Alex Gourse
@agourse.bsky.social
Eli’s and Isaac’s dad, lawyer, housing/land-use nerd. Board member at http://www.calhdf.org. Cargo bike pilot. Berkeley resident.
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As a reminder the @housingdefense.bsky.social annual event (our Holiday Soirée) is tomorrow night (11/20/25) from 5 to 8 PM at the University Club at 800 Powell St in San Francisco. All YIMBYs are invited! Tickets available here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-holid...
www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-holid...
2025 Holiday Soiree
Get ready to celebrate the 2025 Holiday Soiree, a fabulous in-person event filled with festive cheer, delicious food, and housing champions!
www.eventbrite.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
As a reminder the @housingdefense.bsky.social annual event (our Holiday Soirée) is tomorrow night (11/20/25) from 5 to 8 PM at the University Club at 800 Powell St in San Francisco. All YIMBYs are invited! Tickets available here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-holid...
www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-holid...
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Literally: This. Is. How. It. Happens.
Especially pernicious because the effects are largely invisible even as they accumulate. It just seems like the opposition is weak and ineffectual; you never see what people would have said and done if they weren't threatened and intimidated.
Especially pernicious because the effects are largely invisible even as they accumulate. It just seems like the opposition is weak and ineffectual; you never see what people would have said and done if they weren't threatened and intimidated.
This is not a minor issue: it’s a serious threat to democracy. We’re rapidly transitioning into a world where, as long as you support the president, you can be above the law; if you’re in the opposition, you have a target on your back. Opposition can’t survive under these conditions.
I think at this point it’s fair to say that we’re no longer under the rule of law.
Trump Orders Santos to Be Freed From Prison ‘Immediately’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
Trump Orders Santos to Be Freed From Prison ‘Immediately’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
October 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Literally: This. Is. How. It. Happens.
Especially pernicious because the effects are largely invisible even as they accumulate. It just seems like the opposition is weak and ineffectual; you never see what people would have said and done if they weren't threatened and intimidated.
Especially pernicious because the effects are largely invisible even as they accumulate. It just seems like the opposition is weak and ineffectual; you never see what people would have said and done if they weren't threatened and intimidated.
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Wonderful news for those who care about fixing California's brutal housing shortage, bolstering transit ridership, and meeting the state's climate goals!
Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.
October 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Wonderful news for those who care about fixing California's brutal housing shortage, bolstering transit ridership, and meeting the state's climate goals!
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Lots of excitement over SB 79—understandably. I would add, every single bill California YIMBY sent to the governor was signed today. www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/10/g...
October 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Lots of excitement over SB 79—understandably. I would add, every single bill California YIMBY sent to the governor was signed today. www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/10/g...
!!
Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.
October 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
!!
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imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off
September 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off
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As institution after institution caves in to him, he’s emboldened to escalate — now seeking to bankrupt the NY Times for not endorsing him or giving him favorable coverage.
Bending the knee to an authoritarian doesn’t make him stop. It makes him more aggressive.
We must fight back. No more caving.
Bending the knee to an authoritarian doesn’t make him stop. It makes him more aggressive.
We must fight back. No more caving.
September 16, 2025 at 4:34 AM
As institution after institution caves in to him, he’s emboldened to escalate — now seeking to bankrupt the NY Times for not endorsing him or giving him favorable coverage.
Bending the knee to an authoritarian doesn’t make him stop. It makes him more aggressive.
We must fight back. No more caving.
Bending the knee to an authoritarian doesn’t make him stop. It makes him more aggressive.
We must fight back. No more caving.
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World needs more kickass 70s driving bass lines youtu.be/UIVUPNaEUjQ
PATTI JO: "MAKE ME BELIEVE IN YOU" [A Tom Moulton Mix]
YouTube video by Juan Negron
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September 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
World needs more kickass 70s driving bass lines youtu.be/UIVUPNaEUjQ
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What a piece of shit.
Trump: "The line is that I'm a dictator, but I stop crime. So a lot of people say, 'You know, if that's the case, I'd rather have a dictator.'"
August 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
What a piece of shit.
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when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet
July 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet
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One sign that we are living under an authoritarian regime is that a lot of people are acting like they are living under an authoritarian regime.
The fear among academics and lawyers now talking on the record on just about any topic that involves the federal government or the White House is really extraordinary and worrisome, and getting worse, it seems to me, every week. Dissent by an establishment figures becoming verboten in the US
April 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
One sign that we are living under an authoritarian regime is that a lot of people are acting like they are living under an authoritarian regime.
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BREAKING: protesters have blocked both sides of the 101-Freeway in Los Angeles.
June 11, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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[BILL ALERT] AB 609, which exempts infill housing from additional review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) while preserving CEQA review for planning, has passed the Assembly floor and now heads to the Senate!
Learn more: cayimby.org/legislation/...
Learn more: cayimby.org/legislation/...
AB 609: Environmentally-Beneficial Housing Exemption
AB 609 will create a streamlined permitting process for multi-family housing in already-developed urban areas by exempting these projects from the California Environmental Quality Act. The bill define...
cayimby.org
May 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
[BILL ALERT] AB 609, which exempts infill housing from additional review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) while preserving CEQA review for planning, has passed the Assembly floor and now heads to the Senate!
