Toby Muresianu
@tobyhardtospell.bsky.social
Housing advocate in LA, content creator, digital comms guy. I did a lot of comedy before covid (and still do sometimes)
Half the education posts are like "my kid has a 5.3 GPA and invented $5 insulin and got rejected from DeVry" and half are "60% of freshmen do not know enough math to read the numbers on their classroom doors"
November 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Half the education posts are like "my kid has a 5.3 GPA and invented $5 insulin and got rejected from DeVry" and half are "60% of freshmen do not know enough math to read the numbers on their classroom doors"
I write a voter guide for every California election, and am thrilled to write my shortest one ever:
Yes on Prop 50.
tobyhardtospell.substack.com/p/yes-on-50-...
Yes on Prop 50.
tobyhardtospell.substack.com/p/yes-on-50-...
Yes on 50: A very short voter guide
You've already read the tl;dr.
tobyhardtospell.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I write a voter guide for every California election, and am thrilled to write my shortest one ever:
Yes on Prop 50.
tobyhardtospell.substack.com/p/yes-on-50-...
Yes on Prop 50.
tobyhardtospell.substack.com/p/yes-on-50-...
No Kings protest today. I didn’t see any of the “Hamas terrorists” or “violent criminals” the White House warned about but I did see the dog who ate the Epstein files.
October 19, 2025 at 3:19 AM
No Kings protest today. I didn’t see any of the “Hamas terrorists” or “violent criminals” the White House warned about but I did see the dog who ate the Epstein files.
Sex is great but have you ever changed housing law for the world's fourth largest economy?
October 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Sex is great but have you ever changed housing law for the world's fourth largest economy?
Can’t believe SB79 passed the governor by a single vote!
October 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Can’t believe SB79 passed the governor by a single vote!
Key to using AI effectively: treat it like a person dumber than you, not a person smarter than you.
September 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Key to using AI effectively: treat it like a person dumber than you, not a person smarter than you.
Good morning. CEQA can no longer stop critically needed urban housing in California. It’s a new day.
July 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Good morning. CEQA can no longer stop critically needed urban housing in California. It’s a new day.
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We are back on American Exchange with housing advocate and funnyman @tobyhardtospell.bsky.social getting a firsthand account from LA on the 'riots', the protests and ICE raids.
Surprise it wasn't what the media or Trump made it out to be.
WATCH HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP6Z...
Surprise it wasn't what the media or Trump made it out to be.
WATCH HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP6Z...
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June 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We are back on American Exchange with housing advocate and funnyman @tobyhardtospell.bsky.social getting a firsthand account from LA on the 'riots', the protests and ICE raids.
Surprise it wasn't what the media or Trump made it out to be.
WATCH HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP6Z...
Surprise it wasn't what the media or Trump made it out to be.
WATCH HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP6Z...
The unidentified maybe-cops trying to deport people remind me of Putin's "Little Green Men"
June 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The unidentified maybe-cops trying to deport people remind me of Putin's "Little Green Men"
Hundreds of mentally disabled people are being evicted from supportive housing to Skid Row in LA, apparently due to losing Medicaid coverage.
1) This seems very bad and to be an illegal eviction
2) Is this going to happen nationwide if Trump's Medicaid cuts pass?
1) This seems very bad and to be an illegal eviction
2) Is this going to happen nationwide if Trump's Medicaid cuts pass?
June 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Hundreds of mentally disabled people are being evicted from supportive housing to Skid Row in LA, apparently due to losing Medicaid coverage.
1) This seems very bad and to be an illegal eviction
2) Is this going to happen nationwide if Trump's Medicaid cuts pass?
1) This seems very bad and to be an illegal eviction
2) Is this going to happen nationwide if Trump's Medicaid cuts pass?
This was my son’s LAUSD preschool graduation was last week.
This week, nearby ICE raids caused parents to flee mid-ceremony.
Today, LAPD officers are forming rings around ceremonies to stop ICE officers who don’t have valid legal justification from entering.
This week, nearby ICE raids caused parents to flee mid-ceremony.
Today, LAPD officers are forming rings around ceremonies to stop ICE officers who don’t have valid legal justification from entering.
June 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This was my son’s LAUSD preschool graduation was last week.
This week, nearby ICE raids caused parents to flee mid-ceremony.
Today, LAPD officers are forming rings around ceremonies to stop ICE officers who don’t have valid legal justification from entering.
This week, nearby ICE raids caused parents to flee mid-ceremony.
Today, LAPD officers are forming rings around ceremonies to stop ICE officers who don’t have valid legal justification from entering.
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Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
June 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
It's wild housing opponents will say "We can't have housing unless we have transit" and then it's literally defined to be right by transit they oppose it
June 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
It's wild housing opponents will say "We can't have housing unless we have transit" and then it's literally defined to be right by transit they oppose it
The walkability of part of transit-oriented development is often overlooked.
If you allow 7 story mixed use buildings by train stations (SB79), you don't just get apartments.
You also get grocery stores, gyms, and restaurants residents new and old can walk to.
If you allow 7 story mixed use buildings by train stations (SB79), you don't just get apartments.
You also get grocery stores, gyms, and restaurants residents new and old can walk to.
June 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The walkability of part of transit-oriented development is often overlooked.
