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Mark Hogan

@markasaurus

Architect at @OpenScopeStudio. Working in SF + LA. Housing, bikes, London, Buffalo. Also @markasaurus.bsky.social

San Francisco, California Katılım Ocak 2009
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Tony Fadell
Tony Fadell@tfadell·
Spotted in the NYC subway. “Zero screen time.” An iPod Shuffle ad in 2026. When we built the iPod, the goal was the technology disappeared and you could have your music wherever you were. 1,000 songs in your pocket. Now we’re living through a moment where people are actively looking for ways to disconnect from the infinite feed, algos, and constant notifications. That doesn’t mean technology is bad. It means the best technology understands when to step back. Not every problem needs another screen, another menu, or another layer of complexity. Constraints create freedom (read: @DavidEpstein new book Inside the Box). And often removing features creates a better product than adding them. The future of technology shouldn’t just be more engagement. It should help us be more human.
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Mark Hogan
Mark Hogan@markasaurus·
@AdamNMayer He, as an elected official, would have to throw political support behind raising height limits also
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Adam Mayer
Adam Mayer@AdamNMayer·
When Pratt refers to "SB-79, prison-like structures," he appears to be describing the familiar boxy, 5-over-1, pro forma-driven apartment buildings that have become common in Los Angeles and other cities. I share the concern that much of this architecture lacks depth, craft, and civic presence. And when he calls for "bringing back Art Deco," I take that to mean buildings with proportion, relief, texture, and layered façades, not blank, repetitive boxes. But if we want architects to do their jobs, local planning bureaucracies need to stop constraining design through rigid process, and developers need to be willing to invest in buildings that are genuinely beautiful.
The All-In Podcast@theallinpod

Spencer Pratt: I will empower architects and builders to make LA beautiful again. “ We're going have LA so beautiful. No more of these high-density, SB-79, prison-like structures. We need to bring Art Deco back. All the architects that moved out of here because it was so hard to build, takes eight years, they're going to be moving back, because we're going to speed up building. It's not going to take eight years. I talked to an architect today, one of the most famous architects in the world. He has a crew of 12 architects, they already did all these designs for these buildings and nobody listened to them. They met with Newsom, they met with Bass. Of course I'm like, “Let's do it, send me over the decks.” And then the YIMBY people, they can have all their bike lanes going through the sky, through tunnels. “We need LA to be the most beautiful architecture in the world.” @friedberg @spencerpratt --------------------------------------- Thanks to our partner Axon.ai for making this possible Most advertisers have never heard of the platform with an $11B annual run rate in ad spend. Axon.ai by AppLovin — 1B+ daily active users, full-screen video ads watched for a median of 35 seconds, and businesses are profitably spending hundreds of thousands of dollars a day on it. Advertiser access is in closed beta. The window is open at axon.ai/allin @AxonAdsManager

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Dimitris Drolapas
Dimitris Drolapas@DDrolapas·
There are property owners in San Francisco that couldn’t afford to buy the property they own right now.
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Mark Hogan
Mark Hogan@markasaurus·
@Eric_Erins Our town park when I was a kid was a former Nike missile site... They were all over the country
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Rafa
Rafa@Rafamonsta·
It’s crazy that the Coastal Commission is so vehemently opposed to the idea that the city of Santa Monica should be allowed to decide on its own if it can remove parking in favor of bike lanes near the coast. Ridiculous.
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Becky Hartung@beckyhartung

It’s crazy that so many environmental groups opposing AB 1740 are using language like “sneaky bike lanes as a guise” when literally the people running the bill literally just want bike lanes (the most climate-friendly transportation) by the beach.

