Kylekatarn95
@kylekatarn95.bsky.social
Pragmatic Liberal from the Bay Area. 🇮🇪 🇺🇸🍦🥁 🧦🥥↙️↙️↙️Huge Star Wars and political science nerd—Backup account from Twitter. Never trust the voters.
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Sacramento is blessed to have such pro-housing leadership in the Legislature! Five out of six members of the Sacramento area voted for SB 79
Very grateful for the support for SB 79 from Sacramento legislators Senator @angeliqueashby.bsky.social & Assemblywoman Maggy Krell. There is a strong coalition of pro-housing folks in Sacramento who will not forget your aye votes for this bill. Thank you!
@sacyimby.bsky.social
@sacyimby.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Sacramento is blessed to have such pro-housing leadership in the Legislature! Five out of six members of the Sacramento area voted for SB 79
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Now the official Senate roll call vote is up, and surprisingly, between the Senate first passing out SB 79 in June and concurring in Assembly amendments Friday Sept. 12th, a full 12 senators changed their position! Let's dig in.
September 14, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Now the official Senate roll call vote is up, and surprisingly, between the Senate first passing out SB 79 in June and concurring in Assembly amendments Friday Sept. 12th, a full 12 senators changed their position! Let's dig in.
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I've really been thinking about SB 79. This is a culmination of a years-long online project for me. We'll see if it works. I've been studying the maps. First of all: the places with the greatest redevelopment potential have the HIGHEST land value, au contraire Assemblymember Zbur. This is obvious.
September 14, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I've really been thinking about SB 79. This is a culmination of a years-long online project for me. We'll see if it works. I've been studying the maps. First of all: the places with the greatest redevelopment potential have the HIGHEST land value, au contraire Assemblymember Zbur. This is obvious.
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Who is running for California State Senate district 2? Other than Damon Connolly – who voted NO on #SB79 despite Marin and Sonoma getting carve outs.
Lots of time between now and the primary, but I'm leaning toward Natalie Rogers: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Ca...
Lots of time between now and the primary, but I'm leaning toward Natalie Rogers: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Ca...
September 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Who is running for California State Senate district 2? Other than Damon Connolly – who voted NO on #SB79 despite Marin and Sonoma getting carve outs.
Lots of time between now and the primary, but I'm leaning toward Natalie Rogers: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Ca...
Lots of time between now and the primary, but I'm leaning toward Natalie Rogers: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Ca...
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Very grateful for the support for SB 79 from Sacramento legislators Senator @angeliqueashby.bsky.social & Assemblywoman Maggy Krell. There is a strong coalition of pro-housing folks in Sacramento who will not forget your aye votes for this bill. Thank you!
@sacyimby.bsky.social
@sacyimby.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Very grateful for the support for SB 79 from Sacramento legislators Senator @angeliqueashby.bsky.social & Assemblywoman Maggy Krell. There is a strong coalition of pro-housing folks in Sacramento who will not forget your aye votes for this bill. Thank you!
@sacyimby.bsky.social
@sacyimby.bsky.social
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Senator Becker working hard to maximize donations from affluent California homeowners after abstaining on #SB79. www.paloaltoonline.com/guest-opinio...
Guest Opinion: To build housing, we need to fix RHNA
As my colleagues and I enter the final weeks of the legislative session, housing is rightly at the center of our attention. But as high-profile bills move across the floor, I keep returning to an elep...
www.paloaltoonline.com
September 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Senator Becker working hard to maximize donations from affluent California homeowners after abstaining on #SB79. www.paloaltoonline.com/guest-opinio...
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A major YIMBY win out of California with the passage of SB79!
This should be a model for states all over the USA to help address our housing shortages without creating more unsustainable forced car dependence sprawl.
Way to go @scottwiener.bsky.social
This should be a model for states all over the USA to help address our housing shortages without creating more unsustainable forced car dependence sprawl.
Way to go @scottwiener.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
A major YIMBY win out of California with the passage of SB79!
This should be a model for states all over the USA to help address our housing shortages without creating more unsustainable forced car dependence sprawl.
Way to go @scottwiener.bsky.social
This should be a model for states all over the USA to help address our housing shortages without creating more unsustainable forced car dependence sprawl.
Way to go @scottwiener.bsky.social
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Left wing YIMBY need to start controlling the online narrative better. The majority of the no votes for SB79 came from Orange County and north county San Diego (traditionally Republican areas), yet the prevailing narrative is that the problem is Left-NIMBY.
September 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Left wing YIMBY need to start controlling the online narrative better. The majority of the no votes for SB79 came from Orange County and north county San Diego (traditionally Republican areas), yet the prevailing narrative is that the problem is Left-NIMBY.
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I actually think Sacramento may be the biggest winner from SB79. It's got a large proportion of land gets upzoned by it.
September 13, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I actually think Sacramento may be the biggest winner from SB79. It's got a large proportion of land gets upzoned by it.
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SB 63 is headed to the Governor's desk. It is a historic opportunity to allow voters in 5 counties of the Bay Area to consider a sales tax measure in Nov 2026 to preserve and improve transit. BART, and the entire transit network that keeps the Bay Area moving, stand to benefit from this bill.
