Sarah Rogers
@serogers.bsky.social
One of many Sarah Rogerses. Interests are housing, fraud/corruption, and community.
I’m at my office in downtown SF and definitely felt that one!
February 2, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I’m at my office in downtown SF and definitely felt that one!
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Thanks to @thefrisc.bsky.social for featuring us in today's article on "How To Delay Affordable Senior Housing in SF, Despite a Law That Blocks Appeals" thefrisc.com/how-to-delay...
How To Delay Affordable Senior Housing in SF, Despite a Law That Blocks Appeals
Bernal Heights neighbors demanded and got a smaller building. Now they say it shouldn’t cut a private park in half. This wasn’t meant to happen.
thefrisc.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Thanks to @thefrisc.bsky.social for featuring us in today's article on "How To Delay Affordable Senior Housing in SF, Despite a Law That Blocks Appeals" thefrisc.com/how-to-delay...
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The groups and individuals in California that are fighting to block more housing production—many of whom claim to be fighting for progressive values—seem intent on delivering the White House to JD Vance.
#NEW: 2030 Apportionment Forecast based on 2025 Census Bureau Population Estimates (January 27, 2026).
Forecast prepared by Dr. Jonathan Cervas (CMIST) at Carnegie Mellon University
Forecast prepared by Dr. Jonathan Cervas (CMIST) at Carnegie Mellon University
January 27, 2026 at 4:48 PM
The groups and individuals in California that are fighting to block more housing production—many of whom claim to be fighting for progressive values—seem intent on delivering the White House to JD Vance.
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From @jerusalem.bsky.social: “The problem for elites who wish to silo their politics in the realm of pure economics is that it is not actually possible to cleave the “rule of law when it comes to dealing with protesters” away from the “rule of law that enforces contracts.”
Defend markets, ignore everything else
Alex Pretti and the one true omnicause
www.theargumentmag.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:40 PM
From @jerusalem.bsky.social: “The problem for elites who wish to silo their politics in the realm of pure economics is that it is not actually possible to cleave the “rule of law when it comes to dealing with protesters” away from the “rule of law that enforces contracts.”
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an administration staffed to the top with degenerate liars
Noem lies shamelessly: "An individual approached order Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic gun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. This looks like a situation where an individual arrived to inflict maximum damage and kill law enforcement"
January 24, 2026 at 11:13 PM
an administration staffed to the top with degenerate liars
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You did not bear the shame.
You resisted.
You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
— The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
You resisted.
You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
— The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
January 24, 2026 at 4:25 PM
You did not bear the shame.
You resisted.
You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
— The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
You resisted.
You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
— The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
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First: Supply matters. To decarbonize, you need green energy infrastructure. For universal health care, you need a lot of doctors. And you can't buy your way out of supply constraints solely through subsidies. You need subsidy *and* increased supply. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Lessons from YIMBYism: Taking “Abundance” Back to Its Fundamentals
Lessons from YIMBYism examines how supply-side reforms, public investment, and state capacity can make progressive social policy work as intended.
rooseveltinstitute.org
January 21, 2026 at 3:59 PM
First: Supply matters. To decarbonize, you need green energy infrastructure. For universal health care, you need a lot of doctors. And you can't buy your way out of supply constraints solely through subsidies. You need subsidy *and* increased supply. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
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America has a housing shortage. Every single housing proposal you see that is not "build more housing" will have the primary effect of pushing up the prices of existing housing, and is therefore, in reality, a plan to enrich current homeowners. In conclusion, build more housing.
President Trump will issue a plan next week for letting Americans tap their 401(k)s for a down payment on a home, a senior White House official said Friday.
Trump Plan Would Let Americans Use 401(k)s for Down Payments on Homes, Official Says
President Trump will issue a plan next week for letting Americans tap their 401(k)s for a down payment on a home, a senior White House official said Friday.
on.wsj.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:11 PM
America has a housing shortage. Every single housing proposal you see that is not "build more housing" will have the primary effect of pushing up the prices of existing housing, and is therefore, in reality, a plan to enrich current homeowners. In conclusion, build more housing.
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Zohran Mamdani’s mayoralty is the final nail in the coffin of left-NIMBYism.
progressive pro-housing politics is the future
progressive pro-housing politics is the future
You probably don't know what SEQRA is - but you should know that it's slowing down the housing that we need. Deputy Mayor Leila Bozorg is here to explain why reforming it is key to cutting red tape and building more housing.
January 15, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Zohran Mamdani’s mayoralty is the final nail in the coffin of left-NIMBYism.
progressive pro-housing politics is the future
progressive pro-housing politics is the future
Fantastic choice by Mayor Lurie! Ruth is smart, earnest, tireless, and dedicated to building bridges in the wild world of SF politics.
Congratulations to D9 Neighbors leadership team member Ruth Ferguson! Just appointed to the City College board by Mayor Daniel Lurie today! www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/l...
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...
www.sfchronicle.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Fantastic choice by Mayor Lurie! Ruth is smart, earnest, tireless, and dedicated to building bridges in the wild world of SF politics.
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Simply getting the state to socialize all that risk is not an alternative to substantially reducing the risk. If you do the former without the latter, you're basically hamstringing the state and penalizing low-income Californians who live outside the WUI.
This is what passes for progressivism and climate policy in California. Jane Kim’s answer for elevated fire risk and actuarial risk? Put it on the public dime. Urban renters should bail out well to do exurban property owners and landlords in fire zones. FAIR plan is already a ticking time bomb!
