See you tomorrow.

This week at Circulate: 🚶 Pedestrian audit at @UCSD 🚲 Community bike ride 🏘 Missing middle housing policy letter 🍽 Dinner with @RepScottPeters (limited seats) 📣 Sneak peek of our next big report 🚲🚌 Bike Bus 🗞️ News hits Get the full update 👇

I sold my car and our household went down to one car. It’s been great. More walking, biking, and transit -we haven’t missed the second car. The more we make those options safe and reliable, the more people can do the same.

Transit commute + Dividing Line by ACLU’s Deborah Archer. Infrastructure isn’t neutral. If we want cities built around safe streets and public transit, we have to make that future easier to build for the communities who rely on it most. @aclu.org

If you live in San Diego and read Slow Boring, this is your bat signal. I’m co-hosting a meetup(3/10) for readers of Matt Yglesias’s newsletter. Policy nerds, housing wonks, transit heads welcome. form.123formbuilder.com/6936107/slow... @mattyglesias.bsky.social

Grateful to Jaime for supporting my @centerrideout ride (we are babies in this photo)🚴🏳️‍🌈 I’m riding 250 miles to support SoCal LGBT Centers and fund health care, housing, advocacy, and community so LGBTQ+ people can live fully as themselves. centerrideout.donordrive.com/participants...

These three books really shaped how I thought about government and state capacity in 2025 — why it struggles to deliver, and how it can do better: Abundance by @ezraklein, Why Nothing Works by @MarcDunkelman, and Recoding America by @pahlkadot. What belongs on my 2026 list?

Huge thanks to Toni for supporting my ride in the first @centerrideout. I’m riding 250 miles to support the SoCal LGBT Centers, helping fund health care, housing, advocacy, & community so LGBTQ+ people can live fully as themselves. Support my ride → centerrideout.donordrive.com/participants... 🚴🏳️‍🌈

Today is Transit Equity Day, honoring Rosa Parks on her birthday and her courage to demand dignity on public transit. Appreciated seeing @sdmts reserve a seat in her honor 🚌✊🏾 A good reminder of why investing in transit that works for everyone still matters.

🚲For the fourth year in a row, more people are biking on 30th Street in North & South Park. Since protected bike lanes were installed, ridership has more than doubled and now tops 130,000 trips a year. When streets feel safer, more people ride. www.kpbs.org/news/quality... @kpbssandiego.bsky.social

Speaking to the press today about a heartbreaking preventable tragedy. A 6-year-old was killed by a hit-and-run driver making a left turn on Ingraham St, part of the PB bike path a block from an elementary school. Enough is enough. We must invest in streets that put safety first.

MEDIA ADVISORY: On November 16, 2025, Families for Safe Streets, Circulate San Diego, and advocacy organizations will observe World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.

It’s my birthday, and all I want is better transit and safer streets. If you want to celebrate with me, join me and renew your Circulate membership for 2026.

Current Sunday status: me reading the @nytimes, Jason gaming, Twist and Cassio napping. Domestic bliss. (Don’t mind the mid construction edges of the photo)

🎉 excited to celebrate these leaders for safe streets, the environment, and building more homes and transit!! Get your tickets: www.circulatesd.org/awards2025

It’s #NationalComingOutDay — a reminder that being yourself is brave, beautiful, and sometimes hard. Grateful every day for the people who made it easier for me to be me. 🏳️‍🌈

What’s new at @CirculateSD: 👋 Meet our new Policy Manager, Aria Grossman 🏆 Circulate named @CleanairCA Day Winner 🎟️ Become a Momentum Awards Sponsor 🎨 Feaster Charter mural recap 🚴 Walk, Bike & Roll to School Day recap 🪧 IB wayfinding & safety signage update 📰 News

Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival with mooncakes, red bean soup, a whole fish, and good friends.

What do you want from San Diego’s parks & recreation? 🌳 Take the City’s new Community Recreation Needs Assessment survey and help shape the future: sandiego.gov/parksurvey

See you tomorrow in South Bay!

Event planning law: the second you print the last name tag, someone calls to add a guest or change a name. Always.

Today, I was honored to be appointed by Mayor Todd Gloria to the City of San Diego’s Park & Recreation Board. I’m deeply grateful to Councilmember @RaulCampilloD9 for the nomination and the opportunity to help steward the parks and public spaces that make our city so special. 🌿🌊🌇

Happy Pride! 🚌🏳️‍🌈

Congrats to the 2025 SDLA Fellows on a successful fundraiser! Fun catching up with some of my 2016 cohort. 15 years in, SDLA keeps building San Diego’s progressive pipeline.

