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@rohindhar possibly this tells us more about the folks who move to Marin than the schools in Marin

A lot of people leave San Francisco for Marin because they perceive the public schools to be better there But what I’ve noticed is that a lot of folks who move to Marin end up sending their kids to private school eventually. And this is true whether they live in San Rafael, Mill Valley, etc etc Are the public schools in Marin still considered great or are they coasting on some reputation from a long time ago?

@jaybee484 @mnolangray Grand Lake Kitchen?

@mnolangray God I miss those.... RTP in NC had a bunch, greater Boston had some good ones.... doesn't seem to be a thing in the Bay Area

Part of the mental reset of living in Sacramento has been realizing that it's the first city I've ever lived in where all the best restaurants are farm-to-table New American.

@moseskagan @big_pedestrian I took my branches down to the green dump a couple years ago in Oakland. The power was out there because people STOLE THE POLE from the street - these jerks are not amateurs!!

If you were down on your luck and needed money, would you think to go out at night with a set of power tools and strip the copper wire out of street lights in your city? Neither would 99.9% of other people. Crimes like these aren't random. They are the work of a small number of repeat offenders who make careers of them. So, instead of spending $$$$$ and time "fortifying our streetlights", why don't we send some police officers to arrest these criminals and then put them in jail so they can't keep doing it?

@terronk They could have very easily pruned it hard from the building and left the street side alone! I’m usually sympathetic to the owners but they really screwed it up. I’d be pissed if I lived on that street!

I was about to dunk on this for being an example of the petty tyranny of San Francisco government, but then I saw what they actually did to the trees and now I think the city should try them for murder.

@Atomic_Ferret @abc7newsbayarea No it was for the insurance company. Zone Zero hasn’t been enforced much.

@abc7newsbayarea Where they doing this to comply with newly enacted "zone zero" regulations? Homeowner caught between city regs abt street trees and state regs regarding combustibles near/over their homes.

The city of San Francisco charged a homeowner $50,000 in fines for "illegally" pruning the city-owned trees in front of his house. abc7ne.ws/WzDeNp

@BayAreaREMatt @ghosttyped It really is! Just a quick walk to everything you need. And bart itself.

@peteyt @ghosttyped yeah the neighborhood is fantastic

And it still sold for 200k+ over asking after their 500k price increase 🤌🏽

@ghosttyped @BayAreaREMatt Those houses were going for 1.5m 5-10 years ago, so it makes sense. I work on that block a few times a year.

@BayAreaREMatt 2.3m in shafter????

@shawngorham Or the crappy tree you want to remove requires a $500 permit. Licensed tree companies won’t do it because they get in trouble, so people hire an unlicensed guy to cut it down for $400. Unintended consequences.

In CA you are required to have a license to CUT GRASS, it's a C27 license. They mostly catch business owners paying non licensed landscapers via their annual workers comp audit. Then they classify the unlicensed landscaper as an employee and charge the business owner for his workers comp on wages paid. No lube in CA my friends

@Snubnoze707 @sticks_bricksdd @p_e_t_e_r_s_e_n And even that is new. Prior to a ballot measure a few years ago, you could pass any property down at the original tax basis. You didn’t have to live in it. That was a silly way to do things!

@sticks_bricksdd @p_e_t_e_r_s_e_n You can keep property taxes if the parent lived in that house 6 months prior to passing away, and you move into that house within 6 months after that parent passes away. You can't keep the taxes if you intend to rent the property.

The American Dream in 2026: around 25 percent of all homes in coastal California are acquired via inheritance.

@jamesharrigan @jessesingal He is being silly here ;-). Helen Lewis is most definitely a friend of the pod!

@jessesingal why do you generally dislike her & her work? Is it OK that I'm a fan of both her and you?

This is a truly excellent and searing article and you know you can trust me on that because of my general dislike for Helen and her work

@jessesingal Ha! Tbf very few of these houses nearer the coast are insulated or sealed from moisture. It’s so funny watching people move to the Bay Area and then realize that, yes, it is as cold as they say.

much of east coast: thinks 12" is an unfathomably devastating snowstorm much of west coast: thinks 25 degrees is unfathomably devastating cold

@zcr86 @dilanesper And the family seating boarding group meant that all of the families ended up in the same part of the plane, which is good for everybody.

