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Posts by Bobak Esfandiari

Workshopped my frustration with the greats, @wafoli.bsky.social and @ira.bsky.social

Credit where credit is due.

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How the Gann Limit Threatens Ongoing Investments for Californians Spending cap. Constitutional spending limit. Gann Limit. Known by many names, state leaders and Californians are taking a hard look at the constraints imposed by the 1979 measure this year, and asking...

Tired:
CA Governor candidates promising to enact Medicare for All

Wired:
CA Governor candidates campaigning to repeal the Gann limit (1979)...which is a major CA constitutional barrier to enacting Medicare for All

TL:DR - MY KINGDOM FOR GANN LIMIT REFORM!
calbudgetcenter.org/resources/qa...

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i will vote for any candidate who offers up this slogan

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Human rights in Iran Stay up to date on the state of human rights in Iran with the latest research, campaigns and education material from Amnesty International.

Like, this isn’t exactly difficult information to find:
www.amnesty.org/en/location/...

time.com/7357635/more...

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/w...

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I am begging you people to stop marching with the flag of the Islamic Republic, a government that has killed untold numbers of its own citizens.

You do know it’s possible to be anti-war and anti-Islamic Republic/IRGC right?

Like, go read a single thing about their atrocities, I’m begging you😩

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Ballots for California’s June 2 primary will start hitting mailboxes in just a few weeks. Know your voter rights, stay informed about important deadlines, and help protect every vote: cadem.org/vote

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Now if we can make sure we still have transit next year…

Support the local and regional funding measures

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People constant wonder why Vision Zero failed and it’s because we never did anything in most cases, and in the rare instances we did, we retreated like this.

You don’t build a bike network with sharrows, you build it with concrete

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Next administration needs to ban Polymarket

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It appears Trump just agreed to give Iran control of the Strait of Hormuz, a history-changing win for Iran.

The level of incompetence is both stunning and heartbreaking.

What on earth is happening?

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To paraphrase a famous response, how many affordable units does the Safeway have now?

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The Department of State tweets a video of Secretary Marco Rubio. In the video, Rubio says: "Imagine if instead of spending billions of dollars supporting terrorists or weapons, Iran had spent that money helping the people of Iran. They would have a much different country."

The Department of State tweets a video of Secretary Marco Rubio. In the video, Rubio says: "Imagine if instead of spending billions of dollars supporting terrorists or weapons, Iran had spent that money helping the people of Iran. They would have a much different country."

FactPost News tweets a video of Donald Trump speaking at a podium. In the video he says: "We can't take care of daycare. We're a big country. We're fighting wars. It's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things."

FactPost News tweets a video of Donald Trump speaking at a podium. In the video he says: "We can't take care of daycare. We're a big country. We're fighting wars. It's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things."

hmm

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Every Republican needs to answer this today:

Do you support Trump's war in Iran that is sending prices through the roof?

Silence is an answer.

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Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social

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DHS says it has body-cam footage related to Pretti shooting in Minneapolis The lawsuits aim to prevent federal officials from destroying evidence related to Alex Pretti’s killing and to end the surge of immigration officers in Minnesota.

It's been 66 days since agents killed Alex Pretti.

DHS has body-cam footage.

They haven't released it.

66 days and counting.

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

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Just a few days ago, America saw the biggest public political demonstration in the nation's history. 8 million people across the country. Virtually no violence, no incidents of any kind. An absolutely remarkable phenomenon.

I'm reminding you because the media's forgotten already.

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Today is Trans Day of Visibility. The SFDCCC last week passed a resolution reaffirming SF's status as a sanctuary for the Transgender Community. Hear from member Eric Kingsbury and Alice B. Toklas Dem Club’s Co-chair Martin Rawlings-Fein about the importance of trans history.

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Trump and Hegseth are making statements that legal experts say constitute war crimes.

On live television.

Without apology.

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GOP weighs health care cuts to pay for Iran war New efforts to rein in health programs open the GOP up to attacks that they're cutting health care to pay for an unpopular war.

The GOP wants to cut even deeper into healthcare programs to pay for their reckless war that is pushing gas prices higher by the week:
www.axios.com/2026/03/30/g...

