Sam Alcorn

@samalcorn

Housing abundance. Urbanism. Zoning abolitionist. Accessibility Compliance expert. YIMBY. Located in Tovaangar. #OverturnEuclid

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Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Jul 22

By chance, here’s the T-shirt I’m wearing today. It’s available here: voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4419...

A T-shirt that says “Zoning” in big type, then under that in smaller type it says “keeping Americans segregated & car-dependent for a century”.
All cotton, available in many colors in a full range of sizes.

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Jul 14

A t-shirt that says “Abolish ICE. This is a mainstream, centrist position.” Available in many colors and a full range of sizes. All cotton. voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4452...

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Jul 6

What I’m wearing to the office today: voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4419...

A pink T-shirt that says, “Zoning: keeping Americans segregated and car-dependent for a century”
All cotton, available in many colors and a full range of sizes.

https://voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4419215371

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Jul 5

Like usual on July 5, the sky is gray looking east of me, but there are no clouds. I can’t understand why people would voluntarily choose this, especially after recent big fires around here. Feeling lucky I’m not in the purple area right now:

An air quality map from July 5, 2026, showing the area east of Los Angeles covered in thick smoke from fireworks. The AQI in Glendora is shown as 278. My location in Pasadena is shown as 98.

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Jul 1

And then here’s the side-to-side wobble from the rails not being straight:

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Jul 1

Here’s a graph of the forward acceleration I experienced today on the A Line, from Memorial Park to Little Tokyo and back:

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Jun 8

😃😀💪😀😃

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Jun 5

What I’m wearing in Pasadena today:

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· May 10

Kind of related: here’s the project my daughter and I just finished last week:

A skateboard painted orange with black grip tape in a tiger-stripe pattern

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· May 3

T-shirt for sale! “Walkable Neighborhoods SHOULD NOT BE A LUXURY GOOD” Available in many colors and sizes. All cotton. Makes a great gift! Or buy one for yourself! voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4496...

A woman wearing a blue T-shirt with white text that reads, “Walkable Neighborhoods SHOULD NOT BE A LUXURY GOOD”

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· May 3

The new Objective Design Standards for High-Density Housing look like they should stop much of this BS in Pasadena: ww2.cityofpasadena.net/2026%20Agend...

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Apr 29

New shirt! “Walkable Neighborhoods SHOULD NOT BE A LUXURY GOOD” Available in 11 colors and 8 sizes. All cotton. Delivery in about a week. voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4496...

A woman wearing a blue T-shirt that says “Walkable Neighborhoods SHOULD NOT BE A LUXURY GOOD”
Available in 11 colors and 8 sizes.
All cotton.
Delivery in about a week.

https://voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4496429816

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Apr 28

Goes with the shirt I’m wearing today:

A yellow long-sleeved T-shirt with a photo of the face of Henry George surrounded by the words, “A land value tax would fix that”

https://voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4407503233

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Apr 2

Guess what I got in the mail today: Astroturf BS from billionaires trying to stop the billionaire wealth tax ballot prop with their own prop, misleadingly framed around protecting average people’s retirement savings.

An envelope mailed to me trying to get me to sign their petition to get an anti-billionaire-wealth-tax measure on this November’s California ballot. If you get one of these, for the love of everything that’s holy, don’t f-ing sign it.

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Mar 14

I was thinking more about fire rated windows being required by CBC 1021.2. But this fits into the exception, with 2 stairs and no dead ends. I guess really the only thing is safety glazing w/in 24” of either side of a door, but that’s only at <60”AFF. up.codes/viewer/calif...

1021.2 Wall Separation
Diagram
Exterior egress balconies shall be separated from the interior of the building by walls and opening protectives as required for corridors.
Exception: Separation is not required where the exterior egress balcony is served by not less than two stairways and a dead-end travel condition does not require travel past an unprotected opening to reach a stairway.

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Mar 13

voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4439...

T-shirt with the text "Show me your nexus study" in teal. The shirt is being worn by a person with curly brown hair and blue jeans. The shirt is a casual, everyday wear item. Perfect for wearing to the planning counter when permitting your project. All cotton. Available in many colors and sizes. https://voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/443944595

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Mar 6

A coffee mug with my diagram of a hand touching a hot stove: voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4462...

