Say what you will about public forums (Bluesky, Twitter) but if you post complete nonsense you are typically going to get roasted. On Nextdoor you can say completely wrong stuff and it shows up just the same as everyone else which is pretty toxic IMO.

Idothethinking@idothethinking.bsky.social · 6d ago

I feel like a lot of my time on NextDoor is just explaining to neighbors the very, very basic stuff that local government does. I keep forgetting that despite living in the information age even retirees know hardly anything about local government with the decline of in-depth local news.

"Affordable housing" income limits are tied to area median income, but if you don't build enough housing and your market rate units gentrify, the income limits for BMR also go up... www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

Real estate investors are profiting off a California tax break

The welfare exemption has become a strategy for landlords to save money on taxes without necessarily giving tenants a discount on rent, a Chronicle investigation found.

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I really like this for reading and use it every day daylightcomputer.com

Daylight | A More Caring Computer

Daylight Computer (DC1) is a new kind of calm computer, designed for deep work and health.

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California Prop 38: - authorizes $4B spending in a way that only one research center in the whole state qualifies - privately funded research center - founder of the research center has donated $22 million to support the ballot prop This is, like, pure corruption calmatters.org/politics/ele...

Is this proposition a $4 billion giveaway to a billionaire’s LA research center?

Proposition 38 will award $4 billion to one unnamed research center. Under the very specific criteria, only one center seemingly qualifies.

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I have 2 interchange *repavings* that have been stuck in CalTrans design processes for 7 years.

"So whenever you are awarded federal money, you have to go through Caltrans.... so we're not able to actually design the project until Caltrans gives us the design money." "Just like with the design, we cannot bid the project until we receive funding from Caltrans" www.youtube.com/watch?v=u58q...

Backwardation was named after John Backwardation

@mgm.ink my question is why they are stopping at 32 pickleball courts. www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/arti...

Massive pickleball court complex proposed for unexpected Bay Area site

The Alameda County Fairgrounds has long been a home for 4-H kids and the region’s agricultural traditions. Could it also become one of the Bay Area’s biggest destinations for pickleball?

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at this rate P != NP has gotta be provable within the next year or two right?

It's really crazy that HCD tries to do sites inventory analysis without a CoStar subscription (which all of the relevant cities have). forget law or policy changes "Analysts can retrieve information about leases" should be among the top priorities for next cycle.

Google Maps Introduces Crawling Directions For Cyclists Hit By Truck https://theonion.com/google-maps-introduces-crawling-directions-for-cyclists-hit-by-truck/

If police take a blood draw AFTER you have been transported to a hospital and THEN "questioned for hours" and the blood draw shows a "near zero alcohol level" I do not think this is the vindication that she thinks it is calmatters.org/investigatio...

In California you can drive on the roads with only $60,000 of insurance coverage per accident. In Europe coverage requirements start in the low millions.

The scene in Shawshank Redemption where Andy writes a letter a week asking for funds for the library and then they finally say "here are your books, stop writing us" is a pretty accurate description of successful public policy advocacy.

Mexico should have painted this on the field just to mess with England

Closing the door reduces noise but worsens air circulation/temp control. There are code solutions for this - doors are supposed to have a gap at the bottom for airflow, or a louver above the door. But these are rarely implemented correctly and expensive to fix

Alex Contreras 🍉@alexbikes.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Sleeping with bedroom door open or close has become a new gc discourse. Team closed door personally.

I wrote about why new apartments in Walnut Creek offer a pretty low living standard and why it's impossible to build a 3 bedroom apartment with a playground here. kevin.burke.dev/kevin/walnut...

Most parents understand they shouldn't let their 12 year old drive a car but I guess haven't quite learned the same lesson when it comes to letting a 12 year old ride a 60mph top speed motorcycle. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Danville 12-year-old nabbed after allegedly fleeing police on electric motorcycle

Danville police stopped a 12-year-old boy for reckless driving after he allegedly sped through a residential neighborhood on an electric motorcycle and attempted to flee from officers.

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Hello, is this thing on? Here's a site I made to make it easier to track public meetings. Automatic transcripts and agenda parsing. Please take a look, tell me if it's useful, and what meetings I should add public-meetings.burke.services

Gemini Dream is the best Moody Blues song

HAA letter to Walnut Creek, CA for tonight's Design Review Commission meeting re proposed 422-unit builder's remedy project at 2775–2855 Mitchell Drive, which includes 55 low-income units. @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov @california-hcd.bsky.social drive.google.com/file/d/1JnUm...

Not sure what case exists for banning transgender surgery for minors that doesn’t also exist for banning plastic surgery for minors, maybe you could argue it’s less reversible? More cosmetic?

Good morning, a good day to read about the history of the multifamily building code in the US and how little of it related to safety www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

The National Movement to Halt the Spread of Multifamily Housing, 1890-1926

Efforts to prohibit apartments, rather than merely regulate their construction and condition, began in the 1890s. Through the early 1920s, major cities used stringent building codes to achieve this...

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Larkspur, Warm Springs and Sac Valley transportation planners

Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · last yr.

Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE

Many home insurers are using the same valuation tool to price California insurance. We should increase competition so more competitors enter who might try different software or different valuation models. www.sfchronicle.com/california-w...

State Farm accused of ‘illegal scheme’ that left California wildfire survivors underinsured

Attorneys for Los Angeles wildfire survivors allege that the insurance company misused reconstruction cost estimation programs to lowball home rebuild costs.

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It’s 1.3 acres of park space Michael, how much could it cost to renovate it?

Counterpoint to recent @annielowrey.bsky.social piece is mini-Cuomo Sophie Hahn gets elected Berkeley mayor without RCV

Which member of @cacommonground.bsky.social is depicted in this episode?

@eean.dev silence on this issue is deafening www.danvillesanramon.com/pleasanton/2...

County supes to review objections for proposed Castlewood assessment

Leaders of the Castlewood Property Owners Association submitted 189 written objections to the county public works department’s proposed supplemental water service charge of $6,829.27 per household Thu...

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