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i was on bryan woo’s side even when i thought he threw at mike trout’s head unprovoked and on purpose

@SukritGanesh @nytimes Only if we want to keep NATO intact.

Breaking News: The White House said it would ask Congress for about $1.5 trillion for defense in 2027, its highest level in modern history. nyti.ms/4sfxvi6

@mattyglesias If some tax cheats want to build New Manhattanna, that feels like a fair trade. For their entire life, no land tax on New Manhattanna.

This is why land value tax won't work.

@JulieChangRE Agreed. We should let the market decide, and that would require the gov to price street parking appropriately & remove parking mandates.

I write about walking and how much I love living in a walkable community BUT I also recognize that I NEED a car for work and to get to many appointments And no Uber is not a solution. Maybe when Waymo rolls out, but I'm not getting into a dirty, potentially unsafe car driven by someone who can't drive (most rideshares I take are not good and not safe drivers). If you are not a woman or elderly person who has concerns, please don't comment. So yes we need more housing, and if we can decouple housing from parking, great, but also cities should really build some parking infrastructure. So for people who NEED a car, they can pay to rent a spot. And then there is always an urbanist who is like if you LOVE cars so much you can live somewhere else but lets build more housing with no parking. No, this has nothing to do with love of cars but the necessity of it In utopia, that sounds great, no parking at housing But that is not reality for MOST people. So if you can't recognize that reality, you are alienating most people and frankly why some people can't stand urbanists

Wish this was common practice.

@Golfer12b2 @sdut We should look at selling Mission Bay golf course to a private entity, and allow the free market to decide its best use. It still allows us to have 2 public courses.

@sdut Great, the beginning of the end for these courses! Only good thing in the city & Elo wants to ruin it!

San Diego explores raiding millions in golf revenue from Torrey Pines and other city courses sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/04/02/san…

@ksandiego63 @sdut What business are you talking about?

@sdut Yes by all means ruin the few businesses doing well because you have so many right? Aside from defense contractors, whom You have no control over, SD literally exploits every good thing that comes their way...NO WONDER YOU'RE FAILING

The wealthiest, most exclusive communities continue to benefit from the historic preservation system, while everyone else is left competing for fewer homes at higher costs. My new op-ed on how this shapes who gets to live in San Diego: [link below] 🧵

@SageOfTime1 @lyndonbajohnson Moses had NY build a playground every 2 weeks for a total of over 650 playgrounds. Not everything he did was bad.

@lyndonbajohnson Interesting, could you elaborate on how Moses’ projects may have revitalized NY? Most of what has been written on him (that I can find) is overwhelmingly critical of him

Its a good book of its time. But its now 50 years old, and no longer that relevant. Because 50 years ago Caro wrote a funeral dirge for a city stumbling in the 1970s but that roared back to life in the 1990s in spite of Moses (and in some things *because of him*) -OS

LA County had the largest population decline in the United States last year. While the tragic fires are a factor, so is a lack of housing. Yet the city is delaying SB 79 — the bill for more housing near transit. WE NEED MORE HOUSING. The future of our state depends on it.

@olongnolo @humantransit @ColinParent @CityofSanDiego Thanks for the clarification. I've seen additional things stated were necessary for qualification of BRT, but I can't think of any bus in SD that has an uninterrupted priority ROW or ROW

@jard1990 @humantransit @ColinParent @CityofSanDiego No, the only requirement for bus service is "full-time dedicated bus lanes or operation in a separate right-of-way dedicated for public transportation with [15 min peak service]". The issue I imagine is that the first clause is ambiguous - what is a separate ROW exactly?

The @CityofSanDiego is proposing to exempt itself from almost all of SB 79.

@humantransit @ColinParent @CityofSanDiego BRT required somethings that SD buses don't have like center running lanes, and off board payment.

@ColinParent @CityofSanDiego How do the BRTs not count?

Cities should start mandating local sports team show all games on OTA networks during any stadium/support negotiations.

We cannot adopt life saving automated cars because we have to protect low productivity jobs is perhaps the worst argument I have ever heard

Why are YIMBYs touting law that won't go into effect for 5 years? My rent goes up 10% each year for 5 years, and then *maybe* the state uses its *discretionary* RHNA powers to *maybe* find that cities arent in compliance? Be for real.

Do California drivers pay the cost of driving? Not even close. California drivers pay ~$15.5B/year in gas taxes, registration, and tolls. Just the roads cost $30B+. They don't cover half the roads, let alone everything else. A thread on actual driving costs and who pays. 🧵

@_giacomo_volpe_ Maybe I'm cynical, but I think this is something she views as a potential feather in her cap for a '28 run.

@jard1990 Her whole brand is brainiac problem solver and she reps Massachusetts There is no reason for her to pander to idiots like this if that really is the intent

My respect for Warren is evaporating All this does is exclude families unable to afford a down payment and mortgage from SFHs Idk if economic illiteracy or classism or both but I expect this from the right, not from the left

@yimbyism @ikirigin Ehhh. Easier access to the doors, and most people would likely like the sound of it in CA.

@ikirigin They're trying to get rent control signatures from homeowners? Not very strategic.

Just had a spicy exchange at my front door: -Him- Hi we're gathering signatures for rent control. =Me= Rent control is one of the worst ideas in all of economics. Did you even google this? - Yes, and I studied economics actually. = You think a majority of economists think it's a good idea? - Yes actually. = That's not true. It lowers the supply of housing. Landlords don't have money to maintain units. - We'll force them to. = Cities with rent control are missing tens of thousands of units because upkeep isn't worth the money. - You think landlords can't afford it? = They have less money, it's just a business choice. Meanwhile, can you guess what I pay in property taxes? - No = Can you guess the ratio of my property taxes vs my 5 neighbors combined? - No = I pay literally double the next 5 houses combined. - Are you saying you can't afford that? = No, the city has less tax revenue for roads and schools and police. You could be trying to fix that. Have you heard of CEQA? - No, I don't know what that is = Please quit your job.