Russell Lowery
@russell-lowery.bsky.social
Technology bridge between .com and .gov #caleg #cabudget
I like thinking about public policy and the role technology can play to improve people's lives.
I like thinking about public policy and the role technology can play to improve people's lives.
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Being kind is long-term greedy.
If you primarily think of people as a means to get what you want, you lose. Treat people kindly because they matter.
A side benefit is people prefer to do business with people they like.
If you primarily think of people as a means to get what you want, you lose. Treat people kindly because they matter.
A side benefit is people prefer to do business with people they like.
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I have added a new symbol to the 2026 candidate list. I'm adding the 🅴 character to indicate a non-incumbent candidate who has been 🅴ndorsed by the current officeholder. That info doesn't tell you everything, but it also doesn't tell you nothing.. far from irrelevant.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
2027-28 California State Legislature
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November 18, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I have added a new symbol to the 2026 candidate list. I'm adding the 🅴 character to indicate a non-incumbent candidate who has been 🅴ndorsed by the current officeholder. That info doesn't tell you everything, but it also doesn't tell you nothing.. far from irrelevant.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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The #California Congressional District Plan enacted through the passage of CA Proposition 50 on November 4, 2025 is now available.
Visit our website to download the shapefile:
🔗 tinyurl.com/3cwfwvny
#Redistricting #OpenData #Prop50 #DataBsky #CongressionalMaps
Visit our website to download the shapefile:
🔗 tinyurl.com/3cwfwvny
#Redistricting #OpenData #Prop50 #DataBsky #CongressionalMaps
November 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The #California Congressional District Plan enacted through the passage of CA Proposition 50 on November 4, 2025 is now available.
Visit our website to download the shapefile:
🔗 tinyurl.com/3cwfwvny
#Redistricting #OpenData #Prop50 #DataBsky #CongressionalMaps
Visit our website to download the shapefile:
🔗 tinyurl.com/3cwfwvny
#Redistricting #OpenData #Prop50 #DataBsky #CongressionalMaps
Averages mask the devastation for people who don't live on the coast.
I am not sure people who live in the Bay Area grasp what a Central Valley utility bill looks like.
I am sure the commercial solar guy knows, not sure he cares.
I am not sure people who live in the Bay Area grasp what a Central Valley utility bill looks like.
I am sure the commercial solar guy knows, not sure he cares.
Those complaining about the high rate of electricity in California, are sort of out of touch with reality. High rates *DONT* mean high bills.
Normal people - i.e. not #energysky - don't care about the RATE they pay, but the BILL at the end of the month.
Californians pay less than 40 states.
Normal people - i.e. not #energysky - don't care about the RATE they pay, but the BILL at the end of the month.
Californians pay less than 40 states.
November 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Averages mask the devastation for people who don't live on the coast.
I am not sure people who live in the Bay Area grasp what a Central Valley utility bill looks like.
I am sure the commercial solar guy knows, not sure he cares.
I am not sure people who live in the Bay Area grasp what a Central Valley utility bill looks like.
I am sure the commercial solar guy knows, not sure he cares.
I love a clear standard!
"We need to build more homes until median rent is less than 30% of median monthly income and median home prices are less than 4x median annual income."
"We need to build more homes until median rent is less than 30% of median monthly income and median home prices are less than 4x median annual income."
A single person making $82,000 a year should not need a subsidized apartment. A family making $117,000 should be able to buy a home.
We need to build more homes until median rent is less than 30% of median monthly income and median home prices are less than 4x median annual income.
We need to build more homes until median rent is less than 30% of median monthly income and median home prices are less than 4x median annual income.
November 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I love a clear standard!
"We need to build more homes until median rent is less than 30% of median monthly income and median home prices are less than 4x median annual income."
"We need to build more homes until median rent is less than 30% of median monthly income and median home prices are less than 4x median annual income."
Race is not the only issue, but until you realize Broadview is happening because there is no chance that white people will be subjected to the Broad view treatment- not sure you can really understand America.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Race is not the only issue, but until you realize Broadview is happening because there is no chance that white people will be subjected to the Broad view treatment- not sure you can really understand America.
I don't get terribly excited about a bunch of dead Russians.
I want peace and I hope somehow, effectively military action causes Putin to relent.
#prayforpeace
I want peace and I hope somehow, effectively military action causes Putin to relent.
#prayforpeace
October 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I don't get terribly excited about a bunch of dead Russians.
I want peace and I hope somehow, effectively military action causes Putin to relent.
#prayforpeace
I want peace and I hope somehow, effectively military action causes Putin to relent.
#prayforpeace
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While he's less of a prominent Poaster than other members of the @cayimby.bsky.social team, @aceckhouse.bsky.social put in WORK managing the policy development of SB 79 and he deserves more public recognition than he'll get.
October 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
While he's less of a prominent Poaster than other members of the @cayimby.bsky.social team, @aceckhouse.bsky.social put in WORK managing the policy development of SB 79 and he deserves more public recognition than he'll get.
