I love the east Bay Area. People of different races and religions live and work together to build the American Dream. We in liberal society take this for granted but the national rise of extremism stemming from online content seeks to take this away from us. darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-americ...

As a bike safety advocate, i came to better understand how we can’t have safer streets without addressing housing costs (i.e. build more) and increasing transit. Without the other two people will end up living far away, not have access to transit, and then be forced to drive making streets unsafe.

The Sustainable Streetscapes 2024 project is bringing improvements across Emeryville! More than 50 new benches with backs are being installed, made from recycled materials. Look for a new place to rest, gather, or enjoy the view near you!

“Like prime, but with human beings”

Every single report to shareholders from a large REIT includes something about how it's great that market-rate multifamily housing isn't getting built in high-cost coastal cities because the shortage is what allows them to rent gouge.

This is completely ridiculous. The state legislature is *full* of landlords and yet they’re apparently allowed to vote on tenant protection bills all the time.

In Santa Monica, the FPPC has disqualified pro-housing Councilmember Jesse Zwick from all future housing votes. They said that because he works for a housing non-profit, he’s “conflicted” and must recuse. Pretty absurd. The NIMBY deep state strikes again. www.smdp.com/state-regula...

It is actually insane that this is probably going to go up for another vote. Perfect example of why it's so hard to get anything done in San Francisco. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...

For those who haven't been on the boulevard in thew last year, the data alone tells us that there has been a positive transformation: pedestrian deaths fell from 7 in 2023 to 0 so far this year. Yep, zero. More yet to do! @tvrr.bsky.social www.oakrapidresponse.org/posts/intern...

impossible to come to any conclusion other than that everyone involved in this needs to end up in prison

Got an (AI Generated?) ad for the Emery Go Round showing happy shoppers walking down Bay Street. Maybe you can spot the difference.

Castro Valley striped some paint only bike lanes to "balance bike safety with minimal loss of on-street parking" on Castro Valley Blvd and less than a year later the Municipal Advisory Committee votes to recommend turning the bike lane back into 30 parking spaces due to low usage.

Emeryville is getting ready to paint red curbs at every intersection & crosswalk around town where they don’t exist already, to highlight AB413 “daylighting” parking prohibitions in effect since 2024. I’m sure some will still complain but I appreciate the good faith comms ahead of any ticketing.

I promise I will eventually stop posting about speeding but it’s so rare that an opportunity exists to argue a position that is as controversial as it is irrefutable. It’s like walking in to a dog torturer convention and saying you think it’s wrong to torture dogs

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One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back. Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance. Be a housing fan.

Another great car-free holiday parade in Emeryville. One of my favorite yearly traditions. I could barely walk five steps without someone asking about my BART sweater.

SF progressives sometimes claim to be upset that wealthy, low density areas don't get built up in SF, instead of areas full of rent controlled housing. if that was in good faith, this would be an excellent opportunity to call the moderates' bluff on housing. they won't, of course! but they should.

Utterly worthless when compared to these two incredible technologies

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Thank you Oakland City Council for voting unanimously to approve the construction contract for the Lake Merritt Blvd / Lakeside Dr protected bikeways & bus lanes project (yellow line on the map below), starting in 2026! www.oaklandca.gov/Government/O...

I hope every transit agency doesn't shut up about this for months out there every day putting signs in front of drivers telling them transit just got cheaper so why not take the bus and enjoy not being stuck in traffic this is one of the largest non-capital project changes to transit in decades

broke: YIMBYs fighting DSA woke: YIMBYs and DSA forming an alliance to take down realtors 🏘️🤝🏘️ (op ed written by my friend Thomas Irwin from @abundanthousingla.bsky.social's Eastside Housing for All chapter!)

Zohran adding YIMBYs to his transition team is resulting in some absolutely incredible Left NIMBY crashouts over on Twitter. This is my favorite.

It sure does

This is rich. Connie Chan says she “built real affordable housing, not the Sacramento version that destroys our neighborhoods.” She points to new affordable housing on Geary: housing that she didn’t build but that *was* built using “Sacramento version” housing laws & $52M in state funds. 🧵

Join us for our Holiday Parade & Tree Lighting Celebration! For more info, please visit www.emeryville.org/News/Holiday...

Successfully convinced a dozen coworkers in Orange County to take Metrolink to an event instead of Ubers and it was not only cheaper, but we beat everyone who took an Uber instead because of SoCal traffic. Love when transit works out perfectly, especially when I'm introducing it to others.

The City of Emeryville is gathering feedback from tenants, property owners, and property managers about evictions and tenant protections. Take our short survey by December 8, 2025, and help us improve housing policies in our community. Survey Link: www.surveymonkey.com/r/EMYTP

If our little town of 14k can do it, what’s your city’s excuse?

1 week later, posts and paint fully installed. Very quick work!

“I think my community should welcome outsiders and newcomers seeking a better life” and “I think we should only build new housing for the kind of people who actually deserve it” are fundamentally incompatible beliefs.

Massive moment for the utility relocation streamlining for transit projects community

All YIMBY ballot measures are currently winning in NYC by 10-point margins at least

A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx. It was a little different last week.

Maxwell Park is now East Oakland's first neighborhood to become Moderate Resource. Oh, Longfellow & west Bushrod moved from Low to Moderate Resource, I think, meaning it's no longer exempt from SB 79.

The draft 2026 TCAC Opportunity Maps are now out. belonging.berkeley.edu/2026-ctcachc...

New Bay Wheels dock in front of Huchiun Park and The Emery. Love the increased park access and the convenient location for the hundreds of new residents in my neighborhood!

🎃👻 Today, the kids from ECDC stopped by City Hall for some trick-or-treating fun! It was such a joy seeing all the costumes and smiles. Huge shoutout to ECDC for organizing this wonderful event and to our Police Department for the safe escort! 🍬🧡

Yearly reminder that Halloween is the deadliest day of the year for children. If you have the choice not to drive or are on the fence about taking transit, there is no better day than tomorrow.

Oakland DOT recently kicked off a suite of low-cost, quick-build bike/walk spot treatments around town to close bikeway gaps, upgrade intersection treatments, & add physical separation to curbside bike lanes. See the full construction plans here: drive.google.com/file/d/138GO...

The City of Emeryville stands with our community. We understand that recent events with ongoing federal immigration operations, federal government shutdown, and pause on new SNAP benefits are creating challenges for many households. Visit www.emeryville.org/News/The-Cit... for resources.

This week I shipped The Outer Worlds 2 with Obsidian Entertainment, a game I've been working on for almost 3 years. The response has been overwhelming. Every developer got to have a "Tossball" card placed somewhere in the game, it's surreal to see a YouTube guide on how to collect yourself.

Came back from the amazing Life After Cars show in SF to have both Emeryville bound busses leave simultaneously before I could exit the station. Both of them have 30 minute frequencies so it was quite painful. Thankfully Bay Wheels saved the day, but it was a little ironic to say the least.

It’s so weird when people do the blood and soil thing about New York City, a place that more than just about anywhere else on earth was forged from a constant churn of newcomers

It’s official: I’m running for Congress to represent San Francisco! I’ll fight for our city – against Trump’s takeover, for our values, & for real progress. I’ve delivered on housing, healthcare, clean energy, & civil rights – & I’ll do it again. Let’s build the future our city & country deserve.

In a piece of Good News, Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has reprogrammed several traffic signals to better accommodate the bike bus! During school commute hours, several key signals will provide a longer walk phase with a "long-press" of the call button. bikeportland.org/2025/10/21/p...