Learn more: cayimby.org/legislation/...
Learn more: cayimby.org/legislation/...
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1967 North Lincoln Avenue
May 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
1967 North Lincoln Avenue
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I'm currently experiencing a phenomenon that @alonlevy.bsky.social and others have talked about a lot, which is the hollowing-out of technical expertise at a public agency. I want to explain how it's happening in this case, because I think it's pretty typical
April 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I'm currently experiencing a phenomenon that @alonlevy.bsky.social and others have talked about a lot, which is the hollowing-out of technical expertise at a public agency. I want to explain how it's happening in this case, because I think it's pretty typical
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“BRING HIM HOME” 🔥
April 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
“BRING HIM HOME” 🔥
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They’re destroying federal science capacity & California needs to step up & expand science capacity at the state level.
I introduced SB 829 to create the California Institute for Scientific Research & authorize the State of California to produce vaccines. It just passed the Senate Health Committee.
I introduced SB 829 to create the California Institute for Scientific Research & authorize the State of California to produce vaccines. It just passed the Senate Health Committee.
April 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
They’re destroying federal science capacity & California needs to step up & expand science capacity at the state level.
I introduced SB 829 to create the California Institute for Scientific Research & authorize the State of California to produce vaccines. It just passed the Senate Health Committee.
I introduced SB 829 to create the California Institute for Scientific Research & authorize the State of California to produce vaccines. It just passed the Senate Health Committee.
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When a person is abducted, there's a number to call to report & identify. A habeas petition challenging the abduction is electronically filed in that district, by a lawyer admitted in that district, within 30 minutes of the call. Anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day.
Nothing else is good enough.
Nothing else is good enough.
hello! i am very curious if anybody is building a rapid response network to file habeas shell petitions for nice people before ice can take them out of state?
April 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
When a person is abducted, there's a number to call to report & identify. A habeas petition challenging the abduction is electronically filed in that district, by a lawyer admitted in that district, within 30 minutes of the call. Anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day.
Nothing else is good enough.
Nothing else is good enough.
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Now @abovethelaw.com has created a Biglaw Spine Index, an easy-to-navigate table with the 2024 Am Law 200 color-coded to show the fighters, the capitulators, and the silent.
bsky.app/profile/abov...
bsky.app/profile/abov...
April 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Now @abovethelaw.com has created a Biglaw Spine Index, an easy-to-navigate table with the 2024 Am Law 200 color-coded to show the fighters, the capitulators, and the silent.
bsky.app/profile/abov...
bsky.app/profile/abov...
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If MAGA really wanted more high-wage jobs where people work with their hands, they would be trying to boost construction work. But instead they’re crashing housing production and trying to protect high resource areas from upzoning.
April 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If MAGA really wanted more high-wage jobs where people work with their hands, they would be trying to boost construction work. But instead they’re crashing housing production and trying to protect high resource areas from upzoning.
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Life is a series of repeating prisoners dilemmas.
Civilization is the unlikely broad agreement to cooperate.
We all take this condition for granted, daily, but nobody knows how to intentionally create it.
Trump thinks he a genius for constantly defecting.
Civilization is the unlikely broad agreement to cooperate.
We all take this condition for granted, daily, but nobody knows how to intentionally create it.
Trump thinks he a genius for constantly defecting.
April 5, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Life is a series of repeating prisoners dilemmas.
Civilization is the unlikely broad agreement to cooperate.
We all take this condition for granted, daily, but nobody knows how to intentionally create it.
Trump thinks he a genius for constantly defecting.
Civilization is the unlikely broad agreement to cooperate.
We all take this condition for granted, daily, but nobody knows how to intentionally create it.
Trump thinks he a genius for constantly defecting.
The equestrian NIMBY is a Silicon Valley specialty.
How is this bio for their housing director real: "She most recently served as Mayor, Council Member, and Planning Commissioner in the city of Los Altos. ... She currently leads Our Neighborhood Voices ... When she isn’t on the phone, she is riding one of the Arabian horses she bred and raised."
Shift Bay Area is the new org that brings together Livable California, Cato Institute, Bay Area Transportation Working Group, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers, et al., to oppose:
- operations & capital funding for transit
- regional low-income housing revenue & programs
- land use changes
www.shift-ba.org
- operations & capital funding for transit
- regional low-income housing revenue & programs
- land use changes
www.shift-ba.org
April 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The equestrian NIMBY is a Silicon Valley specialty.
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Musk is definitely going to accuse the dems of buying votes
April 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Musk is definitely going to accuse the dems of buying votes
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Obviously this is an invitation to cascading misidentification where entire social networks get falsely labeled as gang members.
This checklist is shocking. A person can be declared an "Alien Enemy" based ONLY on communications with someone ICE says is a member, and nothing more.
6 points for texting a "known member of TDA" + 3 points for Venmoing or CashApping a "known member" = 9 points = TDA member = sent to CECOT.
6 points for texting a "known member of TDA" + 3 points for Venmoing or CashApping a "known member" = 9 points = TDA member = sent to CECOT.
March 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Obviously this is an invitation to cascading misidentification where entire social networks get falsely labeled as gang members.