When I tell people that I don’t use rideshare AT ALL because it’s unsafe, they look at me like I’m crazy. I don’t know how much I have to shout about reports like this until people realize they should use transit and taxis. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...

I want less public engagement, not more. Out here in CA, the “community engagement” process is wrecked, and honestly disrupts the public good.

Happy Festivus, one and all! May your Feats of Strength be brutal, your aluminium pole undecorated and your Airings of Grievances prolonged. A Festivus for the Rest of Us!

#seinfeld #festivus

One simple trick. 😎

Uber isn’t safe. Ask me how I know 🙄

Wait till this lady learns about the substantial radiation ON THE AIRPLANE from this big nuclear reaction in the sky called the Sun. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/t...

For the majority of trips a city can run on two wheels under human power. Statistic show that the vast majority of vehicle trips are under 3 miles. If London and Paris can do it, we can do it here in San Diego.

Voluntary outpatient treatment for those experiencing significant disability from psychosis is massively difficult. It’s not compassion to allow thousands of people with severe mental illness to languish on the streets.

McGovern: "When billionaire CEOs need something, Republicans move at lightning speed. But when it comes to working people needing affordable health care, suddenly the story changes. There's hand wringing and the money is gone. My friends, if you are ok with that, we do not share the same values."

This entire weekend

The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing. All from his movies.

Make it make sense.

This happened in my city last week. Since it seems like the entire world is obsessing over the potential dangers of teens riding ebikes lately, I feel like a reminder is in order: drivers are far and away the greatest threat to your kid and everyone else on the road, and always will be.

Europeans have no idea what things cost in the US. Wages are a lot more over here folks.

No way Texas St should be 40mph. Should be 30mph!

The day my dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease, he literally announced to the room that he had “aced the test.” 😞

It seems Not Great that the bureaucracies in charge of California’s streets at ~every level of government are lawless rogue agencies that are not subject to any real public oversight.

Oof, the Europeans really don’t like to go coffee. This is in Paris. Once in Italy, I was served hot coffee in a plastic (iced) to go cup after the folks gave me QUITE a glare.

For the last week & a half I’ve been in over a dozen medieval cities in Europe. All with densities in their center village from 4–6 stories. Literally attracting thousands of people for their character. To say mid rise development lacks character, is absurd. It’s all about design & how we interact.

Seen in Cologne Germany today. No, just no.

It’s absurd that this event isn’t hosted along the many, many Metro lines in LA. It doesn’t even appear to be convenient by bus. What on earth are the organizers thinking? This is the anti-YIMBY urbanist vision. Why wasn’t it hosted in DTLA or another similarly dense hotel/transit/meeting location?

Portland needs this!

So many discourse about addressing enforced car dependency is like: - There is a problem. We should change things to fix it. - But the change you want is not how things are. - I know. That's why I said it should change. - But if we changed it in a way you didn't suggest, there might be a problem.

Also an attorney, graduate of Harvard Law. This lady has more talent than I will ever even know. Impressive!

Foundations should stop funding groups that advance harmful housing policies. These left-NIMBY nonprofits dwarf the YIMBY movement w/r/t funding and paid staff. Great piece from @resnikoff.bsky.social! www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/philant...

Can anyone explain to me why the City of Portland has a 40% larger budget than the City of San Diego? Portland has a substantially smaller population, not to mention land area. Would love some rationale here, as it’s quite surprising.

We need significant national reform on the power fire marshal’s have. They are problematic in so, so many circumstances

Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength. Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans. The American people need more from their leaders.

She’s not wrong. The beauty of the Martha Stewart method was that’s replicable, with clear instructions and organization. The timeline for holiday prep is still one I use today.

Yes, what “regular Americans” in middle USA cry out for is advice from conservative windbags at the NY Times

Academics’ and planners’ single-minded focus on making *brand new* homes affordable to the poorest people has been a disaster for poor people’s’ ability to afford housing.

So the president took a dementia test, and then they administered an MRI. Where’s the media on this?

What To Make of those Anti-Mamdani Rabbis talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/what-...

"men who clearly have hang-ups about their ability to perform a certain kind of blue collar masculinity" is a society-wide issue. There's a reason pickup truck sales have continued going up (to the degree the F-150 is now America's best selling vehicle) even as blue collar employment has gone down

"To qualify for an all-way stop, a major road like Jackson Drive is required to score at least 25 points. The intersection scored 10 points. The intersection was also evaluated for a crosswalk in November 2024, Santacroce said, and it did not meet the required criteria." #VisionZero

The Young Republican chat leak isn’t about “kids telling jokes.” It’s about a culture that’s been decades in the making—from the Southern Strategy to Trump’s open embrace of white nationalism. J.D. Vance’s defense of it shows how far the party has fallen. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Half a day at DMV yesterday with 4 different representatives, all because they sent me the wrong license plate. Today, already 2 hours on the phone with my health insurance. The System is failing miserably.

5+2 lane road with unmarked crosswalks near a school. This is a choice by our leaders and by traffic engineers to prioritize traffic flow over the lives of children. #sandiego #safestreets

Given the state of the US military, this isn’t surprising in the least. Anyone with friends & loved ones in the military knows how fragile things are. It’s sickening to think the Feds wanted folks to keep driving on the freeway during this “show”

This is why a lot of people empathized with Luigi Mangione

At this rate Duffy is going to bring back leaded gasoline.

For decades, local control and CEQA (even for infill!) were treated as untouchable sacred cows. Until they weren’t. Even when it's unpopular, even when everyone is telling you it can't be changed, never stop pushing. You never know when the tide will turn in your favor.

A year ago, I was genuinely not sure that we'd ever see either of these reforms in my lifetime. This year, we passed them both. It's kind of incredible how the dam broke and how much changed in such a short period of time.

Important to remember that not only did we pass #SB79, the biggest transit-oriented upzoning bill ever, we also passed a clean CEQA exemption for new multifamily infill housing. This is, bar none, the biggest year in state action on housing policy reform in California history. Not even close.

Siri, what is a NIMBY?

My Amex would beg to disagree. There are DEFINITELY stores in Portland