Speaker Rivas and team deserve some serious love
A year ago, phonics legislation opposed by the CTA and other was pulled
Rivas asked critics and supporters to come back in 2025 with a compromise that was just signed. Not easy
Huge impact on millions of young readers!
#caleg
A year ago, phonics legislation opposed by the CTA and other was pulled
Rivas asked critics and supporters to come back in 2025 with a compromise that was just signed. Not easy
Huge impact on millions of young readers!
#caleg
October 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Speaker Rivas and team deserve some serious love
A year ago, phonics legislation opposed by the CTA and other was pulled
Rivas asked critics and supporters to come back in 2025 with a compromise that was just signed. Not easy
Huge impact on millions of young readers!
#caleg
A year ago, phonics legislation opposed by the CTA and other was pulled
Rivas asked critics and supporters to come back in 2025 with a compromise that was just signed. Not easy
Huge impact on millions of young readers!
#caleg
I hope this kind of courage is contagious.
Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.
October 8, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I hope this kind of courage is contagious.
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Every civic revival begins with ordinary people rediscovering that the Republic belongs to them.
The Republic is waiting for you to be active in your own rescue.
It does not exist in marble halls or executive orders, but in the hearts of those who still believe that self-government is possible.
The Republic is waiting for you to be active in your own rescue.
It does not exist in marble halls or executive orders, but in the hearts of those who still believe that self-government is possible.
October 6, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Every civic revival begins with ordinary people rediscovering that the Republic belongs to them.
The Republic is waiting for you to be active in your own rescue.
It does not exist in marble halls or executive orders, but in the hearts of those who still believe that self-government is possible.
The Republic is waiting for you to be active in your own rescue.
It does not exist in marble halls or executive orders, but in the hearts of those who still believe that self-government is possible.
Can we agree that whoever gets their way at the end of the shutdown, the other side was responsible for the shutdown?
October 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Can we agree that whoever gets their way at the end of the shutdown, the other side was responsible for the shutdown?
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For any interested, New Growth is having a store wide sale of 25% off, including my book below.
Use the code FALL25 at checkout.
Use the code FALL25 at checkout.
I've written one book. Here it is, for any interested. Study Questions are in the bleet below.
Found out a couple of years ago that it was also translated into Portuguese (third bleet of 🧵).
newgrowthpress.com/christian-bo...
Found out a couple of years ago that it was also translated into Portuguese (third bleet of 🧵).
newgrowthpress.com/christian-bo...
Rediscovering Humility: Why the Way Up Is Down
Buy Rediscovering Humility by Christopher A. Hutchinson. Rediscovering Humility: Why the Way Up Is Down is a Christian Living book.
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September 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
For any interested, New Growth is having a store wide sale of 25% off, including my book below.
Use the code FALL25 at checkout.
Use the code FALL25 at checkout.
Powerful statement. If the US led with this kind of clarity millions of Russian and Ukrainian men and women would not have been killed or injured.
🇵🇱🇷🇺”I have only one request to the Russian government: if another missile or aircraft enters our space without permission - deliberately or 'by mistake' - and gets shot down, and the wreckage falls on NATO territory, please don't come here to whine about it. You have been warned. Thank you."
September 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Powerful statement. If the US led with this kind of clarity millions of Russian and Ukrainian men and women would not have been killed or injured.
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I finished the weekly survey of California political campaigns. New additions this week:
+ 1 new Congressional candidate
+ 1 new State Senate candidate
+ 4 candidates for constitutional office
+ 6 new Assembly candidates
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
+ 1 new Congressional candidate
+ 1 new State Senate candidate
+ 4 candidates for constitutional office
+ 6 new Assembly candidates
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
2027-28 California State Legislature
docs.google.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I finished the weekly survey of California political campaigns. New additions this week:
+ 1 new Congressional candidate
+ 1 new State Senate candidate
+ 4 candidates for constitutional office
+ 6 new Assembly candidates
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
+ 1 new Congressional candidate
+ 1 new State Senate candidate
+ 4 candidates for constitutional office
+ 6 new Assembly candidates
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Organizing is more important than advocacy.
In the wake of the murder, 37,000 people have applied to open Turning Point chapters.
Organizing is hard and messy and not at all glamourous, but is essential to political wins.
search.app/MEi2u
In the wake of the murder, 37,000 people have applied to open Turning Point chapters.
Organizing is hard and messy and not at all glamourous, but is essential to political wins.
search.app/MEi2u
Turning Point USA vows to expand Charlie Kirk's legacy
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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September 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Organizing is more important than advocacy.
In the wake of the murder, 37,000 people have applied to open Turning Point chapters.
Organizing is hard and messy and not at all glamourous, but is essential to political wins.
search.app/MEi2u
In the wake of the murder, 37,000 people have applied to open Turning Point chapters.
Organizing is hard and messy and not at all glamourous, but is essential to political wins.
search.app/MEi2u
Both plants and panels convert sunlight into energy.
