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California's first significant storm of the year is arriving early next week that could end fire season for much of the state and deliver 1-2+ feet of snow along the Sierra Crest above 7,000 feet.
0.5–2 inches of rain is expected across much of Central and Northern California
MLK III writes a banger op-ed:
"The less housing stock we have, the more expensive it is. So if we want a radically fairer housing market, we have to literally build it."
NEW: we’re proposing $11 BILLION in relief, including a $9 billion tax refund for rising gas prices.
- $400 per registered car
- 3 months of free public transit
Austin embraces a common left pathology - the inability to consider trade offs and prioritize.
People like free stuff, but low-income transit riders most value frequent service.
In CA, safety & cleanliness are top priorities.
Free fares make achieving those priorities harder.
"In Los Angeles County, there is little mystery to the heaviest spread of the virus. Where the crowding is worst, the pandemic hits hardest: the Eastside. Southeast L.A. South L.A."
Heartbreaking story by @brittny_mejialatimes.com/california/sto…
A retired investment banker with a second home in New Zealand is using CEQA to deny thousands of students a UC Berkeley education.
CA needs to protect its environment and quickly achieve carbon net zero, which it will fail to do without CEQA reform.
Berkeley the university is putting Berkeley the city at risk, Phil Bokovoy tells @AnnieLowrey about his effort to stop the college's population growth. on.theatln.tc/QGesiu4
Sup. Dean Preston is “anti-housing” because he has blocked homes for ~8,587 people and opposed homes for ~28,708 people, including affordable homes for ~8,478 people.
No affordable homes in his district have been built since he took office.
nimby.report/preston
"Small-d democratic-citizen participation has led to profoundly regressive outcomes."
@AnnieLowrey shows how SF's maximal community engagement process leads to "sky-high rents…, worker shortages, displacement…, and climate-wrecking suburbanization."