ansel
@ansel.lundberg.com
YIMBY in Sacramento.
professional electric grid understander.
sharks 🦈🏒 and kings 💜🏀 fan.
we live in a society.
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professional electric grid understander.
sharks 🦈🏒 and kings 💜🏀 fan.
we live in a society.
he/him
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It appears Sacramento region environmentalists may have successfully killed a solar project.
January 5, 2026 at 11:55 PM
It appears Sacramento region environmentalists may have successfully killed a solar project.
Faving my friends' posts on here.
January 4, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Faving my friends' posts on here.
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It's very funny to me that developers in Sacramento will build and rent market rate apartments at $1700/mo and those in SF build and rent similar apartments at $3200/mo and yet both will often say some version of "zoning & process doesn't really matter for us, the big obstacle is financing."
YIMBYs have a skill that’s often rare in housing advocacy: an ability to ask “What are other city governments doing?”
i think there's a very strong "does a fish know it's in water" issue with developers.
they (along with tenant activists, interestingly) often have encyclopedic knowledge of local stuff and are remarkably unfamiliar with what's happening a two-hour drive away.
they (along with tenant activists, interestingly) often have encyclopedic knowledge of local stuff and are remarkably unfamiliar with what's happening a two-hour drive away.
December 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It's very funny to me that developers in Sacramento will build and rent market rate apartments at $1700/mo and those in SF build and rent similar apartments at $3200/mo and yet both will often say some version of "zoning & process doesn't really matter for us, the big obstacle is financing."
Happy new year!
Very grateful for the support for SB 79 from Sacramento legislators Senator @angeliqueashby.bsky.social & Assemblywoman Maggy Krell. There is a strong coalition of pro-housing folks in Sacramento who will not forget your aye votes for this bill. Thank you!
@sacyimby.bsky.social
@sacyimby.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Happy new year!
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December 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
My pro-housing wish list for 2026:
- statewide base zoning layer
- CEQA exemption for zoning code updates to match General Plan map
- legalize small lot development by enabling point access blocks in building code
- unlock for-sale housing by reforming condo construction defect law
What else?
- statewide base zoning layer
- CEQA exemption for zoning code updates to match General Plan map
- legalize small lot development by enabling point access blocks in building code
- unlock for-sale housing by reforming condo construction defect law
What else?
December 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
My pro-housing wish list for 2026:
- statewide base zoning layer
- CEQA exemption for zoning code updates to match General Plan map
- legalize small lot development by enabling point access blocks in building code
- unlock for-sale housing by reforming condo construction defect law
What else?
- statewide base zoning layer
- CEQA exemption for zoning code updates to match General Plan map
- legalize small lot development by enabling point access blocks in building code
- unlock for-sale housing by reforming condo construction defect law
What else?
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State funded projects should be entitled and permitted by the state. This situation is absurd.
Call it Schrödinger's affordable housing project — both dead and alive at the same time.
Now after nearly a decade of dispute the fate of a 120-unit, low-income apartment building along the iconic canals in Venice Beach may affect all development in LA
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Now after nearly a decade of dispute the fate of a 120-unit, low-income apartment building along the iconic canals in Venice Beach may affect all development in LA
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
‘Dead’ to City Hall, but funded by the state: The high-stakes fight over a Los Angeles affordable housing project
State housing officials could limit Los Angeles' access to funds and strip it of some zoning authority over its efforts to block low-income housing in Venice.
www.politico.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
State funded projects should be entitled and permitted by the state. This situation is absurd.
We are a creedal nation. That creed is working over 40 hours/week and having boundless access to consumer credit. JD Vance can never take that from us
December 28, 2025 at 6:15 AM
We are a creedal nation. That creed is working over 40 hours/week and having boundless access to consumer credit. JD Vance can never take that from us
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SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Pedestrian fatalities reach 17-year-high. This trend could be why
Fifty-one pedestrians had been killed on the state’s roads this year as of Saturday – the most in any calendar year since 2008.
www.theage.com.au
December 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
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Transit's main competition is cars. If you raise fares from $2.50 to $3, you're still way more affordable than driving. But if you cut the bus from every 15 to every 20, you're screwed because cars have infinity frequency and 24 hr service span.
I hate that we’re having to think in these terms, but the evidence seems to be bearing out that steep fare hikes are less damaging to ridership than service cuts.
2025 was brutal for US transit. Agencies faced budget deficits, flat ridership, and open hostility from the White House.
I wrote a series of stories outlining ways to help transit endure.
Lesson #1: Whatever you do, don’t cut service. Riders will leave – permanently.
Here are a few others 🧵
I wrote a series of stories outlining ways to help transit endure.
Lesson #1: Whatever you do, don’t cut service. Riders will leave – permanently.
Here are a few others 🧵
December 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Transit's main competition is cars. If you raise fares from $2.50 to $3, you're still way more affordable than driving. But if you cut the bus from every 15 to every 20, you're screwed because cars have infinity frequency and 24 hr service span.
Anyone seen any numbers on CA-01? Like a construction of LaMalfa, Denney, and McGuire‘s results by county in the last few elections?
December 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Anyone seen any numbers on CA-01? Like a construction of LaMalfa, Denney, and McGuire‘s results by county in the last few elections?
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Idk how I can have 15k followers and ZERO engagement??? For one, I’m not *that* boring??? And two, I genuinely think something is wrong with Bluesky’s algo.
December 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Idk how I can have 15k followers and ZERO engagement??? For one, I’m not *that* boring??? And two, I genuinely think something is wrong with Bluesky’s algo.
