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Tune in at 6pm PT tonight to hear my interview with @buffywicks.bsky.social on housing legislation, the budget, and more! Stream live @kalwradio.bsky.social: www.kalw.org/show/state-b...

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crazy that an influx of dense infill housing can lower prices and make homeownership more attainable

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This article is worth your time and featured me at my most honest

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Good rundown of the challenges with CEQA and how it affects the approval process in the Frisc. I am proud the Bay Area Council is a cosponsor of both bills here! They'd be massively helpful in getting projects done. thefrisc.com/sf-is-buildi....

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It’s way too hard & expensive — & takes way too long — to build the things California needs to succeed, such as housing, transit, clean energy, child care centers, food banks, health clinics, new businesses. Today, a key Senate committee passed 2 major bills I’m authoring to help turn this around:

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this is what abundance actually means imo. getting rid of arbitrary barriers put up 50 years ago that make it harder to build environmentally friendly housing

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Unbelievable. Extremely proud to be a small part of this accomplishment. The conditions in California are unacceptable. I will not accept them. Change will come.

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"While we’re doing our part to increase our housing production, we can’t tackle this alone. SB 79 offers an opportunity to increase housing availability throughout the Bay Area, and other cities with good transit access and reduce costs where it most makes sense." www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news...

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President Trump single handedly delivered a stunning, come from behind victory to the Canadian Liberal Party. The midterm elections are going to be a huge loss for Republicans.

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Every trans person you know suffered way more consequences for coming out than being kicked out of a rabbit-themed group chat simply for having the temerity to be

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After seeing this reply, I’d put this number closer to 100-200%

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It's also time for democrats to deliver on voters' top priorities they express in poll after poll after poll: homelessness and housing. Build big and fight back hard.

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very struck by the fact that whenever i use this image people will show up to tell me that it is gross and immoral when they could just skeet "i am addicted to losing" and save us all some time

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Needs to be said: rent control is incapable of achieving this.

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A relatively large amount of production of housing sunk initial rents from an average of $2800 to $2000 in just 6 years

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Apparently the Lieutenant Governor of Washington has real power?? And they can decide if the name of a bill is accurate or not and thereby nuke a bill???

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okay sure so it worked in Denver and in Austin and it worked for downtown Oakland and for Sacramento and yes, it’s worked for decades in Tokyo but how can we be sure that building a lot more homes will make California a more affordable place to live??

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Just saw a group of homeless people mocking a cyber truck driver and he stopped to yell back at them from his window lmfaooooo

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If the President can arrest judges for not reaching judicial determinations he likes, he can arrest members of Congress for voting on bills in a way he doesn't support. This is a basic and terrifying separation of powers issue.

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Federal officials reportedly arrested a judge in Milwaukee on Friday, alleging she obstructed an immigration arrest. Few details were immediately available, but FBI director Kash Patel outlined the allegation in a tweet he has since taken down.

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We're number 1! We're number 1!

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There is no credible progressive argument against building a ton of new homes at all income levels. Opposing making it easier to build new homes isn’t progressive. It’s super conservative & an argument for a permanent shortage & permanent high rents.

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Welcome to California, where lawmakers who say they want to increase housing construction also like to tack on price controls, labor agreements and other regulations to appease various constituencies, ultimately making it harder to build @jeannereporter.bsky.social calmatters.org/politics/202...

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Am so thrilled to see SB 79 pass Senate Housing. This bill is an excellent way to build more housing and support our transit. And thank you especially Senator Ochoa Bogh for your decisive Aye vote!

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Thank you to the amazing housing advocates who came from around the state to support our legislation to allow more housing near high quality public transit (SB 79). More housing density near transit is good for housing affordability, good for transit ridership & good for climate action. Go team!

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“The State does pretty well at building market rate housing” - Anya Lawler on behalf of the Public Interesr Law project opening opposition comments to SB 79 by Senator Wiener, which allows more housing in single family zones near transit.

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I would suggest another reason: the analysis is not reflecting the growing consensus on Abundance because good policy can never itself solve hard political problems. The Abundance Movement won’t be successful unless it solves the political problems that have held back abundance for years.

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SB 79 does not create a ministerial process. It says projects shall be "deemed consistent" w/ zoning for purposes of subdivision (j) of the HAA. Subdivision (j) restricts disapprovals & reductions in density. Cities remain free to impose other discretionary conditions of approval.

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California needs a lot more housing & we should prioritize housing near high-quality transit. I’m authoring legislation to do just that. SB 79 authorizes denser housing by our highest quality transit. It’ll help transit systems succeed, reduce carbon emissions & create more sustainable communities.

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Incredible to me that this is happening when San Antonio: - Did not ban institutional investors. - Has not banned RealPage. - Did not crack down on landlords intentionally keeping units vacant (and writing off losses.) - Has not enacted rent control. - Has not mandated inclusionary zoning.

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Echoes of Jim Crow and lynching.

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