Auros Harman
@auros.bsky.social
Support Engineer, Tesla Energy. Planning Commissioner, City of San Bruno. I save the world for fun and profit. Opinions my own.
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Every single report to shareholders from a large REIT includes something about how it's great that market-rate multifamily housing isn't getting built in high-cost coastal cities because the shortage is what allows them to rent gouge.
New housing stops landlords from raising rents—take it from the CEO of AvalonBay, one of NYC's largest landlords:
"We're well-positioned… we face significantly less new supply. Land entitled for multifamily is hard to come by, the amount of time it takes to get those entitlements… sets us up well.”
"We're well-positioned… we face significantly less new supply. Land entitled for multifamily is hard to come by, the amount of time it takes to get those entitlements… sets us up well.”
October 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Every single report to shareholders from a large REIT includes something about how it's great that market-rate multifamily housing isn't getting built in high-cost coastal cities because the shortage is what allows them to rent gouge.
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"If Los Angeles wants to end homelessness and make life affordable again, it must allow homes near the transit that residents have already paid for. The best way to end homelessness is also the simplest: build homes for our neighbors."
The Best Way to End Homelessness Is to Build Homes for Our Neighbors
CityWatch is published 24/7 with special e-news blasts on Monday and Thursday evening.
www.citywatchla.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"If Los Angeles wants to end homelessness and make life affordable again, it must allow homes near the transit that residents have already paid for. The best way to end homelessness is also the simplest: build homes for our neighbors."
The ways this paraphrases the Declaration of Independence is a nice touch.
Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
August 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The ways this paraphrases the Declaration of Independence is a nice touch.
I have been informed that it is Black Cat Appreciation Day. However, Gesshoku says you should appreciate him EVERY day.
August 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I have been informed that it is Black Cat Appreciation Day. However, Gesshoku says you should appreciate him EVERY day.
"A single, unique, most-perfect 'how it started / how it's going' photo set does not exi--"
July 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"A single, unique, most-perfect 'how it started / how it's going' photo set does not exi--"
“No one rides transit anymore, it’s too crowded!”
Hahaha oh my god, Stu Flashman (an "environmental" attorney) is arguing that *too many* people will use transit if SB79 passes, it will overload rail systems, and people will stop using transit altogether.
Absolutely batshit insane argument. I love it.
Absolutely batshit insane argument. I love it.
July 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“No one rides transit anymore, it’s too crowded!”
The original report this is from is a great deep dive explaining why CEQA needed reform, and why "environmental" groups that fought against the infill exemption should be ashamed of themselves. Subjecting infill to this kind of abusive legal gauntlet is climate arson.
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June 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The original report this is from is a great deep dive explaining why CEQA needed reform, and why "environmental" groups that fought against the infill exemption should be ashamed of themselves. Subjecting infill to this kind of abusive legal gauntlet is climate arson.
issuu.com/hollandknigh...
issuu.com/hollandknigh...
What Trump is doing in LA is awful and dangerous and deserves resistance. If _anyone_ can be grabbed off the street and deported to a foreign gulag just because some ICE agent says they suspect that person of being an illegal immigrant, then _nobody_ has rights. 1/N
June 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
What Trump is doing in LA is awful and dangerous and deserves resistance. If _anyone_ can be grabbed off the street and deported to a foreign gulag just because some ICE agent says they suspect that person of being an illegal immigrant, then _nobody_ has rights. 1/N
@newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/1967...
Well this is some BS.
In a world where we're at full employment and facing inflationary pressure, automation is good. Freeing people up from driving cars means they can take other jobs elsewhere.
Well this is some BS.
In a world where we're at full employment and facing inflationary pressure, automation is good. Freeing people up from driving cars means they can take other jobs elsewhere.
The Symbolic Power of Burning Waymo Robotaxis
It’s no accident that the vehicles that got torched during the Los Angeles protests were driverless cars.
newrepublic.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
@newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/1967...
Well this is some BS.
