Brandon Harami
@brandonsedai.bsky.social
YIMBY mean Yes-but-No in my Backyard
December 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
YIMBY mean Yes-but-No in my Backyard
I went with a train themed Christmas this year. Even decked out the little fake Christmas tree I’ve had ever since I worked at Starbucks in college (I was supposed to throw it away after the holidays).
And yes, I love the holiday season idc
And yes, I love the holiday season idc
December 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I went with a train themed Christmas this year. Even decked out the little fake Christmas tree I’ve had ever since I worked at Starbucks in college (I was supposed to throw it away after the holidays).
And yes, I love the holiday season idc
And yes, I love the holiday season idc
Social housing is not a pipe dream, it’s the only solution to this housing crisis unless we want to use public funds to heavily subsidize current construction.
December 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Social housing is not a pipe dream, it’s the only solution to this housing crisis unless we want to use public funds to heavily subsidize current construction.
Good morning! Oakland is 100% on the HRC LGBTQ scorecard this year thanks to new policies passed (humblebrag) and the opening of the Town Youth Club.
We did get docked one point since the city no longer has an LGBTQ Liaison in the Mayor’s office, but overall we exceeded our work and got 100%!
We did get docked one point since the city no longer has an LGBTQ Liaison in the Mayor’s office, but overall we exceeded our work and got 100%!
December 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Good morning! Oakland is 100% on the HRC LGBTQ scorecard this year thanks to new policies passed (humblebrag) and the opening of the Town Youth Club.
We did get docked one point since the city no longer has an LGBTQ Liaison in the Mayor’s office, but overall we exceeded our work and got 100%!
We did get docked one point since the city no longer has an LGBTQ Liaison in the Mayor’s office, but overall we exceeded our work and got 100%!
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New polling just dropped and when voters hear my message, I’m tied for first among Dem candidates.
I’m the only candidate putting everyday Californians first. That’s why I support a billionaire’s tax to:
🏘️ Build more housing
📚 Strengthen public schools
❤️🩹 Fund single-payer health care
Join us!
I’m the only candidate putting everyday Californians first. That’s why I support a billionaire’s tax to:
🏘️ Build more housing
📚 Strengthen public schools
❤️🩹 Fund single-payer health care
Join us!
December 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
New polling just dropped and when voters hear my message, I’m tied for first among Dem candidates.
I’m the only candidate putting everyday Californians first. That’s why I support a billionaire’s tax to:
🏘️ Build more housing
📚 Strengthen public schools
❤️🩹 Fund single-payer health care
Join us!
I’m the only candidate putting everyday Californians first. That’s why I support a billionaire’s tax to:
🏘️ Build more housing
📚 Strengthen public schools
❤️🩹 Fund single-payer health care
Join us!
California is still in a major housing crisis, with rents still shooting up especially in SF where Wiener is State Senator.
That aside, Wiener will never win the housing debate when he has done nothing but defend the decimation of Gaza from scrutiny. What about their housing? There’s none left.
That aside, Wiener will never win the housing debate when he has done nothing but defend the decimation of Gaza from scrutiny. What about their housing? There’s none left.
December 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
California is still in a major housing crisis, with rents still shooting up especially in SF where Wiener is State Senator.
That aside, Wiener will never win the housing debate when he has done nothing but defend the decimation of Gaza from scrutiny. What about their housing? There’s none left.
That aside, Wiener will never win the housing debate when he has done nothing but defend the decimation of Gaza from scrutiny. What about their housing? There’s none left.
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Caltrans is spending $318M to remove toll gates, meanwhile BART was forced to spend $90M to add slow fare gates
I look forward to a day when MTC prioritizes transit rider experience over payment collection like they do for drivers
www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/12/01/r...
I look forward to a day when MTC prioritizes transit rider experience over payment collection like they do for drivers
www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/12/01/r...
Richmond-San Rafael Bridge toll booths slated for removal
The project is the first in a $318 million program to transition all seven state-owned bridges in the Bay Area to open-road tolling.
www.eastbaytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Caltrans is spending $318M to remove toll gates, meanwhile BART was forced to spend $90M to add slow fare gates
I look forward to a day when MTC prioritizes transit rider experience over payment collection like they do for drivers
www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/12/01/r...
I look forward to a day when MTC prioritizes transit rider experience over payment collection like they do for drivers
www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/12/01/r...
Spotted by @carterlavin.bsky.social on our weekly lake Merritt walk. That’s a big fish!
December 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Spotted by @carterlavin.bsky.social on our weekly lake Merritt walk. That’s a big fish!
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
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The FBI’s Oakland corruption case relies heavily on the word of one man with a "checkered past."
When we closely examined Mario Juarez's long history of legal disputes and criminal investigations into his businesses, patterns started to emerge.
oaklandside.org/2025/12/01/m...
When we closely examined Mario Juarez's long history of legal disputes and criminal investigations into his businesses, patterns started to emerge.
oaklandside.org/2025/12/01/m...
The FBI’s Oakland corruption case relies heavily on the word of one man with a ‘checkered past’
For decades, Juarez has been at the center of bitter legal disputes — and the subject of criminal investigations — all while maintaining high-level political connections.
oaklandside.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The FBI’s Oakland corruption case relies heavily on the word of one man with a "checkered past."
