Melissa Breach
@melissabreach.bsky.social
CEO of Prosperity California, housing & climate advocate, Infrastructure obsessed, Making Democracy work with LWVUS.
prosperitycalifornia.org
prosperitycalifornia.org
🎂It's our Birthday🎉! One year ago, we launched Prosperity CA to align policy with California's ambitious climate, infrastructure, and housing goals. So proud of our progress to date and excited to continue making CA a more affordable place to live in 2026 and beyond. prosperitycalifornia.org/report
Over the last few decades, Californians have faced the compounding crises of a severe housing shortage, escalating climate-driven disasters, and a rising cost of living.
That’s why, one year ago, we founded Prosperity California.
That’s why, one year ago, we founded Prosperity California.
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🎂It's our Birthday🎉! One year ago, we launched Prosperity CA to align policy with California's ambitious climate, infrastructure, and housing goals. So proud of our progress to date and excited to continue making CA a more affordable place to live in 2026 and beyond. prosperitycalifornia.org/report
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🚨 BREAKING:
🥁 Earlier today, SB 79 ( @scottwiener.bsky.social), the Abundant and Affordable Homes Near Transit Act, was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom!
Learn more below ⬇️⬇️
🥁 Earlier today, SB 79 ( @scottwiener.bsky.social), the Abundant and Affordable Homes Near Transit Act, was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom!
Learn more below ⬇️⬇️
October 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🚨 BREAKING:
🥁 Earlier today, SB 79 ( @scottwiener.bsky.social), the Abundant and Affordable Homes Near Transit Act, was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom!
Learn more below ⬇️⬇️
🥁 Earlier today, SB 79 ( @scottwiener.bsky.social), the Abundant and Affordable Homes Near Transit Act, was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom!
Learn more below ⬇️⬇️
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🎉 Last week Governor Newsom signed SB 427 (Blakespear) into law, extending the Habitat Conservation Fund (HCF) through 2035!
Thanks to Sen. Blakespear, Sen. Stern & the legislators who supported SB 427, the HCF will continue protecting California’s natural treasures.
Thanks to Sen. Blakespear, Sen. Stern & the legislators who supported SB 427, the HCF will continue protecting California’s natural treasures.
October 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🎉 Last week Governor Newsom signed SB 427 (Blakespear) into law, extending the Habitat Conservation Fund (HCF) through 2035!
Thanks to Sen. Blakespear, Sen. Stern & the legislators who supported SB 427, the HCF will continue protecting California’s natural treasures.
Thanks to Sen. Blakespear, Sen. Stern & the legislators who supported SB 427, the HCF will continue protecting California’s natural treasures.
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🎉 Congrats to everyone who cares about more affordable, walkable communities!
SB 79 (Sen. Wiener), which we were proud to support, passed out of the Assembly and Senate and is headed to Gov. Newsom's desk!
This is a huge win for pro-housing, environment, and transit advocates.
SB 79 (Sen. Wiener), which we were proud to support, passed out of the Assembly and Senate and is headed to Gov. Newsom's desk!
This is a huge win for pro-housing, environment, and transit advocates.
September 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
🎉 Congrats to everyone who cares about more affordable, walkable communities!
SB 79 (Sen. Wiener), which we were proud to support, passed out of the Assembly and Senate and is headed to Gov. Newsom's desk!
This is a huge win for pro-housing, environment, and transit advocates.
SB 79 (Sen. Wiener), which we were proud to support, passed out of the Assembly and Senate and is headed to Gov. Newsom's desk!
This is a huge win for pro-housing, environment, and transit advocates.
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🚨Priority Bill Update❗
🥁 Last night, SB 79 (by @scottwiener.bsky.social ) The Abundant and Affordable Homes Near Transit Act 🎉passed 🎉 the Senate floor in a 21 - 13 vote!
Next the bill is off to the State Assembly! Learn more below ⬇️⬇️
🥁 Last night, SB 79 (by @scottwiener.bsky.social ) The Abundant and Affordable Homes Near Transit Act 🎉passed 🎉 the Senate floor in a 21 - 13 vote!
