Susan Kim 김수잔
@susankimyyj.bsky.social
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Opinions are my own. Retweets are not endorsements. she/they. Free Palestine. Peace and unity in Korea in our lifetimes. "Part-time" City Councillor in BC.
Opinions are my own. Retweets are not endorsements. she/they. Free Palestine. Peace and unity in Korea in our lifetimes. "Part-time" City Councillor in BC.
Update: conversations with friends informs me that we have to keep up the fight for households with just one PWD and 1+ standard earner.
I’m collecting stories to pass on thru advocacy channels. Lmk
We can and we should land the plane on refusing legislated poverty for a handful of our neighbours.
I’m collecting stories to pass on thru advocacy channels. Lmk
We can and we should land the plane on refusing legislated poverty for a handful of our neighbours.
DROP THE PHONE. FORGET EVERYTHING. THIS IS HUGE.
I have called spousal clawbacks legislated poverty for years.
So many will be able to seek gainful employment, come out from illegal rental units, can get married and file taxes together, and more!
I'm crying on the inside for my PWD friends.
I have called spousal clawbacks legislated poverty for years.
So many will be able to seek gainful employment, come out from illegal rental units, can get married and file taxes together, and more!
I'm crying on the inside for my PWD friends.
CARGA UPDATE: BC Ends Spousal Caps and Clawbacks, Expanding Support for People Living with a Disability - BC Green Caucus
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2025NANAIMO, B.C. – The BC Greens and BC NDP have announced that, starting December 1, 2025, couples in which both partners receive disability payments will now rece...
bcgreencaucus.ca
November 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Update: conversations with friends informs me that we have to keep up the fight for households with just one PWD and 1+ standard earner.
I’m collecting stories to pass on thru advocacy channels. Lmk
We can and we should land the plane on refusing legislated poverty for a handful of our neighbours.
I’m collecting stories to pass on thru advocacy channels. Lmk
We can and we should land the plane on refusing legislated poverty for a handful of our neighbours.
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Notice: Galloping Goose Trail Closure
Starting Nov 17, a section of the trail through Viaduct Park will close weekdays for five weeks for BC Hydro upgrades. Accessible detours and signage will be in place.
More info: bchydro.com/victoriatoesquimalt
Starting Nov 17, a section of the trail through Viaduct Park will close weekdays for five weeks for BC Hydro upgrades. Accessible detours and signage will be in place.
More info: bchydro.com/victoriatoesquimalt
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Notice: Galloping Goose Trail Closure
Starting Nov 17, a section of the trail through Viaduct Park will close weekdays for five weeks for BC Hydro upgrades. Accessible detours and signage will be in place.
More info: bchydro.com/victoriatoesquimalt
Starting Nov 17, a section of the trail through Viaduct Park will close weekdays for five weeks for BC Hydro upgrades. Accessible detours and signage will be in place.
More info: bchydro.com/victoriatoesquimalt
Good morning. If you'd like to smile today, please visit the VictoriaBC subreddit and read the comments pooping on local white supremacists.
Shout out to @antihate.ca for their years of work. I got to meet their Executive Director and asked to hug him the first time I met him because they're great!
Shout out to @antihate.ca for their years of work. I got to meet their Executive Director and asked to hug him the first time I met him because they're great!
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Good morning. If you'd like to smile today, please visit the VictoriaBC subreddit and read the comments pooping on local white supremacists.
Shout out to @antihate.ca for their years of work. I got to meet their Executive Director and asked to hug him the first time I met him because they're great!
Shout out to @antihate.ca for their years of work. I got to meet their Executive Director and asked to hug him the first time I met him because they're great!
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Thanks to @kristaloughton.bsky.social and others for making this point. Victoria is an expensive city to live in, and if we want people from all walks of life to be able to serve, council has to pay well. You shouldn't need to be wealthy to be able to serve.
Loughton: "I do think it's important to make the point that I don't believe going below $74k/year for Council pay works for anyone who's a renter who would like to serve at this table.... there's [3] renters elected at the CRD, and there's a reason for that."
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Thanks to @kristaloughton.bsky.social and others for making this point. Victoria is an expensive city to live in, and if we want people from all walks of life to be able to serve, council has to pay well. You shouldn't need to be wealthy to be able to serve.
Staff are recommending the rescinding of an incorrect statement of significance, then reissuing the one provided today, then move onto bylaw readings.
Heritage designation for 646 Fisgard St gets handled unanimously.
Heritage designation for 646 Fisgard St gets handled unanimously.
November 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Staff are recommending the rescinding of an incorrect statement of significance, then reissuing the one provided today, then move onto bylaw readings.
Heritage designation for 646 Fisgard St gets handled unanimously.
Heritage designation for 646 Fisgard St gets handled unanimously.
We're back to standard Council items now. The tax relief pilot was ratified from earlier today.
Now onto bylaws.
Now onto bylaws.
November 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
We're back to standard Council items now. The tax relief pilot was ratified from earlier today.
Now onto bylaws.
Now onto bylaws.
Cool cool cool. Just learned that my rental home is gonna go on the market. And now I'm supposed to just go back to making big decisions, compartmentalizing my looming and anxiety-inducing housing insecurity.
