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At the heart of this mindset is the idea, "our best days are behind us" -- that more people can only make things worse, never better. For such an inherently conservative idea, it's espoused by far too many people on the lefty end of the spectrum.
"Cities should remain museum pieces for incumbents and any newcomer is strictly a burden" is the most loser mindset that powers the most loser politics in America today.
Moving to New York and pulling the ladder up behind myself, but wokely
October 26, 2025 at 4:04 AM
At the heart of this mindset is the idea, "our best days are behind us" -- that more people can only make things worse, never better. For such an inherently conservative idea, it's espoused by far too many people on the lefty end of the spectrum.
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New research from the Data/Dev team!
SB 79 will eventually zone nearly 1.5 million (1,456,150) new units of housing in the City of LA. Enough to double LA’s current housing stock of 1.37 million homes
Read more: data.streetsforall.org/blog/sb79_impact/
SB 79 will eventually zone nearly 1.5 million (1,456,150) new units of housing in the City of LA. Enough to double LA’s current housing stock of 1.37 million homes
Read more: data.streetsforall.org/blog/sb79_impact/
October 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
New research from the Data/Dev team!
SB 79 will eventually zone nearly 1.5 million (1,456,150) new units of housing in the City of LA. Enough to double LA’s current housing stock of 1.37 million homes
Read more: data.streetsforall.org/blog/sb79_impact/
SB 79 will eventually zone nearly 1.5 million (1,456,150) new units of housing in the City of LA. Enough to double LA’s current housing stock of 1.37 million homes
Read more: data.streetsforall.org/blog/sb79_impact/
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Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.
October 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.
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Once again, LA politicians showed they aren't serious about solving the housing shortage.
In the Bay, 22 of 30 Assemblymembers voted Yes.
In SoCal, only 17 of 44 voted Yes.
Dems like LA Mayor Karen Bass fought SB 79 while young champions like Asm Sade Elhawary looked to the future.
In the Bay, 22 of 30 Assemblymembers voted Yes.
In SoCal, only 17 of 44 voted Yes.
Dems like LA Mayor Karen Bass fought SB 79 while young champions like Asm Sade Elhawary looked to the future.
September 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Once again, LA politicians showed they aren't serious about solving the housing shortage.
In the Bay, 22 of 30 Assemblymembers voted Yes.
In SoCal, only 17 of 44 voted Yes.
Dems like LA Mayor Karen Bass fought SB 79 while young champions like Asm Sade Elhawary looked to the future.
In the Bay, 22 of 30 Assemblymembers voted Yes.
In SoCal, only 17 of 44 voted Yes.
Dems like LA Mayor Karen Bass fought SB 79 while young champions like Asm Sade Elhawary looked to the future.
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SB 79 — our bill allowing more housing near public transportation — just received final approval by the Senate & IS ON ITS WAY TO THE GOVERNOR!
This bill is a huge step for housing, transit & climate action. Thank you colleagues!
This bill is a huge step for housing, transit & climate action. Thank you colleagues!
September 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
SB 79 — our bill allowing more housing near public transportation — just received final approval by the Senate & IS ON ITS WAY TO THE GOVERNOR!
This bill is a huge step for housing, transit & climate action. Thank you colleagues!
This bill is a huge step for housing, transit & climate action. Thank you colleagues!
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I say it again: Get in Loser We’re Urbanizing California
September 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I say it again: Get in Loser We’re Urbanizing California
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BIG news: The California Democratic Party just endorsed @scottwiener.bsky.social’s landmark housing bill #SB79, which legalizes multifamily homes near major public transit statewide!
This marks a major shift in state politics: California Dems are *finally* embracing a party that builds!
This marks a major shift in state politics: California Dems are *finally* embracing a party that builds!
August 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
BIG news: The California Democratic Party just endorsed @scottwiener.bsky.social’s landmark housing bill #SB79, which legalizes multifamily homes near major public transit statewide!
This marks a major shift in state politics: California Dems are *finally* embracing a party that builds!
This marks a major shift in state politics: California Dems are *finally* embracing a party that builds!
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This week 8 members of Los Angeles’ City Council voted to oppose the transit-oriented upzoning bill SB79 because they want to retain local control. This is nothing new: they opposed every previous bill on the same grounds. But what are they actually *doing* with this control?