When we closely examined Mario Juarez's long history of legal disputes and criminal investigations into his businesses, patterns started to emerge.
oaklandside.org/2025/12/01/m...
When we closely examined Mario Juarez's long history of legal disputes and criminal investigations into his businesses, patterns started to emerge.
oaklandside.org/2025/12/01/m...
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Update: Unfortunately, our neighbor was taken back to his cell and will return for his next hearing before the immigration judge in 5 business days… the work continues. 💚🙏🏽
Given the climate in our country right now, our neighbor’s...
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Given the climate in our country right now, our neighbor’s...
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November 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Update: Unfortunately, our neighbor was taken back to his cell and will return for his next hearing before the immigration judge in 5 business days… the work continues. 💚🙏🏽
Given the climate in our country right now, our neighbor’s...
Read more 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/p/DRpU4zVEWL...
Given the climate in our country right now, our neighbor’s...
Read more 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/p/DRpU4zVEWL...
Me, the guy who helped bring the first pickleball courts to Oakland watching the discourse on pickleball every day.
November 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Me, the guy who helped bring the first pickleball courts to Oakland watching the discourse on pickleball every day.
Working on some policy proposals to make local transit agencies more pet friendly :)
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Working on some policy proposals to make local transit agencies more pet friendly :)
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Karl Marx failed to consider Wicked branded squatty potties
November 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Karl Marx failed to consider Wicked branded squatty potties
Idk man Mamdani kinda dog walked Trump. I don’t see the negative for the left here.
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Idk man Mamdani kinda dog walked Trump. I don’t see the negative for the left here.
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Even Donald Trump himself cannot resist the allure of $8 halal
November 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Even Donald Trump himself cannot resist the allure of $8 halal
Idk why people think I would support someone for Congress who has been on the wrong side of the Israel-Palestine issue for decades and has actively worked to silence anti-genocide protestors on behalf of a country committing genocide.
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Idk why people think I would support someone for Congress who has been on the wrong side of the Israel-Palestine issue for decades and has actively worked to silence anti-genocide protestors on behalf of a country committing genocide.
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“Is Donald Trump in the big tent” - the greatest thread in the history of DSA forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate,
November 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“Is Donald Trump in the big tent” - the greatest thread in the history of DSA forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate,
TBF this project was really the work of former Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer. She fought a lot of NIMBYs to get it approved and was trying to get other projects like it done in D1.
SB-35 is good though. I think we can all agreed affordable housing should be streamlined.
SB-35 is good though. I think we can all agreed affordable housing should be streamlined.
This is rich. Connie Chan says she “built real affordable housing, not the Sacramento version that destroys our neighborhoods.”
She points to new affordable housing on Geary: housing that she didn’t build but that *was* built using “Sacramento version” housing laws & $52M in state funds. 🧵
She points to new affordable housing on Geary: housing that she didn’t build but that *was* built using “Sacramento version” housing laws & $52M in state funds. 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
TBF this project was really the work of former Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer. She fought a lot of NIMBYs to get it approved and was trying to get other projects like it done in D1.
SB-35 is good though. I think we can all agreed affordable housing should be streamlined.
SB-35 is good though. I think we can all agreed affordable housing should be streamlined.
Lots of great stuff happening lately. Feeling some sense of normalcy again and ready to get back in full swing next year.
November 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Lots of great stuff happening lately. Feeling some sense of normalcy again and ready to get back in full swing next year.
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TODAY is publication day for my first book! If You Want to Win, You’ve Got to Fight: A Guide To Effective Transportation Advocacy is a practical guide for people who want to make #transit, #bike, and street safety changes in their community
Check it out at islandpress.org/books/if-you...
Check it out at islandpress.org/books/if-you...
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
TODAY is publication day for my first book! If You Want to Win, You’ve Got to Fight: A Guide To Effective Transportation Advocacy is a practical guide for people who want to make #transit, #bike, and street safety changes in their community
Check it out at islandpress.org/books/if-you...
Check it out at islandpress.org/books/if-you...
Brought a snack to brunch.
November 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Brought a snack to brunch.
Apparently a new bond is being considered. The CEO of @cahsra.bsky.social is HUSTLING!
California High Speed Rail is supported by 62% of Californians, which is more than the 52% of us who voted for Prop 1A in 2008. That being said, what’s stopping us from running another bond measure for the project? We still need to fund the tunnels to LA and the Bay from the Valley.
November 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Apparently a new bond is being considered. The CEO of @cahsra.bsky.social is HUSTLING!
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Come through this Sunday! We'll be joined by @barnalighosh.bsky.social, @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social, @alfredtwu.com, @mingweisamuel.bsky.social, @brandonsedai.bsky.social, and @tsch.uy.
Bay Area transit just had one of its most politically successful legislative sessions in part because of @transbaycoalition.bsky.social & our leadership in the pro-transit community.
But there is still a lot of work ahead - so come party it up & help raise funds to strengthen transit advocacy.
But there is still a lot of work ahead - so come party it up & help raise funds to strengthen transit advocacy.
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Come through this Sunday! We'll be joined by @barnalighosh.bsky.social, @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social, @alfredtwu.com, @mingweisamuel.bsky.social, @brandonsedai.bsky.social, and @tsch.uy.