New Fun Police episode: We make predictions for 2026 with SF Dem Party Executive Director (and perennial Fun Police fact checker) @bobakesfandiari.com
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Come for the predictions, stay for Sharky's rant at the end.
It was a good idea! It passed the Board of Supes and Mayor Lurie has extended the program through his PermitSF legislative package.
I appreciate Supervisor Chan voting for it when it came before her. But this was not the work of a single person. It took a team.
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There was a press event. People who had spent a lot of time working on this ordinance spoke at the event. We were all very excited to get it over the finish line.
The ordinance was introduced by Hilary Ronen, and co-sponsored by @matthaneysf.bsky.social
This is alluding to First Year Free, which was an idea by Manny Yekutiel, which Ben Bleiman, Manny, and I presented to Supervisor Ronen.
I attended numerous meetings with TTX, OSB, and OEWD staff along with Ronen and her staff to figure out how to draft the ordinance, which Ronen introduced in 2021.
My friend Ben Bleiman and I wrote an opinion piece on Mayor Lurie's Family Housing Plan.
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I am IN! I don’t even need compensation. I live on joy
He returned from his trip and was FIRED UP about the pineapple flavor in particular!
It was 10 months of persuading/pleading/nudging to obtain system-level data on inflow and outflow. AFAIK no other city has done this yet.
Understanding the flow rate through the system is as important as understanding population size, maybe more so.
My report to the Homeless Oversight Commission.
There are animations in it, so that’s fun.
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