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Monica de la Cruz

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Biking, transit & housing. YIMBY. Board member of BikeSD and the Greater Golden Hill Planning Committee. Let's go Padres. 📍San Diego | she/her/ella

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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 4d

Crazy week with the group ride, live event and a day trip to LA but I still made it to pilates

Me standing in a mirror at a pilates studio in a maroon color workout set

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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 8h

The easiest trip! I didn't even think about making someone drive me/waiting for an Uber between Little Tokyo and union station that would be insane

Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 11h

Seriously. I was nearly hit in the crosswalk by a driver making an unprotected left turn (classic LA) on the way to our team dinner, but 🤷

Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 11h

it's great, I take it every time I'm in LA. I always have fine experiences

Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 11h

I don't know what they think happens in those stations but it's impossible to reverse the image they have, no matter how many positive stories you share. The one who called me brave is a liberal woman living in San Antonio who's never stepped foot on an LA Metro vehicle but is sure it's dangerous

Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 11h

I got celebrated in a meeting for being brave enough to take LA Metro from our team dinner in Little Tokyo to catch an Amtrak home because my coworkers "still don't trust it." It was one stop to Union Station at 7:15 on a Thursday. We have the Conservative Guy Afraid of Cities on our side, too.

Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 5d

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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 13h

It's stormy and raining in SoCal and some KCRW dj knew exactly what to do because they just put on "Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heap. Turn that shit UP.

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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 14h

I brought my husband along to the SB 79 victory party and after an hour or so of observing us talk policy & local implementation, he said, "You are a nerd. like a real nerd, worse than me and my friends get talking through a new Magic set."

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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 15h

Doesn't 992 have the same schedule 7 days a week?

Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 17h

Hey maybe some of us gym bros want to dull the thoughts crowding up our worried little heads

Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 19h

lol are there any cities that show public announcements in English only? This is San Diego. Pretty self-explanatory.

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Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 1d

Gov signed SB 71, making permanent @scottwiener.bsky.social's CEQA exemptions. For much of our transit priority, protected bikeway, Slow Street, etc work, CEQA process would have taken longer and cost more than project itself, and done nothing for environment.🙏
cal.streetsblog.org/2025/01/24/w...

Wiener Introduces Legislation to Continue CEQA Exemption for Sustainable Transportation - Streetsblog California

“We’re excited to see Senator Wiener continue his leadership on active transportation with SB 71, which makes permanent a bill he authored to exempt biking, walking, and public transit plans and proje...

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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 1d

Can you see the potential in these empty parking spaces and single story commercial buildings

Tecolote Road trolley station surrounded by an empty parking lot and single story commercial buildings

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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 1d

Btw the opinion that "keep Portland weird" is annoying is pretty common, people have been making fun of it for more than a decade atp

Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 1d

Man I love using Blue sky, where complete strangers tell me I'm an "insufferable cunt" for posting an opinion they don't like. So much better than Twitter, huh.

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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 1d

The Mexican side is much more dense anyway. TJ has been carrying the burden of the SD housing crisis for a long time

M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 1d

SB 79 will not apply on the Tijuana side of the California-Mexico border. Please stop DMing me about this.

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 1d

SB 79 will not apply on the Tijuana side of the California-Mexico border. Please stop DMing me about this.

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MTBorq @mtborq.bsky.social · 2d

SD’s potential SB79 glow up assuming these 215, 235, 7, & 10 stops qualify under § 21060.2(a)(1). FYI: I don't think the 225 meets peak frequency?

Zoning Updates
Smaller Circle: 65ft height limit, FAR 3, 100 units/acre
Bigger Circle: 55ft height limit, FAR 2.5, 80 units/acre

Map of central San Diego showing how SB79 may impact zoning near bus stops that might qualify for Tier 2 transit-oriented development stop

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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 2d

Feeling so damn autumnal my dinner had two different orange squashes and three root vegetables

Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 2d

If none of my posts ever got seen I could cope, but every other genre of my posts get engagement and it's only the pictures of myself that people consistently don't like lol. I have no option but to take my ass back to IG. S/O to the like 2-3 accounts on here that appreciated it 🙏

Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 2d

Bluesky is the only website I've used where pics of hot women are not rewarded. It breaks the basic posting order. It defies the ancient covenant of the internet that is supposed to guarantee us attention in exchange for pics

Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 4d

Crazy week with the group ride, live event and a day trip to LA but I still made it to pilates

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Emmasrandomthoughts 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇵🇦🇬🇱🇺🇦🇵🇸 @countessemilia.bsky.social · 4d

And God said, " I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the people of California. Never again will I allow the NIMBYs to forbid the building of housing along transit lines."

Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 4d

SB 79 was signed into law and god shined a brilliant rainbow over the construction of an eight story apartment building

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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 4d

All the neighbors came out to the street to embrace each other and rejoice in this new day for California. Hallelujah!

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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 4d

SB 79 was signed into law and god shined a brilliant rainbow over the construction of an eight story apartment building

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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 4d

Excellent choice for the SB 79 signing celebration. Can't wait for this stop and all the mid-coast trolley expansion stations to see their potential

Screenshot of the area around the Tecolote Road trolley stop on Google maps

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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 4d

Hahahaha thanks