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]

I like how I can look at these bikes and name exactly who they belong to @southbayforward.bsky.social 💗 🚲

The City of Torrance is hiring a Public Works Director. The city needs a forward-thinking leader in this role to move the city from car-oriented to multi-modal. Please share! Let us know if you apply! www.governmentjobs.com/careers/torr... #publicworks #engineer #transportation

found out today that the boy whom i placed ghost bike for many years ago had been taught by my kids' principal when she was doing her student teaching & that she had enjoyed seeing the potential in him. she was disappointed to learn that the driver had never been arrested/charged. #Bikesky

CA has massively expanded highways in Sacramento and the Inland Empire while underinvesting in transit. We need to build regional rail for Sacramento and electrify the San Bernardino Line to give residents a REAL solution to crowded freeways. catc.ca.gov/-/media/ctc-...

Local politics completely hijacked this project. I am still recovering and I am not ok. Reform the Metro Board and keep all eyes on the South Bay.

All 3 complete streets projects that the City of LA received funds for, but did not execute, were in flood-prone areas. LA portion of Wilmington is between Lomita Blvd to the N and the Harbor to the South. Several seasonal waterways bsky.app/profile/awal...

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Ninth is @thewrongalex.bsky.social. Says he isn’t paid by developers as a planning commissioner had asked him, then encourages city to be a leader in building housing for the future.

I give up

Mayor Light now starting to note his concerns. Worried that units may stay vacant because another new project isn’t full. “High density doesn’t always help house people.” Also worried about impacts on street parking and coastal access “despite what staff and coastal commission says”

Project’s land use attorney (Elisa Paster) now speaks. Notes: -PC’s denial failed to comply with objective standards required to deny -Coastal Commission and HCD noted project must be approved -affordable units are needed in South Redondo -project is named in city’s recent draft Housing Element

The Redondo Beach Planning Commission composed of “environmentalists” & “transit advocates” denied an AB 2011 project in the coastal zone, near frequent bus lines, in part, bc it did not have enough parking. The project is being appealed at city council now. Watch: www.youtube.com/live/9v8OW64...

We are at Redondo Beach City Council tonight hearing the applicant’s appeal of the denial of a coastal development permit for this 49-unit project. Staff is introducing the project now. Follow along…

Perfect framing of how LA’s political elite view things: elections aren’t for giving voters an opportunity to choose on the future of their city, county, or district; they’re for rewarding loyalty to the establishment machine. www.latimes.com/california/s...

South Bay K/C/Green Line Extension to Torrance (4.5 mi light rail): - 1993 Metro purchases Harbor Sub ROW - 1995 C Line Redondo station opens - 2009 Alternatives Analysis project on ROW as priority - 2010 NOP for DEIR, pauses for lack of funding - 2016 Measure M passes, includes this project

The added irony here is that state legislators in blue states virtually always have far more policy resources at their disposal than those in red states. But in my experience, they don't produce better policy; they just bureaucratize the process and produce small-c conservative legislation.

I’d heard this was coming. I’m so disappointed and angry. I and others spent hundreds of hours developing project scopes and doing engagement for transformative work. LA needs to get its budget priorities in order so Public Works and DOT can function together the way they should.

Our story @chicagotribune.com: Chicago teen Ofelia Torres, whose father was detained by ICE while she fought cancer, dies. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/14/c...

For those of you who grew up after 9/11, we got along just fine without a Department of Homeland Security for 212 years. The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.