OB Chargn
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East Bay land use politics during the day, charging OB in the dawn
Shot: Driver admits to running red light and severely injuring bicyclist. No citation.
Chaser: No injury fender bender where victim was cop. Citation
bikeportland.org/2025/12/05/s...
Chaser: No injury fender bender where victim was cop. Citation
bikeportland.org/2025/12/05/s...
December 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Shot: Driver admits to running red light and severely injuring bicyclist. No citation.
Chaser: No injury fender bender where victim was cop. Citation
bikeportland.org/2025/12/05/s...
Chaser: No injury fender bender where victim was cop. Citation
bikeportland.org/2025/12/05/s...
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Albany Fire Department: "I'll see your 26 foot clearance and raise you to 30 feet". Albany FD sent a last minute memo to the Transportation Commission raising concerns about the proposal to study protected bike lane on Solano Ave: albanyca.primegov.com/viewer/previ...
December 5, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Albany Fire Department: "I'll see your 26 foot clearance and raise you to 30 feet". Albany FD sent a last minute memo to the Transportation Commission raising concerns about the proposal to study protected bike lane on Solano Ave: albanyca.primegov.com/viewer/previ...
Albany Fire Department: "I'll see your 26 foot clearance and raise you to 30 feet". Albany FD sent a last minute memo to the Transportation Commission raising concerns about the proposal to study protected bike lane on Solano Ave: albanyca.primegov.com/viewer/previ...
December 5, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Albany Fire Department: "I'll see your 26 foot clearance and raise you to 30 feet". Albany FD sent a last minute memo to the Transportation Commission raising concerns about the proposal to study protected bike lane on Solano Ave: albanyca.primegov.com/viewer/previ...
San Pablo bus and bike lanes in Oakland/Berkeley wont start construction until 2030, a delay of four years... 2026 is not off to a great start :( oaklandside.org/2025/12/04/s...
December 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
San Pablo bus and bike lanes in Oakland/Berkeley wont start construction until 2030, a delay of four years... 2026 is not off to a great start :( oaklandside.org/2025/12/04/s...
Glad to see the interim S.F. police chief acknowledge how “incredible” it is for SFPD to be “short staffed” yet crime drops dramatically. Almost as if there’s more to crime prevention than larger PD budgets sfstandard.com/2025/12/03/s...
December 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Glad to see the interim S.F. police chief acknowledge how “incredible” it is for SFPD to be “short staffed” yet crime drops dramatically. Almost as if there’s more to crime prevention than larger PD budgets sfstandard.com/2025/12/03/s...
@bart.gov why is the updated entrance at civic center still closed after construction appears to be completed? The entrance was open for a week about a month ago and then closed back up…
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
@bart.gov why is the updated entrance at civic center still closed after construction appears to be completed? The entrance was open for a week about a month ago and then closed back up…
A bit on the nose for progressive consultants to sympathetically compare S.F. Nimbys to MAGA voters: www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/l...
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A bit on the nose for progressive consultants to sympathetically compare S.F. Nimbys to MAGA voters: www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/l...
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New post: a week of hectic back and forth with fire officials and city council over Berkeley street festivals brings out into the open a conflict in city halls across USA. Fire depts opposition to traffic calming and safety measures. Is there a solution?
darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-fire-d...
darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-fire-d...
The Fire Department vs. Traffic Safety Advocates
Street safety advocates are butting heads with fire officials. Swift fire response does not have to come at the cost of lives on the roadway.
darrellowens.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:41 AM
New post: a week of hectic back and forth with fire officials and city council over Berkeley street festivals brings out into the open a conflict in city halls across USA. Fire depts opposition to traffic calming and safety measures. Is there a solution?
darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-fire-d...
darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-fire-d...
Albany's Trans Comm is hearing a presentation on the planned improvements to the Kains Ave bikeway: albanyca.primegov.com/viewer/previ...
@prinzrob.bsky.social Can the Marin cycle track be extended eastbound across SPA all the way to Kains? The clunky two-phase turn leaves a lot to be desired.
@prinzrob.bsky.social Can the Marin cycle track be extended eastbound across SPA all the way to Kains? The clunky two-phase turn leaves a lot to be desired.
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Albany's Trans Comm is hearing a presentation on the planned improvements to the Kains Ave bikeway: albanyca.primegov.com/viewer/previ...
@prinzrob.bsky.social Can the Marin cycle track be extended eastbound across SPA all the way to Kains? The clunky two-phase turn leaves a lot to be desired.
@prinzrob.bsky.social Can the Marin cycle track be extended eastbound across SPA all the way to Kains? The clunky two-phase turn leaves a lot to be desired.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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It’s perfect that Marin is giving this absurd example of impact fees ahead of a legislative session where housing policy is aiming to address non-zoning issues just like this: @buffywicks.bsky.social @scottwiener.bsky.social @caspeakerrivas.bsky.social
Corte Madera, Marin adopted fire protection impact fees via urgency ordinance ahead of new housing applications. Ordinance includes fee reductions for affordable homes.
The mayor expressed concerns re waiving impact fees for 100% affordable homes “housing we don’t necessarily want to encourage.”
The mayor expressed concerns re waiving impact fees for 100% affordable homes “housing we don’t necessarily want to encourage.”