Why the LA City Council narrowly voted to oppose state bill allowing more housing near public transit
A slim majority said Senate Bill 79 would take away the city’s control over housing growth. Other council members said the city is failing to confront the crisis.
laist.com
August 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This week 8 members of Los Angeles’ City Council voted to oppose the transit-oriented upzoning bill SB79 because they want to retain local control. This is nothing new: they opposed every previous bill on the same grounds. But what are they actually *doing* with this control?
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We should be very clear about this: Aside from making housing less affordable, opposing SB 79 is a vote for more homelessness, for longer commutes and slower climate progress, and for further enriching wealthy landlords and homeowners at the expense of renters and homebuyers.
Here's the public comment I wrote opposing this anti-SB 79 resolution. Cowardice is the right word, especially after council opposed similar legislation almost a decade ago and then used that much-vaunted "local control" to turn the housing crisis up to 11. Kudos to the 5 progressives who voted no.
August 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
We should be very clear about this: Aside from making housing less affordable, opposing SB 79 is a vote for more homelessness, for longer commutes and slower climate progress, and for further enriching wealthy landlords and homeowners at the expense of renters and homebuyers.
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A truly historic day in California: a clean CEQA exemption for environmentally friendly infill housing has just passed the California legislature via the budget bill!
No other way to put it: this is the most transformative positive shift in land use policy in this state of the last 50 years!
No other way to put it: this is the most transformative positive shift in land use policy in this state of the last 50 years!
July 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
A truly historic day in California: a clean CEQA exemption for environmentally friendly infill housing has just passed the California legislature via the budget bill!
No other way to put it: this is the most transformative positive shift in land use policy in this state of the last 50 years!
No other way to put it: this is the most transformative positive shift in land use policy in this state of the last 50 years!
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[BILL ALERT] SB 79, which broadly legalizes more homes near transit stops like train stations and rapid bus stops, has passed the Senate floor! Learn more:
SB 79 (Wiener): Transit-Oriented Development and Upzoning
SB 79 will make it faster and easier to build multi-family housing near transit stops, like train and rapid bus lines, by making it legal for more homes to be built in these areas and streamlining exi...
cayimby.org
June 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM
[BILL ALERT] SB 79, which broadly legalizes more homes near transit stops like train stations and rapid bus stops, has passed the Senate floor! Learn more:
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Could land use reform solve LA’s budget crisis? Our bill SB-79 with @scottweiner.bsky.social would increase housing near transit, increasing the City’s largest revenue source: property taxes. Read our brand-new research here: data.streetsforall.org/blog/sb79_zo...
How Land Use Reform Could Help Solve the Los Angeles Budget Crisis
Our high-level analysis shows how restrictive, exclusionary zoning has accentuated the City’s financial crisis, and how targeting upzoning could help balance budgets. Senate Bill 79 would create capac...
data.streetsforall.org
May 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Could land use reform solve LA’s budget crisis? Our bill SB-79 with @scottweiner.bsky.social would increase housing near transit, increasing the City’s largest revenue source: property taxes. Read our brand-new research here: data.streetsforall.org/blog/sb79_zo...
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[BILL ALERT] SB 79, which broadly legalizes more homes near transit stops like train stations and rapid bus stops, has passed Senate Housing!
Learn more: cayimby.org/legislation/...
Learn more: cayimby.org/legislation/...
SB 79 (Wiener): Transit-Oriented Development and Upzoning
SB 79 will make it faster and easier to build multi-family housing near transit stops, like train and rapid bus lines, by making it legal for more homes to be built in these areas and streamlining exi...
cayimby.org
April 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
[BILL ALERT] SB 79, which broadly legalizes more homes near transit stops like train stations and rapid bus stops, has passed Senate Housing!
Learn more: cayimby.org/legislation/...
Learn more: cayimby.org/legislation/...
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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
February 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
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I'm deeply saddened to share that Donald Shoup passed away last night. He was the ideal academic—curious, methodical, and concerned with turning ideas into real-world change. TAing his parking course these past few years has one of the greatest honors of my life. Rest in peace, Shoup Dogg.
February 8, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I'm deeply saddened to share that Donald Shoup passed away last night. He was the ideal academic—curious, methodical, and concerned with turning ideas into real-world change. TAing his parking course these past few years has one of the greatest honors of my life. Rest in peace, Shoup Dogg.