A coffee mug with my diagram of a hand touching a hot stove:

https://voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4462107900

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Mar 4

That sounds pretty good. This is one of my favorite passages in the whole bill:

A screenshot of part of the text of SB 79:

(m)Beginning on January 1, 2027, a local government that denies a housing development project meeting the requirements of this section that is located in a high-resource area shall be presumed to be in violation of the Housing Accountability Act (Section 65589.5) and immediately liable for penalties pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision
(k) of Section 65589.5, unless the local government demonstrates, pursuant to the standards in subdivisions (j) and (o) of Section 65589.5, that it has a health, life, or safety reason for denying the project.

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Mar 4

A long-sleeved cotton T-shirt for sale that says, “ABOLISH. ARREST. PROSECUTE.” Available in many colors and sizes. voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4452...

A long-sleeved cotton T-shirt for sale that says, “ABOLISH. ARREST. PROSECUTE.”

Available in many colors and sizes.

https://voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4452646182

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Feb 28

Sometimes stove-touching is the only way people learn from mistakes. voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4460...

An all-cotton T-shirt for sale with a drawing of a hand touching a hot stove. Available in many colors and sizes.

https://voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4460763195

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Feb 28

A long-sleeved T-shirt that says, “Abolish ICE: This is a mainstream, centrist position” Available in many colors and sizes. All cotton. voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4452...

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Feb 26

An all-cotton long-sleeved T-shirt that says “Preserving the character of the neighborhood” means Pricing out all the characters from the neighborhood. Available in many colors in a range of sizes. voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4462...

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Feb 24

Buy one in every color! Ceramic mug with stove-touching image. White mug with colored interior and handle. Available in 11 or 15 oz. size, and many different accent colors: black, red, blue, green, navy, et c. voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4462...

Ceramic mug with stove-touching image.
White mug with colored interior and handle. Available in 11 or 15 oz. size, and many different accent colors: black, red, blue, green, navy, et c.

https://voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4462107900

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Feb 20

Abolish ICE: This is a mainstream, centrist position. voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4452...

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Feb 16

voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4458... A T-shirt reading, “I’m not a surfer, but I love a BLUE WAVE” All cotton Available in many colors and sizes

https://voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4458361179
A T-shirt reading, “I’m not a surfer, but I love a BLUE WAVE”
All cotton
Available in many colors and sizes

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Feb 12

An all-cotton T-shirt that says, Abolish ICE: ‘This is a mainstream, centrist position.” Available in many colors and sizes. Long-sleeved version available as well. voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4452...

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Feb 11

Village of Euclid v. Ambler
Realty Co., 272 U.S. 365 (1926)
Overview Opinions
resulting confusion in residential sections; decrease noise and other conditions which produce or intensify nervous disorders; preserve a more favor ble environment in which to rear children, etc. With particular reference to apartment houses, it is pointed out that the development of detached house sections is greatly retarded by the coming of apartment houses, which has sometimes resulted in destroying the entire section for private house purposes; that, in such sections, very often the apartment house is a mere parasite, constructed in order to take advantage of the open spaces and attractive surroundings created by the residential character of the district. Moreover, the coming of one apartment house is followed by others, interfering by their height and bulk with the free circulation of air and monopolizing the rays of the sun which otherwise would fall upon the smaller homes, and bringing, as their necessary accompaniments, the disturbing

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Feb 5

voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4452... A long-sleeved cotton T-shirt that says, “ABOLISH. ARREST. PROSECUTE.” Available in many colors and sizes.

https://voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4452646182
A long-sleeved cotton T-shirt that says, “ABOLISH. ARREST. PROSECUTE.”
Available in many colors and sizes.

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Jan 30

An all-cotton T-shirt that says “Abolish ICE: This is a mainstream, centrist position.” Available in many colors and sizes. Long-sleeved version also available. voiceofdissentwear.etsy.com/listing/4445...

Sam Alcorn@samalcorn· Jan 29

Periodic reminder to Democratic Party electeds: preserving the patterns of segregation represented by single-family-only zoning and local control over land use is a page straight out of the MAGA playbook. Specifically, page 511.