Scott Garner
@sfgarner.bsky.social
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Just another annoying YIMBY
Just another annoying YIMBY
Good thread
People are treating Chris Whipple's Susie Wiles articles in Vanity Fair today as big news - the NYT even recapped them. But Wiles is no dummy; she knows how to work the press. These articles read like a Trump press release, excuse after excuse with no pushback. It's the anti-Chotiner interview. 1/
December 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Good thread
Amazing news!
MAJOR NEWS: @GavinNewsom signed SB 79, my bill allowing more housing near public transit — rail, subway, rapid bus.
It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.
Thank you, Governor!
It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.
Thank you, Governor!
October 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Amazing news!
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Oh are young men lonely? Are they having a tough time?? Instead of incelism have they considered getting into DC hardcore???
May 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Oh are young men lonely? Are they having a tough time?? Instead of incelism have they considered getting into DC hardcore???
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It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.
May 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.
The only thing that keeps me warm during this long cold night of American politics is the fact that Gavin Newsom will never be president, no matter how hard he tries.
NEW: California has launched ‘Ask CAL FIRE”, an AI-powered chatbot on @calfire.bsky.social’s website offering wildfire resources and emergency information in 70 languages.
We’re committed to transforming government to more efficiently and effectively serve people.
We’re committed to transforming government to more efficiently and effectively serve people.
May 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The only thing that keeps me warm during this long cold night of American politics is the fact that Gavin Newsom will never be president, no matter how hard he tries.
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Excellent work by new NYT headline writer Werner Herzog
March 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Excellent work by new NYT headline writer Werner Herzog
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some more congestion pricing Ws:
Broadway attendance: up 21%
Restaurant reservations: up 7%
Pedestrian traffic: up 4%
Retail sales: up $900M
Commercial leasing: up 61%
Subway crime: down 37%
Car crashes: down 50%
Honking complaints: down 69%
Broadway attendance: up 21%
Restaurant reservations: up 7%
Pedestrian traffic: up 4%
Retail sales: up $900M
Commercial leasing: up 61%
Subway crime: down 37%
Car crashes: down 50%
Honking complaints: down 69%
March 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
some more congestion pricing Ws:
Broadway attendance: up 21%
Restaurant reservations: up 7%
Pedestrian traffic: up 4%
Retail sales: up $900M
Commercial leasing: up 61%
Subway crime: down 37%
Car crashes: down 50%
Honking complaints: down 69%
Broadway attendance: up 21%
Restaurant reservations: up 7%
Pedestrian traffic: up 4%
Retail sales: up $900M
Commercial leasing: up 61%
Subway crime: down 37%
Car crashes: down 50%
Honking complaints: down 69%
The replies to this are wild, full of conspiracy theories and copium. We have to face the fact that as a nation we did this to ourselves during a free and fair election. It's unbelievable, it's heartbreaking, but it's true.
The decisive test of our society in my lifetime was the 2024 election and our failure was spectacular and total. I will never again have any faith in the American electorate to do the obviously right thing.
March 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The replies to this are wild, full of conspiracy theories and copium. We have to face the fact that as a nation we did this to ourselves during a free and fair election. It's unbelievable, it's heartbreaking, but it's true.
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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
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The Acting President discusses affairs of state, while the young boy and the old man share their boredom.
February 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The Acting President discusses affairs of state, while the young boy and the old man share their boredom.
my hottest take is that cities are not museums. they need to be able to change and evolve or they will die.
I love North Beach, which is why I would prefer it remain a living neighborhood and not get converted into a mummified version of itself. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/n...
Should this San Francisco neighborhood become a historic district?
Plan to turn this San Francisco neighborhood into a historic district is sparking conflict: 'Absolutely abusive'
www.sfchronicle.com
February 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
my hottest take is that cities are not museums. they need to be able to change and evolve or they will die.
This is all just a world-historic self own. Unreal how absolutely stupid it is. Truly amazing stuff.
February 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is all just a world-historic self own. Unreal how absolutely stupid it is. Truly amazing stuff.
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My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.
January 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.
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From Harry Litman, “Why I Just Resigned From The Los Angeles Times” — “I don’t want to continue to work for a paper that is appeasing Trump and facilitating his assault on democratic rule for craven reasons.”
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
Why I Just Resigned From The Los Angeles Times
By Harry Litman
open.substack.com
December 5, 2024 at 5:32 PM
From Harry Litman, “Why I Just Resigned From The Los Angeles Times” — “I don’t want to continue to work for a paper that is appeasing Trump and facilitating his assault on democratic rule for craven reasons.”
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
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The median San Francisco home is SEVENTY EIGHT YEARS OLD. todayshomeowner.com/home-finance...
December 4, 2024 at 9:47 PM
The median San Francisco home is SEVENTY EIGHT YEARS OLD. todayshomeowner.com/home-finance...
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This is, and should be seen by our state's policymakers as, an urgent crisis to solve.
Sunny but expensive: Thousands more workers left California than arrived during a stretch last year. Here's where they went.
Thousands more workers left California for job opportunities in other states than moved into the state, according to a recent report. High housing costs were a major factor in the migration.
www.latimes.com
November 26, 2024 at 8:16 PM
This is, and should be seen by our state's policymakers as, an urgent crisis to solve.
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"I remember when the phantom Kamala ad hit me. It drew me in with a photo of Vice-President Harris and a positive and appealing summary of her policies. Then the ad exposed me, to a policy that I would not like – and which the candidate did not in fact advocate."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-phanto...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-phanto...
The Phantom Campaign
Digital Oligarchy vs. the Democratic Future
snyder.substack.com
November 19, 2024 at 12:59 AM
"I remember when the phantom Kamala ad hit me. It drew me in with a photo of Vice-President Harris and a positive and appealing summary of her policies. Then the ad exposed me, to a policy that I would not like – and which the candidate did not in fact advocate."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-phanto...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-phanto...
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