In this episode, I talk with former Austin Mayor Steve Adler about his recently-published memoir: Hot Seat — Hot City: The Austin Mayor's Story. Among the things we discuss:
- Austin's big battle with Uber and Lyft in 2016
- What can be done about America's urban homelessness crisis
- Why people fight so intensely to defend single-family zoning
- Did Austin actually "defund" the police?
- Why is it so hard for America to build public transit these days?
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Building new housing is the only way out
Former Austin Mayor Steve Adler talks to me about the crisis of homelessness in otherwise thriving cities.