"Nithya Raman, who has been compared to Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York, presents a significant challenge to the incumbent, Mayor Karen Bass." NYT gets the scoop
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"Nithya Raman, who has been compared to Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York, presents a significant challenge to the incumbent, Mayor Karen Bass." NYT gets the scoop
This excellent story Dave Rand posted on Twitter is a perfect illustration of the kind of person Nithya Raman is:
Abolish you coward.
Will you also be recording this, for AHLA members who are not able to tune in live tonight?
Listening to @laist.com talk about “group purchasing” for rebuilds in Altadena. Seems like some baugruppen and other social housing #urbanism experts could be helpful and consult with homeowners as they undergo their communal community rebuilds.
California and LA have a long history of subverting democracy and defying the law. We see it today with the energy they’re deploying to find loopholes around HLA and SB79. They talk a big game about Trump but they’ll stop at nothing to keep us from having clean air, housing, and an easy commute.
Higher Ground @barackobama.bsky.social & Michelle's production company is looking for an assistant with 2+ years experience to assist 2 execs. Technically a "coordinator" that looks like they function as a jr producer. Pay qualifies a single employee for Very Low Income or Low Income housing.
Yay on SB79!! Finally young people in LA stand a chance.
Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.
Good. My alma mater — which now costs $100k/year to attend without scholarships and whose multi-billion-dollar endowment was featured in the Panama Papers for tax dodging — needs to grow a spine and #FightOn ✌️❤️
I was shocked when I heard Scott Wiener say LA City Council's divided SB 79 vote helped convince state reps to vote yes on the bill. So I mapped it - sure looks like he's telling the truth! The only state reps from LA who voted for SB 79 overlap with city councilmembers who supported the bill. A 🧵:
In Los Angeles County… “64% support apartments on streets that primarily have single-family houses... 59% said yes to apartments in their own neighborhood.”
LA County politicians are out of step w/ their own constituents. Time for @governor.ca.gov to sign SB 79!
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A composite of nine headshots of white people under the caption "White LA legislators who opposed SB 79." Below that, a blank headshot under the caption "White LA legislators who supported SB 79"
Not one white elected official who represents the City of LA, at the city or state level, supported SB 79. These legislators placed themselves in a long tradition of white leaders supporting zoning rules to keep brown people out of their white constituents' neighborhoods.
This poor guy. The French guy needs to get his act together and win so this man can keep his job.
Important piece debunking myths about SB 79: “Taken together, Park’s arguments lean heavily on fear, distortion, and NIMBY reflexes. Wildfires, tsunamis, ‘one-size-fits-all’ rhetoric, claims of protecting equity, and the bogeyman of developers all obscure the facts of SB 79.”
Tweet from @MayorofLA: Today I signed a City Council resolution opposing SB79 unless it is amended to exempt cities with a state-approved and compliant Housing Element. While I support the intent to accelerate housing development statewide, as written, this bill risks unintended consequences for LA.
There was a brief window, when ED 1 was still in its original form, when I thought Los Angeles might finally have a mayor who was somewhat serious about addressing the housing and homelessness crisis. My bad!
Continuing with the cladding and patio.
All cities need to allow 3br+ ADUs, and if they have arbitrary caps the province needs to override.
"Issue brief from UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies titled A Large Majority of Angelenos Want More Apartments — Even on Single-Family Streets (by Zachary Steinert-Threlkeld, 2025). The brief discusses Los Angeles Mayor Bass’s December 16, 2022 executive order streamlining the approval process for 100% affordable housing to 60 days, and notes survey findings from the Los Angeles Quality of Life Index showing that most residents want more multifamily housing in their own neighborhoods."
Figure 2: "Map of Los Angeles City Council districts shaded by percent of respondents supporting new apartments on streets with mostly single-family homes. Support is highest in CD1 (87.23%) and CD13 (83.37%), with other high-support districts including CD10 (79.01%) and CD9 (78.51%). Lowest support is in CD2 (47.77%) and CD4 (51.08%). Most districts show majority support above 60%."
Figure 4: "Map of Los Angeles City Council districts shaded by percent of respondents supporting new apartments in their own neighborhood. Support is highest in CD9 (76.57%), CD10 (70.67%), and CD14 (69.48%). Lowest support is in CD11 (46.14%) and CD7 (49.11%). Most districts fall between 50% and 65% support, with stronger backing in the central and southern districts."
“86% of LA respondents support building apartments in one or more of a [wide range] of areas. That number isn’t a typo. This level of agreement is unheard of in politics and should be enough of a reason to build more housing immediately.“ — @zacharyst.bsky.social escholarship.org/content/qt4m...
Our whole-bean Sprouts coffee went up $5 a lb!! That’s in addition to: the still I insane costs of chicken, dairy, and eggs. We will be watering down our coffee until further notice…
Dear Mayor Bass, Will you stand up for LA and oppose SB 79 loud and clear? "With a full-on assault of our neighborhoods by real estate investors who want to deregulate our zoning so they can financially benefit by building apartments in our neighborhoods, we need you to voice concern. This bill rezones neighborhoods randomly and can generate enormous unneeded housing capacity from any qualifying bus stop. As much as 42,000 apartment units will be permitted per every qualifying bus or transit stop. How is this even reasonable? Many of our small communities will be wiped out. Will you speak up and support us? "If we don't stop this bill, the impacts to our neighborhoods our infrastructure
Oh man, this is the letter template from United Neighbors.
"This bill rezones neighborhoods randomly and can generate enormous unneeded housing capacity from any qualifying bus stop."
Imagine dedicating your retirement to crushing your grandchildren under housing costs. Thanks, grandma.
I don’t want to subsidize Ricky C’s and his billionaire buddies’ homeowner’s insurance then. Because according to fire victims, he’s the developer buying up multiple adjacent lots to build giant mansions and make it more exclusionary. They should get their own insurance pool.
I’m still extremely sour about this being canceled after one season
No reason all of Lankershim does not have protected bike lanes! Infuriating, this man should still be alive! @ladotofficial.bsky.social @metrolosangelesbot.bsky.social #imeldaPadilla #cd6
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Bollards everywhere!
Stoked! Called my Assembly member to vote yes! I want driving in LA to become so painful and housing and transit and hospitable public space so abundant and beautiful that by the next decade our city looks like the movie HER. Mid-century high-rises in the sky!
Spent $$$ on triple-pane windows and the illegal exhausts can still wake me up in the middle of the night. @cd4losangeles.bsky.social we need noise cameras and enforcement.
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Night is the toughest time to ride in SFV. No protected bike lanes + little to no lighting on safe residential streets + illegally narrow or entirely missing sidewalks makes it all scary and dangerous. Get a bike 55lbs or under so you can take the bus if you need tho buses can be slower than riding
I bought a Fiido e-bike for under $1000. Love it. I ride in the Valley frequently. It’s tough with the lack of protected bike lanes. Trick is LA River + finding where low-traffic residential streets cross bigger thru-fares with lights. Though admittedly sometimes I just have to sprint across stroads
Amazing tour-de-force history of homelessness policy in Los Angeles. Strongly recommended reading for anyone who cares about housing the very poorest. www.latimes.com/california/s...
I read something recently about how America’s imprisoned populated is expected to decline. Feels like the prison industrial complex is anticipating less caging of one group of people and shifting funding to cage another.