OB Chargn
@obchargn.bsky.social
East Bay land use politics during the day, charging OB in the dawn
Third Safeway in San Francisco within about a week being proposed for housing- this time in a Bernal Heights. The other two sites were in Outer Richmond/Ocean Beach and Western Addition/Fillmore: www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...
November 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Third Safeway in San Francisco within about a week being proposed for housing- this time in a Bernal Heights. The other two sites were in Outer Richmond/Ocean Beach and Western Addition/Fillmore: www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...
Car carnage on Solano, Albany. Curious if any parklet permit programs require bollard level protection (or if they actively forbid them)
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Car carnage on Solano, Albany. Curious if any parklet permit programs require bollard level protection (or if they actively forbid them)
City of LA is dedicating whole teams to undermine SB 79 - their planning department is pulling 16+ staff to find ways to not build housing: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
November 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
City of LA is dedicating whole teams to undermine SB 79 - their planning department is pulling 16+ staff to find ways to not build housing: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
So much good urbanist news in the feed tonight!
November 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
So much good urbanist news in the feed tonight!
I was looking through Wahab's wiki page tonight and noticed a prominent SB 79 call out at the start of the bio: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisha_W...
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I was looking through Wahab's wiki page tonight and noticed a prominent SB 79 call out at the start of the bio: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisha_W...
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I wonder if 2026 is the final year to pass substantial housing reform in CA for a while … Looks like Wiener is going to be replaced by NIMBY-lite N Pelosi’s daughter. Doesn’t mentioned anything on housing in her press vid www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I wonder if 2026 is the final year to pass substantial housing reform in CA for a while … Looks like Wiener is going to be replaced by NIMBY-lite N Pelosi’s daughter. Doesn’t mentioned anything on housing in her press vid www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
I wonder if 2026 is the final year to pass substantial housing reform in CA for a while … Looks like Wiener is going to be replaced by NIMBY-lite N Pelosi’s daughter. Doesn’t mentioned anything on housing in her press vid www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I wonder if 2026 is the final year to pass substantial housing reform in CA for a while … Looks like Wiener is going to be replaced by NIMBY-lite N Pelosi’s daughter. Doesn’t mentioned anything on housing in her press vid www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
Lovely to see local cops abdicate their responsibility to enforce the law and align themselves with fascists: @sfpolicecommunity.bsky.social
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November 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Lovely to see local cops abdicate their responsibility to enforce the law and align themselves with fascists: @sfpolicecommunity.bsky.social
sfstandard.com/2025/11/03/s...
sfstandard.com/2025/11/03/s...
CA Department of Public Health is now starting to clap back at the Feds with their own blame banners
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
CA Department of Public Health is now starting to clap back at the Feds with their own blame banners
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Caltrans' messaging of its bike/ped work continues to border on mendacious.
This *Caltrans* press release says that they are spending $97M on a pedestrian overcrossing in SF.
That would be an insane price!
But in reality, the $97M is for a ped over-xing *and* 7.5 miles of I-280 pavement rehab!
This *Caltrans* press release says that they are spending $97M on a pedestrian overcrossing in SF.
That would be an insane price!
But in reality, the $97M is for a ped over-xing *and* 7.5 miles of I-280 pavement rehab!
October 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Caltrans' messaging of its bike/ped work continues to border on mendacious.
This *Caltrans* press release says that they are spending $97M on a pedestrian overcrossing in SF.
That would be an insane price!
But in reality, the $97M is for a ped over-xing *and* 7.5 miles of I-280 pavement rehab!
This *Caltrans* press release says that they are spending $97M on a pedestrian overcrossing in SF.
That would be an insane price!
But in reality, the $97M is for a ped over-xing *and* 7.5 miles of I-280 pavement rehab!
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Back in 2023 we helped pass AB 835, a single stair reform study bill. That study is almost done, and we need your help to make sure the final report is grounded in sound evidence by emailing a public comment. It’ll only take a minute, and it makes a real difference!
