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Jamie Pew

@jpew.bsky.social

Pedestrian Climate at NextGen Policy NJ raised, Oakland based https://boxd.it/1jz17

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Caræsten 🇵🇸@cara.city · 2d ago

so there's been this big Clear Channel digital countdown to the world cup billboard in Oakland for the last six months, except the world cup is over, and they haven't found someone new to buy the billboard space, so right now it just says: "-51 days till all eyes are on the Bay Area!"

Jamie Pew@jpew.bsky.social · 4w ago

Of all the lessons people learned from Zohran's campaign, "Fight Agency brought the juice" is probably the most damaging across progressive campaign world

Jamie Pew@jpew.bsky.social · 4w ago

Just got my insurance payout from my car that got stolen in February. $164 dollars in my pocket for a total loss on a leased vehicle ~6 months ago. Insurance rules (but it also sucks)

Californians for Electric Rail@calelectricrail.org · 3mo ago

CARB has proposed massive a giveaway to oil companies, the MDI, that would increase pollution while defunding Cap-and-Invest transit $$ (and housing, clean water, etc) and jeopardize High-Speed Rail's $1B funding guarantee amidst an energy crisis. But a group of legislators are pushing back!

California is the last great hope for stability and progress for climate and energy security. But threats, both foreign and domestic,are destabilizing markets and burdening working families with ever more costly energy bills and climate disasters. We urge the California Air Resources Board to amend their Cap-and-Invest proposal to push back on pressure from an oil industry that is making hundreds of billions in wartime profits. The recently proposed amendments put bothour 2030 targets and the stability of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund at risk.They also depart from the spirit of our landmark agreement from last year by seeking to achieve affordability goals without accountability. CARB’s proposal, rather than adhere to the will of the Legislature and clear statutory direction, adds up to 118 million metric tons of allowances back into the market, providing at least $3.5 billion in subsidies that will only prolong our reliance on fossil fuels and their disproportionate impacts on public health in environmental justice communities. This contradicts CARB’s Initial Statement of Reasons about what was required for California to reach our 2030 emissions target. It also effectively zeroes out future Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund investments. In addition to diluting the market signal of the cap—increasing emissions and reducing demand for allowances- the proposed Manufacturing Decarbonization Incentive (MDI) under the newly created Build Up California Reserve lacks any enforceable mechanism to demonstrate real, permanent, quantifiable, and verifiable emissions reductions.The MDI resembles CARB’s existing offsets program, but without any of the accountability measures required by law. Speeding progress towards the 2030 emissions target will allow us to accelerate investments to provide lasting relief for the pain at the pump families are struggling to shoulder. Instead, this proposal entrustsSummarized rather than verbatim due to character limits The legislature worked extensively to produce the current cap and invest program and balance affordability and climate goals. Meeting 40% reduction in GHGs below 1990 levels by 2030 is a requirement, not optional. SB 840 has clear expectations for ongoing revenues to support vital public services and infrastructure. Instead, the MDI cements reliance on fossil fuels through costly, inefficient subsidies and will not prevent the next gas price spike. Investments in EVs, transit, livable communities, and innovation to lower costs will immunize us from the oil wars of the future, while creating jobs here at home. The proposal also lacks oversight and accountability tools to avoid costs from CERCLA cleanup liability for oil infrastructure. Better options are available to stabilize in-state fuel supply. Verbatim: CARB must stay on course in this rulemaking to meet the 2030 targets while doing the following: 1. Apply the same rigor and accountability to any compliance instruments generated under the MDI program as we do for offsets—namely, that they be real, permanent, quantifiable, verifiable and additional emissions reductions—there must be accountability on public spending and environmental justice. 2. Provide clarity that the 2030 target remains in force, and that the MDI program not be permitted to expand the emissions cap, including by limiting the total quantity of MDI-related instruments and requiring a commensurate adjustment to the allowance budget.We understand the Board seeks to act on this rulemaking in the coming weeks. We expect CARB will stay on track with program amendments that adhere to both the spirit and letter of the law by making appropriate revisions to ensure California does not backslide on its climate goals. Signatures from Sen. Henry Stern, Asm. Damon Connoly, Sen. Josh Becker, Asm. Rick Chavez Zbur, Asm. Isaac Bryan, Asm. Robert Garcia, Asm. Ben Allen, Asm. Alex Lee, Asm. Gail Pellerin, Asm. Sade Elhawary, Asm. Gregg Hart, Asm. Ash KalraSignatures from: Asm. Chris Ward, Asm. Chris Rogers, Sen. Scott Wiener, Asm. Nick Schultz, Asm. Lena Gonzalez, Asm. Dawn Addis, Asm. Jesse Arreguin, Asm. Marc Berman, Asm. Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, Asm. John Harbedian, Asm. Tasha Boerner, Asm. Steve Bennet, Asm. Jessica Caloza, Asm. Mia Bonta, Sen. John Laird, Sen. Catherine Blakespear
Jamie Pew@jpew.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It gets my goat that every story about Cap-and-Invest regs mentions the fact that TWO DEM GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES are calling for the state to backtrack (those two candidates being no-hope Mahan and even-less-hope Villaraigosa, who are polling at a combined 6 percent)

Jordan Grimes@cafedujord.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Mike, a leader of the local Sierra Club chapter, is up now. He says it’s “heartwrenching” to hear people’s needs for housing. He claims that the city has always been supportive of affordable housing. BUT! He says this project is too tall (5 stories) and doesn’t have enough parking.