“wanting to be a shitty person and hanging out with other shitty people and then being surprised pikachu when they are shitty to you” really is the perfect summary of the modern right
*2 years(-ish)… I misremembered the date the coastal permit got approved
The California Coastal Commission is a totally underrated villain in this story.
LA applied for coastal development permits in 2022. It took 2.5 years of delay before they were finally approved. Had permits been issued that year, Park's predecessor would've been in office & it would've been built.
If you live in LA and think we shouldn’t let the loudest NIMBYs dictate housing policy, please support @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social for Mayor and @faizahforla.bsky.social for City Council District 11
Assuming available funding, a complete timeline for the study, permitting, and construction is included below. The draft timeline is subject to change based on staff resources, competing priorities, litigation, California Coastal Commission permitting, and the City's contract procurement process. Mobility Hub Project Draft Timeline Phase Timeframe Task Order Solicitation March/April 2026 - July/Aug 2026 Feasibility Study Aug/ Sept 2026 - Jan/Feb 2027 Permitting & Approvals Nov/Dec 2026 - Nov/Dec 2027 Detailed Design & Engineering March 2027- August 2027 Procurement & Bidding Sept 2027 - Nov 2027 Construction Dec 2027 - April/May 2028 Commissioning & Launch June 2028
I cannot stop laughing at this absolutely delusional timeline! As noted in the report, just getting Coastal Commission approval will take at least a year.
You know what already has Coastal Commission approval? THE 100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT PLANNED FOR THIS PARKING LOT
Karen Bass could have short-circuited this nonsense any time in the last 3 years by having the agencies & commissions run by her appointees issue needed clearances/permits in accordance with the law. Instead she’s letting one of the worst NIMBYs on the Council kill 120 funded & approved apartments.
Certain dudes are still upset with me when I said in 2012 that here in the US, being a straight white male is living on the lowest difficulty setting of life. From here on out I'm just going to refer them to these DOGE staffer depositions, and then tell them to go fuck themselves.
I always like to remind people that, while stuff like healthcare is stupid expensive, we could come very close to solving homelessness for $50 billion a year
“Multifamily housing is for young renters and the poor while single family homes are for established adults with children” is a really pernicious folk theory about how housing markets should work that I think is foundational to so much bad housing policy at all levels of government.
Reading Whipping Girl for the first time and it resonates with and clarifies so, so much of what I’ve felt and experienced on my own journey toward embracing a trans identity… @juliaserano.bsky.social’s work continues to touch new readers and will ripple through the ages
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This is so American it hurts.
Happy Calvin's Dad day to those who celebrate
If you get into a “who can cut taxes more” battle with the GOP, you’re going to lose because they are far more shameless and antagonistic to the idea of living in a functioning society.
Don’t concede to their framing that taxes are nothing but a problem to be solved.
it is genuinely very funny how many big name/shop analysts have gone on tv in the last 24-48hr and been like "man we didn't think this administration would be so stupid" like, come on
Good thing we've made subways cost a minimum of $2 billion per mile just in time for a once-in-a-generation gasoline shortage.
the people yearn for woke 2
since women's day is an hour shorter this year, women will be taking that hour from another day at some point during the year. we don't tell you when, but it will happen
Cuban player on his WBC team
If u are looking for something to do other than doom scroll today u can join us to watch joyful baseball today during the WBC. We are chatting in here. No nazis or toxic bullshit allowed. It is free: open.substack.com/chat/posts/0...
The obvious wisdom and effectiveness of Housing First is obscured by the fact we've made "a tiny, no-frills apartment" an expensive status symbol in huge swathes of the country by creating an artificial housing shortage
Here is a man with more simple moral integrity & courage that the vast bulk of Dem electeds & pundits.
Fondly recalling the 2010s, when one could borrow money for free and instead of densifying our cities and building electric-powered mass transit, we pretended Uber rides would always be cheap and worked hard to prevent "transit-oriented gentrification."
a lot of what has made discourse insane is that there's an entire crop of guys who live in dc, do a ton of uppers, and have massive gender insecurity around the fact that they're soft-handed scribes
Donald Trump is taking a hammer to the job market and making life more expensive for you.
Reuters Exclusive
"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."
"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the Middle East."
-General contractor & mechanic; assembled WWII boats and was exempted from military service b/c he was the only guy in the shop who could properly align a propeller shaft
-Oil company manager/executive; spent the winter of 1944-45 in the Ardennes as a member of the Army Finance Corps
This is just unconscionable and gruesome.
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