Sam Gould
@form67.bsky.social
Emeryville based game dev at Obsidian Entertainment.
Planning Commissioner in Emeryville
ADEM in AD-18
Housing + transit + bikes
Opinions are my own
Planning Commissioner in Emeryville
ADEM in AD-18
Housing + transit + bikes
Opinions are my own
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This is rich. Connie Chan says she “built real affordable housing, not the Sacramento version that destroys our neighborhoods.”
She points to new affordable housing on Geary: housing that she didn’t build but that *was* built using “Sacramento version” housing laws & $52M in state funds. 🧵
She points to new affordable housing on Geary: housing that she didn’t build but that *was* built using “Sacramento version” housing laws & $52M in state funds. 🧵
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is rich. Connie Chan says she “built real affordable housing, not the Sacramento version that destroys our neighborhoods.”
She points to new affordable housing on Geary: housing that she didn’t build but that *was* built using “Sacramento version” housing laws & $52M in state funds. 🧵
She points to new affordable housing on Geary: housing that she didn’t build but that *was* built using “Sacramento version” housing laws & $52M in state funds. 🧵
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Join us for our Holiday Parade & Tree Lighting Celebration!
For more info, please visit www.emeryville.org/News/Holiday...
For more info, please visit www.emeryville.org/News/Holiday...
November 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Join us for our Holiday Parade & Tree Lighting Celebration!
For more info, please visit www.emeryville.org/News/Holiday...
For more info, please visit www.emeryville.org/News/Holiday...
Successfully convinced a dozen coworkers in Orange County to take Metrolink to an event instead of Ubers and it was not only cheaper, but we beat everyone who took an Uber instead because of SoCal traffic. Love when transit works out perfectly, especially when I'm introducing it to others.
November 14, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Successfully convinced a dozen coworkers in Orange County to take Metrolink to an event instead of Ubers and it was not only cheaper, but we beat everyone who took an Uber instead because of SoCal traffic. Love when transit works out perfectly, especially when I'm introducing it to others.
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The City of Emeryville is gathering feedback from tenants, property owners, and property managers about evictions and tenant protections.
Take our short survey by December 8, 2025, and help us improve housing policies in our community.
Survey Link: www.surveymonkey.com/r/EMYTP
Take our short survey by December 8, 2025, and help us improve housing policies in our community.
Survey Link: www.surveymonkey.com/r/EMYTP
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The City of Emeryville is gathering feedback from tenants, property owners, and property managers about evictions and tenant protections.
Take our short survey by December 8, 2025, and help us improve housing policies in our community.
Survey Link: www.surveymonkey.com/r/EMYTP
Take our short survey by December 8, 2025, and help us improve housing policies in our community.
Survey Link: www.surveymonkey.com/r/EMYTP
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If our little town of 14k can do it, what’s your city’s excuse?
I do love that everyone is freaking out about Mamdani and free busses and people talking about raising minimum wage, but I literally lived in Emeryville city in California for eight years total that has free busses AND inflation tied minimum wage since 2007 and it was fine.
November 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If our little town of 14k can do it, what’s your city’s excuse?
1 week later, posts and paint fully installed. Very quick work!
November 7, 2025 at 6:21 AM
1 week later, posts and paint fully installed. Very quick work!
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“I think my community should welcome outsiders and newcomers seeking a better life” and “I think we should only build new housing for the kind of people who actually deserve it” are fundamentally incompatible beliefs.
November 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“I think my community should welcome outsiders and newcomers seeking a better life” and “I think we should only build new housing for the kind of people who actually deserve it” are fundamentally incompatible beliefs.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Massive moment for the utility relocation streamlining for transit projects community
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Massive moment for the utility relocation streamlining for transit projects community
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All YIMBY ballot measures are currently winning in NYC by 10-point margins at least
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
All YIMBY ballot measures are currently winning in NYC by 10-point margins at least
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A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
November 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
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Maxwell Park is now East Oakland's first neighborhood to become Moderate Resource. Oh, Longfellow & west Bushrod moved from Low to Moderate Resource, I think, meaning it's no longer exempt from SB 79.
November 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Maxwell Park is now East Oakland's first neighborhood to become Moderate Resource. Oh, Longfellow & west Bushrod moved from Low to Moderate Resource, I think, meaning it's no longer exempt from SB 79.
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The draft 2026 TCAC Opportunity Maps are now out. belonging.berkeley.edu/2026-ctcachc...
2026 CTCAC/HCD AFFH Mapping Tool
belonging.berkeley.edu
November 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The draft 2026 TCAC Opportunity Maps are now out. belonging.berkeley.edu/2026-ctcachc...
New Bay Wheels dock in front of Huchiun Park and The Emery. Love the increased park access and the convenient location for the hundreds of new residents in my neighborhood!
November 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM
New Bay Wheels dock in front of Huchiun Park and The Emery. Love the increased park access and the convenient location for the hundreds of new residents in my neighborhood!
