LA City Council just voted to keep rents high again.

Here's what went down. ⬇️

Haha yep

I got the kid seat for my oldest, who I ferry around on it sometimes

But now that our car is in the shop and I need to take both of them, I got the trailer. It actually fits two so technically this ride seats four at the moment :)

Car at mechanic for a nearly $3000 repair.

Forced to drop my kids off at school in a vehicle that costs ~half that brand new which they vocally prefer and is a lot more fun to drive.

We're officially going to be on the ballot in June, thanks to all your support! 🙏🥳

I am not Zohran.

Tomorrow (Tuesday) is a big day for SB 79 in Los Angeles!

You can make a big difference by giving comment at the PLUM committee hearing, 2pm at City Hall

Here’s what's being decided:

Join us tomorrow for our canvassing kickoff!

RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Driver in deadly 99 Ranch Market crash had driving privileges pulled at scene A 92-year-old woman was making what appeared to be an unsafe left turn before clipping a bicyclist and crashing into a 99 Ranch Market in a deadly chain of events Thursday in Westwood, the LAPD told N...

We need driving tests for elderly drivers.

States like Illinois and New Hampshire already do.

But did you know California has been moving in the opposite direction? 🧵

Centralized permitting authority for projects of statewide significance seems like a reasonable and objectively correct policy. Think about:

- light rail and rapid transit projects
- major state-funded housing projects
- green energy infrastructure

4. Having thriving cities in your country is a benefit to all your citizens.

Even if you don't end up living in them, would you rather be born in a country where you don't even have the option to move to, visit, study, or do business in one?

/FIN.

San Francisco streets getting dirtier, filled with more trash, feces, according to recent reports A new city report showed San Francisco street cleanliness declined, with human and animal waste increasing citywide and an 18% spike in the Tenderloin neighborhood.

3. Democrats' failure to govern our top cities well discredits them nationally.

It's why right wing media constantly focuses on San Francisco's dysfunction.

It's to show: if this is what they do with supermajority control and a tax bonanza, why trust them with your community?

2. Housing costs are too high across the country.

Inflation was a top issue in the last election, and housing is the biggest expense of most households.

www.incharge.org/financial-li...

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No, Abundance isn't "only for the Top 5 Metro Areas"

1. Abundance addresses lots of things, like FDA approval processes and clean energy, that aren't geographically specific.

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Extracting value on the front end of development (community benefits) instead of the back end (taxes) is eating the seed corn. It'll never produce as much community benefits as planting a good harvest and sowing it when it ripens.

Paid respects to the Brown students killed while simply studying for an Econ test as generations of us had before.

Nobody is safe until we are all safe.

A former drug dealer released early is now helping the government free scores of convicted fraudsters.

Woke city gone too far? Nope, just the Trump administration's "Pardon Czar."

New Costco with apartments breaks ground in South LA Ground will be broken Wednesday in a South Los Angeles neighborhood for a Costco store that will offer bulk buying and something new for the warehouse chain.

The Costco apartments may have shown the way www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/c...

Half the education posts are like "my kid has a 5.3 GPA and invented $5 insulin and got rejected from DeVry" and half are "60% of freshmen do not know enough math to read the numbers on their classroom doors"

I oppose gerrymandering and support independent redistricting commissions--as members of both parties have proposed--but until the GOP-controlled government passes such a measure, not responding to them overtly gerrymandering to sway an election is just surrender. Yes on #Prop50.

Basically, Trump explicitly asked Texas to redraw their electoral maps to have more Republican seats in the 2026 election, and they did.

So California now has a special ballot measure to temporarily redistrict to offset it. You should vote yes.

Yes on 50: A very short voter guide You've already read the tl;dr.

I write a voter guide for every California election, and am thrilled to write my shortest one ever:

Yes on Prop 50.

tobyhardtospell.substack.com/p/yes-on-50-...

No Kings protest today. I didn’t see any of the “Hamas terrorists” or “violent criminals” the White House warned about but I did see the dog who ate the Epstein files.

👏👏👏

Thank you for all you do!

Sex is great but have you ever changed housing law for the world's fourth largest economy?

Can’t believe SB79 passed the governor by a single vote!

Key to using AI effectively: treat it like a person dumber than you, not a person smarter than you.

Good morning. CEQA can no longer stop critically needed urban housing in California. It’s a new day.

We are back on American Exchange with housing advocate and funnyman @tobyhardtospell.bsky.social getting a firsthand account from LA on the 'riots', the protests and ICE raids.

Surprise it wasn't what the media or Trump made it out to be.

WATCH HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP6Z...