Episode 9: Sonja Trauss

Sonja Trauss is the founder and executive director of YIMBY (Yes In My Back Yard).

“NIMBYism is something that arises instinctively in response to a proposed change. People just do it. They want it. They have the feeling. They trust their feelings: ‘This feels bad; it IS bad.’ [...] That’s what we’re going against: How do we help people feel OK with change? How do we help people process it?”

Notes and references from this episode: 

@sonjatrauss, Twitter

YIMBYLaw.org - Yimby Law home page  

Golden Gates, by Conor Dougherty

“SB 9 ruin your neighborhood” - Google search

Sept. 28 statement on California housing legislation, Office of the Governor 

“Why did S.F. supervisors vote against a project to turn a parking lot into 500 housing units?”, by J.K. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle

“Why state lawmakers are fired up over a derailed S.F. housing project,” by Alexei Koseff, San Francisco Chronicle

“The Last Days Inside Trailer 83,” by Hannah Dreier, The Washington Post 

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