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Jason, Human Bartender
Jason, Human Bartender@jasonc_nc·
How do I capture this populist zeitgeist for banning private equity from building rental homes & redirect it to banning private equity from building oversized, expensive fire trucks so they finally deliver the right-sized, affordable trucks Americans actually need?
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Jason, Human Bartender@jasonc_nc

On ladder trucks: A Pierce (US) 100’ ladder is ~46’9” in length. A Rosenbauer (EU) 105’ turntable ladder is 33’9”. -13’ (28%) shorter -5’ MORE reach -articulates AROUND obstacles vs straight ladder -Cheaper -More nimble -Faster setup -Superior extraction for disabled or injured

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Mark Hogan@markasaurus·
@elaifresh our city closed the adjacent street's intersection to cars and funneled all the traffic in front my my kid's school
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Mark Hogan@markasaurus·
@hanlonbt They are not entirely meaningless IMO as I have watched SF pivot on things in order to preserve their designation but I agree there is room for improvement
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Brian Hanlon
Brian Hanlon@hanlonbt·
Becerra sued a city under the HAA and won. Steyer backed SB 79 when it was costly to. Porter has shown rare willingness to say no to allies. Mahan cut fees and unlocked 2,000 homes in San Jose. 3,300+ word assessment of the candidates, and 3 asks for the winner:🧵
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Mark Hogan@markasaurus·
@hanlonbt Why is San Jose missing a prohousing designation from the state, which San Francisco and even most of the larger jurisdictions in Santa Clara county already have?
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Brian Hanlon
Brian Hanlon@hanlonbt·
Matt Mahan: The strongest track record of unlocking housing in this race. After a year of zero market-rate starts in San Jose, his fee reform produced 2,000 homes. His 15-point statewide plan is the most detailed and focuses on the binding constraint: high costs. 7/
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Dimitris Drolapas
Dimitris Drolapas@DDrolapas·
Went to a wedding a few years ago and before dinner was served one of my friends disappeared. He was eventually found in his hotel room passed out in the middle of the bed with his suit still on. He never made it back to the wedding, slept through the whole thing. He recently became a father and hadn’t slept in months. As a new parent myself, now I get it.
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Mark Hogan
Mark Hogan@markasaurus·
@JMGregorchuk @SukritGanesh Right but PG&E doesn't require the massive staging areas so it's much easier to install a transformer in other parts of the state. LADWP has crazy requirements
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John Gregorchuk
John Gregorchuk@JMGregorchuk·
Its because EV chargers require huge amounts of power and we're mandated to have a ton of them now. Then cities banned natural gas so you had to go all electric, so even more power required. Then the natural gas bans got thrown out but title 24 makes natural gas appliances super hard to comply with. Soo.... we make every building use way more power than ever before and it triggers the massive transformers or multiple small transformers and gigantic staging areas
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John Gregorchuk
John Gregorchuk@JMGregorchuk·
So you know those LADWP transformers we all love to hate? They're almost entirely due to EV charging requirements and natural gas bans (i.e. title 24).
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Michael Fiore - Garden Center
Michael Fiore - Garden Center@Michaelfiore·
Yes, most plants on the market today are patented. If you’re selling them you have to pay a royalty on each plant. Plant patents expire after 20 years at which point you no longer need to pay royalties to sell them, though you still may not be able to market them by the trademarked name. We regularly get propagation audits to check for royalty compliance at the nursery.
Vision Thing@BetterParties

@Michaelfiore @V5516705381226 Is everything they sell patented? So no one can legally propagate it to sell?

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Mark Hogan@markasaurus·
@DDrolapas This is like something the Planning Department does when you have to notice tenants and they want proof the vacant units were noticed
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Dimitris Drolapas
Dimitris Drolapas@DDrolapas·
Lender: We need a copy of the lease for unit 4. Broker: Unit 4 is vacant, there is no lease. Lender: We are requiring a copy of the original lease for this unit. What.
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Alexis Rivas
Alexis Rivas@alexisxrivas·
We're working on getting a permit for a stunning large single family home for our client. This is a difficult county. Not LA. They require a $40k tree cash bond in case you damage the trees, BEFORE even releasing plans from planning dept. to the building dept.
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Mark Hogan@markasaurus·
@alexisxrivas Oh yeah... this is a big thing in a lot of suburbs and I've seen the bond amount go much higher than that.
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Alexis Rivas@alexisxrivas·
And on top of that, they will keep the bond for 2 years after construction starts to make sure the trees are healthy before returning the $.
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Andrew Jeffery
Andrew Jeffery@credealjunkie·
A friend's teenage daughter is going to visit San Francisco and asked me to draw a map of "where not to go in SF." How'd I do?
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