Rage against the municipal planning commission

Socialists in general aren't that bright when it comes to markets and finance, and in this case it's an existential threat: 25% of California's homeowners are in extreme high risk zones. The value of those homes is over $2 trillion. The entire state budget is $250B.

Every neighborhood should have a cute, walkable coffee shop in it

This should warrant the death penalty

Today I spoke with a local farm owner who has been aggressively approached by SIX different solar companies to lease her acreage. This woman is actively farming and selling produce at local farmer’s markets. This is a foreign corporate invasion that’ll interrupt our future food supply more than people are talking about.

Seattle has one of the worst housing crises in the country. I see it every time I’m home in my district. People working full-time jobs who can’t afford rent. Teachers, nurses, and transit workers who can’t live in the city they serve. Families on housing assistance waiting lists that have been frozen for years. This is a policy failure, not an inevitability. We built this crisis by choosing developers over people. We can choose differently. Housing is a human right. We fight for it like one.

WEALTH TAXES = ECONOMIC WRECKING BALLS.

California peach farmers are destroying around 420,000 peach trees after fruit company Del Monte filed for bankruptcy. Farmers are heartbroken for having to destroy their orchards, but they have to pivot to other crops to try and stay afloat.

Boom - nailed the N+1 Lane theory