Matt SmithBoomers vs Millenials: an ongoing housing sagaIn 2015, my wife and I chose Sausalito as our home to start our family — a decision that was not consistent with the norms of the time…Oct 10, 2023Oct 10, 2023
Matt SmithOpen letter to Sausalito’s Housing Element Advisory committeeAugust 1st, 2022Oct 3, 2023Oct 3, 2023
Matt SmithThe political power of subjective design review standardsConsider this scenario: you are an elected official to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in District 5, and you want to hold on to…Sep 13, 2023Sep 13, 2023
Matt SmithDoes multi-unit housing have to look so ugly and uniform? Maybe not.If the US updated its building code, and embraced a design concept called Point Access Block design, US cities might be able to inject a…Sep 13, 2023Sep 13, 2023
Matt SmithCreating and writing my memoir “I am Applicant”This book started from a drastically different place from where it ended up.Sep 13, 2023Sep 13, 2023
Matt SmithWith its stance on drugs approved via the FDA’s Accelerated Approval regulatory pathway, CMS is…There used to be a sort of church-and-state relationship between the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Center for Medicare and…May 2, 2023May 2, 2023
Matt SmithLetter to Governor Gavin NewsomHousing / By Matt Smith / 10 May 2022Apr 10, 2023Apr 10, 2023
Matt SmithWhat the oncology life sciences industry needed was a scalpel. With the IRA, it got a sledgehammer.Disclaimer: the perspectives presented below are solely those of its author, and no data presented here are proprietary; all analyses are…Apr 10, 2023Apr 10, 2023