ansel
@ansel.lundberg.com
YIMBY in Sacramento.
professional electric grid understander.
sharks 🦈🏒 and kings 💜🏀 fan.
we live in a society.
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professional electric grid understander.
sharks 🦈🏒 and kings 💜🏀 fan.
we live in a society.
he/him
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I'm not a constitutional lawyer, but I trust @raders.bsky.social and @protectdemocracy.org, and I support this idea. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
California can use these three words in the Constitution to push back against Trump
OPINION: The California legislature has a powerful potential tool to push back against the excesses of the Trump administration. They just need to pass this law.
www.sfchronicle.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I'm not a constitutional lawyer, but I trust @raders.bsky.social and @protectdemocracy.org, and I support this idea. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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The elites and institutions have folded but regular people haven’t
I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.
January 22, 2026 at 4:48 PM
The elites and institutions have folded but regular people haven’t
Except for unicorns like @louismirante.bsky.social. You gotta look for the 10x lobbyists
One thing I don’t think a lot of people understand is that one reason you have to have a lot of money to influence politics or lobby effectively is because a lot of it will be more or less stolen by people who will give you nothing in exchange.
January 22, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Except for unicorns like @louismirante.bsky.social. You gotta look for the 10x lobbyists
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New from me: A brief for @rooseveltinstitute.org on the logic of YIMBY policymaking and its applicability to other domains. What principles underlying the YIMBY agenda are transferrable to thinking about energy, healthcare, and other areas? Short 🧵 to follow. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Lessons from YIMBYism: Taking “Abundance” Back to Its Fundamentals
Lessons from YIMBYism examines how supply-side reforms, public investment, and state capacity can make progressive social policy work as intended.
rooseveltinstitute.org
January 21, 2026 at 3:52 PM
New from me: A brief for @rooseveltinstitute.org on the logic of YIMBY policymaking and its applicability to other domains. What principles underlying the YIMBY agenda are transferrable to thinking about energy, healthcare, and other areas? Short 🧵 to follow. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Can we make THIS the default NPS question? "if asked" does a lot here.
January 21, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Can we make THIS the default NPS question? "if asked" does a lot here.
Attempting to use the search function in Outlook calendar is guaranteed to ruin my entire day.
January 12, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Attempting to use the search function in Outlook calendar is guaranteed to ruin my entire day.
Where the hell is the rice
January 9, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Where the hell is the rice
No thanks, I'll pay full price
January 9, 2026 at 5:15 AM
No thanks, I'll pay full price
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Very dumbed down lit review:
- "institutional" landlords are more likely to charge market rate rent, and to file evictions, but also less likely to discriminate based on race, sex, or bad credit
- "mom and pop" may undercharge vs. market, less likely to evict, but also more likely to discriminate
- "institutional" landlords are more likely to charge market rate rent, and to file evictions, but also less likely to discriminate based on race, sex, or bad credit
- "mom and pop" may undercharge vs. market, less likely to evict, but also more likely to discriminate
January 8, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Very dumbed down lit review:
- "institutional" landlords are more likely to charge market rate rent, and to file evictions, but also less likely to discriminate based on race, sex, or bad credit
- "mom and pop" may undercharge vs. market, less likely to evict, but also more likely to discriminate
- "institutional" landlords are more likely to charge market rate rent, and to file evictions, but also less likely to discriminate based on race, sex, or bad credit
- "mom and pop" may undercharge vs. market, less likely to evict, but also more likely to discriminate
One of my favorite lesser-known bands of the 2000s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw-A...
The Swellers: The Best I Ever Had [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
YouTube video by Fueled By Ramen
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January 8, 2026 at 4:47 PM
One of my favorite lesser-known bands of the 2000s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw-A...
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It appears Sacramento region environmentalists may have successfully killed a solar project.
January 5, 2026 at 11:55 PM
It appears Sacramento region environmentalists may have successfully killed a solar project.
Faving my friends' posts on here.
January 4, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Faving my friends' posts on here.
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It's very funny to me that developers in Sacramento will build and rent market rate apartments at $1700/mo and those in SF build and rent similar apartments at $3200/mo and yet both will often say some version of "zoning & process doesn't really matter for us, the big obstacle is financing."
YIMBYs have a skill that’s often rare in housing advocacy: an ability to ask “What are other city governments doing?”
i think there's a very strong "does a fish know it's in water" issue with developers.
they (along with tenant activists, interestingly) often have encyclopedic knowledge of local stuff and are remarkably unfamiliar with what's happening a two-hour drive away.
they (along with tenant activists, interestingly) often have encyclopedic knowledge of local stuff and are remarkably unfamiliar with what's happening a two-hour drive away.
December 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It's very funny to me that developers in Sacramento will build and rent market rate apartments at $1700/mo and those in SF build and rent similar apartments at $3200/mo and yet both will often say some version of "zoning & process doesn't really matter for us, the big obstacle is financing."
Happy new year!
Very grateful for the support for SB 79 from Sacramento legislators Senator @angeliqueashby.bsky.social & Assemblywoman Maggy Krell. There is a strong coalition of pro-housing folks in Sacramento who will not forget your aye votes for this bill. Thank you!