September 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
SB 63 is headed to the Governor's desk. It is a historic opportunity to allow voters in 5 counties of the Bay Area to consider a sales tax measure in Nov 2026 to preserve and improve transit. BART, and the entire transit network that keeps the Bay Area moving, stand to benefit from this bill.
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Bay Area transit news: SB 63, a bill to authorize a regional funding measure to fund transit in the Bay Area, passed the state legislature and is headed to Gov. Newsom's desk for his signature. Newsom has until Oct. 12 to either sign or veto the bill.
Statements from SFMTA and BART below.
Statements from SFMTA and BART below.
September 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Bay Area transit news: SB 63, a bill to authorize a regional funding measure to fund transit in the Bay Area, passed the state legislature and is headed to Gov. Newsom's desk for his signature. Newsom has until Oct. 12 to either sign or veto the bill.
Statements from SFMTA and BART below.
Statements from SFMTA and BART below.
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Last night, the Legislature passed & sent to the Governor our bill to authorize a 2026 Bay Area regional revenue measure to fund our public transportation systems, SB 63.
We need these systems to be strong. Let’s get it done!
We need these systems to be strong. Let’s get it done!
September 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Last night, the Legislature passed & sent to the Governor our bill to authorize a 2026 Bay Area regional revenue measure to fund our public transportation systems, SB 63.
We need these systems to be strong. Let’s get it done!
We need these systems to be strong. Let’s get it done!
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and lastly, thank you to @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social and @transbaycoalition.bsky.social for the help with this event, and for all the work you all put in on Transit Month!
September 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
and lastly, thank you to @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social and @transbaycoalition.bsky.social for the help with this event, and for all the work you all put in on Transit Month!
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And SB63 passed the Senate at 1:30am! Now on to the governor's desk! It took a lot of organizing and mobilizing and compromises to get to a bill that will save and improve Bay Area transit - now on to the governor, and to people power to help gather signatures and pass the measure!
September 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
And SB63 passed the Senate at 1:30am! Now on to the governor's desk! It took a lot of organizing and mobilizing and compromises to get to a bill that will save and improve Bay Area transit - now on to the governor, and to people power to help gather signatures and pass the measure!
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Yesterday we celebrated #SB79 being poised to pass. Today it passed. But the time for celebrations is over. On to the next. #grindsky
It’s a Friday night and I’m reading latest amends on SB 3438, which would create a Northern Illinois Transportation Authority to coordinate fares, schedules, service for Chicago-area transit.
It has some of the most ambitious transit project delivery reforms in the country afaict.
It has some of the most ambitious transit project delivery reforms in the country afaict.
September 13, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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SB63 passes Assembly Floor! Transportation Chair Lori Wilson reads from a letter signed by over 30 local electeds in San Mateo County expressing their support. Assembly Members from all 5 counties speak in favor.
September 13, 2025 at 5:14 AM
SB63 passes Assembly Floor! Transportation Chair Lori Wilson reads from a letter signed by over 30 local electeds in San Mateo County expressing their support. Assembly Members from all 5 counties speak in favor.
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The Bay Area transit system is very regional. Transit trips are 70% more likely to cross county lines than auto trips. SPUR dug into the impacts of the region's looming $800 million annual deficit and why SB 63 is the best hope to save Bay Area transit.
https://bit.ly/4mZNVJD
https://bit.ly/4mZNVJD
SPUR Research Shows What Could Happen to the Region Without Transit Funding
Why should voters in one county care about funding transit in another? Because the Bay Area’s transit system is very regional. SPUR research found that Bay Area transit trips are 70% more likely to cross county lines than car trips, making the success of all transit agencies vital to the region’s health. We dug into the impacts of the looming $800 million annual deficit and why Senate Bill 63 is the best hope to save Bay Area transit.
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September 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Bay Area transit system is very regional. Transit trips are 70% more likely to cross county lines than auto trips. SPUR dug into the impacts of the region's looming $800 million annual deficit and why SB 63 is the best hope to save Bay Area transit.
https://bit.ly/4mZNVJD
https://bit.ly/4mZNVJD
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Bill deadline day!!!
SB 63 (the Bay Area Transit funding bill) will need to go to the Assembly floor, Senate Transportation Committee where BART will provide lead testimony, then the Senate Floor.
SB 63 (the Bay Area Transit funding bill) will need to go to the Assembly floor, Senate Transportation Committee where BART will provide lead testimony, then the Senate Floor.
September 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Bill deadline day!!!
SB 63 (the Bay Area Transit funding bill) will need to go to the Assembly floor, Senate Transportation Committee where BART will provide lead testimony, then the Senate Floor.
SB 63 (the Bay Area Transit funding bill) will need to go to the Assembly floor, Senate Transportation Committee where BART will provide lead testimony, then the Senate Floor.
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The 2025 legislative session is one for the record books. We finally won two longtime housing moonshots — a clean infill housing exemption to CEQA (AB609/SB607) and a statewide transit upzoning (SB79).