If you allow 7 story mixed use buildings by train stations (SB79), you don't just get apartments.
You also get grocery stores, gyms, and restaurants residents new and old can walk to.
If you allow 7 story mixed use buildings by train stations (SB79), you don't just get apartments.
You also get grocery stores, gyms, and restaurants residents new and old can walk to.
Dismayed by this speech opposing apartments near transit from Caroline Menjivar.
It's a betrayal of her campaign promises, her constituents facing high housing costs, and the housing and environmental advocates who endorsed her (including me).
It's also...nonsense. ⬇️
It's a betrayal of her campaign promises, her constituents facing high housing costs, and the housing and environmental advocates who endorsed her (including me).
It's also...nonsense. ⬇️
June 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Dismayed by this speech opposing apartments near transit from Caroline Menjivar.
It's a betrayal of her campaign promises, her constituents facing high housing costs, and the housing and environmental advocates who endorsed her (including me).
It's also...nonsense. ⬇️
It's a betrayal of her campaign promises, her constituents facing high housing costs, and the housing and environmental advocates who endorsed her (including me).
It's also...nonsense. ⬇️
I can't believe Ben Allen gave tribute to Donald Shoup--and then 4 days later opposed a bill to legalize apartments by train stations. That just sucks, man.
Yesterday State Sen. @benallenca.bsky.social adjourned the Senate in memory of Professor Donald Shoup, who passed away earlier this year. Thank you to Sen. Allen for this wonderful honor of a great and inspirational figure to so many of us working to make our cities better places to live.
California State Senate Adjourns In Memoriam of Professor Donald Shoup - May 29, 2025
YouTube video by California YIMBY
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June 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I can't believe Ben Allen gave tribute to Donald Shoup--and then 4 days later opposed a bill to legalize apartments by train stations. That just sucks, man.
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Property/ Land taxes are really the ultimate “value capture” mechanism it’s annoying that all this energy trying to extract community benefits agreements on a project by project or bill by bill basis aren’t just focused on Prop 13 reform.
June 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Property/ Land taxes are really the ultimate “value capture” mechanism it’s annoying that all this energy trying to extract community benefits agreements on a project by project or bill by bill basis aren’t just focused on Prop 13 reform.
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Sen. Caroline Menjivar: Triumphantly appears at the event celebrating a federal award of $900 million for East San Fernando Valley Light Rail
Also Sen. Menjivar: "The utter audacity of planning more housing in my district, don't you know this is garbage transit that goes nowhere & serves no one"
Also Sen. Menjivar: "The utter audacity of planning more housing in my district, don't you know this is garbage transit that goes nowhere & serves no one"
June 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Sen. Caroline Menjivar: Triumphantly appears at the event celebrating a federal award of $900 million for East San Fernando Valley Light Rail
Also Sen. Menjivar: "The utter audacity of planning more housing in my district, don't you know this is garbage transit that goes nowhere & serves no one"
Also Sen. Menjivar: "The utter audacity of planning more housing in my district, don't you know this is garbage transit that goes nowhere & serves no one"
If your suburban town is "too rural" to have apartment buildings near train stations, it is too rural to have state funded train stations.
June 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
If your suburban town is "too rural" to have apartment buildings near train stations, it is too rural to have state funded train stations.
Anyone who says "local communities can plan best" to argue against a bill that *legalizes apartments by train stations* needs to explain why they have not done such an incredibly basic planning step yet.
It's like not allowing kitchens near cafeterias.
It's like not allowing kitchens near cafeterias.
June 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Anyone who says "local communities can plan best" to argue against a bill that *legalizes apartments by train stations* needs to explain why they have not done such an incredibly basic planning step yet.
It's like not allowing kitchens near cafeterias.
It's like not allowing kitchens near cafeterias.
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It's do or die for SB 79, the bill that would legalize multifamily housing around rail and BRT stops across the state. The vote could be held as early as tomorrow morning.
Californians: call your state senator tomorrow morning to help us get out of the senate!
cayimby.org/legislation/...
Californians: call your state senator tomorrow morning to help us get out of the senate!
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...
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June 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
It's do or die for SB 79, the bill that would legalize multifamily housing around rail and BRT stops across the state. The vote could be held as early as tomorrow morning.
Californians: call your state senator tomorrow morning to help us get out of the senate!
cayimby.org/legislation/...
Californians: call your state senator tomorrow morning to help us get out of the senate!
cayimby.org/legislation/...
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SB 79 may come up for a vote today -- now is the time to call your State Senator to urge them to vote YES on this bill to legalize multifamily housing around rail and BRT stops across the state. Click here for an easy way to make your call:
Call the State Senate to pass SB 79!
Please call your State Senator and urge them to vote YES on SB 79!
cayimby.org
June 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
SB 79 may come up for a vote today -- now is the time to call your State Senator to urge them to vote YES on this bill to legalize multifamily housing around rail and BRT stops across the state. Click here for an easy way to make your call:
Very counterintuitive that the federal government can try to stop teenagers from smoking weed and fail miserably, but obscure local government bodies can stop big universities, businesses etc from building needed housing by just saying no
May 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Very counterintuitive that the federal government can try to stop teenagers from smoking weed and fail miserably, but obscure local government bodies can stop big universities, businesses etc from building needed housing by just saying no