@sacyimby.bsky.social
@sacyimby.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Happy new year!
together (jamesjamesjames Remix)
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December 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
My pro-housing wish list for 2026:
- statewide base zoning layer
- CEQA exemption for zoning code updates to match General Plan map
- legalize small lot development by enabling point access blocks in building code
- unlock for-sale housing by reforming condo construction defect law
What else?
- statewide base zoning layer
- CEQA exemption for zoning code updates to match General Plan map
- legalize small lot development by enabling point access blocks in building code
- unlock for-sale housing by reforming condo construction defect law
What else?
December 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
My pro-housing wish list for 2026:
- statewide base zoning layer
- CEQA exemption for zoning code updates to match General Plan map
- legalize small lot development by enabling point access blocks in building code
- unlock for-sale housing by reforming condo construction defect law
What else?
- statewide base zoning layer
- CEQA exemption for zoning code updates to match General Plan map
- legalize small lot development by enabling point access blocks in building code
- unlock for-sale housing by reforming condo construction defect law
What else?
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State funded projects should be entitled and permitted by the state. This situation is absurd.
Call it Schrödinger's affordable housing project — both dead and alive at the same time.
Now after nearly a decade of dispute the fate of a 120-unit, low-income apartment building along the iconic canals in Venice Beach may affect all development in LA
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Now after nearly a decade of dispute the fate of a 120-unit, low-income apartment building along the iconic canals in Venice Beach may affect all development in LA
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
‘Dead’ to City Hall, but funded by the state: The high-stakes fight over a Los Angeles affordable housing project
State housing officials could limit Los Angeles' access to funds and strip it of some zoning authority over its efforts to block low-income housing in Venice.
www.politico.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
State funded projects should be entitled and permitted by the state. This situation is absurd.
We are a creedal nation. That creed is working over 40 hours/week and having boundless access to consumer credit. JD Vance can never take that from us
December 28, 2025 at 6:15 AM
We are a creedal nation. That creed is working over 40 hours/week and having boundless access to consumer credit. JD Vance can never take that from us
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SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Pedestrian fatalities reach 17-year-high. This trend could be why
Fifty-one pedestrians had been killed on the state’s roads this year as of Saturday – the most in any calendar year since 2008.
www.theage.com.au
December 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
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Transit's main competition is cars. If you raise fares from $2.50 to $3, you're still way more affordable than driving. But if you cut the bus from every 15 to every 20, you're screwed because cars have infinity frequency and 24 hr service span.
I hate that we’re having to think in these terms, but the evidence seems to be bearing out that steep fare hikes are less damaging to ridership than service cuts.
2025 was brutal for US transit. Agencies faced budget deficits, flat ridership, and open hostility from the White House.
I wrote a series of stories outlining ways to help transit endure.
Lesson #1: Whatever you do, don’t cut service. Riders will leave – permanently.
Here are a few others 🧵
I wrote a series of stories outlining ways to help transit endure.
Lesson #1: Whatever you do, don’t cut service. Riders will leave – permanently.
Here are a few others 🧵
December 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Transit's main competition is cars. If you raise fares from $2.50 to $3, you're still way more affordable than driving. But if you cut the bus from every 15 to every 20, you're screwed because cars have infinity frequency and 24 hr service span.
Anyone seen any numbers on CA-01? Like a construction of LaMalfa, Denney, and McGuire‘s results by county in the last few elections?
December 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Anyone seen any numbers on CA-01? Like a construction of LaMalfa, Denney, and McGuire‘s results by county in the last few elections?
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Idk how I can have 15k followers and ZERO engagement??? For one, I’m not *that* boring??? And two, I genuinely think something is wrong with Bluesky’s algo.
December 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Idk how I can have 15k followers and ZERO engagement??? For one, I’m not *that* boring??? And two, I genuinely think something is wrong with Bluesky’s algo.
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I’m Audrey Denney, and I’m running for Congress in California’s First District: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScGY...
I believe in the power and resilience of the North State. When things get hard, we show up for each other. Now, we’ll show up together: www.AudreyforCongress.com. #AudreyforCongress
I believe in the power and resilience of the North State. When things get hard, we show up for each other. Now, we’ll show up together: www.AudreyforCongress.com. #AudreyforCongress
Audrey Denney for Congress - 2026 Campaign Announcement
YouTube video by Audrey Denney for Congress
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October 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I’m Audrey Denney, and I’m running for Congress in California’s First District: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScGY...
I believe in the power and resilience of the North State. When things get hard, we show up for each other. Now, we’ll show up together: www.AudreyforCongress.com. #AudreyforCongress
I believe in the power and resilience of the North State. When things get hard, we show up for each other. Now, we’ll show up together: www.AudreyforCongress.com. #AudreyforCongress
I last ate here with my uncle this summer lol this is the family spot
Used to eat here all the time when I worked at the farm
Used to eat here all the time when I worked at the farm
December 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I last ate here with my uncle this summer lol this is the family spot
Used to eat here all the time when I worked at the farm
Used to eat here all the time when I worked at the farm