Louisa Gag, a 36 year old passionate advocate and transportation planner, died while riding her bike to Boston City Hall, where she worked on @ridebluebikes.bsky.social and Vision Zero. She was hit by the driver of large truck on Tremont Street at Parker Street. This interview 😭 (1/3)

Supervisor Mitchell expresses support for CicLAvia - but not at expense of Vermont BRT which she supports. Horvath says the "Sophie's Choice" you reference is false.

Congratulations to Loma Linda’s newest councilwoman and mayor (appointed yesterday after being sworn in), my friend Amy Jones!

Two close friends from med school are unable to start residency due to visa approval delays. A third friend is facing potential deportation after a surprise hearing on their asylum status. The Trump Administration is f’ing up these resident physicians’ future & jeopardizing the healthcare system.

Literal "car brain."

No?

Early congrats to @drannieandrews.com

tried to take a shadow pic and it turned out like an alien baby on a penny farthing

Every cyclist death is heartbreaking, but it hits even harder when it's an advocate like this. It's infuriating and saddening. These deaths, especially on roads that are known to be dangerous, are simply policy choices.

I have a few more rotations to finish med school after taking time off. Was initially unready to leave the confines of being a student, but after a few days on rotation I’m feeling ready to move onto the next stage of training & get paid. It never gets easier…just different levels of hard.

Rally and Lobby Day to Save Transit, Affordable Housing, Clean Air & Clean Water Programs throughout California. Sign up here: actionnetwork.org/events/emerg...

BREAKING: in June 2026, *every single one* of the 1,062 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 7,727 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.

-Make med school 3 years -Make 4th year a paid transitional year -Give everyone 5 years of guaranteed GME funding -Reform the Match (multiple offers, two-part Match) -Make residency humane with coverage from APPs so residents can take sick leave or time off -Fund more Prev Med and Occ Med programs

On our 250th birthday, celebrating the contribution of immigrants and international collaboration —46% of people with doctoral-level degrees working in US science and engineering fields are foreign-born

Adoption of air conditioning in Europe at U.S. levels would bring massive health benefits, while the emission implications would be minuscule, unlike many suggest - and, done right, it would help the clean energy transition by boosting electrification and clean energy. 🧵

Warehouse fire continues to impact Southeast L.A. and beyond. @southcoastaqmd.bsky.social posting alerts. Check aqmd.gov for the latest info and recommendations. Youngest, oldest & those with health conditions are at most risk. xappp.aqmd.gov/advisories/H...

I didn’t shared this here bc I have been figuring out *stuff* but I am grateful to share that I matched at Harbor-UCLA for Family Medicine residency, and have also been granted a 1-year deferral to start. I get to return home for training and will get strong, thorough training in the county system.

Spot on op-ed from Payton Rockwood asking California state leaders to give urban rail transit the #SB79 treatment - i.e. preempting local veto over rail lines: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor....

Ca Yimby canvassing for Sara Deen this Saturday in Torrance www.mobilize.us/saradeenfora...

Canvass for John Erickson for State Senate District 24 this Sunday in Torrance www.mobilize.us/ca-wfp/event...

Travelled to Korea. Didn’t Post about it. Was in a daze for most of it. 2026 has been a year of being stuck, spinning in circles, questioning myself and everything. Trying to get out of my patterns and regain some agency.

This is about control of Torrance City Council. A coordinated MAGA-aligned slate is running together. If they win, they govern together. If you don’t want that majority, the decision is simple: 🗳️ Fire MAGA on June 2

Happy Earth Day! Cherish our planet, electrify trains!

"More investment in permanent housing is needed so people have a place to go and don’t get stuck in interim beds where they eventually get fed up or kicked out," says BHHI Director Dr. Margot Kushel MD. https://ow.ly/3XNQ50YMSbS

Second: We’ll make buses fast and frequent. We’ll build out rush hour and all-day bus lanes on high-ridership routes. Already planned for the Olympics, we just need to keep them after.

First: We’ll build a comprehensive biking trail network, separating bicyclists from drivers and making the roads safer for both Not green paint, but full protection & routes that are safe for your whole family.