In a world where we're at full employment and facing inflationary pressure, automation is good. Freeing people up from driving cars means they can take other jobs elsewhere.
Well this is some BS.
In a world where we're at full employment and facing inflationary pressure, automation is good. Freeing people up from driving cars means they can take other jobs elsewhere.
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crazy that an influx of dense infill housing can lower prices and make homeownership more attainable
"In 2020, [Portland, OR] approved building [middle housing] on lots zoned for single family homes... A new report from the City says, it's working. 1,400 new units built in just a few years and each one is $300,000 less expensive than a typical single family home." @nbcnews.com
May 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
crazy that an influx of dense infill housing can lower prices and make homeownership more attainable
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If your whole thing is being a "renter's advocate" and you aren't running full speed towards this you are probably doing something else
April 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
If your whole thing is being a "renter's advocate" and you aren't running full speed towards this you are probably doing something else
Wow.
uhhhh it looks like Dems just flipped a R+17 Pennsylvania State Senate seat in Amish country…
March 26, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Wow.
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This is Winston Churchill visiting Washington DC to request assistance in the war against Germany. Notice he is wearing a "zip suit" and not a traditional suit. This was to honor the British troops--the same reason Zelensky dresses the way he does.
March 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is Winston Churchill visiting Washington DC to request assistance in the war against Germany. Notice he is wearing a "zip suit" and not a traditional suit. This was to honor the British troops--the same reason Zelensky dresses the way he does.
Accurate:
The musical “Redwood,” which opened on Thursday at the Nederlander Theater, features two great stars. One is an awe-inspiring force of nature. The other is a tree.
The musical “Redwood,” which opened on Thursday at the Nederlander Theater, features two great stars. One is an awe-inspiring force of nature. The other is a tree.
Review: Idina Menzel Climbs to New Broadway Heights in ‘Redwood’ (Gift Article)
The “Wicked” belter scales a 300-foot tree, and a mountain of songs, in a powerful if woo-woo musical about trauma and resilience.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Accurate:
The musical “Redwood,” which opened on Thursday at the Nederlander Theater, features two great stars. One is an awe-inspiring force of nature. The other is a tree.
The musical “Redwood,” which opened on Thursday at the Nederlander Theater, features two great stars. One is an awe-inspiring force of nature. The other is a tree.
With the Superb Owl fast approaching, it's important we all bear in mind that the owls are not what they seem. Stay alert!
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February 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
With the Superb Owl fast approaching, it's important we all bear in mind that the owls are not what they seem. Stay alert!
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to the plane, the pilot is tiny
to the reservoir, the plane is tiny
to the fire, the reservoir is tiny
and still—
the pilot brings the plane
to the reservoir
the reservoir
to the fire
and the fire turns
we were born shouting
our petitions to the bigness
only one demand:
let me stay
a little longer
to the reservoir, the plane is tiny
to the fire, the reservoir is tiny
and still—
the pilot brings the plane
to the reservoir
the reservoir
to the fire
and the fire turns
we were born shouting
our petitions to the bigness
only one demand:
let me stay
a little longer
January 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
to the plane, the pilot is tiny
to the reservoir, the plane is tiny
to the fire, the reservoir is tiny
and still—
the pilot brings the plane
to the reservoir
the reservoir
to the fire
and the fire turns
we were born shouting
our petitions to the bigness
only one demand:
let me stay
a little longer
to the reservoir, the plane is tiny
to the fire, the reservoir is tiny
and still—
the pilot brings the plane
to the reservoir
the reservoir
to the fire
and the fire turns
we were born shouting
our petitions to the bigness
only one demand:
let me stay
a little longer
I’m old enough to remember when “he’s a rapist” would’ve meant unanimous opposition from both parties.
“Winning, said several staffers from offices less inclined to light Hegseth up, would mean not leaning in on the rape allegations and instead creating space to oppose him on grounds that Republicans can also oppose him on.”
That’s a hell of a sentence.
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That’s a hell of a sentence.
nymag.com/intelligence...
