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Brian Hanlon

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Brian Hanlon

@hanlonbt

I co-founded @cayimby and @housingdefense to make California affordable and accessible for everyone. Support pro-housing candidates: cayimbyvictoryfund.org

San Francisco, CA

Joined May 2010

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Brian Hanlon
@hanlonbt
May 11, 2021
The California legislature has the power to break the NIMBY stranglehold on cities. Donate to the California YIMBY Victory Fund. Support legislators who fight to build a California for everyone. secure.actblue.com/donate/cayimby…
Brian Hanlon
@hanlonbt
Oct 10, 2025
By signing SB 79, @GavinNewsom pleased the sky god, who will now bless California with life-giving rain.
Colin McCarthy
@US_Stormwatch
Oct 10, 2025
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
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Brian Hanlon
@hanlonbt
May 15, 2022
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."
Opinion: Keep building affordable housing to bring American Dream closer for all
From ajc.com
Brian Hanlon
@hanlonbt
Mar 23, 2022
$11B could buy 75% of California households an e-bike.
00:52
Gavin Newsom
@GavinNewsom
Mar 23, 2022
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
Brian Hanlon
@hanlonbt
Sep 12, 2025
After 8 years, we did it! SB 79, the biggest upzoning bill in state history, just passed the Legislature. Brief 🧵, with some important thank yous. 1/x
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Brian Hanlon
@hanlonbt
Jun 14, 2025
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.
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Brian Hanlon
@hanlonbt
Jan 29, 2021
Liam Dillon
@dillonliam
Jan 29, 2021
"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_mejia latimes.com/california/sto…
Brian Hanlon
@hanlonbt
Feb 27, 2022
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.
The Atlantic
@TheAtlantic
Feb 26, 2022
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
Brian Hanlon
@hanlonbt
Nov 6, 2021
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
Brian Hanlon
@hanlonbt
Nov 22, 2022
Tokyo is the greatest city on earth because its density, size, and affordability allow hyper-niche communities to flourish.
Brian Hanlon
@hanlonbt
May 22, 2022
"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."
Four Years Among the NIMBYs
From theatlantic.com
Brian Hanlon
@hanlonbt
Aug 7, 2025
Extremely funny to see a bunch of leftist cranks pretend that their nonprofits aren't also funded by billionaires.
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Brian Hanlon
@hanlonbt
Sep 12, 2025
Fucking historic!!!! SB 79 passes the Assembly with no votes to spare. Next stop - the Senate for concurrence!
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Brian Hanlon
@hanlonbt
Jan 13, 2020
New empirical scholarship: new large apartment buildings in low-income areas cause nearby rents to decline by 5-7%
Evan Mast
@EvanMast2
Jan 13, 2020
New working paper and policy brief (with @basquith827 and Davin Reed): “Supply Shock Versus Demand Shock: The Local Effects of New Housing in Low-Income Areas” WP: research.upjohn.org/cgi/viewconten… Brief: research.upjohn.org/cgi/viewconten… Key results below: