters on election night, “we will usher in a generation of change.” At his inauguration, he said that “a moment like this comes rarely. Seldom do we hold such an opportunity to transform and reinvent.” You might want to excuse him for resorting to a

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Educator Julie Kang Enters Fray in D5 Seattle Council Race

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 25.75. comprehensive plan, density, growth, house, infill, rent, single family, urban, walk, zone

The former bank chair was the first to qualify for democracy vouchers in the race. Julie Kang is running for the open seat in Seattle City Council’s District 5 this year, and is the first candidate in the race to qualify for democracy vouchers. She brings a successful career in banking, after co-founding Pacific International Bank, which focused on supporting Korean-American owned small businesses and grew to $200 million in assets before merging with Bank of Hope. While Kang emphasized that item when applying for an appointment to the Sara Nelson-led City Council in 2025, a year later in pitc

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What Really Rankles Property Taxpayers

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 20.66. fair housing, homeowner, house, housing, income, rent

Local government officials may think property owners care only about how high their tax bills are. But those leaders underestimate the public’s frustration with the volatility and opacity of the reassessment process. Developers, real-estate investors and homeowners can plan for known costs, but they cannot plan for uncertainty. In St. Louis County, Mo., where I serve on a local school board, our recent reassessment cycle saw valuations jump sharply. While much of this increase was caused by market inflation, the public outcry was made worse by a failure to effectively communicate the rationale

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