It's a new day in California. @cayimby.bsky.social @yimbyaction.bsky.social @sacyimby.bsky.social
It's a new day in California. @cayimby.bsky.social @yimbyaction.bsky.social @sacyimby.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The 2025 legislative session is one for the record books. We finally won two longtime housing moonshots — a clean infill housing exemption to CEQA (AB609/SB607) and a statewide transit upzoning (SB79).
It's a new day in California. @cayimby.bsky.social @yimbyaction.bsky.social @sacyimby.bsky.social
It's a new day in California. @cayimby.bsky.social @yimbyaction.bsky.social @sacyimby.bsky.social
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Half a century of NIMBYism and density free-riding has consequences. SB79 is just the beginning. LA could've actually decided to stick to a genuinely compliant housing element but didn't. LA, the Bay and SD could've actually decided to build housing in non-anemic numbers but didn't. Game over.
September 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Half a century of NIMBYism and density free-riding has consequences. SB79 is just the beginning. LA could've actually decided to stick to a genuinely compliant housing element but didn't. LA, the Bay and SD could've actually decided to build housing in non-anemic numbers but didn't. Game over.
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Senator Wiener’s SB79 is now up at the California State Senate for a concurrence vote. It would create a statewide standard for building homes near major transit🏗️🏬🚎🚌🚎
This would be the last legislative vote before the bill could be sent to the governor🙏🏽
GO @scottwiener.bsky.social GOOOOOO!
This would be the last legislative vote before the bill could be sent to the governor🙏🏽
GO @scottwiener.bsky.social GOOOOOO!
September 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Senator Wiener’s SB79 is now up at the California State Senate for a concurrence vote. It would create a statewide standard for building homes near major transit🏗️🏬🚎🚌🚎
This would be the last legislative vote before the bill could be sent to the governor🙏🏽
GO @scottwiener.bsky.social GOOOOOO!
This would be the last legislative vote before the bill could be sent to the governor🙏🏽
GO @scottwiener.bsky.social GOOOOOO!
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Senator Sasha Renée Pérez points out that it makes exceptions for high fire severity zones, and the upzoning has been decreased to apply to .25 miles of transit in small cities, and protects historic resources.
September 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Senator Sasha Renée Pérez points out that it makes exceptions for high fire severity zones, and the upzoning has been decreased to apply to .25 miles of transit in small cities, and protects historic resources.
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Thanks to my board and donors.
When I pitched Nat Friedman and Zack Rosen on starting California YIMBY at a bar 8 year ago, I first wanted to run a big TOD bill.
I still remember Nat asking if we were being ambitious enough!
SB 79 mostly sticks to the original 2017 plan:
6/x
When I pitched Nat Friedman and Zack Rosen on starting California YIMBY at a bar 8 year ago, I first wanted to run a big TOD bill.
I still remember Nat asking if we were being ambitious enough!
SB 79 mostly sticks to the original 2017 plan:
6/x
September 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Thanks to my board and donors.
When I pitched Nat Friedman and Zack Rosen on starting California YIMBY at a bar 8 year ago, I first wanted to run a big TOD bill.
I still remember Nat asking if we were being ambitious enough!
SB 79 mostly sticks to the original 2017 plan:
6/x
When I pitched Nat Friedman and Zack Rosen on starting California YIMBY at a bar 8 year ago, I first wanted to run a big TOD bill.
I still remember Nat asking if we were being ambitious enough!
SB 79 mostly sticks to the original 2017 plan:
6/x
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Thanks to all YIMBYs who called in, met with their reps, wrote a letter to the editor, posted, or otherwise advocated for SB 79.
Grassroots activists are the heart of the YIMBY movement and nothing we achieved would be possible without your support.
5/x
Grassroots activists are the heart of the YIMBY movement and nothing we achieved would be possible without your support.
5/x
September 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Thanks to all YIMBYs who called in, met with their reps, wrote a letter to the editor, posted, or otherwise advocated for SB 79.
Grassroots activists are the heart of the YIMBY movement and nothing we achieved would be possible without your support.
5/x
Grassroots activists are the heart of the YIMBY movement and nothing we achieved would be possible without your support.
5/x
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Thanks to my team at @cayimby.bsky.social - the best housing advocacy org in the business - and all of our coalition partners, especially fellow co-sponsors
@streetsforall.org, @abundanthousingla.bsky.social, @innercitylawcenter.bsky.social, SPUR, Greenbelt Alliance, & Bay Area Council
4/x
@streetsforall.org, @abundanthousingla.bsky.social, @innercitylawcenter.bsky.social, SPUR, Greenbelt Alliance, & Bay Area Council
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September 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Thanks to my team at @cayimby.bsky.social - the best housing advocacy org in the business - and all of our coalition partners, especially fellow co-sponsors
@streetsforall.org, @abundanthousingla.bsky.social, @innercitylawcenter.bsky.social, SPUR, Greenbelt Alliance, & Bay Area Council
4/x
@streetsforall.org, @abundanthousingla.bsky.social, @innercitylawcenter.bsky.social, SPUR, Greenbelt Alliance, & Bay Area Council
4/x