Next the bill is off to the State Assembly! Learn more below ⬇️⬇️
June 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🚨Priority Bill Update❗
🥁 Last night, SB 79 (by @scottwiener.bsky.social ) The Abundant and Affordable Homes Near Transit Act 🎉passed 🎉 the Senate floor in a 21 - 13 vote!
Next the bill is off to the State Assembly! Learn more below ⬇️⬇️
🥁 Last night, SB 79 (by @scottwiener.bsky.social ) The Abundant and Affordable Homes Near Transit Act 🎉passed 🎉 the Senate floor in a 21 - 13 vote!
Next the bill is off to the State Assembly! Learn more below ⬇️⬇️
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One of our Sponsored bills, SB 607 (the Fast & Focused CEQA Act), passed through the Senate Appropriations Committee last Friday.
Here’s the latest from our CEO, Melissa Breach, on the future of SB 607 (Wiener). Full statement from cosponsors here: buff.ly/SFbWSOU 1/4
Here’s the latest from our CEO, Melissa Breach, on the future of SB 607 (Wiener). Full statement from cosponsors here: buff.ly/SFbWSOU 1/4
May 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
One of our Sponsored bills, SB 607 (the Fast & Focused CEQA Act), passed through the Senate Appropriations Committee last Friday.
Here’s the latest from our CEO, Melissa Breach, on the future of SB 607 (Wiener). Full statement from cosponsors here: buff.ly/SFbWSOU 1/4
Here’s the latest from our CEO, Melissa Breach, on the future of SB 607 (Wiener). Full statement from cosponsors here: buff.ly/SFbWSOU 1/4
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FRIDAY: We’re kicking off our first-ever Legislator Salon!
Join hosts @yimbyaction.bsky.social , Housing Action Coalition, Greenbelt Alliance, and our guest, @senatorcabaldon.bsky.social to discuss what CA can learn from West Sacramento—”America’s most livable city”
RSVP: buff.ly/sQu3qLY
Join hosts @yimbyaction.bsky.social , Housing Action Coalition, Greenbelt Alliance, and our guest, @senatorcabaldon.bsky.social to discuss what CA can learn from West Sacramento—”America’s most livable city”
RSVP: buff.ly/sQu3qLY
May 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
FRIDAY: We’re kicking off our first-ever Legislator Salon!
Join hosts @yimbyaction.bsky.social , Housing Action Coalition, Greenbelt Alliance, and our guest, @senatorcabaldon.bsky.social to discuss what CA can learn from West Sacramento—”America’s most livable city”
RSVP: buff.ly/sQu3qLY
Join hosts @yimbyaction.bsky.social , Housing Action Coalition, Greenbelt Alliance, and our guest, @senatorcabaldon.bsky.social to discuss what CA can learn from West Sacramento—”America’s most livable city”
RSVP: buff.ly/sQu3qLY
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👀 🚨 Uhm ... From the PEW Research Center Poll today: Americans disapprove of Trump's assault on DEI policies by 9 points: 53-44
He has lost support on immigration and now on this.
What's gonna happen to the elite DC/NY media narrative on DEI?
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
He has lost support on immigration and now on this.
What's gonna happen to the elite DC/NY media narrative on DEI?
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
April 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
👀 🚨 Uhm ... From the PEW Research Center Poll today: Americans disapprove of Trump's assault on DEI policies by 9 points: 53-44
He has lost support on immigration and now on this.
What's gonna happen to the elite DC/NY media narrative on DEI?
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
He has lost support on immigration and now on this.
What's gonna happen to the elite DC/NY media narrative on DEI?
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
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Our bill to modernize CEQA & reduce its use to obstruct projects for reasons unrelated to the environment passed its first committee today.
SB 607 makes focused, common sense changes to CEQA to help it protect the environment without being a NIMBY tool.
SB 607 makes focused, common sense changes to CEQA to help it protect the environment without being a NIMBY tool.
April 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Our bill to modernize CEQA & reduce its use to obstruct projects for reasons unrelated to the environment passed its first committee today.
SB 607 makes focused, common sense changes to CEQA to help it protect the environment without being a NIMBY tool.
SB 607 makes focused, common sense changes to CEQA to help it protect the environment without being a NIMBY tool.
Thank you @scottwiener.bsky.social for your leadership on #SB607. Shout out to Senate EQ and our SB607 co-sponsors RCRC, @bayareacouncil.bsky.social, Housing Action Coalition.
