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Back Door, Please! @backdoorplz.bsky.social · 2d

I think the Palisades fire is back in the news because there was a guy arrested recently for potentially starting it: www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr...

And of course conservatives are all trying to claim that he was some Antifa supersoldier who started the fire under direct orders from Biden himself

Florida Man Arrested on Federal Criminal Complaint Alleging He Maliciously Started What Became the Palisades Fire

A former Pacific Palisades resident now living in Florida has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with maliciously starting what eventually became the Palisades Fire of January ...

www.justice.gov

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Back Door, Please! @backdoorplz.bsky.social · 2d

It would be kinda funny to pass the transit-oriented development bill and then not fund transit

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 2d

Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.

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Back Door, Please! @backdoorplz.bsky.social · 8d

I think Good Old Games has sc2k: www.gog.com/en/game/simc...

It’s a digital download but once you install it, there’s no drm or internet requirement

SimCity™ 2000 Special Edition

Now you can design any city you can imagine and SimCity 2000 will bring it, and its resid

www.gog.com

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 9d

Rumor is that Gavin Newsom is wavering on housing and might veto SB 79. If you live in California, please reach out to the governor’s office today: cayimby.org/call-sb-79/

Call the Governor to sign SB 79!

Please call the Governor and urge him to sign SB 79!

cayimby.org

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Seamless Bay Area @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social · 26d

We're excited to host the Bay Area’s own @carterlavin.bsky.social, for a discussion on his upcoming book If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight: A Guide to Effective Transportation Advocacy.

📅 Tuesday, 9/30 from 6:30-7:30pm PDT
📍 Online Webinar

lu.ma/o7tavt2c

Book Talk: If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight - A Guide to Effective Transportation Advocacy · Zoom · Luma

We're excited to host the Bay Area’s own Carter Lavin, for a discussion of his upcoming book If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight: A Guide to Effective…

lu.ma

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Back Door, Please! @backdoorplz.bsky.social · Sep 12

Still need Gavin to sign but I assume that won't be an issue? I never can understand what's going on in that guy's head though

Back Door, Please! @backdoorplz.bsky.social · Sep 12

Cortese voted yes, and the vote only has a margin of one right now so basically... you're welcome 😎

Back Door, Please! @backdoorplz.bsky.social · Sep 12

Just called Cortese’s office, he’s usually pretty good on transit issues so I think he should be gettable here. Other South Bay ppl should do the same!

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California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social · Sep 12

[BILL ALERT] SB 79, which broadly legalizes more homes near high quality transit stops, has passed the Senate floor! The bill is now on the Governor’s desk. Learn more: cayimby.org/legislation/...

SB 79 (Wiener): Transit-Oriented Development and Upzoning

SB 79 will make it faster and easier to build multi-family housing near transit stops, like train and rapid bus lines, by making it legal for more homes to be built in these areas and streamlining exi...

cayimby.org

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Back Door, Please! @backdoorplz.bsky.social · Sep 12

Fair enough, I haven't paid attention to his record on housing. Hopefully he can come around on this one

Back Door, Please! @backdoorplz.bsky.social · Sep 12

Just called Cortese’s office, he’s usually pretty good on transit issues so I think he should be gettable here. Other South Bay ppl should do the same!

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California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social · Sep 12

[BILL ALERT] SB 79, which broadly legalizes more homes near high quality transit stops, has passed the Assembly floor! The bill now goes to the Senate for concurrence, then the Governor’s desk. cayimby.org/legislation/...

SB 79 (Wiener): Transit-Oriented Development and Upzoning

SB 79 will make it faster and easier to build multi-family housing near transit stops, like train and rapid bus lines, by making it legal for more homes to be built in these areas and streamlining exi...

cayimby.org

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California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social · Sep 12

SB 79 is up in the Assembly!

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Back Door, Please! @backdoorplz.bsky.social · Sep 11

My hope for CAHSR has always been that the initial Central Valley segment gets opened and sunk cost fallacy gets the rest of the system built

Back Door, Please! @backdoorplz.bsky.social · Sep 11

Hell yea CAHSR got its $1B yearly commitment from cap&trade confirmed: hsr.ca.gov/2025/09/10/s...

Not enough to fund the project ofc, in fact it doesn't even outpace the rate of inflation, but it will keep the project muddling along until the IOS is opened at least

hsr.ca.gov

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · Sep 10

It's crunchtime, folks! SB 79, our bill to legalize apartments in transit rich areas of California, is about to go up for a vote! Call, text, and email! @cayimby.bsky.social
cayimby.org/call-sb-79/

Call the Assembly to pass SB 79!