@dilanesper With 4 young kids Southwest’s open seating was the best. I’d board when they allowed families with young kids, go to the back of the plane, get the two rows we needed, and be done. Trying to get 6 seats together with assigned seating can be nearly impossible

It doesn't surprise me that an airline which attracted the 15% of the market that didn't like assigned seating can't just pivot to assigned seating without its customers hating it. I don't generally fly Southwest for lots of reasons, but people who did loved the old system.

@K3ebly @terronk @sfchronicle The state pays districts for attendance, every student on every day. If the students aren’t there, the district gets no money for those days

And the winner of the best piece on the teacher’s union strike goes to the @sfchronicle. “If these outcomes seem incoherent, that’s because they are.” sfchronicle.com/opinion/editor…

@amrgeddon @ConnectedSF @sfusd Private schools can kick out disruptive students, public schools can’t. Selection effect.

@ConnectedSF @sfusd You’re not proving your point here. Again. You’re not adjusting for student populations and socio economic status. Public schools have to deal with far more beyond education. Private schools have it easier. It’s just different.

If @SFUSD schools are underperforming due to teacher salaries... Why do private school teachers -who are typically paid far less and receive pathetic benefits- consistently outperform public school teachers on many metrics? Ps this holds true w/ low income student populations

@GeorgeE33179 @hamandcheese I volunteer as crossing guard at my kids elementary school and people go a lot faster than 17 MPH every single day.

@hamandcheese Nope. This is exactly the type of case where even an unassisted human driver would be safer than waymo. The waymo was driving 17 mph done though a school zone during active pickup hours. Human driver would recognize that context as the exact situation where…

A more accurate headline would be "Waymo saves child's life thanks to superhuman reaction time"

@FallofRome @MattGrossmann The plumber who replaced my water heater said that water heaters cost $700 more since Trump 2.

I believe you are missing an ingredient in your analysis. Professor. We have not seen in decades a President who delivered on key promises in a year’s time. A secure border, a historical crime and drug death rate drop, codified longterm tax relief for its citizens (and not just the wealthy as the contrarians like to say), and has fraught fraud and waste like he has. All in the first year. The consumer is on fire, GDP is growing, and small business is benefiting. For decades voters have been hypnotized by flawed promises and disappointment with non-delivery. Not to mention his use of America’s economic power to obtain international solutions in the interest of the American people and prolonged peace. This President is doing what he says he’s going to do, and continues fighting even when the lower court system is stacked against him. And he is not beholden to political action committees and special interests. It’s a variable you can’t discount when discussing swing voters in your analysis, and could play an important role in midterms this time around. After all, they are getting exactly what they voted for

Public opinion u-turns are common. The public moves against the direction of policy & the party of the president, especially in midterms. The swing voters from the last election often move back because they are the people will the least strong partisan attachments.

@elaifresh @katrosenfield @mariorustan @SewerRat89 You suck!

@katrosenfield @mariorustan @SewerRat89 wow I know I called you a subservient bootlicker but dog-kicker is a bit much don't you think?

after two days, my sole takeaway from what happened in Minneapolis is that it's going to happen again, and again, because everyone who could stop it from happening again thinks this is someone else's responsibility

@vigneshr4m @DennisOLeary50 @big_pedestrian This has changed recently in a ballot measure. They could take their tax basis from that house and transfer it to any equivalent property in the state and still pay the original tax rate of the old house.

@DennisOLeary50 @big_pedestrian it decreases mobility. my parents would love to leave their paid off home in cupertino in their old age to something more appropriate. but their tax burden would increase with any move, so they're stuck.

Prop 13 means grandma is rolling around alone in a $1.5M, 4BR/3BA house in a good school district paying $1,985/year in property taxes while young families cram into a 1 BR apartment for $3,500/month. It is wildly inequitable, creates insane distortions and needs to end. Now.

@EdFitzcarraldo @jbarro It’s nice and light, but otherwise it picks up rust fast if you don’t use it often. And yes it is seasoned.

@peteyt @jbarro Carbon steel knives are awesome, but a carbon steel pan sounds terrible!

Personally I find that dicing onions is meditative enough with a stainless steel knife, but I do like this essay