December 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Simply getting the state to socialize all that risk is not an alternative to substantially reducing the risk. If you do the former without the latter, you're basically hamstringing the state and penalizing low-income Californians who live outside the WUI.
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The 86 affordable units provided in this project that Supervisor Chan claims "aren't enough" are 6x what has been built in the Marina in the last 2 decades.
December 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The 86 affordable units provided in this project that Supervisor Chan claims "aren't enough" are 6x what has been built in the Marina in the last 2 decades.
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Come help us celebrate all D9 Neighbors for Housing has accomplished this year, and also raise money to support the great work Mission Food Hub does in the neighborhood! RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/d9-ne...
D9 Neighbors for Housing Holiday Social
Come help us celebrate all D9 Neighbors for Housing has accomplished this year, and also raise money to support the great work Mission Food Hub does in the neighborhood. We'll enjoy beverages and ligh...
actionnetwork.org
December 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Come help us celebrate all D9 Neighbors for Housing has accomplished this year, and also raise money to support the great work Mission Food Hub does in the neighborhood! RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/d9-ne...
Black Mirror saw it coming back in 2013 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Righ...
Be Right Back - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Black Mirror saw it coming back in 2013 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Righ...
“The purpose of the system is what it does” for the last 47 years was to restrict housing, prioritize aesthetics, & favor the financial interests and preferences of affluent incumbent homeowners, resulting in wild unaffordability & the loss of low- and moderate-income residents, as predicted in 1978
December 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“The purpose of the system is what it does” for the last 47 years was to restrict housing, prioritize aesthetics, & favor the financial interests and preferences of affluent incumbent homeowners, resulting in wild unaffordability & the loss of low- and moderate-income residents, as predicted in 1978
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I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
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Anyone who was born an American and therefore feels superior to someone who had to work to become an American doesn’t know the first thing about being an American.
December 3, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Anyone who was born an American and therefore feels superior to someone who had to work to become an American doesn’t know the first thing about being an American.
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$1.6bln: The amount of his fraud scheme
7: Years of his sentence
10,000: Victims of his fraud
1,000: Letters from victims to the court
13: Days he served
1: Pardon from Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
7: Years of his sentence
10,000: Victims of his fraud
1,000: Letters from victims to the court
13: Days he served
1: Pardon from Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
$1.6bln: The amount of his fraud scheme
7: Years of his sentence
10,000: Victims of his fraud
1,000: Letters from victims to the court
13: Days he served
1: Pardon from Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
7: Years of his sentence
10,000: Victims of his fraud
1,000: Letters from victims to the court
13: Days he served
1: Pardon from Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
@liberalcurrents.com has been doing outstanding work - the essays and podcasts have really taught me a lot and articulated a clear (and rallying) vision for liberalism. I am super-excited for projects like the one described here, which is why I donated to their fundraiser, & you should, too!
I want to talk a bit about one specific project we will get off the ground if we're able to meet our goal and hire full time staff. We have been calling it The Reconstruction Papers. It will be a collection of essays focused on a positive, practical vision for the country gofund.me/29ce4ead3
November 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
@liberalcurrents.com has been doing outstanding work - the essays and podcasts have really taught me a lot and articulated a clear (and rallying) vision for liberalism. I am super-excited for projects like the one described here, which is why I donated to their fundraiser, & you should, too!
So true - you just hear different rhetoric, based on the person’s political identity, as to why no more housing is needed (or why it’s not right for this particular location, etc).
November 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
So true - you just hear different rhetoric, based on the person’s political identity, as to why no more housing is needed (or why it’s not right for this particular location, etc).
Working on housing in SF has made me realize that the most bewitching siren song is one that claims a large, complex problem (like lack of housing) has a distant villain or easy solution that requires no inconvenience to you to address. This is a classic example of the genre!
November 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Working on housing in SF has made me realize that the most bewitching siren song is one that claims a large, complex problem (like lack of housing) has a distant villain or easy solution that requires no inconvenience to you to address. This is a classic example of the genre!
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Reading the comments on any story about housing is a great way to understand how we got a housing shortage.
November 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Reading the comments on any story about housing is a great way to understand how we got a housing shortage.
I’ve used 2.5 vacation days this year to attend hearings expressly to counter wealthy Pacific Heights NIMBYs mad about their neighborhood being upzoned. They like to refer to it as urban renewal.
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I’ve used 2.5 vacation days this year to attend hearings expressly to counter wealthy Pacific Heights NIMBYs mad about their neighborhood being upzoned. They like to refer to it as urban renewal.
The only things that would make this news better are (1) getting even more units onto this site and (2) build the 30th St BART station we’ve longed for
Today we learned that there's a development proposal to add hundreds of new homes at the Safeway site on Mission Street in Bernal Heights! We're so excited to hear this -- it's a site that would be perfect for housing and can be developed with minimum disruptions.
November 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The only things that would make this news better are (1) getting even more units onto this site and (2) build the 30th St BART station we’ve longed for
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At Land Use (again) and it's literally all the same people it always is (myself included)...like who are we fooling that the same 75 people showing up every time is "the will of the people"? What a sham public process is sometimes, sadly
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
At Land Use (again) and it's literally all the same people it always is (myself included)...like who are we fooling that the same 75 people showing up every time is "the will of the people"? What a sham public process is sometimes, sadly