They think you're stupid.

This also happens if you switch to transit. Most of the people driving through an arterial intersection probably haven't tried to cross it as a pedestrian before.

Here’s a more-detailed overview of LA’s SB 79 proposal

TLDR: It’s actually pretty close to being a workable ordnance, but there are two major issues (height & 100% affordable projects) that need to be addressed

People leaving California are often less rich than their neighbors. New research shows what happens after they move A new report revealed that people who leave California tend to be financially worse off than their neighbors. It also found what happens after they leave.

New study: Families who leave California are much more likely to have financial problems than those who stay. But seven years later, those who leave are much more likely to be homeowners than those who stay. Revive the California Dream: build more housing!
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FBI Director Kash Patel is also a drunkard, news at 11.

It's pretty dispiriting that the California legislature won't even advance narrow coastal act exemptions for multimodal transit (bike lanes) and infill housing in cities with high quality transit access.

What the hell are we doing here, guys?

Despite Apocalyptic Warnings, California Fast Food Wage Hike Didn’t Kill Jobs UC Berkeley study finds employment held steady — and only pennies were added to menu prices.

A new report from the University of California shows that the state's decision to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20/hr didn’t hurt jobs, or raise prices much.

Data from over 2,000 restaurants shows that the $20/hr minimum wage didn’t reduce employment.

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Eric Swalwell just resigned.

‘Everything is gone’: Israel destroys entire villages in Lebanon Rights groups fear tactic of ‘domicide’ trialled in Gaza, where entire areas are made uninhabitable, is being used again

Why are we allied with these people?

Tom Steyer this week:

I do not listen to any streamers because streamers are dumb

This prediction is based on overall economic outlook and his outsider status from California politics (so no motion with Assembly/Senate).

As much as I feel that Tom Steyer is probably the best candidate in this race to win, I really doubt he could actually get single payer healthcare passed in CA like some are hoping.

Can the CA Governor's race get even uglier? The answer is yes, yes it can.

easily one of the funniest guys america has had in decades

After reading the full people mover grand jury report, I have drawn two conclusions. 1. It should be illegal for aspiring screenwriters to write a grand jury report, and 2. The contractors need to be fired into the fucking sun

"Altman doesn't remember this," "Altman does not recall." Of course he doesn't remember, Altman only remembers what is most convenient for Altman.

Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted? New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.

If Sam Altman had died anytime before the board tried to fire him in 2023, he would have died a hero and all his sins at YC and OpenAI would have been washed away. But now he's lived long enough to become the villain, turning OpenAI into the "profit-seeking mega-corporation" he feared years ago.

How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran

TLDR everyone says "we trust you to make the right decision President Trump" and then Trump proceeds to make the wrong decision.

Trump administration orders dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service Late Tuesday afternoon, with the subtlety of a wrecking ball and the morality of a foreclosure notice, the Trump administration announced the most devastating attack on the U.S. Forest Service in the ...

Amidst everything else, the Trump regime has quietly killed off the U.S. Forest Service 🌲

“One hundred and ninety-three million acres of your national forests… just handed, on a silver platter, to the people who’ve spent their entire careers trying to destroy it.”

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This is probably the million dollar question the Trump administration wants the answer to. I also really don't want this mess to fall to the next (presumably Democratic) administration to have to solve.

How does the US extricate itself from the Iran conflict without immediately ceding authority over the Strait of Hormuz to Iran. While I hate all aspects of this conflict, the US also can't just give them free reign over the region, or let the region fall into chaos and war.

my first reaction is that there's some very good stuff in here. I'd like city council to be even bigger than 25, but it's an improvement. ranked choice voting, council oversight over police, director of public works, 10 year charter review cycles... i think the commission did a fair job

Realtors and AIPAC as your ops, yeah he might be the one.

a man says i 'm pointing the way ALT: a man says i 'm pointing the way

Tom Steyer these few weeks:

I hope this is driving home to folks that anti-DEI/anti-woke are functioning mostly as a way to make racism more palatable by framing it as a kind of defensive reaction to an imagined unfairness.

Basically everything people like to criticize about CAHSR is caused by funding.

Central Valley start? mandated by federal funding
Slow progress? most of the budget has never been funded
Current value engineering of IOS? Motivated by quest for private funding

The two best housing tweets were Affordable Burger King and White Ways Of Knowing And Being.

Just so you understand, this is as if you prepared for argument in front of a panel that included Cookie Monster, and Cookie Monster asked you a question about cookies, and you had not thought about cookies in advance.

Surprised that Ticketmaster or another online ticket vendor haven't created a secure link to buy someone's tickets that show the seats and price up front. Solves the hassle of "I got extra tickets for sale venmo me" and coordinating the sale yourself.