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I’m Audrey Denney, and I’m running for Congress in California’s First District: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScGY...
I believe in the power and resilience of the North State. When things get hard, we show up for each other. Now, we’ll show up together: www.AudreyforCongress.com. #AudreyforCongress
I believe in the power and resilience of the North State. When things get hard, we show up for each other. Now, we’ll show up together: www.AudreyforCongress.com. #AudreyforCongress
Audrey Denney for Congress - 2026 Campaign Announcement
YouTube video by Audrey Denney for Congress
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October 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I’m Audrey Denney, and I’m running for Congress in California’s First District: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScGY...
I believe in the power and resilience of the North State. When things get hard, we show up for each other. Now, we’ll show up together: www.AudreyforCongress.com. #AudreyforCongress
I believe in the power and resilience of the North State. When things get hard, we show up for each other. Now, we’ll show up together: www.AudreyforCongress.com. #AudreyforCongress
I last ate here with my uncle this summer lol this is the family spot
Used to eat here all the time when I worked at the farm
Used to eat here all the time when I worked at the farm
December 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I last ate here with my uncle this summer lol this is the family spot
Used to eat here all the time when I worked at the farm
Used to eat here all the time when I worked at the farm
Julotta dawn church service - a Swedish American tradition - with my wife, dad, and son in Butte County this morning. Merry Christmas.
December 26, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Julotta dawn church service - a Swedish American tradition - with my wife, dad, and son in Butte County this morning. Merry Christmas.
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NEW VIDEO: Let's talk about proportional representation www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/lets-talk-...
Let’s talk about proportional representation
One big idea to end gerrymandering and get democracy back on track
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
December 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NEW VIDEO: Let's talk about proportional representation www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/lets-talk-...
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Flood Advisory issued December 24 at 9:45PM PST until December 25 at 9:00PM PST by NWS Sacramento CA
Additional Details Here.
Additional Details Here.
December 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Flood Advisory issued December 24 at 9:45PM PST until December 25 at 9:00PM PST by NWS Sacramento CA
Additional Details Here.
Additional Details Here.
A project I led is mentioned in this video!
It was a demanding yet fun year at CAISO. I really like working here.
It was a demanding yet fun year at CAISO. I really like working here.
As 2025 comes to a close, the California ISO is celebrating a year of progress, partnership, and innovation.⚡
Here’s to an even brighter 2026, focused on collaboration and building an even stronger and more reliable grid, together!
💡Read the ISO’s Year in Review: ow.ly/y7Je50XNMYv
Here’s to an even brighter 2026, focused on collaboration and building an even stronger and more reliable grid, together!
💡Read the ISO’s Year in Review: ow.ly/y7Je50XNMYv
December 24, 2025 at 5:33 AM
A project I led is mentioned in this video!
It was a demanding yet fun year at CAISO. I really like working here.
It was a demanding yet fun year at CAISO. I really like working here.
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via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
December 23, 2025 at 5:31 AM
via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
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Today the California State Senate pro Tempore, that body's leader, released the committee assignments for 2026, and I would say that they're quite good overall for housing legislation's prospects. There are some tight corners, but also a path. Next session starts in just a few weeks!
December 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Today the California State Senate pro Tempore, that body's leader, released the committee assignments for 2026, and I would say that they're quite good overall for housing legislation's prospects. There are some tight corners, but also a path. Next session starts in just a few weeks!
Ian Choudri has got that dawg in him
The RFQ is out for CAHSR's new delivery plan. This builds on the August business case update, under which Bakersfield-Merced is out and Bakersfield-SF is in. This higher-revenue connection allows HSR to enter a P3 that will bring forward financing to allow them to complete the Pacheco Pass crossing.
December 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Ian Choudri has got that dawg in him
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the main reward you are likely to get for total loyalty to trump is the destruction of your career and your reputation www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
the main reward you are likely to get for total loyalty to trump is the destruction of your career and your reputation www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
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It’s wild that we spend years, with significant community engagement, to draft comprehensive plans, and we don’t automatically update zoning codes to match those plans. Instead, American planners often need to restart years of new battles to change zoning. This system has so many veto points
Bruce Harrell signed Seattle's Comprehensive Plan and the changes to Neighborhood Residential zoning today, without any fanfare.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/17/s...
www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/17/s...
Seattle OKs New Growth Plan, but Biggest Zoning Battles Lie Ahead » The Urbanist
# The adoption of the Seattle Comprehensive Plan, nearly one year late under a state-imposed deadline, is setting up much bigger debate over where additional housing density will be allowed in the cit...
www.theurbanist.org
December 23, 2025 at 3:15 AM
It’s wild that we spend years, with significant community engagement, to draft comprehensive plans, and we don’t automatically update zoning codes to match those plans. Instead, American planners often need to restart years of new battles to change zoning. This system has so many veto points
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California's construction defect liability system was supposed to protect consumers. But a new report suggests it has become a barrier, preventing middle-income families from buying condos and townhomes in California’s expensive cities:
The Legal Trap That's Making California Condos Unaffordable—And It's Not What You Think - California YIMBY
California’s construction defect liability system (the legal rules that let people sue builders for problems with new buildings) is adding up to $18,300 per unit to the costs of condominiums. What was...
cayimby.org
December 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
California's construction defect liability system was supposed to protect consumers. But a new report suggests it has become a barrier, preventing middle-income families from buying condos and townhomes in California’s expensive cities:
Do not forget that the Central Valley goes all the way up to Redding. Never let them take this away from you.
December 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Do not forget that the Central Valley goes all the way up to Redding. Never let them take this away from you.