Brian Jaffe @brianjaffe.bsky.social · 04/06/2025SB 79 just passed the CA State Senate with minimum required votes. A lot of senators took hard votes tonight, stood up to a lot of NIMBY pressure, to legalize housing where it matters most. Change is hard, but change CAN happen. 1393
Brian Jaffe @brianjaffe.bsky.social · 22/04/2025In the room where Sen. Wahab and allies are trying to kill SB 79, a transit oriented upzoning bill that would allow tens of thousands of new homes where they’re needed most in California. Vote coming soon… 060
Brian Jaffe @brianjaffe.bsky.social · 02/04/2025You may not recognize these two men, but together they have nearly as much political power in CA as Gov. Newsom. Left is CA Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas. Right is CA Senate President Pro Tempore Mike McGuire. They're pictured last week talking about how CA needs to adopt a pro-Abundance agenda. 4292
Brian Jaffe @brianjaffe.bsky.social · 12/01/2025CEQA reform is a matter of political will. Full stop. If it can we waived away for fire rebuilds, it can be waived away (or reasonably curtailed) for the housing crisis in general. 1202
Brian Jaffe @brianjaffe.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Can we all agree getting a first round bye is *not advantageous? #cfbplayoff #cfb 190
Brian Jaffe @brianjaffe.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Say what you will about lopsided 1st round games, I’m loving the new #CFBplayoff format. Onward to quarterfinals! 070
Brian Jaffe @brianjaffe.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Today's NorCal #tsunamiwarning highlighted difficulty of assessing/reacting to very low probability/very high impact events like a potential tsunami. 110