The things you can store in public space. (by Dave Walker)

"...if the goal is to give money to low-income people, we should give money directly to low-income people. If the goal is a well-functioning transit network, we should fix the problems that bus riders tell us are plaguing the system." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Local leaders should March down to the tenderloins and soma and wait for the drug dealers to get arrested. And wait. And wait. This is 🍌 Gavin Newsom London Breed Vice President JD Vance President Donald J. Trump

A Christmas Eve surprise from Court of Appeal in UC Berkeley "students are pollution" CEQA case. tl,dr: UC Berkeley & state housing + antidiscrimination policy got a lump of coal in their stockings. CEQA is about to get much, much worse unless the Leg or the AG steps in. 1/25

🧵 overdose island 2022. let me be very clear here, overdose is a direct result of unchecked drug dealing all over soma and tenderloin. Fentanyl is the greatest killer to adults 18-45. I’ve administered narcan multiple times this year. I’m not a medic. I’m a chef. 1/many

Jessica landed in the hospital last Thursday. A series of seizures, 12 or so in a day, she’s been in hospital since getting treated and methadone. She will be released today. She will go directly to 7 and mission. I wish there was something I could do to stop this now.

My corner bakery got robbed *again* last night and everyone is just tired and angry Rafael Mandelman London Breed Heather Knight

Let's make 2023 the year of the e-bike rebate in San Francisco (or better yet, all of California). What do you say Matt Haney Senator Scott Wiener London Breed - are you in?

Yesterday the Treasury Department clarified that buying a colossal electric pickup truck like the Ford F-150 Lightning or Rivian R1T qualifies you for a $7,500 federal tax break. Meanwhile, buying an e-bike still gets you nothing. nytimes.com/2022/12/29/bus…

My essay in Sunday's San Francisco Chronicle argues that CEQA reform depends on leadership from Governor Gavin Newsom & courts and gives examples of what they can do. Some folks have asked what I'd prioritize on the legislative front. Here's a short 🧵 in response. 1/12 sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo…

San Francisco needs to provide medical and mental health treatment to the untreated. This isn't simply about housing. We should stop using the word "homeless" to describe people who are severely mentally ill and addicted.

This is ridiculous. San Francisco has real issues - like dirty streets - that the Department of Public Works should be focused on. Not this. abc7news.com/sf-bernal-heig…

Automated Speed Enforcement works. New York's new report on the program has made that absolutely clear. There was a 73% reduction in speeding at sites with Automated Speed Enforcement cameras. It's simple: California needs to pass ASE to save lives. nyc.gov/html/dot/downl…

Post on Twitter that drivers should: - drive at the speed limit - not park on the sidewalk And WOW you get the car apologists out in force! Silly me and my "laws"

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Valencia street’s beauty and vibrancy is one of SF’s top examples of what’s-possible with urban living - let’s make it better for the density of walkers and bikers.!!

It’s a shame that Dean Preston (deanpreston.bsky.social) fighting so hard to protect Nordstrom’s valet parking lot from new apartments couldn’t save it in the end 🥲

Ending car-free Hayes Street on weekends is tragic & makes exactly zero sense. Car-free Hayes Street has been a massive success — for businesses, residents & visitors. People love it. Why on earth would the City get rid of it? sfstandard.com/2023/07/25/san…

Remember that in the time since California started one high-speed rail line that will never be completed, China built this entire high-speed rail network from scratch:

It’s interesting that when bad things happen in coastal liberal cities that’s held to be the fault of the local elected officials whereas when bad things happen in rural heartland areas that’s held to be the fault of urban coastal elites.