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LA County officials: "We are not anti-housing."
Also LA County:
(Quote source: www.latimes.com/california/s...)
Also LA County:
(Quote source: www.latimes.com/california/s...)
January 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
LA County officials: "We are not anti-housing."
Also LA County:
(Quote source: www.latimes.com/california/s...)
Also LA County:
(Quote source: www.latimes.com/california/s...)
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It's telling that the resolution does not ask the state to upzone, to remove CEQA barriers, or do anything else to facilitate dense housing development in the safest parts of L.A. County.
This is rank exploitation of tragedy for NIMBYism. The stench is awful.
5/5
This is rank exploitation of tragedy for NIMBYism. The stench is awful.
5/5
January 27, 2025 at 5:57 AM
It's telling that the resolution does not ask the state to upzone, to remove CEQA barriers, or do anything else to facilitate dense housing development in the safest parts of L.A. County.
This is rank exploitation of tragedy for NIMBYism. The stench is awful.
5/5
This is rank exploitation of tragedy for NIMBYism. The stench is awful.
5/5
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I introduced legislation (SB 79) to:
1. Up-zone areas around major public transit stops (rail, bus rapid transit) for denser housing
2. Empower transit agencies to zone/permit projects on their land
3. Streamline (ministerial approval — no CEQA, no discretion) projects on these up-zoned parcels🧵
1. Up-zone areas around major public transit stops (rail, bus rapid transit) for denser housing
2. Empower transit agencies to zone/permit projects on their land
3. Streamline (ministerial approval — no CEQA, no discretion) projects on these up-zoned parcels🧵
January 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I introduced legislation (SB 79) to:
1. Up-zone areas around major public transit stops (rail, bus rapid transit) for denser housing
2. Empower transit agencies to zone/permit projects on their land
3. Streamline (ministerial approval — no CEQA, no discretion) projects on these up-zoned parcels🧵
1. Up-zone areas around major public transit stops (rail, bus rapid transit) for denser housing
2. Empower transit agencies to zone/permit projects on their land
3. Streamline (ministerial approval — no CEQA, no discretion) projects on these up-zoned parcels🧵
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We are thrilled to announce SB 79, a new bill from @scottwiener.bsky.social that will legalize multi-family housing near transit. We are excited to co-sponsor this landmark legislation with SPUR, @streetsforall.org and the Bay Area Council.
January 16, 2025 at 5:04 AM
We are thrilled to announce SB 79, a new bill from @scottwiener.bsky.social that will legalize multi-family housing near transit. We are excited to co-sponsor this landmark legislation with SPUR, @streetsforall.org and the Bay Area Council.
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Planners should have to design cities from behind a Rawlsian veil of ignorance. That is to say: the planner will have to live in the city they design, but they don't know *where* in the city.
January 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Planners should have to design cities from behind a Rawlsian veil of ignorance. That is to say: the planner will have to live in the city they design, but they don't know *where* in the city.
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Spokane passed a bunch of housing reforms recently—eliminating parking minimums, increasing height maximums, reducing lot minimums, allowing more missing middle, & expanding property tax exemptions for new multifamily projects—and now they're building record amounts of housing
December 31, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Spokane passed a bunch of housing reforms recently—eliminating parking minimums, increasing height maximums, reducing lot minimums, allowing more missing middle, & expanding property tax exemptions for new multifamily projects—and now they're building record amounts of housing
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Every news story about “San Francisco’s ‘war on cars’” is about drivers who are absolutely furious that they live in a city.
December 28, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Every news story about “San Francisco’s ‘war on cars’” is about drivers who are absolutely furious that they live in a city.
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If we want to electrify thousands of miles of rail in CA by 2050, we need to do it a lot faster and cheaper. Currently, CA pays far more for infrastructure than countries like Italy and Spain, which have mostly electric rail. What can we do differently?🧵 calelectricrail.org/transit-capi...
Transit Capital Project Delivery Reforms: Building cleaner, faster, and cheaper – Californians for Electric Rail
calelectricrail.org
December 18, 2024 at 6:14 PM
If we want to electrify thousands of miles of rail in CA by 2050, we need to do it a lot faster and cheaper. Currently, CA pays far more for infrastructure than countries like Italy and Spain, which have mostly electric rail. What can we do differently?🧵 calelectricrail.org/transit-capi...
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