Up early this morning with the SDHF for the release of their annual Housing Needs Assessment Report. It’s a clear call to action: we need to keep funding vital services, invest in affordable housing, and build more homes across San Diego. Full report: www.housingsandiego.org/blog/housing...

Just back from the Planned Parenthood Gala — inspired by the legacy, the new leadership, and the future ahead. Grateful to have spent the night with some of my favorite people at our table. #StandWithPP @pppswaction.bsky.social @pppswhealth.bsky.social

In Imperial Beach today for Día de los Niños! Promoting @SANDAG’s Bike Anywhere Day on May 16 — and Circulate’s pit stop in IB. www.circulatesd.org/calendar #BikeAnywhereDay

Launching @circulatesd.bsky.social’s next big campaign. Cheers! 🥂

Eighty-one years ago tomorrow, my grandfather’s plane, Lady Marie, was shot down over Germany. He spent 13 months in a POW camp, having risked everything to fight fascism. That fight isn’t over. Honor the past—defend democracy today.

Only 9 days until the special election for County Supervisor! Spent the day knocking doors for CM Vivian Moreno—she’s a fighter who’s delivered real results. She’s invested in infrastructure, improved parks, and supports building more homes. District 1, make your plan to vote!

@circulatesd.bsky.social has a track record of winning big—with a small but mighty team. Insights from our CEO on how we make it happen.

Just a guy, his dog, and some light reading on the 1830s Nullification Crisis. Nothing like a states’ rights meltdown to really set the mood for a cozy night in.

The correct thing to do when someone you don’t know is in the group chat.

Great piece by @acbowen.bsky.social on the new street design manual update, featuring FFFSD’s Laura Keenan. Plus, @circulatesd.bsky.social & Vision Zero Coalition’s recommendations to make San Diego’s streets safer for all: www.circulatesd.org/policy_lette...

Spent the night with @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social and fellow “weird” fans, wrestling with Abundance and what it takes to make a progressive future real. I believe we can build a more abundant, progressive world—but doing so means grappling with tough questions and some sticky liberal blind spots.

Circulate’s CEO @colinparent.bsky.social breaks down how we use the Abundance framework to fix government barriers that limit housing and transit. Read how we’re advancing policies to make San Diego more affordable and connected.

Circulate’s policy counsel, @willmooresd.bsky.social, shared an ADU Bonus policy update at our monthly Board meeting. We’re dedicated to creating a future of housing abundance that offers more choice for all. 🏘️ @circulatesd.bsky.social @colinparent.bsky.social

It’s not technology that’s holding us back from building more housing or high-speed rail—it’s process. @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

Picked up What Hath God Wrought after hearing it recommended on @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social’s podcast. The post-War of 1812 era—tech disruption, political upheaval, media transformation—feels strikingly relevant today.

Reading The Vanishing Neighbor by Marc Dunkelman — can more public transit and public spaces help rebuild the casual connections that hold communities together.

Circulate’s CEO in today’s VOSD. @voiceofsandiego.org @circulatesd.bsky.social

The Republican budget plan would cut vital healthcare, firefighters, and airline safety to pay for tax cuts for people who don’t need them. It would add $4-11 trillion to our debt and raise prices. I urge a NO vote on this self inflicted harm. youtu.be/Oyhj_F7X0F8

Just watched a sneak peek of Free for All: The Public Library from @IndependentLens, and it’s a must watch. Libraries are the heartbeat of our communities and our democracy—this doc proves it. Watch the premiere in April on @PBS!

Quick backpacking trip to Crystal Cove State Park in Orange County. 🥾 🏕️

There’s plenty of debate around ADUs in San Diego, so I’m proudly putting up our ‘Pro Homes’ sign! Our neighbor’s new ADU right next door proves smart policy in action—bringing in vital housing, vibrant community, and less sprawl. Bring on the new neighbors!

If I ever fall asleep in a work meeting please someone tell me. So I am aware.

Wishing this amazing boy a happy birthday - Mr. Cassio! Hard to believe we adopted him 6 months ago, but he was born 2 years ago in Tijuana.

Our gnomes are running scared from the new lawn addition.

Get yourself a partner that spends valentines day playjng board games. #finspan

💌Be Our Valentine—Support safer streets, transit, & affordable homes! 🚴‍♂️🚌🏡 Skip the chocolates—invest in a better San Diego. Donate today: www.circulatesd.org/donate