November 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It’s perfect that Marin is giving this absurd example of impact fees ahead of a legislative session where housing policy is aiming to address non-zoning issues just like this: @buffywicks.bsky.social @scottwiener.bsky.social @caspeakerrivas.bsky.social
Rage bait: www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/c...
Connie Chan, progressive S.F. supervisor, will run to succeed Nancy Pelosi in Congress
Connie Chan, a progressive San Francisco lawmaker with close ties to prominent labor unions, is entering the newly open race to succeed Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Rage bait: www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/c...
Third Safeway in San Francisco within about a week being proposed for housing- this time in a Bernal Heights. The other two sites were in Outer Richmond/Ocean Beach and Western Addition/Fillmore: www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...
November 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Third Safeway in San Francisco within about a week being proposed for housing- this time in a Bernal Heights. The other two sites were in Outer Richmond/Ocean Beach and Western Addition/Fillmore: www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...
Car carnage on Solano, Albany. Curious if any parklet permit programs require bollard level protection (or if they actively forbid them)
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Car carnage on Solano, Albany. Curious if any parklet permit programs require bollard level protection (or if they actively forbid them)
City of LA is dedicating whole teams to undermine SB 79 - their planning department is pulling 16+ staff to find ways to not build housing: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
November 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
City of LA is dedicating whole teams to undermine SB 79 - their planning department is pulling 16+ staff to find ways to not build housing: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
So much good urbanist news in the feed tonight!
November 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
So much good urbanist news in the feed tonight!
I was looking through Wahab's wiki page tonight and noticed a prominent SB 79 call out at the start of the bio: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisha_W...
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I was looking through Wahab's wiki page tonight and noticed a prominent SB 79 call out at the start of the bio: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisha_W...
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I wonder if 2026 is the final year to pass substantial housing reform in CA for a while … Looks like Wiener is going to be replaced by NIMBY-lite N Pelosi’s daughter. Doesn’t mentioned anything on housing in her press vid www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I wonder if 2026 is the final year to pass substantial housing reform in CA for a while … Looks like Wiener is going to be replaced by NIMBY-lite N Pelosi’s daughter. Doesn’t mentioned anything on housing in her press vid www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
I wonder if 2026 is the final year to pass substantial housing reform in CA for a while … Looks like Wiener is going to be replaced by NIMBY-lite N Pelosi’s daughter. Doesn’t mentioned anything on housing in her press vid www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I wonder if 2026 is the final year to pass substantial housing reform in CA for a while … Looks like Wiener is going to be replaced by NIMBY-lite N Pelosi’s daughter. Doesn’t mentioned anything on housing in her press vid www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
Lovely to see local cops abdicate their responsibility to enforce the law and align themselves with fascists: @sfpolicecommunity.bsky.social
sfstandard.com/2025/11/03/s...
sfstandard.com/2025/11/03/s...
November 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Lovely to see local cops abdicate their responsibility to enforce the law and align themselves with fascists: @sfpolicecommunity.bsky.social
sfstandard.com/2025/11/03/s...
sfstandard.com/2025/11/03/s...
CA Department of Public Health is now starting to clap back at the Feds with their own blame banners
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
CA Department of Public Health is now starting to clap back at the Feds with their own blame banners
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Caltrans' messaging of its bike/ped work continues to border on mendacious.
This *Caltrans* press release says that they are spending $97M on a pedestrian overcrossing in SF.
That would be an insane price!
But in reality, the $97M is for a ped over-xing *and* 7.5 miles of I-280 pavement rehab!
This *Caltrans* press release says that they are spending $97M on a pedestrian overcrossing in SF.
That would be an insane price!
But in reality, the $97M is for a ped over-xing *and* 7.5 miles of I-280 pavement rehab!
October 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Caltrans' messaging of its bike/ped work continues to border on mendacious.
This *Caltrans* press release says that they are spending $97M on a pedestrian overcrossing in SF.
That would be an insane price!
But in reality, the $97M is for a ped over-xing *and* 7.5 miles of I-280 pavement rehab!
This *Caltrans* press release says that they are spending $97M on a pedestrian overcrossing in SF.
That would be an insane price!
But in reality, the $97M is for a ped over-xing *and* 7.5 miles of I-280 pavement rehab!
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Back in 2023 we helped pass AB 835, a single stair reform study bill. That study is almost done, and we need your help to make sure the final report is grounded in sound evidence by emailing a public comment. It’ll only take a minute, and it makes a real difference!
Tell the State Fire Marshal: Legalize Single-Stair Buildings in California!
Improve California's building code so that more families can afford homes in our cities.
actionnetwork.org
October 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Back in 2023 we helped pass AB 835, a single stair reform study bill. That study is almost done, and we need your help to make sure the final report is grounded in sound evidence by emailing a public comment. It’ll only take a minute, and it makes a real difference!
Good riddance to someone who fought against affordable housing funding and progressive transportation policies- hope he toils away into obscurity on CAForever: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Bay Area business heavyweight joins California Forever team
The head of the Bay Area’s most powerful business advocacy group is leaving for a high-profile position with California Forever, the billionaire-backed plan to create a new city in Solano County.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Good riddance to someone who fought against affordable housing funding and progressive transportation policies- hope he toils away into obscurity on CAForever: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...