Lian Chikako
@lian.bsky.social
Yes to transit, housing, and safe streets. 👟🏡🚆🚲 Gather signatures with us for Connect Bay Area, the five-county regional transit funding measure for the Nov 26 ballot! https://luma.com/connectbayarea
Buried deep in the contingency plan to slash costs at BART is an all-out nuclear scenario called “Phase 3”: Shut the rail system down altogether.
This complete unraveling would only happen if voters decline to [vote for for Connect Bay Area in November].
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This complete unraveling would only happen if voters decline to [vote for for Connect Bay Area in November].
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
BART’s cost-cutting plan risks a ‘death spiral’ that could end all train service
Hidden deep in the contingency plan to slash costs at BART if voters decline to bail out the rail agency is an all-out nuclear scenario called Phase 3: Shut the rail system down altogether.
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February 8, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Buried deep in the contingency plan to slash costs at BART is an all-out nuclear scenario called “Phase 3”: Shut the rail system down altogether.
This complete unraveling would only happen if voters decline to [vote for for Connect Bay Area in November].
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
This complete unraveling would only happen if voters decline to [vote for for Connect Bay Area in November].
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Connect Bay Area is a five-county ballot measure to fund public transit throughout our region, and we need it to avoid severe service cuts (things like 50% cuts to Muni and an end to weekend BART and Caltrain service).
Join us in gathering signatures for it: luma.com/connectbayar...
Join us in gathering signatures for it: luma.com/connectbayar...
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View and subscribe to events from Connect Bay Area Transit on Luma. https://connectbayarea.com/
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February 2, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Connect Bay Area is a five-county ballot measure to fund public transit throughout our region, and we need it to avoid severe service cuts (things like 50% cuts to Muni and an end to weekend BART and Caltrain service).
Join us in gathering signatures for it: luma.com/connectbayar...
Join us in gathering signatures for it: luma.com/connectbayar...
We deserve a justice system that acknowledges that Grandpa Vicha was murdered. We can have that and also give his killer a clear path toward rehabilitation. This was not an involuntary death.
January 18, 2026 at 1:08 AM
We deserve a justice system that acknowledges that Grandpa Vicha was murdered. We can have that and also give his killer a clear path toward rehabilitation. This was not an involuntary death.
Very few Jewish electeds have called this a 'genocide.' Thank you @scottwiener.bsky.social.
@sanders.senate.gov and @balint.house.gov are I think the only two at the national level who have? And they only did in September--it took them time to grapple with this too.
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@sanders.senate.gov and @balint.house.gov are I think the only two at the national level who have? And they only did in September--it took them time to grapple with this too.
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From the sanfrancisco community on Reddit: Gaza Genocide
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January 12, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Very few Jewish electeds have called this a 'genocide.' Thank you @scottwiener.bsky.social.
@sanders.senate.gov and @balint.house.gov are I think the only two at the national level who have? And they only did in September--it took them time to grapple with this too.
www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancis...
@sanders.senate.gov and @balint.house.gov are I think the only two at the national level who have? And they only did in September--it took them time to grapple with this too.
www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancis...
Excited to see this “pragmatic policy wonk eager to dive into the nitty-gritty of City College’s finances" appointed as a City College of SF trustee! Congrats, Ruth!
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Mayor Lurie appoints S.F. housing advocate Ruth Ferguson to City College board
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie on Monday appointed housing advocate Ruth Ferguson to the City College board, a move expected to push trustees toward tighter fiscal discipline after years of...
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January 6, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Excited to see this “pragmatic policy wonk eager to dive into the nitty-gritty of City College’s finances" appointed as a City College of SF trustee! Congrats, Ruth!
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/l...
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/l...
Absolute tragedy. The DPH and Sheriff failed in their duty to protect front-line healthcare and social workers. They should have taken it seriously when workers were asking, for weeks, for help with the attacker, whom they feared.
