Barb Tassa

It’s not rich people leaving California. It’s working class folks. And it’s all about the cost of housing due to decades of under-building. Once they leave, they can afford housing & their finances improve. We must continue the fight to build more homes. It’s essential for California’s future,

Today in SF, a smart articulate young person knocked on our door canvassing for Saikat = she said if I wasn't into that then I should consider Connie Chan = we had a very nice chat where I explained if I wanted socialism, I'd have stayed in India + the damage to SF last decade...

Every pedestrian in SF is also directly impacted by Waymo’s launch, it’s great having to dodge getting hit by cars less often. These people should focus less on stopping progress that increases safety and more on policy to help create more and better jobs for people.

San Francisco reports a violent crime every 51 minutes. > Most of them are in just 3 neighbourhoods. > Most of them are between 1 PM and 7 PM. > Most of them never resolved. I mapped all of it. Real-time. Filterable. Free.

YOU HEARD IT FROM MELKUO FIRST

If you needed a reminder of why America’s founders were deeply skeptical of democracy and the will of the masses, there is none better than the fact that the American people seem to be enthusiastically banning a wave of industrialization before it has even begun in earnest.

Let me get this straight. You’ve been in power for ten years. You’ve doubled the debt. You’ve weakened the economy. And now, your answer is to trap young Canadians? On stage, the Liberal Party of Canada brings out Patrick Pichette, a former senior executive at Google, who now lives in Europe, to suggest that Canadians who want to pursue opportunities in the United States should face an exit tax of $500,000. Half a million dollars to leave your own country. This, from someone who once left Canada himself to build a career in the U.S. and paid virtually nothing to do so. So let’s be honest about what this is. It is not economic policy. It is not nation building. It is control. A government that has mismanaged the economy now wants to limit your ability to seek opportunity elsewhere. Instead of creating reasons to stay, they are looking for ways to make it harder to leave. You do not grow a country by locking people in. You grow it by giving them a reason to believe in it.

MP Marilyn Gladu, who crossed the floor to join the Liberals and had supported calling a by-election if someone switches parties just weeks ago, was questioned by reporters

The switch to snow has already begun and chain controls are active along I-80. As of 3:45 p.m. Chains are required for all vehicles except 4WD/AWD with snow tires, EB Kingvale to Truckee, WB Donner Lake Interchange to Rainbow. Minimum restrictions for trucks.