Tell the State Fire Marshal: Legalize Single-Stair Buildings in California!
Improve California's building code so that more families can afford homes in our cities.
actionnetwork.org
October 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Back in 2023 we helped pass AB 835, a single stair reform study bill. That study is almost done, and we need your help to make sure the final report is grounded in sound evidence by emailing a public comment. It’ll only take a minute, and it makes a real difference!
Good riddance to someone who fought against affordable housing funding and progressive transportation policies- hope he toils away into obscurity on CAForever: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Bay Area business heavyweight joins California Forever team
The head of the Bay Area’s most powerful business advocacy group is leaving for a high-profile position with California Forever, the billionaire-backed plan to create a new city in Solano County.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Good riddance to someone who fought against affordable housing funding and progressive transportation policies- hope he toils away into obscurity on CAForever: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
OakDot talking like he has the Mandate of Heaven. Good stuff: sf.streetsblog.org/2025/10/21/s...
October 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
OakDot talking like he has the Mandate of Heaven. Good stuff: sf.streetsblog.org/2025/10/21/s...
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SESworkgroup@fire.ca.gov is the email address where CALFIRE is collecting comments for the single-exit work group. If you live in California and feel any type of way about the issue, send an email! Whatever level of sophistication you can muster would be appreciated. Fine to send a quick/simple one.
October 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
SESworkgroup@fire.ca.gov is the email address where CALFIRE is collecting comments for the single-exit work group. If you live in California and feel any type of way about the issue, send an email! Whatever level of sophistication you can muster would be appreciated. Fine to send a quick/simple one.
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Parking section of the CA Forever Specific Plan is interesting...No parking maximums for housing and plans for parking garages to be within a 1/2 mile or less of every home, with upwards of 114k parking spaces planned across at least 54 parking garages. Not really incentivizing transit use here...
October 15, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Parking section of the CA Forever Specific Plan is interesting...No parking maximums for housing and plans for parking garages to be within a 1/2 mile or less of every home, with upwards of 114k parking spaces planned across at least 54 parking garages. Not really incentivizing transit use here...
Parking section of the CA Forever Specific Plan is interesting...No parking maximums for housing and plans for parking garages to be within a 1/2 mile or less of every home, with upwards of 114k parking spaces planned across at least 54 parking garages. Not really incentivizing transit use here...
October 15, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Parking section of the CA Forever Specific Plan is interesting...No parking maximums for housing and plans for parking garages to be within a 1/2 mile or less of every home, with upwards of 114k parking spaces planned across at least 54 parking garages. Not really incentivizing transit use here...
Rare new construction condos listed for sale in Oakland. I wonder what led the developer to list as condos instead of rentals… My guess is that the risk from condo defect laws was outweighed by low rental prices.
October 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Rare new construction condos listed for sale in Oakland. I wonder what led the developer to list as condos instead of rentals… My guess is that the risk from condo defect laws was outweighed by low rental prices.
He must know the AI bubble is going to burst soon and really wants government contracts as a backstop
For years, San Franciscans considered him the rare big-hearted billionaire. But days before his Dreamforce conference begins, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he would support President Trump sending the National Guard to SF and that Trump is doing “a great job.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
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Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
He must know the AI bubble is going to burst soon and really wants government contracts as a backstop
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[VICTORY ALERT] Governor Newsom has signed SB 79, which will make it legal to build multi-family housing near high quality transit!
Our statement:
cayimby.org/news-events/...
Our statement:
cayimby.org/news-events/...
cayimby.org
October 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
[VICTORY ALERT] Governor Newsom has signed SB 79, which will make it legal to build multi-family housing near high quality transit!
Our statement:
cayimby.org/news-events/...
Our statement:
cayimby.org/news-events/...
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The California fire marshal has created an email address for comments from the public on the legislatively mandated single-exit work group: SESworkgroup@fire.ca.gov
If you have any comments (any at all, whether particularly novel or not), please send them.
