Kara Wetzel

@kristenvbrown Congrats Kristen! We'll miss you at Bloomberg but I'm such an Atlantic fan and look forward to seeing your work.

It's a dream to join a team of writers I have so long admired from afar!

California is embarking on the world's most ambitious reparations effort. As it tries to put a price on slavery's ills–as much as $1.2 million per eligible person–it's forcing answers for questions that have long been hypothetical. Read The Big Take ⬇️ trib.al/oHvUYiJ

Another office default in San Francisco...this one from a WeWork venture bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

This is a must-read on how Wall Street is squeezing California's most precious resource: Water

NEW: Ella Irwin, Twitter’s current head of trust and safety, has become the chief executor of Musk’s whims—even when it goes against established protocols for social media content work that Twitter and its peers have refined for the past decade. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A California law that aims to protect garment worker pay is pushing some brands to leave LA for good. It's an example of how the fashion industry is increasingly caught between opposing forces: ethical production and ultra-low prices. My latest for @BW bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

@phoover_216 @benssiegel @romyvarghese @Priyasideas I actually would love to have someone look into that!

@KaraWetzel @benssiegel @romyvarghese @Priyasideas Historic preservation credits, TIFs, state development dollars and even brownfield funds to bridge funding gaps and get projects across the finish line. It’s not as exciting as seeing multiple cranes on the skyline, but with inventory right-sized we are finally seeing new builds

When I arrived in San Francisco 8 years ago it was mind-blowing how vibrant, creative, wealthy, unstoppable it seemed. Everyone was moving here. Now the pile-up of problems both macro and micro are almost too much to write about...

@benssiegel @romyvarghese @Priyasideas write me a story about Cleveland's booming downtown!

@KaraWetzel @romyvarghese @Priyasideas The Midwest can use some rock-star reporters! #everyonemovedwell

This story by @romyvarghese and @Priyasideas tries to capture all that and the economic challenges ahead for this wild, beautiful, frustrating city as we head into a 2023 that looks all the more fraught bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

So it goes in the land of booms and busts. But this downturn feels different - and the economic impact is very very real. Mayor @LondonBreed warned last week of a $728M budget deficit over the next two years.

or as we say in California, all Best Foods broke loose

Come for the eco crash course, stay for the lines like "all Hell(mann's) would soon break loose"

Read @romyvarghese on the latest installment of "What's Gavin Up To?"

For @bloomberg, I spent a lot of time talking to women about the realities of their WFH/flex arrangements — which most people are pretty happy with! — but that society is still set up in a way that forces them to become one-woman safety nets: bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Seriously, this is so well done and so important.

This is a really beautifully presented way of showing the dire water situation we're in out west. It's all about the snow!

ICYMI - California #water prices are at an all-time high. Some contracts surpassing $2,000 an acre-foot. Story w/ @KimChipman1 #drought bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @business

Homes on your street sitting on the market longer, or even (gasp!) having prices cut? Read @mrgopal on the state of the housing market. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…