LA is like every worst supermajority blue city stereotype. ribbon-cutting ceremony for 'la sombrita' while throwing away millions of dollars that would have funded actually useful things. meanwhile LA metro opposes building dense housing near transit

This forced annual budget cut is not enshrined in the state constitution (the legislature passed it in 2007), and it’s devastating for local governments. Read more about the issue here:

Nowhere else on Earth could turn a Norwegian economy into Serbian outcomes quite like Los Angeles. Truly the worst governed city on the continent.

I know it’s not popular here, but I think age-gating social media is probably a good idea. The societal harms are enormous, and for kids and teens probably the bad outweighs the good. I think in the future we’ll look back on social media with the same lens with which we look back on tobacco today.

Good morning! 🌅☀️🕶️ Today would be a great day for #waleg to advance a bill that lifts the arbitrary 1% cap on levy increases, which is a MANDATED ANNUAL BUDGET CUT for local governments and school districts.

Smaller, internationally best-in-class elevators may be coming to Washington State. 👀

A see a new pre-development conference in the permitting portal for two side-by-side #Spokane Sixes by @matthutchins.bsky.social's CAST Architecture... 👀

With love from @futurewise.bsky.social. ❤️

Speed and red-light cameras! Surveillance is a legit concern but also we can’t hobble effective tools to create safer driving environments!

Legalize beauty! Here’s a preview of California YIMBY’s new aesthetic agenda. We can achieve broad-based housing affordability AND build beautiful buildings and neighborhoods.

Good morning! Today would be a great day for #waleg to advance a bill that lifts the arbitrary 1% cap on levy increases, which is a MANDATED ANNUAL BUDGET CUT for local governments and school districts.

if AOC is too right-wing for you to support, you do not believe in electoral politics and should just be honest about that

It’s a bad bill on the merits, but I think it’s notable requiring a passport to vote would probably result in a Democratic trifecta for a generation.

This is the type of thing that happens when you contract out design and engineering to consultants. These firms have zero incentive to economize or propose modifications that bring down costs. In fact, in many cases it’s in their interests *NOT* to work with agency staff to do that.

Is the Builders’ Remedy coming to San Francisco?

The millionaires’ tax is a good idea, but it bothers me to no end that the need to enact one was entirely preventable. If property tax revenue were allowed to keep pace with inflation, schools and local governments would not be in budget crises. Instead, the levy can only increase by 1% each year.

Good news: HB 2304, which exempts condo buildings of up to 4 stories and 12 units from Washington’s strict condo liability regime, has passed the House! It moves on to the Senate. If it passes there, it’ll be time to move on to the harder work of reforming liability for larger buildings.

Another cool thing: Because #Spokane allows middle housing of all types across the entire city, we will allow these 12-unit condo buildings even in R1 zones. Spokane 6, yes, please. Spokane 8, don’t mind if I do. Spokane 10, do it now. Spokane 12, absolutely! All allowed by-right citywide!

Another cool thing: Because #Spokane allows middle housing of all types across the entire city, we will allow these 12-unit condo buildings even in R1 zones. Spokane 6, yes, please. Spokane 8, don’t mind if I do. Spokane 10, do it now. Spokane 12, absolutely! All allowed by-right citywide!

Good news: HB 2304, which exempts condo buildings of up to 4 stories and 12 units from Washington’s strict condo liability regime, has passed the House! It moves on to the Senate. If it passes there, it’ll be time to move on to the harder work of reforming liability for larger buildings.

The Apple Cup as the first game of the season, before UW is even in session, is INSANE.

I don’t understand why anyone in their right mind would support Jasmine Crockett over James Talarico.

The Sound Transit board would rather mortgage the future of the system than reform how the agency operates.

This is such a terrible use of state capacity that will hamstring future generations from even conceiving of an ST4.

This is just hysterical nonsense with no evidence behind it. If they were rigged, Navarro wouldn't have been on TV all day yesterday telling people they need to lower their expectations.

How does Merrick Garland sleep at night?

In the Bay Area, an underground parking garage with prevailing wage requirements (as would apply here) costs between $150,000-$200,000 *per stall.*

How does Merrick Garland sleep at night?

Why does California run so many public hearings when normal people are literally at home asleep?

Happy we in Washington are starting to chip away at this problem. Let’s pass the 12-unit/4-story condo liability reform bill this session!

“what we’re witnessing is…on the scale of the larger concentration camp systems in history—the Soviet Gulag, the Nazi concentration camps, & Chinese labor camps…The admin is actively aspiring to a system of that magnitude to reshape society to its racial, political & cultural prefs for generations”

They’ve definitely seen the preprint.

This is a tax break for rich people, who are refusing to downsize at the same time young people can’t afford to buy homes. If you’re a working-age Michigander, you should be pissed at your governor.

It is objectively extremely good news that Seattle is pivoting to emergency shelter. The idea that the city could solve its homelessness crisis through permanent supportive housing alone was positively ludicrous and it’s good to see it discredited.

The #WaLeg house of origin cutoff is just one week away, and we need your help to keep some of our bills moving forward! Take a few minutes to put your voice on the record for affordable housing and these key legislative priorities. bit.ly/LegTracker

I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Progressives should be clamoring to legalize Waymo, given mounting data showing it is safer than human drivers. We can do it with guardrails: – regulation as a utility by UTC – complete data transparency – regional caps based on transit impact The alternative is a free-for-all with none of this.

It is objectively extremely good news that Seattle is pivoting to emergency shelter. The idea that the city could solve its homelessness crisis through permanent supportive housing alone was positively ludicrous and it’s good to see it discredited.

The concurrent tax revolts—which Democrats are capitulating to, through “no tax on tips” nonsense and senior property tax exemptions—are quickly going to result in our tax base just looking like this:

I mean, I don’t know if I’d call it “surprising.” I’m hardly a “public order” maximalist, but having to pay for things demonstrates their value. It changes people’s behavior toward the services provided.

The concurrent tax revolts—which Democrats are capitulating to, through “no tax on tips” nonsense and senior property tax exemptions—are quickly going to result in our tax base just looking like this:

wait they haven’t been doing this for downhill until now? this has been a thing in freeride and slopestyle for like a decade

I mean, it would also essentially require a passport to vote, which would arguably enshrine Democratic Party rule for a generation…

This would be a good way to tank what is currently (surprisingly!) a pretty good bill.

we’re like three weeks away from watering our crops with gatorade (“but it’s got electrolytes!”)

Los Angeles continues another decade of self-imposed poverty rather than allowing new homes to be built for all the people who want to live in them.

I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them

This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.

all glory to the pacific northwest