If you have any comments (any at all, whether particularly novel or not), please send them.
October 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The California fire marshal has created an email address for comments from the public on the legislatively mandated single-exit work group: SESworkgroup@fire.ca.gov
If you have any comments (any at all, whether particularly novel or not), please send them.
If you have any comments (any at all, whether particularly novel or not), please send them.
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AB 2011 was signed into law Sept 28, 2022. Bill deadline was Sept 30. I’m guessing Newsom will follow the same last minute timeline for #SB79
October 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
AB 2011 was signed into law Sept 28, 2022. Bill deadline was Sept 30. I’m guessing Newsom will follow the same last minute timeline for #SB79
AB 2011 was signed into law Sept 28, 2022. Bill deadline was Sept 30. I’m guessing Newsom will follow the same last minute timeline for #SB79
October 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
AB 2011 was signed into law Sept 28, 2022. Bill deadline was Sept 30. I’m guessing Newsom will follow the same last minute timeline for #SB79
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🚨🚨🚨⬇️⬇️⬇️ Tell Newsom to sign SB79, to allow housing along transit.
Literally took me 10 seconds.
If you don't like telephones, you can leave a digital comment in the link below.
Active Bill -> SB79 -> Please sign SB79.
#sandiego #safestreets #bikesky
Literally took me 10 seconds.
If you don't like telephones, you can leave a digital comment in the link below.
Active Bill -> SB79 -> Please sign SB79.
#sandiego #safestreets #bikesky
Reminder that @governor.ca.gov is reportedly considering vetoing SB79, the best housing bill to clear the CA legislature in decades.
It would be a *disaster*, substantively & for Newsom's political future. Really hope he doesn't self-immolate.
Tell him!
It would be a *disaster*, substantively & for Newsom's political future. Really hope he doesn't self-immolate.
Tell him!
Contact the Governor | Governor of California
You can contact the Governor a few different ways. The best way is through his online form.
www.gov.ca.gov
October 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
🚨🚨🚨⬇️⬇️⬇️ Tell Newsom to sign SB79, to allow housing along transit.
Literally took me 10 seconds.
If you don't like telephones, you can leave a digital comment in the link below.
Active Bill -> SB79 -> Please sign SB79.
#sandiego #safestreets #bikesky
Literally took me 10 seconds.
If you don't like telephones, you can leave a digital comment in the link below.
Active Bill -> SB79 -> Please sign SB79.
#sandiego #safestreets #bikesky
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We are not out of the woods on SB 79.
Los Angeles NIMBYs have lost their minds over the prospect of more homes being built near taxpayer-funded transit stations.
Sadly, the Governor might be listening to them.
Please make the call: cayimby.org/call-sb-79/
Los Angeles NIMBYs have lost their minds over the prospect of more homes being built near taxpayer-funded transit stations.
Sadly, the Governor might be listening to them.
Please make the call: cayimby.org/call-sb-79/
Call the Governor to sign SB 79!
Please call the Governor and urge him to sign SB 79!
cayimby.org
October 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
We are not out of the woods on SB 79.
Los Angeles NIMBYs have lost their minds over the prospect of more homes being built near taxpayer-funded transit stations.
Sadly, the Governor might be listening to them.
Please make the call: cayimby.org/call-sb-79/
Los Angeles NIMBYs have lost their minds over the prospect of more homes being built near taxpayer-funded transit stations.
Sadly, the Governor might be listening to them.
Please make the call: cayimby.org/call-sb-79/
I haven't seen much discussion on Patel stating that FBI embedded agents in the ADL. Does the FBI often embed agents in non-gov orgs?
Posting this three hours before the start of Yom Kippur is quite a choice
October 3, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I haven't seen much discussion on Patel stating that FBI embedded agents in the ADL. Does the FBI often embed agents in non-gov orgs?