Please call your Assemblymember and urge them to vote YES on SB 79!

cayimby.org

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California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social · Sep 10

SB 79, our transit oriented development bill, will be coming up for a vote in the legislature sometime in the next 72 hours. Calling your state legislator and asking them to support the bill makes a real difference and WILL help it pass. Use our simple tool to find their contact info:

Brian Hanlon @hanlon.bsky.social · Sep 9

SB 79 (Wiener) could be heard on the Assembly floor today!

NIMBYs are calling and potting against SB 79.

Don't let them speak for you - please call and ask your Assemblymember to vote AYE on SB 79, and ask your friends, family, and frenemies to do likewise.

cayimby.org/call-sb-79/

Call the Assembly to pass SB 79!

Please call your Assemblymember and urge them to vote YES on SB 79!

cayimby.org

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Greg Spotts @spottnik.bsky.social · Sep 8

📰 Seattle added about 80,000 residents while adding just 3,300 cars.

The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · Sep 8

NEW // While Seattle Population Spikes, Car Population Stalls Out

By Doug Trumm

via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/09/07/w...

While Seattle Population Spikes, Car Population Stalls Out » The Urbanist

# Seattle's human population is growing fast, but its car population has stalled out. Between 2017 and 2023, Seattle added 35,000 households and about 80,000 residents, but just 3,300 cars, new Census...

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M Mallon || vote by 11/4 🗳️ @monicamallon.bsky.social · Sep 8

I just finished my Paralegal Certificate at UCSC Silicon Valley Extension!

I’m now looking for entry-level legal roles (paralegal, legal assistant, case clerk) in the Bay Area. Any leads or suggestions for good firms would be appreciated!

linkedin.com/in/monicamallon

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Transbay Coalition @transbaycoalition.bsky.social · Sep 7

19.5 hours left til tomorrow's big Emergency Rally To Save Bay Area Transit. People are texting friends, passing out flyers, posting on their socials, and making calls to help get the message out.

We've got a few hours left -- how will you help spread the word?
actionnetwork.org/events/emerg...

Emergency Rally to Save Bay Area Transit

Alert alert! The transit agencies the Bay Area depends on – BART, Muni, AC Transit, and Caltrain – face massive service cuts unless Governor Gavin Newsom follows through on his promise of a $750M emer...

actionnetwork.org

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Transbay Coalition @transbaycoalition.bsky.social · Sep 6

Come out to the Emergency Rally To Save Bay Area Transit Monday at 9am to help Governor Newsom get the message and fulfill his promise to save our communities' transit service! actionnetwork.org/events/emerg...

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Back Door, Please! @backdoorplz.bsky.social · Sep 7

But I really don't understand why this has become an issue. What's changed since July that Gavin would change his mind on this?

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Back Door, Please! @backdoorplz.bsky.social · Sep 7

Rally on Monday to fight back against this: actionnetwork.org/events/emerg...

There's still a chance this can be fixed in the January legislative session if enough pressure is applied

Emergency Rally to Save Bay Area Transit

Alert alert! The transit agencies the Bay Area depends on – BART, Muni, AC Transit, and Caltrain – face massive service cuts unless Governor Gavin Newsom follows through on his promise of a $750M emer...

actionnetwork.org

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Transbay Coalition @transbaycoalition.bsky.social · Sep 6

Without this promised emergency loan from the state, millions of people in the Bay Area will suffer due to the steep cuts to transit service, the worsening traffic, and the rise in pollution.

We need to turn out in big numbers Monday morning & get loud

actionnetwork.org/events/emerg...

Flyer with Emergency Rally to Save Bay Area 9am Monday Sept 8 at San Francisco Civic Center Plaza.

BART, Muni, Caltrain, and AC Transit vehicles are depicted on emergency stretchers

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Back Door, Please! @backdoorplz.bsky.social · Sep 6

Man if even the most basic stopgap funding measures are getting screwed over like this, I’m really not liking the long-term outlook for Bay Area transit

Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · Sep 6

We’ve been informed by the Governor’s Department of Finance that it won’t agree before our legislative session ends (on Friday) to finalize a $750M bridge loan to Bay Area transit.

This loan was agreed to in our June budget. Without it, BART, Muni, et al will cut service.🧵

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