I have added a new symbol to the 2026 candidate list. I'm adding the 🅴 character to indicate a non-incumbent candidate who has been 🅴ndorsed by the current officeholder. That info doesn't tell you everything, but it also doesn't tell you nothing.. far from irrelevant. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

The #California Congressional District Plan enacted through the passage of CA Proposition 50 on November 4, 2025 is now available. Visit our website to download the shapefile: 🔗 tinyurl.com/3cwfwvny #Redistricting #OpenData #Prop50 #DataBsky #CongressionalMaps

Averages mask the devastation for people who don't live on the coast. I am not sure people who live in the Bay Area grasp what a Central Valley utility bill looks like. I am sure the commercial solar guy knows, not sure he cares.

I love a clear standard! "We need to build more homes until median rent is less than 30% of median monthly income and median home prices are less than 4x median annual income."

Race is not the only issue, but until you realize Broadview is happening because there is no chance that white people will be subjected to the Broad view treatment- not sure you can really understand America.

I don't get terribly excited about a bunch of dead Russians. I want peace and I hope somehow, effectively military action causes Putin to relent. #prayforpeace

While he's less of a prominent Poaster than other members of the @cayimby.bsky.social team, @aceckhouse.bsky.social put in WORK managing the policy development of SB 79 and he deserves more public recognition than he'll get.

Speaker Rivas and team deserve some serious love A year ago, phonics legislation opposed by the CTA and other was pulled Rivas asked critics and supporters to come back in 2025 with a compromise that was just signed. Not easy Huge impact on millions of young readers! #caleg

I hope this kind of courage is contagious.

Every civic revival begins with ordinary people rediscovering that the Republic belongs to them. The Republic is waiting for you to be active in your own rescue. It does not exist in marble halls or executive orders, but in the hearts of those who still believe that self-government is possible.

Can we agree that whoever gets their way at the end of the shutdown, the other side was responsible for the shutdown?

For any interested, New Growth is having a store wide sale of 25% off, including my book below. Use the code FALL25 at checkout.

Powerful statement. If the US led with this kind of clarity millions of Russian and Ukrainian men and women would not have been killed or injured.

I finished the weekly survey of California political campaigns. New additions this week: + 1 new Congressional candidate + 1 new State Senate candidate + 4 candidates for constitutional office + 6 new Assembly candidates docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Organizing is more important than advocacy. In the wake of the murder, 37,000 people have applied to open Turning Point chapters. Organizing is hard and messy and not at all glamourous, but is essential to political wins. search.app/MEi2u

Both plants and panels convert sunlight into energy. We can and should be amazed by both processes and embrace the one that provides the most benefits in a particular area.

The Bay Area Council was very proud to be a co-sponsor of this incredible bill. It has been an amazing team of advocates pushing it forward!

Please let me apologize in advance for all the posting I'm going to be doing tomorrow. The State of California is turning 175 years old and I, having more than a little interest in that particular history, am wickedly excited about this. #California175

This has been making my brain hurt. Both sides are certain that they risk losing important political fights to absolute morons because "our side" plays by the rules and the other guys cheat.

Politics is a "you win some; you lose some" business. Dunking on your opponent after the fight is a rookie move, especially if you win. Take the W and prepare for the next fight.

If you ever get cynical about the #caleg watch a few floor sessions. The Gentleman from San Francisco is kind of like SF. And the Gentlewoman from LA is not like the Gentleman from Fresno. We have a system that sends up people that reflect their communities. And that's kind of awesome.

I am become an appendage an epitaph, an afterthought upon quiet stone acknowledged with a hapless nod, irrelevant an acorn gone to ground until that unseen day when all forgotten things stir

Narrative violation: California works! It is harder to do business in California than it ought to be. But the opportunity is enormous. Want to make a great place even better? Welcome to the conversation.

This Sunday, Historians At The Movies talks about Nazi Germany, resistance, and swing. Join us on Prime Video this Sunday, August 31 at 8pm eastern for SWING KIDS. Keep #HATM dancing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!

If you have ever had a frustrating experience with a bank this article will help explain why. Fascinating insight from a real expert. www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/seei...

National Guard need a union! Garbage men make way more

We need greater insight into government handling of sensitive data. In #caleg, most of the focus is on private sector privacy concerns. Most legislators and staff have zero insight on how the State accesses, stores and secures data.

After the Constitutional Convention, a woman asked Benjamin Franklin what kind of government they had formed. Franklin's response? "A republic, if you can keep it,"

Happy Social Media Day! 👏 CSAC is proud to connect with California's 58 counties across social media — from policy updates to county innovations, we've got you covered. 📍Find us active on: Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads, X, and YouTube. #CountiesLead #SocialMediaDay

I suspect Kevin will be the leading opponent to a California redistricting initiative. He has a new PR firm, a massive national fundraising base and intimate familiarity with the interest groups with business before the house.

I hate days when thousands of smart, supposedly independent thinkers are all talking about the same thing. Especially when it is the wrong thing to be thinking about.

“…a narrowing pessimistic attitude, a lack of faith in the possibility of creative advance, is evil, particularly by its obvious tendency to become a self-fulfilling prophecy. But, again, cynicism is a sentiment, not a conclusion.“ www.religion-online.org/article/a-wh...

Construction costs vary across the US, but not by much — and not nearly enough even remotely explain variation in housing costs. For these lines to decouple, you need other regulations that are artificially limiting supply. www.nber.org/system/files...

Interesting conversation with the man who drew the maps. If everyone in political California is going to be talking about it, we should at least have some facts to inform our opinions.

"A republic, if you can keep it." - Benjamin Franklin

The proposed new #Texas Congressional District map has been released. 🔗 Visit @davesredist.bsky.social to analyze it: davesredistricting.org/join/14c585e... 🔗 View the dataset & documents on the Capitol Data Portal: data.capitol.texas.gov/dataset/plan... #Redistricting #CongressionalMaps

New: CA Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas says new congressional maps to redraw districts will be out next week

My how times change... "For all those who are silent now: What would they think of a Republican president who announced that he was going to ignore the law, or unilaterally change the law? Imagine a future president setting aside environmental laws, or tax laws..." — Senator Cruz, 2014

I see stories about breeches everyday. What I can't tell from the articles is how much energy the corporate victims put into protecting the data. Was the criminal creative who found a way through an elaborate defense or was the company lax in their defensive effort? I don't know!

Incredibly helpful document for #caleg

It is important that very rich people not have to worry about merely rich people living near them. The housing crisis is not a mystery. The consensus we can't work around is that most people don't want to live near poor people. But we can't say that.

I am just reflecting on how much anti-tax rhetoric Republicans have communicated throughout my career. We know the argument that an increase in corporate taxes will be passed on to consumers or reduce investment with negative economic consequences. The silence is mind-boggling.

Politics, religion, and business have a lot in common. Popular people fight for their principles. My favorite people struggle to practice their principles. It is possible to do both, but if I have to choose, I want to be a practitioner.

This week’s #HATM watch party See you Sunday. jasonherbert.substack.com/p/the-perfec...

Ever wonder about the reason people give for not participating in elections? Democrat non-voters want candidates further to the left: poll search.app/VHrWk