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Michael Andersen @andersem.bsky.social · 4h

Portland saw just 17 homicides in the first six months of 2025, a 51% drop from 2024. On pace for 2019 levels www.portland.gov/mayor/keith-...

Portland Sees Decline in Violent Crime; Homicides Down 51% in First Half of 2025

New report from Major Cities Chiefs Association shows promising progress in reducing homicides and other major offenses.

www.portland.gov

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 5h

great stuff!

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 7h

Trump admin has frozen or cancelled $28 b for projects, almost all in Dem districts. Small amount of frozen funds in GOP districts are in predominately Dem states (CA, OR, WA, CO, MN, IL, NY, MD), or in predominately Dem cities (St Louis, Atlanta, Greenville) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump admin is freezing or cancelling billions of dollars in funding for projects in Democratic areas.

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 8h

Time on Caltrain is my most productive of the week, and it's not really close.

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 12h

Lovely cartography from the New York Times today:

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 1d

SF, all rinsed

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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing win here. This bill was reportedly under a veto threat, but Streets for all and Streets Are For Everyone (SAFE, not on Bluesky yet) organized a big pressure campaign.

Congratulations to everyone involved!

Streets For All @streetsforall.org · 1d

SB 720 - SIGNED INTO LAW
This bill by @senatorashby.bsky.social will institute a fairer and easier to administer red light camera program in the state that cities could choose to use.

(Streets For All) SB 720 Senator Angelique Ashby (SD 8) Signed into law | Improved the California Red Light Camera Program | [image of a sign] Red Light Photo Enforced

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 1d

Thus begins the rainy season in SF 🌧️🌧️

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 1d

The part of this story that really sticks with me is that Fairfax NIMBYs are trying to recall the mayor because she didn't willfully violate state law.

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 2d

What could make a community of white, affluent boomers so livid? In a shocking twist, the reason is exactly what you think it is. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

‘Not going to suck it up’: What turned this former hippie town into the angriest place in California?

The local rancor is focused on plans for a six-story, 243-unit apartment building near the town center. The School Street project is universally loathed. Almost everyone believes it to be out of place in a town where one-story and two-story buildings are the norm, and they worry about the impact on parking, traffic and fire safety.

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 1d

More of this! Concrete-protected bike lanes. Mississippi at 17th.

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 1d

Great news!

sfstandard.com/2025/10/08/n...

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 2d

I don't want to teach with AI, I don't want to grade with AI, I don't want to write with AI, and I don't want to read with AI.

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 2d

Golden Gate Park

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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 6d

NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.

The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
🧵⤵️

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 2d

Saw some folks tabling at my local farmers market in regards to "upzoning" and I regret to inform you it was garden-variety NIMBY nonsense.

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 2d

Ariscault is a fine bakery, to be sure, but the line it generates on weekends is not a function of its quality but absolutely the desire to stand in line at an "it" place.

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 3d

Want some good news?

Vineyard Wind, the 1st large-scale wind farm approved in America, has been under construction for years. A broken blade incident in 2024 set progress back.

Now about half of its 62 turbines are sending power to the Massachusetts grid! 🔌

newbedfordlight.org/vineyard-win...

Vineyard Wind reaches 50% power production - The New Bedford Light

The offshore wind farm is sending power from at least 30 turbines to the Massachusetts grid.

newbedfordlight.org

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 3d

Great turnout at the SJSU Fall Preview Day for prospective students and their families

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 3d

HUGE thanks to BayWheels, VTA, and BART for installing a bikeshare dock right at the Berryessa Station @baywheels.bsky.social @vta.org @bart.gov

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 3d

Never stop posting!!

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 3d

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 3d

Golden Gate Ave at Broderick

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 3d

Like, imagine writing an entire essay called, I don't know...."It's Time to Build" and then backing this administration. You might wanna do some soul searching!

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 5d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 3d

PLEASE remember this any time you hear someone supportive of this administration say "we need to BUILD!"

They are either lying to you or complete fools. This is what they are fighting for:

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 5d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 4d

MAJOR NEWS: @GavinNewsom signed SB 79, my bill allowing more housing near public transit — rail, subway, rapid bus.

It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.

Thank you, Governor!

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