November 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Cool cool cool. Just learned that my rental home is gonna go on the market. And now I'm supposed to just go back to making big decisions, compartmentalizing my looming and anxiety-inducing housing insecurity.
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This is a great step forward. As a social worker I have been advising people for years to hide the fact that they're married, or in a relationship because being honest could cost them $300 a month, and PWD isn't much to start with.
But it does need to go WAY further...short🧵
But it does need to go WAY further...short🧵
DROP THE PHONE. FORGET EVERYTHING. THIS IS HUGE.
I have called spousal clawbacks legislated poverty for years.
So many will be able to seek gainful employment, come out from illegal rental units, can get married and file taxes together, and more!
I'm crying on the inside for my PWD friends.
I have called spousal clawbacks legislated poverty for years.
So many will be able to seek gainful employment, come out from illegal rental units, can get married and file taxes together, and more!
I'm crying on the inside for my PWD friends.
CARGA UPDATE: BC Ends Spousal Caps and Clawbacks, Expanding Support for People Living with a Disability - BC Green Caucus
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2025NANAIMO, B.C. – The BC Greens and BC NDP have announced that, starting December 1, 2025, couples in which both partners receive disability payments will now rece...
bcgreencaucus.ca
November 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This is a great step forward. As a social worker I have been advising people for years to hide the fact that they're married, or in a relationship because being honest could cost them $300 a month, and PWD isn't much to start with.
But it does need to go WAY further...short🧵
But it does need to go WAY further...short🧵
Oooh we're on Gardiner's motion to alter Council's remuneration plan. "While our fellow residents are anxious about rents, mortgage... this Council is intent on enrichment for Councillors."
[Gardiner starting strong straight out the gate.]
[Gardiner starting strong straight out the gate.]
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Oooh we're on Gardiner's motion to alter Council's remuneration plan. "While our fellow residents are anxious about rents, mortgage... this Council is intent on enrichment for Councillors."
[Gardiner starting strong straight out the gate.]
[Gardiner starting strong straight out the gate.]
Back from lunch. Speaking on the development potential tax relief pilot program, I said that this program is just the redistribution of local resources within a community through the municipal government as a form of state intervention. The broader problem is the way BC Assessment is told to assess.
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Back from lunch. Speaking on the development potential tax relief pilot program, I said that this program is just the redistribution of local resources within a community through the municipal government as a form of state intervention. The broader problem is the way BC Assessment is told to assess.
Back to Council. Option 1 to continue the pilot is being moved, but with the addition of amending it to include the entire Downtown neighbourhood, expanding beyond Harris Green.
Caradonna motivated by referencing the business community's enthusiasm for this initiative.
Caradonna motivated by referencing the business community's enthusiasm for this initiative.
November 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Back to Council. Option 1 to continue the pilot is being moved, but with the addition of amending it to include the entire Downtown neighbourhood, expanding beyond Harris Green.
Caradonna motivated by referencing the business community's enthusiasm for this initiative.
Caradonna motivated by referencing the business community's enthusiasm for this initiative.
DROP THE PHONE. FORGET EVERYTHING. THIS IS HUGE.
I have called spousal clawbacks legislated poverty for years.
So many will be able to seek gainful employment, come out from illegal rental units, can get married and file taxes together, and more!
I'm crying on the inside for my PWD friends.
I have called spousal clawbacks legislated poverty for years.
So many will be able to seek gainful employment, come out from illegal rental units, can get married and file taxes together, and more!
I'm crying on the inside for my PWD friends.
CARGA UPDATE: BC Ends Spousal Caps and Clawbacks, Expanding Support for People Living with a Disability - BC Green Caucus
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2025NANAIMO, B.C. – The BC Greens and BC NDP have announced that, starting December 1, 2025, couples in which both partners receive disability payments will now rece...
bcgreencaucus.ca
November 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
DROP THE PHONE. FORGET EVERYTHING. THIS IS HUGE.
I have called spousal clawbacks legislated poverty for years.
So many will be able to seek gainful employment, come out from illegal rental units, can get married and file taxes together, and more!
I'm crying on the inside for my PWD friends.
I have called spousal clawbacks legislated poverty for years.
So many will be able to seek gainful employment, come out from illegal rental units, can get married and file taxes together, and more!
I'm crying on the inside for my PWD friends.
Staff presentation next on the Development Potential Tax Relief Pilot Program, which was put in place a year ago for businesses in Harris Green.
November 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Staff presentation next on the Development Potential Tax Relief Pilot Program, which was put in place a year ago for businesses in Harris Green.
Back from break. Presentation on the implementation progress of the 2024-2026 corporate plan
Staff: ...which pilots major projects and initiatives in the city's diverse portfolio that advances council's strategic priorities.
Staff: ...which pilots major projects and initiatives in the city's diverse portfolio that advances council's strategic priorities.
November 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Back from break. Presentation on the implementation progress of the 2024-2026 corporate plan
Staff: ...which pilots major projects and initiatives in the city's diverse portfolio that advances council's strategic priorities.
Staff: ...which pilots major projects and initiatives in the city's diverse portfolio that advances council's strategic priorities.