Been having some real existential crises lately about what exactly I’m doing with my life. Feel like I woke up from a 5 year slog of med school & policy work and am looking at the start of a grueling residency when there are many things I’ve worked on and could do. Always living life on hard mode.

reasonable, weho dropped the bomb of confirming that her motion as written would kill the EIFD, which meant that if Bass want to own any of the process at all, or have any input, she had to accept guardrails that keep the project on track. Is it insane that we're still coddling 22 freaked-out

chance of funding it in the first place. With the incredible response from everyone calling and writing in, Bass's support wholly collapsed, which forced her to go to the negotiating table with WeHo instead of trying to ram this through over their objections. Then, when she still refused to be

This is a list of (some) locations that tied or broke their all-time *April* monthly temperature record in March 2026 during the record-shattering heatwave. Statistically and meteorologically, that is extraordinarily hard to achieve locally--let alone across such a vast region.

San Diego's Section 8 waitlist closes: 76,000 people, 15-year wait, zero movement since 2022. Voucher costs up 80% as rents surge, but that's the symptom. Root cause: housing scarcity. We can't voucher our way out of a shortage. www.kpbs.org/news/quality...

I just talked to Supervisor Horvath's office and here are their concerns with this language if it is indeed accurate: 1) to finance the project, the County will need to set up an EIFD (special financing district) Without a specific route chosen, there's no way to know how much it will cost... 1/x

Just more evidence that the LA Metro Board does not care about its actual riders.

So excited to release this research we've been cooking on for the last 6 months! And huge shout out to @joeyshoyer-yall.bsky.social who led much of the technical analysis. Going to share a couple interesting findings below

New research from the Data/Dev Team! We show that LA County can use value capture to fund nearly all High Speed Rail projects inside the county to the tune of over $15-23 while remaining net positive for the County budget. https://data.streetsforall.org/blog/cahsr_eifd/

Metro Exec Mgmt Cmte: now on Hahn motion for Pico Rivera commuter rail station. Hahn touts TOD opportunities. boardagendas.metro.net/board-report...

its really weird to watch Sound Transit freak out about cost escalation and start aggressively value engineering. In LA the Metro Board will add billions to a transit project because of a dozen loud voices and leave it up to some future sucker to find money from the feds or something

Horvath speaks of Metro working with homeowners opposed to tunneling. Notes that other parts of alignment go under properties. Staff testifies about successful past Metro tunneling.

More Lafayette Square nimbys, one says “we are not against transit” [just against the transit project ~90 feet under our back yard]

Just like with K South in january, they advanced this out of planning and programming without recommendation as a precursor to an attempted ratfucking. The difference is this time, one board member - horvath - has made this her pet project for a decade, and isn't going to roll over the way everyone-

I would watch for a Board Motion to drop on Friday, and suggest direct lobbying to board members and their staff as early as possible with targeted talking points.

for the record if K north gets iced that will effectively guarantee that the metro board gets nuked. that will push the legislature over the edge.

My first big takeaway (beyond worsening the project and increasing costs for yet more nimby misinformation. What a theme for the K Line) is the hollywood bowl rec. It was SO expensive (over a billion for the single station) with anemic daily ridership (though even ridership would likely be -

Metro (and Metrolink, which has the same structure) is an international outlier in how politician-dominated it is. Are part time city council members the best people to be making technical decisions with generational and regional impact? Southern California needs IL's governance reforms!

This puts me at 10 people released. I filed my 1st habeas petition 29 days ago. I am an incredibly small-time, nobody lawyer who knew nothing about immigration law the day I submitted that case. I barely know any more today. I had never sued the federal government and now I've beaten them 10 times.

Living in pre-Match Day limbo where I am not exactly sure where I’ll be living/training for the next three years. It’s unnerving! Been going through a strange and hard few months. 4th year was supposed to be restful and easy. Now I’m fighting to reclaim sleep, happiness, and wellness 😢

Much as electrification to Pittsburgh would be good for me, personally, I do accept that it's probably better for the country if Alameda Corridors-San Bernardino-Cajon Pass-Barstow goes first, and by first I mean "preferably yesterday".

Metro lists fare opportunities, including raising base fare to $2-$2.50

Discussion of what is and isn’t Metro’s core functions - how funding these has impacts on transit operations. Non-core stuff mentioned: bike, Seed school, homeless outreach. [no mention of costs of Metro Micro, park&ride - much less highways - the latter generally separate non-ops-eligible funds]