We’re proud to share that SB 607, our Sponsored bill to restore CEQA to its intended purpose, passed through the Senate Environmental Quality committee today on a 6-0 vote!
April 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Thank you @scottwiener.bsky.social for your leadership on #SB607. Shout out to Senate EQ and our SB607 co-sponsors RCRC, @bayareacouncil.bsky.social, Housing Action Coalition.
Great report! ULA passed because Angelinos wanted to tax mansion sales to help fund affordable housing. Unfortunately, aspects of the bill, however unintentional, worsen our housing shortage. We can fix ULA to ensure it does not disincentivize lower-cost homes for Californian families.
LA’s Measure ULA passed with good intentions: tax high-value property sales to help low-income renters.
But the early evidence is sobering: transactions have collapsed, revenues have fallen far short, and housing projects are harder to build.
But the early evidence is sobering: transactions have collapsed, revenues have fallen far short, and housing projects are harder to build.
April 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Great report! ULA passed because Angelinos wanted to tax mansion sales to help fund affordable housing. Unfortunately, aspects of the bill, however unintentional, worsen our housing shortage. We can fix ULA to ensure it does not disincentivize lower-cost homes for Californian families.
Happy World Wildlife Day! Gentle reminder that one of the best ways to protect wildlife is by removing the pressure to develop the natural lands animals depend on. The best way to diy that is by making it faster, cheaper and easier to build homes in existing communities. @prosperityca.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Happy World Wildlife Day! Gentle reminder that one of the best ways to protect wildlife is by removing the pressure to develop the natural lands animals depend on. The best way to diy that is by making it faster, cheaper and easier to build homes in existing communities. @prosperityca.bsky.social
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Unfortunately for academic anti-YIMBYs, building more market rate housing to lower housing prices works in practice but not in theory.
February 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Unfortunately for academic anti-YIMBYs, building more market rate housing to lower housing prices works in practice but not in theory.
Let's get CEQA working as intended-- preserving what works & reforming the parts that are too often weaponized to block bus lanes, climate smart housing, & green energy projects. Thank you @scottwiener.bsky.social for your leadership and excited for @prosperityca.bsky.social to co-sponsoring SB607.
I introduced CEQA legislation (SB 607) to avoid CEQA being used to stop new housing & make other smart changes to aspects of CEQA that turn it into a process nightmare that doesn’t always help the environment.
SB 607 will help create abundance of the things that make life better & more affordable:🧵
SB 607 will help create abundance of the things that make life better & more affordable:🧵
February 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Let's get CEQA working as intended-- preserving what works & reforming the parts that are too often weaponized to block bus lanes, climate smart housing, & green energy projects. Thank you @scottwiener.bsky.social for your leadership and excited for @prosperityca.bsky.social to co-sponsoring SB607.
Happy California Bill Introduction Deadline Day to all who celebrate!
February 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Happy California Bill Introduction Deadline Day to all who celebrate!
The administration says more than 20K federal employees have accepted the federal buyout, but even if true, that isn't as much as it seems. We have 3million+ federal workers, and 5-7% resign each year. Even with 35%-50% being military, Elon just agreed to pay...1/3
February 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The administration says more than 20K federal employees have accepted the federal buyout, but even if true, that isn't as much as it seems. We have 3million+ federal workers, and 5-7% resign each year. Even with 35%-50% being military, Elon just agreed to pay...1/3
Sharing such resources for those at risk of the LA fires. There will be a lot to unpack and discuss in the coming days, but for now, the top priority is the safety and security of everyone at risk. If you know other resources or ways to help, please share.
🚨 EMERGENCY RESOURCES for LA Residents 🚨
If you or someone you know has been impacted by the fires, here are some resources available to help provide immediate support (credits: @walkgoodla, @communityloving, @ladreamcenter, @puppyluvla, and @cityofpasadena).
If you or someone you know has been impacted by the fires, here are some resources available to help provide immediate support (credits: @walkgoodla, @communityloving, @ladreamcenter, @puppyluvla, and @cityofpasadena).