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‘He was fighting it’: Colleagues of slain S.F. General Hospital social worker tried to save him
A vigil Sunday evening memorialized Alberto Rangel, 51, the social worker fatally attacked Thursday afternoon by a man authorities have identified as a patient.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Absolute tragedy. The DPH and Sheriff failed in their duty to protect front-line healthcare and social workers. They should have taken it seriously when workers were asking, for weeks, for help with the attacker, whom they feared.
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...
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At SFGH for a candlelight vigil and memorial for Alberto Rangel, the social worker who was killed this week. This was predictable and preventable. It was a failure of systems and could have been any of the thousands of committed workers across DPH. We are all heartbroken.
December 8, 2025 at 3:31 AM
At SFGH for a candlelight vigil and memorial for Alberto Rangel, the social worker who was killed this week. This was predictable and preventable. It was a failure of systems and could have been any of the thousands of committed workers across DPH. We are all heartbroken.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you have a Costco membership, you can order from sameday.costco.com instead of from Instacart. I find it's about 10% cheaper on the overall order--and the user interface and delivery is executed by Instacart, anyways.
December 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you have a Costco membership, you can order from sameday.costco.com instead of from Instacart. I find it's about 10% cheaper on the overall order--and the user interface and delivery is executed by Instacart, anyways.
RIP one of the great ones, Frank Gehry. Architects love to be too cool for him, but he changed the world's conception of what a building could be.
Breaking News: Frank Gehry, a titan of architecture, has died at 96. He designed some of the world’s most recognizable buildings — many widely regarded as masterpieces. nyti.ms/4rGCYiE
December 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
RIP one of the great ones, Frank Gehry. Architects love to be too cool for him, but he changed the world's conception of what a building could be.
"Unlike denser parts of the city, there are very few affordable homes in D4, where homes are $2M. We need more housing options for young people for the next generation so that they have opportunities for homes. I support the Family Zoning Plan." Not bad for your first BOS meeting, Supervisor Wong! 🙌
December 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
"Unlike denser parts of the city, there are very few affordable homes in D4, where homes are $2M. We need more housing options for young people for the next generation so that they have opportunities for homes. I support the Family Zoning Plan." Not bad for your first BOS meeting, Supervisor Wong! 🙌
I've been taking a breather from Mamdani content because I think he needs time to set up his team, get sworn in, and start doing things before the fawning continues, but THIS is worth an exception.
Trump is now defending Mamdani in response to loaded questions from Fox News. incredible scenes
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I've been taking a breather from Mamdani content because I think he needs time to set up his team, get sworn in, and start doing things before the fawning continues, but THIS is worth an exception.
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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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The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
Thank you and congratulations to every Democrat in the United States who ran for office, defended your seat, knocked on doors, made phone calls, donated, talked to your friends and family, or voted.
Last night showed me that we can win our country back.
Last night showed me that we can win our country back.
November 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Thank you and congratulations to every Democrat in the United States who ran for office, defended your seat, knocked on doors, made phone calls, donated, talked to your friends and family, or voted.
Last night showed me that we can win our country back.
Last night showed me that we can win our country back.
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My god this is for real one of the most incredible speeches I’ve ever seen by an elected US politician: ‘And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is to dismantle the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power. This not only how we stop Trump, it’s how we stop the next one.’
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
My god this is for real one of the most incredible speeches I’ve ever seen by an elected US politician: ‘And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is to dismantle the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power. This not only how we stop Trump, it’s how we stop the next one.’
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AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…
Every official with a heart & brain says they have a plan to protect our country from Trump. There's nobody I believe more on this than Scott Wiener. He's our most effective legislator on a huge range of difficult issues, and doesn't flinch in the face of fierce opposition and even personal threats.
October 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Every official with a heart & brain says they have a plan to protect our country from Trump. There's nobody I believe more on this than Scott Wiener. He's our most effective legislator on a huge range of difficult issues, and doesn't flinch in the face of fierce opposition and even personal threats.
Had a great time giving out #Yeson50 signs today at #NoKings in San Francisco. If we were the only people voting, it'd be a landslide. Unfortunately, there's parts of the state where Prop 50 will probably be under water so...