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🎃👻 Today, the kids from ECDC stopped by City Hall for some trick-or-treating fun! It was such a joy seeing all the costumes and smiles. Huge shoutout to ECDC for organizing this wonderful event and to our Police Department for the safe escort! 🍬🧡
October 31, 2025 at 10:33 PM
🎃👻 Today, the kids from ECDC stopped by City Hall for some trick-or-treating fun! It was such a joy seeing all the costumes and smiles. Huge shoutout to ECDC for organizing this wonderful event and to our Police Department for the safe escort! 🍬🧡
Yearly reminder that Halloween is the deadliest day of the year for children. If you have the choice not to drive or are on the fence about taking transit, there is no better day than tomorrow.
October 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Yearly reminder that Halloween is the deadliest day of the year for children. If you have the choice not to drive or are on the fence about taking transit, there is no better day than tomorrow.
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Oakland DOT recently kicked off a suite of low-cost, quick-build bike/walk spot treatments around town to close bikeway gaps, upgrade intersection treatments, & add physical separation to curbside bike lanes.
See the full construction plans here:
drive.google.com/file/d/138GO...
See the full construction plans here:
drive.google.com/file/d/138GO...
Oakland 2025 bikeway striping and curbside buffered upgrades.pdf
drive.google.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Oakland DOT recently kicked off a suite of low-cost, quick-build bike/walk spot treatments around town to close bikeway gaps, upgrade intersection treatments, & add physical separation to curbside bike lanes.
See the full construction plans here:
drive.google.com/file/d/138GO...
See the full construction plans here:
drive.google.com/file/d/138GO...
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The City of Emeryville stands with our community. We understand that recent events with ongoing federal immigration operations, federal government shutdown, and pause on new SNAP benefits are creating challenges for many households. Visit www.emeryville.org/News/The-Cit... for resources.
The City of Emeryville Stands With Our Community
In this time of uncertainty related to ongoing federal immigration operations, the federal government shutdown, and the pending temporary discontinuation of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Progr...
www.emeryville.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The City of Emeryville stands with our community. We understand that recent events with ongoing federal immigration operations, federal government shutdown, and pause on new SNAP benefits are creating challenges for many households. Visit www.emeryville.org/News/The-Cit... for resources.
This week I shipped The Outer Worlds 2 with Obsidian Entertainment, a game I've been working on for almost 3 years. The response has been overwhelming.
Every developer got to have a "Tossball" card placed somewhere in the game, it's surreal to see a YouTube guide on how to collect yourself.
Every developer got to have a "Tossball" card placed somewhere in the game, it's surreal to see a YouTube guide on how to collect yourself.
October 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This week I shipped The Outer Worlds 2 with Obsidian Entertainment, a game I've been working on for almost 3 years. The response has been overwhelming.
Every developer got to have a "Tossball" card placed somewhere in the game, it's surreal to see a YouTube guide on how to collect yourself.
Every developer got to have a "Tossball" card placed somewhere in the game, it's surreal to see a YouTube guide on how to collect yourself.
Came back from the amazing Life After Cars show in SF to have both Emeryville bound busses leave simultaneously before I could exit the station. Both of them have 30 minute frequencies so it was quite painful. Thankfully Bay Wheels saved the day, but it was a little ironic to say the least.
October 26, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Came back from the amazing Life After Cars show in SF to have both Emeryville bound busses leave simultaneously before I could exit the station. Both of them have 30 minute frequencies so it was quite painful. Thankfully Bay Wheels saved the day, but it was a little ironic to say the least.
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It’s so weird when people do the blood and soil thing about New York City, a place that more than just about anywhere else on earth was forged from a constant churn of newcomers
Moving to New York and pulling the ladder up behind myself, but wokely
October 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It’s so weird when people do the blood and soil thing about New York City, a place that more than just about anywhere else on earth was forged from a constant churn of newcomers
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It’s official: I’m running for Congress to represent San Francisco!
I’ll fight for our city – against Trump’s takeover, for our values, & for real progress. I’ve delivered on housing, healthcare, clean energy, & civil rights – & I’ll do it again.
Let’s build the future our city & country deserve.
I’ll fight for our city – against Trump’s takeover, for our values, & for real progress. I’ve delivered on housing, healthcare, clean energy, & civil rights – & I’ll do it again.
Let’s build the future our city & country deserve.
October 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It’s official: I’m running for Congress to represent San Francisco!
I’ll fight for our city – against Trump’s takeover, for our values, & for real progress. I’ve delivered on housing, healthcare, clean energy, & civil rights – & I’ll do it again.
Let’s build the future our city & country deserve.
I’ll fight for our city – against Trump’s takeover, for our values, & for real progress. I’ve delivered on housing, healthcare, clean energy, & civil rights – & I’ll do it again.
Let’s build the future our city & country deserve.