
Senior Attorney at @IJ and lead of its Zoning Justice Project. Views are my own.
Miami, Florida
Joined August 2011
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Ari Bargil retweeted
We're coming to Cambridge, Mass! On Mon, Oct 19 see a live show on zoning, the Constitution, & Cambridge. Euclid v Ambler Realty, Nectow v Cambridge, & YIMBYism today. W/ @mollyxbrady @realBurhanAzeem @AriBFla @IJSanders.
Space is limited, RSVP today!
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Our Latest Podcast: Rights for Listeners.
With @JustinPearsonIJ & @AriBFla!
ij.org/podcasts/short-circui…
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"The fine must fit the crime": Supreme Court agrees to hear @IJ case of an Alaska bush pilot whose plane was taken by police after a passenger was caught with a six-pack of Budweiser in her luggage. @m_greenberg1 ij.org/press-release/supreme…
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The city of South Milwaukee got rattled by two skeletons named Hector and Henrietta. @IJ is here to make sure free speech doesn't get buried. 💀
Replying to @_cingraham
Beloved local icons Hector and Henrietta have a bone to pick with the South Milwaukee Inspection Department. Details: ij.org/press-release/south-m…
New case alert! This is a big one.
This City Banned Single-Family Homes—But Not Nightclubs
Art Yatsko spent years planning to build a home for his retirement in Florida. He bought a lot, paid the taxes, saved his money, and designed his dream house.
Then the city told him it was illegal to build a single-family house in a neighborhood made up entirely of single-family houses.
The city *will* allow him to build a nightclub or a shooting range—but not the home he's been planning for decades.
That's irrational.
Now Art and IJ are challenging it in court.
Ari Bargil retweeted
I hope the vast majority of freedom-loving Americans are uncomfortable with the idea that masked police are now telling people engaged in First Amendment-protected activity that they are "domestic terrorists" who will be added to a secret government database.
Ari Bargil retweeted
Today is the 14th anniversary of the launch of @IJ's #Florida chapter, which launched with this #vending case. Salud!🥂
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@JustinPearsonIJ @AriBFla @KatrinMarquez – at Washington, DC
Ari Bargil retweeted
Our Latest Podcast: Won't You Take Me To YIMBYTown?
Recorded before a live audience at @YIMBYTown 2025! With @ProfSchleich @andrewdfine & @AriBFla!
ij.org/podcasts/short-circui…
Ari Bargil retweeted
🎉And the judge just ruled from the bench, granting out motion for summary judgment! 🎉
Georgia nonprofit Tiny House Hand Up wants to build modest-sized homes to help with Calhoun, GA's housing crisis.
But the city bans all homes smaller than 1,150-sqare-feet.
Today, @IJ is in court arguing this ban is unconstitutional.
Ari Bargil retweeted
Short Circuit is coming to @YIMBYtown 2025! A live podcast recording w/ @ProfSchleich @andrewdfine & @AriBFla & @IJSanders, in New Haven, CT on Sept 15. We'll highlight recent housing cases & where the courts are on allowing people to build housing. Link to sign up to YT below!
Ari Bargil retweeted
My guest on @yeomanpodcast #21 is @AriBFla of @IJ. We discuss the legal history of zoning, the cultural and political backdrop for the controversial 1926 Euclid decision, recent litigation successes, and zoning's constitutional vulnerabilities. @VincentGGraham joined as co-host.
Ari Bargil retweeted
Some towns rip citizens off by imposing petty fines.
Dunedin, FL collected $3.6 million in fines in 6 years.
They charged one man $35,000…for not mowing his grass.
@IJ lawyer @AriBFla says: “Code enforcement is a major cash cow.”
An update to my story from 6 years ago:
Update on Man Who Faced $30,000 in Fines For Not Mowing His Lawn
Ari Bargil retweeted
Often, the things government destroys are things that never existed: buildings never built, businesses never opened, ideas never pursued. But here’s a visible cost: a treehouse literally destroyed by regulation.
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After letter from @IJ Senior Attorney @AriBFla, Broward County finally realizes that Leann Barber should be allowed to keep operating her charitable vegetable garden for low-income kids after all. ij.org/press-release/florida…
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“Restrictive zoning is hard to escape. It follows people from cradle to grave — starting with day care and ending with burial. The ultimate losers are consumers, who get stuck with less choice” - well said by my @IJ colleague @KatrinMarquez bridgemi.com/guest-commentar…
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3 years ago today, @IJ filed a lawsuit on behalf of a mechanic in Pasadena, Texas, challenging the city's parking minimum law.
His story shows how local zoning laws and bureaucrats can turn someone's American Dream into a nightmare.🧵























