by Daryl Slusher | Jun 11, 2025 | City Council 2025, Land Development Code/Zoning
The Austin City Council had another crowded zoning agenda on June 5. Numerous residents of East Austin turned out to express reservations about proposed DB90s (Density Bonus, 90 feet in height) at the northeast corner of Oak Springs and Airport and another at 2967...
by Daryl Slusher | Jun 3, 2025 | City Council 2025, Land Development Code/Zoning
To begin let’s return briefly to the City Council meeting on May 22 of this year. The Acacia Cliffs item is about to be heard. That’s the case in which the owner of a naturally occurring affordable apartment complex in northwest Austin is proposing to tear down the...
by Daryl Slusher | Nov 18, 2024 | Austin Elections, City Council 2024
If you like the current make-up of the Austin City Council then you should be really happy with the recent Council election results. In fact it looks like the Council “progressive” supermajority — the one that merged progressive politics with the best interests of...