Mark Hogan @markasaurus

Architect at @OpenScopeStudio. Working in SF + LA. Housing, bikes, London, Buffalo. Also @markasaurus.bsky.social openscopestudio.com San Francisco, California Joined January 2009

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Mark Hogan @markasaurus

59 minutes ago

@DDrolapas Right by St Monica's! We looked at that for a residential conversion of one of the buildings a long time ago...

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Probably the most important graph explaining California’s housing crisis. Construction costs are up 53% since January 2019. Interest rates are up from 2.7% to 4.1%. This is why a San Francisco report recently found that most housing projects are no longer feasible.

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Jeff Grenz @JeffGrenz

a day ago

@NoRiskNoParty BTW we're using R19 under roof decks in addition to R38 at ceilings.... the roof deck insulation performs as a radiant barrier, better than reflective sheathing we've used starting in 2003. All very effective.

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Jeff Grenz @JeffGrenz

a day ago

Attention dark house painters:

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melody☆ @stargazermellu

a day ago

it's funny how many times i'm told i'm not "technical" because i don't use JS in half the websites i build. when in reality, i choose tech stacks out of practicality first when it comes to content-based sites for the general public. seems like this sentiment seems to be popular:

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Mark Hogan @markasaurus

a day ago

@JeffGrenz That looks really good

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Mark Hogan @markasaurus

a day ago

@JulieChangRE I remember a coupon organizer they all got filed in!

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Mark Hogan @markasaurus

2 days ago

@mattbaran @JulieChangRE hey Matt I am still here. You really went to AIA National??

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Mark Hogan @markasaurus

2 days ago

@credealjunkie @GhostofEdie @DDrolapas Yes super small units at BMR rents often end up at market or very close. The question is whether they will be able to lease 450 of them in a reasonable amount of time. They've had a hard time leading the BMRs in Mission Rock.

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Mark Hogan @markasaurus

2 days ago

@jakeonrails @CSElmendorf @EskSF @MLNow @DSA_SF I thought you were talking about existing buildings, yes that other part is obvious. That's why everyone is discussing a tax exemption for projects that have created new housing.

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Mark Hogan @markasaurus

2 days ago

@GhostofEdie @DDrolapas @credealjunkie the units are EXTREMELY small.

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Mark Hogan @markasaurus

2 days ago

@jakeonrails @CSElmendorf @EskSF @MLNow @DSA_SF this doesn't raise costs for renters, rents are set by the market. It reduces the value of a multifamily building by the amount of the tax. I still think multifamily would have been a reasonable exemption.

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Mark Hogan @markasaurus

2 days ago

@CSElmendorf That sounds like a good threshold

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Mark Hogan @markasaurus

3 days ago

This might also lead to a boom in ADUs added to $5 million + houses

Mark Hogan @markasaurus

3 days ago

@CSElmendorf This is basically what @EskSF was suggesting in @MLNow recently: if we want to use a transfer tax cut to encourage housing it should only apply to properties where housing was created

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Mark Hogan @markasaurus

2 days ago

@JoshInEncinitas @mnolangray “Just burn a 55 gallon barrel of trash in the living room since you will not be able to afford anything else after fixing the rest of this house”

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Mark Hogan @markasaurus

3 days ago

@GhostofEdie yep exactly what I am picturing

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Mark Hogan @markasaurus

3 days ago

@JoshInEncinitas @mnolangray anyone who knows anything about construction looks at that listing and sees money being set on fire

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Mark Hogan @markasaurus

3 days ago

@CSElmendorf This is basically what @EskSF was suggesting in @MLNow recently: if we want to use a transfer tax cut to encourage housing it should only apply to properties where housing was created

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Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch

3 days ago

I find it incredibly easy to believe. Pratt basically performed at his poll numbers, in a city that is bluer than the county and in a county that is bluer than a very blue state. Bass is establishment Dem (not by her resume but by virtue of her incumbency) at a time of surging leftwing populism. The idea that either of the Democrat candidates wouldn’t have preferred to run against Pratt is preposterous. So the conspiracy to tank Pratt would have to be against the wishes of both candidates who benefitted from this conspiracy. Also, the forces that tanked Pratt were fine with letting the Trump backed Republican gubernatorial candidate make it to the general? Really? Also the demographics of Raman voters are perfectly consonant with the habits of young voters. Last, California’s incompetence at counting votes has yielded GOP wins in the past. Assuming that the same delays now “prove” anything other than consistently lethargic counting is a giant logical error. Meanwhile, the fact that a lot of low information people think it was obviously stolen means nothing to me in terms of how to think about the facts, but you’re right that it matters politically and culturally. That people who should know better are letting their motivated reasoning get the better of them and are stoking this belief matters more.