January 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Sharing such resources for those at risk of the LA fires. There will be a lot to unpack and discuss in the coming days, but for now, the top priority is the safety and security of everyone at risk. If you know other resources or ways to help, please share.
I am excited to work with so many great leaders in Sac in 2025! California can build the robust & inclusive economy we need and lead on climate resilience and affordable & abundant housing! Also excited about Jesse Gabriel AD46, Lori Wilson AD11, Tina McKinnor AD61, and Mike McGuire SD2
With the legislature back in business, we thought it was a great time to celebrate some of the legislators and leaders (returning and new) that we're excited to work with in 2025! Our thread has the full list of folks we’re highlighting:
December 20, 2024 at 8:07 PM
I am excited to work with so many great leaders in Sac in 2025! California can build the robust & inclusive economy we need and lead on climate resilience and affordable & abundant housing! Also excited about Jesse Gabriel AD46, Lori Wilson AD11, Tina McKinnor AD61, and Mike McGuire SD2
Very remote desktop.
December 13, 2024 at 4:01 AM
Very remote desktop.
I know Allison Riggs and she is exactly the kind of judge any state would be lucky to have. And this isn't about her, it's about giving the partisan NC Supreme Court the authority to select judges--stripping that right from NC voters.
What’s happening in NC should be much bigger scandal: gerrymandered GOP legislature stripping power from Dem gov & AG in lame-duck session while Rs trying to throw out 60k votes to overturn Dem victory in state Supreme Court race www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A North Carolina judge won two recounts. Republicans are still trying to overturn her election.
"This is a non-violent version of January 6th."
www.motherjones.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:55 PM
I know Allison Riggs and she is exactly the kind of judge any state would be lucky to have. And this isn't about her, it's about giving the partisan NC Supreme Court the authority to select judges--stripping that right from NC voters.
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We started a @southbayforward.bsky.social lending library
December 12, 2024 at 5:11 AM
We started a @southbayforward.bsky.social lending library
👏 Constraining housing supply in the areas people most want to live, hurts working people. The beneficiaries are investors like Blackstone and Blackrock who exploit the housing shortage by buying up starter homes and converting them to $$$ rentals.
"At the heart of the YIMBY argument is the recognition that decades of deliberate policies to limit the supply of housing have caused housing to become scarce and expensive." Me in @theprospect.bsky.social today:
Make It Legal to Build
The Yes In My Backyard, or YIMBY, movement believes that solving the housing shortage entails removing impediments to adding supply.
prospect.org
December 12, 2024 at 1:03 PM
👏 Constraining housing supply in the areas people most want to live, hurts working people. The beneficiaries are investors like Blackstone and Blackrock who exploit the housing shortage by buying up starter homes and converting them to $$$ rentals.
This is 100% right. People have already forgotten what a leap forward ACA was, and how deliberately difficult to repeal. Incremental is often more resilient and can help us get to the full public option. And I would add prescription pricing / coverage to my list of priorities.
Change to the health care system is going to come incrementally.
That means it’s important to think about which expansions of public programs are most important.
My priories:
— Focus on kids
— Improve Medicaid
www.slowboring.com/p/end-the-me...
That means it’s important to think about which expansions of public programs are most important.
My priories:
— Focus on kids
— Improve Medicaid
www.slowboring.com/p/end-the-me...
End the Medicare For All wars
It's time to talk about other health care policy ideas
www.slowboring.com
December 12, 2024 at 12:50 PM
This is 100% right. People have already forgotten what a leap forward ACA was, and how deliberately difficult to repeal. Incremental is often more resilient and can help us get to the full public option. And I would add prescription pricing / coverage to my list of priorities.
The practical & political absurdity of DOGE & its $500 Billion Target for cuts to federal spending is staggering. 1/2 www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/d...
Why DOGE and Musk Will Fail | by Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca - Project Syndicate
Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca identify a fundamental flaw in the design of Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency.”
www.project-syndicate.org
December 11, 2024 at 4:22 PM
The practical & political absurdity of DOGE & its $500 Billion Target for cuts to federal spending is staggering. 1/2 www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/d...
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Housing policy job alert: Abundant Housing LA is hiring a Housing Element Analyst: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
December 9, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Housing policy job alert: Abundant Housing LA is hiring a Housing Element Analyst: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...