California Forever v1: townhouses for Silicon Valley commuters California Forever v2: shipyards for Tr*mp's Department of "War" California Forever v3: breweries to replace the giant Bud factory in Fairfield?

"There are enough ADS regulatory gaps to drive a fleet of robots through." <-- too true

Always a minor surprise when I see an email in my work inbox from "GTFS Microsoft" (* which stands for Microsoft Global Treasury Financial Services)

The "doom loop" narrative has apparently been retired and replaced with... "parking chaos"

Ha, Larry Summers replaced with a guest talk by Tony Blair But it's hard to imagine that these Very Important People are actually that good at teaching undergrads substantive course material, other than showing off their patina of power...

It's a solid post on its own, but the photo will live in my nightmares for some time. That's education, transit, healthcare, and a number of other services, being eaten by Howard Jarvis.

For better — or worse — California's "Fiscal Outlook" is currently indexed to $NVDA

This illustrates what I've thought of as one of the most annoying trends of the post-2008 tech boom: The fact that the dude calls his product "Friend" Just like "Messenger" and "Marketplace" and "Notes" and "Wallet," trying to squat on the most generic of terms...

I ran Bay to Breakers twice, a good number of years ago. Is that sufficient experience with the Sunset for me to be appointed as its next supervisor?

A nice reminder that the state's public health agency serves all Californians:

One of those kinds of days when I think about ordering the one candy-colored NACTO handbook I don't own...

For SFMTA to receive a dedicated bus lane on Van Ness required covering the massive cost and years of effort to rebuild all the unrelated underground utilities For Waymo to receive a dedicate lane on Van Ness, nothing is required

The predictions of @t4america.bsky.social — unfortunately — fully confirmed in a report by @urbaninstitute.bsky.social

While working on my laptop in a coffee shop in North Shattuck (nee Gourmet Ghetto), I can't help but use an LLM to poke fun at the somewhat sanctimonious artwork If Berkeley actually measured its culinary impact by dollar amount, would be a more accurate representation:

Props to the public information officers and institutional archivists who stash pictures away like a squirrel stores nuts for the future:

I'd read that! Or better yet, Robert Caro could serve as research assistant and Ina Caro can be the author named on the cover for this one

An occasional reminder that when you're writing about the future Congressional representative from San Francisco, his name is spelled "i" before "e"

Step 1: Pass Prop 50 ✅ Step 2: Elect Dems into as many of the redrawn Congressional districts as possible While I'm not a Sacramento voter, I'm bullish on @drpanmd.bsky.social running on his record as lead author of the state's important school vaccine mandates calmatters.org/politics/202...

Yes, the time has come for progressives to co-opt Robert Moses -- not the entire problematic package, but to strategically claim some of his accomplishments

Land doesn't vote... graduated symbols do.

With polls closing in just over 3 hours, I look forward to seeing the election results for Alameda County in... 30 days

Almost certainly created by a DNC staffer with young kids (who's had to watch KPop Demon Hunters a million times and then some)

California will not be a pawn in the President’s political games. I’m grateful to the court for putting a stop to this nonsense and ensuring we are able to continue to receive vital transportation dollars that support our public infrastructure and keep our roads safe.

The decision is clear: San Francisco has the best “I Voted” sticker ever. 🌁

"they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness"

Any cash you can contribute will be extremely well utilized by the Alameda Food Bank #alamtg www.alamedafoodbank.org/ways-to-give/

Watching the California vehicle weight task force meeting. The task force is considering how the state might try to rein in dangerously large vehicles that cause a disproportionate amount of death on our roadways

as a cyclist I appreciate the attempt at support but an indictment alleging "had to drive slow" as its harm is the most American thing I've ever heard

left: October 27 / right: October 28

Close the bike lane, offer a "free shuttle" that just gets stuck with all the other car traffic. Fewer bikes= more traffic.

As we exercise our right to peaceful protest, I urge everyone to refrain from blocking bridges, federal buildings, or other fed-operated infrastructure. It's exactly the kind of provocation these operations are designed to exploit. We won’t give them what they need to incite the chaos they crave.

Here is someone who inspired me today, located in my home town of Alameda California. In the early morning hours, this fine artist set up his easel in front of the Coast Guard station where Trump has deployed federal agents to harass and racially profile my friends and neighbors. Plein air protest!

American higher education has produced a nation with the greatest educational, economic, technological and geopolitical prowess that the world has ever seen. Here's why we must radically change how it works in order to make conservatives happy.

The real trolley problem

It may be a rough weekend for the Bay Area, so it's especially timely to have Scott Wiener's articulate voice — and his almost unlimited energy to show up at every single public event in his district, while also being the most legislatively productive senator in Sacramento. I just sent in my $25

"The federal government’s demand of $1 billion from UCLA puts the entire University of California system at risk. "Stand with us to protect UC." Good to see the Regents taking this to the court of public opinion, not quietly reviewing illegal "deals" www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved...

Good work shaming Marc Benioff, people of the Bay Area!

At my kids' preschool, half of the other parents either sail on these Coast Guard missions or support them from the shore. Unlike the huffing and puffing president, they follow the law and simply stop and board vessels suspected of carrying illegal drugs

In which middle-of-nowhere suburb-of-the-future would you rather (not) live?

When commentators write about Gov. JB Pritzker, why don't they also bemoan Illinois's pension liabilities? I'm curious from the perspective of California, where long-term issues are always used to tar current leaders, even though it's not their fault and they're making good faith efforts to fix...

I don't need to have a beer (or a tea or whatever) with the next governor of California — this column by @byrobinepley.bsky.social sounds about right: www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...