SAN FRANCISCO, GET YOUR BALLOTS IN! Please vote Yes on Prop 50!
SAN FRANCISCO, GET YOUR BALLOTS IN! Please vote Yes on Prop 50!
October 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
California insulin!
This is how we could get single-payer healthcare in the U.S.--by showing how much cheaper things are when you leverage the purchasing power of the state instead of pitting us all against each other as individual buyers in open markets.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
This is how we could get single-payer healthcare in the U.S.--by showing how much cheaper things are when you leverage the purchasing power of the state instead of pitting us all against each other as individual buyers in open markets.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
In shot across Big Pharma's bow, California will sell its own insulin
Delivery of the state-branded drug makes good on a longstanding promise by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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October 17, 2025 at 5:35 AM
California insulin!
This is how we could get single-payer healthcare in the U.S.--by showing how much cheaper things are when you leverage the purchasing power of the state instead of pitting us all against each other as individual buyers in open markets.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
This is how we could get single-payer healthcare in the U.S.--by showing how much cheaper things are when you leverage the purchasing power of the state instead of pitting us all against each other as individual buyers in open markets.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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CS is banned in warfare by treaty - a treaty the US itself has actually signed (the Geneva Gas Protocol). Yet we continue to allow police to use it.
If it's beyond the pale when used by militaries against other militaries, it should clearly be banned from use against civilians.
If it's beyond the pale when used by militaries against other militaries, it should clearly be banned from use against civilians.
October 15, 2025 at 1:58 AM
CS is banned in warfare by treaty - a treaty the US itself has actually signed (the Geneva Gas Protocol). Yet we continue to allow police to use it.
If it's beyond the pale when used by militaries against other militaries, it should clearly be banned from use against civilians.
If it's beyond the pale when used by militaries against other militaries, it should clearly be banned from use against civilians.
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I just approved major pieces of legislation to keep building more affordable housing.
Whether it's turning empty office buildings into residential spaces or building more homes near public transportation, we're doing all we can to lower the price to realize the California Dream.
Whether it's turning empty office buildings into residential spaces or building more homes near public transportation, we're doing all we can to lower the price to realize the California Dream.
October 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I just approved major pieces of legislation to keep building more affordable housing.
Whether it's turning empty office buildings into residential spaces or building more homes near public transportation, we're doing all we can to lower the price to realize the California Dream.
Whether it's turning empty office buildings into residential spaces or building more homes near public transportation, we're doing all we can to lower the price to realize the California Dream.
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This gives me hope. That Calif can get serious about climate. That young people and new immigrants to Calif might have same privileges I did. That we can make transit work. And that we transit advocates can learn from this phenomenal work by housing activists
[VICTORY ALERT] Governor Newsom has signed SB 79, which will make it legal to build multi-family housing near high quality transit!
Our statement:
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Our statement:
cayimby.org/news-events/...
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October 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This gives me hope. That Calif can get serious about climate. That young people and new immigrants to Calif might have same privileges I did. That we can make transit work. And that we transit advocates can learn from this phenomenal work by housing activists
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another curmudgeonly thread for the many of you who will be entering organizing spaces.
all other things being equal, when confronted with one team of people recruiting you to Be a Thing and another team recruiting you to Do a Thing, please give serious thought to joining the second.
all other things being equal, when confronted with one team of people recruiting you to Be a Thing and another team recruiting you to Do a Thing, please give serious thought to joining the second.
November 13, 2024 at 1:52 PM
another curmudgeonly thread for the many of you who will be entering organizing spaces.
all other things being equal, when confronted with one team of people recruiting you to Be a Thing and another team recruiting you to Do a Thing, please give serious thought to joining the second.
all other things being equal, when confronted with one team of people recruiting you to Be a Thing and another team recruiting you to Do a Thing, please give serious thought to joining the second.
Thank you @brookejenkins.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Thank you @brookejenkins.bsky.social