We can and should be amazed by both processes and embrace the one that provides the most benefits in a particular area.
We can and should be amazed by both processes and embrace the one that provides the most benefits in a particular area.
California farm lobby once again killed a bill to make it easier for agricultural landowners to replace crops in water-stressed areas with solar projects. Gavin Newsom's office had "concerns" with the bill, per the author, @buffywicks.bsky.social. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
POLITICO Pro: Solar-on-farms proposal stalls amid farming divide
Assemblymember Buffy Wicks moved her bill to the inactive file in the early hours of Saturday.
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September 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Both plants and panels convert sunlight into energy.
We can and should be amazed by both processes and embrace the one that provides the most benefits in a particular area.
We can and should be amazed by both processes and embrace the one that provides the most benefits in a particular area.
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The Bay Area Council was very proud to be a co-sponsor of this incredible bill. It has been an amazing team of advocates pushing it forward!
HUGE HOUSING NEWS: The Assembly just passed our bill allowing more homes near public transportation, SB 79!
We need more housing & we need it near transit. It’ll reduce traffic congestion & carbon emissions & increase transit ridership & affordability.
Go housing! Go transit!
We need more housing & we need it near transit. It’ll reduce traffic congestion & carbon emissions & increase transit ridership & affordability.
Go housing! Go transit!
September 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The Bay Area Council was very proud to be a co-sponsor of this incredible bill. It has been an amazing team of advocates pushing it forward!
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Please let me apologize in advance for all the posting I'm going to be doing tomorrow. The State of California is turning 175 years old and I, having more than a little interest in that particular history, am wickedly excited about this. #California175
September 9, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Please let me apologize in advance for all the posting I'm going to be doing tomorrow. The State of California is turning 175 years old and I, having more than a little interest in that particular history, am wickedly excited about this. #California175
This has been making my brain hurt.
Both sides are certain that they risk losing important political fights to absolute morons because "our side" plays by the rules and the other guys cheat.
Both sides are certain that they risk losing important political fights to absolute morons because "our side" plays by the rules and the other guys cheat.
September 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This has been making my brain hurt.
Both sides are certain that they risk losing important political fights to absolute morons because "our side" plays by the rules and the other guys cheat.
Both sides are certain that they risk losing important political fights to absolute morons because "our side" plays by the rules and the other guys cheat.
Politics is a "you win some; you lose some" business.
Dunking on your opponent after the fight is a rookie move, especially if you win.
Take the W and prepare for the next fight.
Dunking on your opponent after the fight is a rookie move, especially if you win.
Take the W and prepare for the next fight.
September 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Politics is a "you win some; you lose some" business.
Dunking on your opponent after the fight is a rookie move, especially if you win.
Take the W and prepare for the next fight.
Dunking on your opponent after the fight is a rookie move, especially if you win.
Take the W and prepare for the next fight.
If you ever get cynical about the #caleg watch a few floor sessions.
The Gentleman from San Francisco is kind of like SF. And the Gentlewoman from LA is not like the Gentleman from Fresno.
We have a system that sends up people that reflect their communities.
And that's kind of awesome.
The Gentleman from San Francisco is kind of like SF. And the Gentlewoman from LA is not like the Gentleman from Fresno.
We have a system that sends up people that reflect their communities.
And that's kind of awesome.
September 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM
If you ever get cynical about the #caleg watch a few floor sessions.
The Gentleman from San Francisco is kind of like SF. And the Gentlewoman from LA is not like the Gentleman from Fresno.
We have a system that sends up people that reflect their communities.
And that's kind of awesome.
The Gentleman from San Francisco is kind of like SF. And the Gentlewoman from LA is not like the Gentleman from Fresno.
We have a system that sends up people that reflect their communities.
And that's kind of awesome.
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I am become an appendage
an epitaph, an afterthought
upon quiet stone acknowledged
with a hapless nod, irrelevant
an acorn gone to ground
until that unseen day
when all forgotten things stir
an epitaph, an afterthought
upon quiet stone acknowledged
with a hapless nod, irrelevant
an acorn gone to ground
until that unseen day
when all forgotten things stir
September 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I am become an appendage
an epitaph, an afterthought
upon quiet stone acknowledged
with a hapless nod, irrelevant
an acorn gone to ground
until that unseen day
when all forgotten things stir
an epitaph, an afterthought
upon quiet stone acknowledged
with a hapless nod, irrelevant
an acorn gone to ground
until that unseen day
when all forgotten things stir
Narrative violation: California works!
It is harder to do business in California than it ought to be. But the opportunity is enormous.
Want to make a great place even better? Welcome to the conversation.
It is harder to do business in California than it ought to be. But the opportunity is enormous.
Want to make a great place even better? Welcome to the conversation.
September 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Narrative violation: California works!
It is harder to do business in California than it ought to be. But the opportunity is enormous.
Want to make a great place even better? Welcome to the conversation.
It is harder to do business in California than it ought to be. But the opportunity is enormous.
Want to make a great place even better? Welcome to the conversation.