Brian Jaffe
@brianjaffe.bsky.social
Pro-housing, pro-abundance, pro-democracy in Northern CA. Housing 🏠, Health ⚕️, Education 📚, & Safety ⛑️ for all. End corruption ⬇️ Get results ⬆️.
SB 79 just passed the CA State Senate with minimum required votes.
A lot of senators took hard votes tonight, stood up to a lot of NIMBY pressure, to legalize housing where it matters most. Change is hard, but change CAN happen.
A lot of senators took hard votes tonight, stood up to a lot of NIMBY pressure, to legalize housing where it matters most. Change is hard, but change CAN happen.
June 4, 2025 at 3:46 AM
SB 79 just passed the CA State Senate with minimum required votes.
A lot of senators took hard votes tonight, stood up to a lot of NIMBY pressure, to legalize housing where it matters most. Change is hard, but change CAN happen.
A lot of senators took hard votes tonight, stood up to a lot of NIMBY pressure, to legalize housing where it matters most. Change is hard, but change CAN happen.
In the room where Sen. Wahab and allies are trying to kill SB 79, a transit oriented upzoning bill that would allow tens of thousands of new homes where they’re needed most in California. Vote coming soon…
April 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
In the room where Sen. Wahab and allies are trying to kill SB 79, a transit oriented upzoning bill that would allow tens of thousands of new homes where they’re needed most in California. Vote coming soon…
You may not recognize these two men, but together they have nearly as much political power in CA as Gov. Newsom.
Left is CA Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas. Right is CA Senate President Pro Tempore Mike McGuire.
They're pictured last week talking about how CA needs to adopt a pro-Abundance agenda.
Left is CA Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas. Right is CA Senate President Pro Tempore Mike McGuire.
They're pictured last week talking about how CA needs to adopt a pro-Abundance agenda.
April 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
You may not recognize these two men, but together they have nearly as much political power in CA as Gov. Newsom.
Left is CA Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas. Right is CA Senate President Pro Tempore Mike McGuire.
They're pictured last week talking about how CA needs to adopt a pro-Abundance agenda.
Left is CA Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas. Right is CA Senate President Pro Tempore Mike McGuire.
They're pictured last week talking about how CA needs to adopt a pro-Abundance agenda.
CEQA reform is a matter of political will. Full stop. If it can we waived away for fire rebuilds, it can be waived away (or reasonably curtailed) for the housing crisis in general.
January 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
CEQA reform is a matter of political will. Full stop. If it can we waived away for fire rebuilds, it can be waived away (or reasonably curtailed) for the housing crisis in general.
Can we all agree getting a first round bye is *not advantageous? #cfbplayoff #cfb
January 3, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Can we all agree getting a first round bye is *not advantageous? #cfbplayoff #cfb
Say what you will about lopsided 1st round games, I’m loving the new #CFBplayoff format. Onward to quarterfinals!
December 22, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Say what you will about lopsided 1st round games, I’m loving the new #CFBplayoff format. Onward to quarterfinals!
Today's NorCal #tsunamiwarning highlighted difficulty of assessing/reacting to very low probability/very high impact events like a potential tsunami.
December 5, 2024 at 11:22 PM
Today's NorCal #tsunamiwarning highlighted difficulty of assessing/reacting to very low probability/very high impact events like a potential tsunami.