Healthpeak’s purchases near Alewife are reminiscent of when the Alexandria real estate investment trust bought up 15 acres in East Cambridge and the East Cambridge Planning Team negotiated for community benefits. This time, let’s start talks with half of built square footage being housing units.

To swing the pendulum on our problems, we must discover our greatest moral selves and be undeterred to create institutions through private, public and university financial commitments that will move us closer to the opportunity and equity we espouse.

Two years ago, in my first Cambridge election, I voted for City Council candidates endorsed by A Better Cambridge. This year, I’m proud to do it again.

At a time of deepening racial and economic inequality, a rapidly changing climate and severe housing unaffordability, the Cambridge Residents Alliance endorses seven candidates for the 2021 City Council election.

Students as young as 12 should be allowed to vote in the School Committee election, because they have the most relevant perspective of how to improve the school system: As students of the school we know what is actually going on, and we know what really needs to be fixed.

Rachel Weinstein should be reelected to the School Committee, because she has what it takes to get things done and the right ideas to fix some of the problems facing Cambridge Public Schools.

This election, voters have a chance to elect five candidates who have pledged bold action on climate change, housing affordability, tenant protections and racial justice: Burhan Azeem, Tonia Hicks, Theodora Skeadas and incumbents Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler and Quinton Zondervan.

The Cambridge Citizens Coalition, formed by neighborhood group leaders frustrated with the unresponsiveness of our city government on core issues, feels this election is critical for the health and welfare of all Cambridge residents at all income levels.

It is not surprising that Jeff Bezos favors policies that will shutter local businesses or that a young cyclist on the sidewalk in Harvard Square believes it’s okay to break norms others depend on. But it is surprising and shocking that our local government leaders would adopt such an attitude.

An argument that increased density through more infill housing is good climate policy is flawed, and clearly terrible from an affordable-housing and equity point of view.