Pete Hegseth Is a Test
Inside the Senate’s torturous debates over Donald Trump’s worst Cabinet nominee.
nymag.com
January 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I’m old enough to remember when “he’s a rapist” would’ve meant unanimous opposition from both parties.
Pixel is the greatest of the current generation of meme cats. All hail Pixel. All praise to his batdemon grin.
A banan man has arrived to remind you that in spite of everything, somewhere in this world — silliness is occurring simply for its own sake.
Thank you for bearing witness to ours. 🫶😻
Thank you for bearing witness to ours. 🫶😻
January 13, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Pixel is the greatest of the current generation of meme cats. All hail Pixel. All praise to his batdemon grin.
I have decided that posts here are not "skeets". They're bleats. You're welcome. 🐐
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YpO...
Friendly little goat bleating at the camera
YouTube video by WildFilmsIndia
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January 13, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I have decided that posts here are not "skeets". They're bleats. You're welcome. 🐐
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YpO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YpO...
There is currently a rush by California officials, all the way up to the governor's office, to enable rebuilding in a manner that will GUARANTEE a repeat of this disaster. We need to be a lot smarter about this.
Here's the executive order Newsom talks about. This seems to make it even easier to build in areas that keep getting destroyed by climate disasters and doesn't address the serious reckoning that LA will need to have about density, affordability, and managed retreat
www.gov.ca.gov/2025/01/12/g...
www.gov.ca.gov/2025/01/12/g...
Governor Newsom signs executive order to help Los Angeles rebuild faster and stronger | Governor of California
www.gov.ca.gov
January 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
There is currently a rush by California officials, all the way up to the governor's office, to enable rebuilding in a manner that will GUARANTEE a repeat of this disaster. We need to be a lot smarter about this.
This map is a huge part of why lower-income folks in urban areas turned against Democrats. If "the system" -- institutions in cities, largely run by Dems -- doesn't deliver a decent life for the average voter, the average voter is going to vote for people promising to burn down the system.
Dispiriting maps on the decline of housing affordability from 2000 to 2019. From Supply Skepticism Revisited by Been, Ellen, & O'Regan: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 30, 2024 at 10:24 PM
This map is a huge part of why lower-income folks in urban areas turned against Democrats. If "the system" -- institutions in cities, largely run by Dems -- doesn't deliver a decent life for the average voter, the average voter is going to vote for people promising to burn down the system.
This account followed me... This is a very elaborate crypto scam, right? Account has a bunch of posts that look like dups of Kamala HQ or the official VP account, and then a pinned post asking people to send crypto to some random addresses...
November 3, 2024 at 3:49 PM
This account followed me... This is a very elaborate crypto scam, right? Account has a bunch of posts that look like dups of Kamala HQ or the official VP account, and then a pinned post asking people to send crypto to some random addresses...
Good question.
Charlamagne tha god: "When somebody questions Kamala Harris’ blackness, you all will have roundtable discussions about that, asking that question, how can we not having roundtable discussion is asking is Donald Trump a fascist."
October 25, 2024 at 4:43 AM
Good question.
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Trump: They are doing the worst job on a hurricane
(He went golfing during a hurricane, suggested nuking hurricanes, blocked disaster aid, and threw paper towels at hurricane victims)
(He went golfing during a hurricane, suggested nuking hurricanes, blocked disaster aid, and threw paper towels at hurricane victims)
October 4, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Trump: They are doing the worst job on a hurricane
(He went golfing during a hurricane, suggested nuking hurricanes, blocked disaster aid, and threw paper towels at hurricane victims)
(He went golfing during a hurricane, suggested nuking hurricanes, blocked disaster aid, and threw paper towels at hurricane victims)
I really want to know what @weratedogs.bsky.social thinks of this.
a dog standing on hindlegs and shaking itself off leads to some unholy pictures
September 26, 2024 at 4:41 AM
I really want to know what @weratedogs.bsky.social thinks of this.