We are ahead of schedule currently on Year 2. However, of note is that the Provincial housing targets, years 4 and 5 of the five-year target is almost 50% of the mandated quota.
November 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
We are ahead of schedule currently on Year 2. However, of note is that the Provincial housing targets, years 4 and 5 of the five-year target is almost 50% of the mandated quota.
Thursday November 13 COTW on this classic rainy Victoria morning. The Lights of Wonder installations have begun to go up in Centennial Square. 💡❄️
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Thursday November 13 COTW on this classic rainy Victoria morning. The Lights of Wonder installations have begun to go up in Centennial Square. 💡❄️
We temporarily interrupt this austerity hellscape in BC to feel hope for a lil bit!
November 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
We temporarily interrupt this austerity hellscape in BC to feel hope for a lil bit!
My plans today? Not me glued to the livestream of rad Vancouverites fighting the proposed populist austerity budget. 👀
My heart goes out to the staff who maintain absolute professionalism in the face of their jobs getting cut… to benefit a small class of residents: overvalued landowners.
My heart goes out to the staff who maintain absolute professionalism in the face of their jobs getting cut… to benefit a small class of residents: overvalued landowners.
Y'all, I didn't realize how bad this budget motion in Vancouver was until I watched the Council meeting for the last 15 minutes. It's fundamentally massive austerity sanitized through bureaucracy.
Of note: ABC is not acknowledging their previous commitments to transparency re: providing line items.
Of note: ABC is not acknowledging their previous commitments to transparency re: providing line items.
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
My plans today? Not me glued to the livestream of rad Vancouverites fighting the proposed populist austerity budget. 👀
My heart goes out to the staff who maintain absolute professionalism in the face of their jobs getting cut… to benefit a small class of residents: overvalued landowners.
My heart goes out to the staff who maintain absolute professionalism in the face of their jobs getting cut… to benefit a small class of residents: overvalued landowners.
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Oct 2026 is the BC muni elections. This is a populist budget designed to whip up their base and has no vision for the long term consequences.
November 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Oct 2026 is the BC muni elections. This is a populist budget designed to whip up their base and has no vision for the long term consequences.
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if LOTS of people sign up to speak and go to city hall starting Wednesday, that will prevent council from making decisions on the budget
since they are required to hear all the registered speakers first
Sign up here
council.vancouver.ca/20251112/spe...
since they are required to hear all the registered speakers first
Sign up here
council.vancouver.ca/20251112/spe...
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
if LOTS of people sign up to speak and go to city hall starting Wednesday, that will prevent council from making decisions on the budget
since they are required to hear all the registered speakers first
Sign up here
council.vancouver.ca/20251112/spe...
since they are required to hear all the registered speakers first
Sign up here
council.vancouver.ca/20251112/spe...
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1/ CBC & @antihate.ca released some excellent reporting on a neo-Nazi gathering in Vancouver on July 26. This thread covers more local context & organizing.
To start, here is one very interesting Facebook friendship between Exiles of the Golden Age's Lane Pommer & MP Aaron Gunn.
To start, here is one very interesting Facebook friendship between Exiles of the Golden Age's Lane Pommer & MP Aaron Gunn.
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
1/ CBC & @antihate.ca released some excellent reporting on a neo-Nazi gathering in Vancouver on July 26. This thread covers more local context & organizing.
To start, here is one very interesting Facebook friendship between Exiles of the Golden Age's Lane Pommer & MP Aaron Gunn.
To start, here is one very interesting Facebook friendship between Exiles of the Golden Age's Lane Pommer & MP Aaron Gunn.
Nerd thread alert. Woke up this morning and started skim reading the provincially commissioned independent review of E-Comm 911, the body that handles 911 phone calls and dispatches.
Let me relate this to the police budget in #yyj, and #bcpoli more broadly.
Let me relate this to the police budget in #yyj, and #bcpoli more broadly.
B.C. releases independent reports on E-Comm cost management
archive.news.gov.bc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
Hey #yyj #yyjpoli this shit is roosting right here at home.
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It felt weird to speak in favour of funding book prizes in the city budget by raising literacy as a way to avoid political extremism (deep reading teaches empathy). But now I think I didn't go hard enough?
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It felt weird to speak in favour of funding book prizes in the city budget by raising literacy as a way to avoid political extremism (deep reading teaches empathy). But now I think I didn't go hard enough?
1/ NEW: We identified 20 people who attended a white nationalist conference and, despite their efforts to keep it secret, caught another 30 people on film to identify in the future. Several MMA/combat sports instructors were discovered and their gyms have cut ties.
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Everybody Attending White Nationalist Conference Caught on Film
Advertised near-exclusively in white nationalist online spaces, promotional social media posts for the event include symbolism popular with neo-Nazis, including the kolovrat sun wheel and a table with...
www.antihate.ca
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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been doing some light reading about the aftermath of the korean dictatorship and I think it's really important that we repeat this to ourselves, to our friends, to our neighbors, to our politicians
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
been doing some light reading about the aftermath of the korean dictatorship and I think it's really important that we repeat this to ourselves, to our friends, to our neighbors, to our politicians