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Isfahan - Wikipedia

Massive attacks tonight on central Isfahan, a sacred and stunning city in Iran of 2.3 million people. The city is on fire. The deaths and damage will be catastrophic. It would be like someone blowing up the Vatican, for comparison. May those responsible burn in hell.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isfahan

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The Castro Theatre is back! But it almost didn’t happen.

Our thanks to the thousands of volunteers who organized to support the renovations and restorations. The SF Democratic Party unanimously passed a resolution celebrating the reopening and the bright future for the Castro!

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GOP weighs health care cuts to pay for Iran war New efforts to rein in health programs open the GOP up to attacks that they're cutting health care to pay for an unpopular war.

In a move that should shock exactly no one, the party that took a wrecking ball to health care to pay for tax cuts for rich people is now proposing to cut health care to pay for the Iran war & ICE.

Literally the hardest no ever.

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SF YIMBY Happy Hour with Scott Wiener for Congress Join fellow YIMBYs for a Happy Hour together with Senator Scott Wiener! This is your chance to ask Scott about his plans to bring pro-housing solutions to Congress and engage with fellow YIMBYs.

HAPPENING TODAY! Happy Hour with California’s most prolific housing legislator. @scottwiener.bsky.social!

Come hear the @sfyimby.bsky.social backed candidate share his vision on how we can get the federal government back into the business of building homes!
actionnetwork.org/events/sf-yi...

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It's not too late to come help save public transit tomorrow by gathering signatures at No Kings! With nearly 200 RSVPs across the Bay Area, tomorrow may be the largest one-day advocate signature collection effort for public transit ever assembled.

luma.com/connectbayar...

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I hope Supervisor Fielder is okay and that she recovers from whatever has her in the hospital 🙏🏽

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ON HER OWN: Speaking of Hurabiell, the self-described "commonsense" candidate has done something nonsensical for an aspiring San Francisco politician: She turned down the chance to proclaim the rights of transgender people.
A San Francisco Democratic Party proposal to reaffirm the city as a sanctuary for transgender people, authored by local Dems Emma Hare, Peter Gallotta, and Eric Kingsbury, was dutifully endorsed by Wiener, Chakrabarti, and Chan.
But not Hurabiell, who has been vocal on X about her anti-trans stance and told Power Play she is neutral on the measure.
"I absolutely support defending the rights, safety, and dignity of all San Franciscans. That being said, it's well known I object to biological males accessing women's sports or spaces based on self-identification," she said.
For years, Hurabiell has essentially denied the existence of transgender people in tweets we won't link to here. But such a stance puts her out of step with pretty much every other political player in town, including her close ally Lurie, whose campaign promised to support trans youth.
Kingsbury noted that the candidate was out of step with local Dems.

ON HER OWN: Speaking of Hurabiell, the self-described "commonsense" candidate has done something nonsensical for an aspiring San Francisco politician: She turned down the chance to proclaim the rights of transgender people. A San Francisco Democratic Party proposal to reaffirm the city as a sanctuary for transgender people, authored by local Dems Emma Hare, Peter Gallotta, and Eric Kingsbury, was dutifully endorsed by Wiener, Chakrabarti, and Chan. But not Hurabiell, who has been vocal on X about her anti-trans stance and told Power Play she is neutral on the measure. "I absolutely support defending the rights, safety, and dignity of all San Franciscans. That being said, it's well known I object to biological males accessing women's sports or spaces based on self-identification," she said. For years, Hurabiell has essentially denied the existence of transgender people in tweets we won't link to here. But such a stance puts her out of step with pretty much every other political player in town, including her close ally Lurie, whose campaign promised to support trans youth. Kingsbury noted that the candidate was out of step with local Dems.

Marie Hurabiell, if you are a giant transphobe, actually you don’t support the rights, safety, and dignity of all San Franciscans.

Shame to everyone who is giving this clown the time of day

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I will continue to be befuddled by some of your customs and traditions.

I prefer to stick to my California based traditions of…hanging out in parking lots and slowly destroying my state by reintroducing feudalism via Prop 13, you know, the Californian way.

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We went from regime change to joint custody of the Strait of Hormuz.

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I finally watched Chernobyl (I'm late to a lot of TV, okay!) and the line, "Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later that debt is paid." will stick with me for a while, because holy hell is it more relevant now than ever before.

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The most amazing story isn’t just that Democrats flipped a Trump +12 seat from red to blue — it’s that Trump literally voted by mail in this election while arguing mail in voting should be illegal for everyone else.

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