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David Shere

@davidshere.net
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Berkeley Yimby Jew Dad Natural born hype man On the Housing Advisory Commission trying to make more and better affordable housing. Berkeley Civic Library: www.civic-library.com Blog: davidshere.github.io

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David Shere @davidshere.net · 28/09/2026
Chatted with some normal non political Berkeley people and it is WILD to me the way people will say we want leaders who look at the facts, who focus on results, who aren’t beholden to this interest group or that and then when someone actually is that in their core, they hate hate hate that person.
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 28/09/2026
You can tell what a wild, frankly unreal accomplishment this is by the number of very famous, talented singers who record this song at half speed.
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 27/09/2026
Sure is a problem that we’ve allowed the most broken, truly shattered, empty husks of men to amass immeasurable power.
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 23/09/2026
Completely false. I bought my house 40 years ago for $80,000, I could never afford this $600,000 condo, ergo it is luxury housing for people I don’t like. What is my house worth today? I don’t see how that is relevant and frankly it’s a pretty rude question for you to even ask.
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 23/09/2026
Who needs a volcano when you have Neighborhood and Landmark Preservation Ordinances?
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 23/09/2026
Sickos.jpg
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 23/09/2026
Hmm wonder who paid for this survey
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 23/09/2026
Winning a governor’s race in Georgia would be humongous because it means you can nominate one of their senators for (V)POTUS without the fear that they’re irreplaceable and you’re giving up a Senate seat.
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The Berkeley Scanner @berkeleyscanner.com · 21/09/2026
A driver struck a teenage boy outside a North Berkeley middle school Monday as school was getting out, authorities report.
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Boy, 13, injured in crash near Berkeley middle school
Berkeley police said they had gotten a report of kids walking or running across the street before the crash.
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 20/09/2026
Safe streets are a *core* function of government along with police, fire, and street paving. Some things are more peripheral but safe streets are not deferrable or only for when times are good - they are urgent and essential, now.
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 20/09/2026
The problem with this here is that it reinforces the mistaken belief that there are easy solutions to our problems but corrupt, greedy politicians stand in the way. Can’t speak to Seattle but I don’t think we can generalize from Zohran’s “delay pension contributions” and “get a state bailout” plan.
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 19/09/2026
www.fdd.org/analysis/202...
sickos ha ha yes
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 19/09/2026
Been in San Diego for a good few days now and if my Evelyn NormieDem-ass family is any indication the prospects for the e-bike revolution to wash over this town are depressingly slim.
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 19/09/2026
Amazing how much things have changed in just 10 years. Still a very long way to go... www.berkeleyside.org/2016/04/06/b...
berkeleyside.org
Berkeley council votes to increase inclusionary housing
Despite an ambitious agenda, the Berkeley City Council managed Tuesday night to vote on just one policy shift related to affordable housing after attendees became outraged at proposed agenda changes p...
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 18/09/2026
I'm at this hospital in San Diego (everything is mostly fine) and every time a baby is born in the hospital they play a little nursery song over all the loudspeakers and every time I'm just 😍😍😍
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 18/09/2026
So if AC Transit had to get rid of at large seats to go fully district based because of California civil rights law, would that also apply to the Rent Stabilization Board? Because if the Board moved from all at-large to all district based, that could have a big impact on how that agency operates.
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 18/09/2026
Wha…what? What? This is the second time in just a few months that something has come out of the AC Transit board that makes clear they *really* do not give a shit about the Brown Act, and my thing is, does it actually have teeth? Because most ppl who are subject to it bend over backwards to comply.
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 16/09/2026
Stares hungrily over at Imperial Beach, Solana Beach, Del Mar, Coronado and Lemon Grove
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 14/09/2026
It’s like touching an evil orb together in a weird ceremony doesn’t even mean anything anymore.
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 14/09/2026
The right model here is a bring your own cloud thing where the vendor (forgive the jargon) owns the control plane and you own the data plane, so you don’t have to take anything on faith, you literally control and can accept or reject every request, because the data lives in your servers not theirs.
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 13/09/2026
Not sure if this directly impacts Berkeley - SF's tax was a bit more intense/insane than ours, but I suppose we'll see www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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S.F. landlords win battle over tax on empty apartments in wake of court ruling
A voter-approved ballot measure intended to tax owners of San Francisco apartments that have been vacant for six months violates property owners’ rights under California law, a state court ruled.
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 12/09/2026
This is true, but we need to be really careful about how we talk about it. What they hear is "these old ppl are just taking up space, they need to leave their houses so we can take them for ourselves." But there are real reasons why seniors don't move, and unless we address them this won't change.
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 07/09/2026
What's so galling is the hypocrisy. You're going to spend your career telling the world about the impacts of climate change and then when the next generation who heard you and believed you is out here trying to put it all into action you're kvetching about about parking and height limits? Come on...
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 03/09/2026
i hate that this is true, but public agencies need to figure out how to integrate with and inform these tools, rather than just telling people naaot to use them. www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
sfchronicle.com
Climbers rescued from Mount Shasta after relying on AI chatbot to plan trip
Hikers using AI chatbots to navigate Mount Shasta have gotten lost and confused. In one instance this week, a group of climbers relying on them to plan their trip had to be rescued.
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 03/09/2026
“Flood gates” is very interesting language to describe a police which is necessary in the fight against climate change, which is already killing people and wrecking communities
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 30/08/2026
Fuuuuuuck CVS pharmacy that does not let you call and talk to a human, only a completely worthless robot.
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 20/08/2026
I feel like there’s a Purim joke in here somewhere not I can’t find it
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 20/08/2026
Traffic violence is common enough that it shows up in major public health indicators as a leading cause of death, but not so common that anyone thinks it will happen to them or their loved ones personally. Which is a really shitty place to be from an advocacy standpoint!
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 17/08/2026
Ok I think the only thing with nickelback was the lead singers hair and facial hair, like if he was just a cueball I feel like it wouldn’t have been the way it was
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 11/08/2026
This can’t work in Berkeley because San Francisco is notoriously flat with no hills at all, and also we are very special and have nothing to learn from our less special neighbors.
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 11/08/2026
It’s actually not hard to do this at all as a matter of “what to do and how to do it.” The future is there for the taking if the past would kindly remove its boot from our necks.
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 07/08/2026
I haven’t paid any attention to this specifically but it is true that arguments over the DNC are almost always over how the money is distributed - which factional consultants get paired and laid and which do not - and absolutely never about policy or even really electoral politics.
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California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
CA YIMBY's Eduardo Mendoza argues ugly buildings turn housing-neutral voters into opponents, and the fix isn't more design review. Objective standards targeting coherent style, real materials, and street trees can make beautiful housing the by-right default. cayimby.org/blog/buildin...
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Building Beautiful Homes - California YIMBY
The Next Phase of California’s Pro-Housing Reforms By Eduardo Mendoza California is finally making it easier to build more housing – but the next fight is whether people like what gets built. Ugly…
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 07/08/2026
Got a project in here that comes in at 49,970 square feet. Need to read closer but it sounds very specifically designed to avoid HARD HATS.
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 06/08/2026
A decent middle ground I think - not that cop watch folks would object any less - is ALPRs without the x-jurisdiction lookups. BPD’s data can’t query or get queried but everyone can still pick up the phone. Q is if we’re going to make BPD’s jobs harder, what else will we do to make it easier?
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 06/08/2026
Have you ever considered that climate change will force massive disruption in our lifestyles but I don’t expect that to impact me and so asking me to change anything in any way to prevent that it is basically what Stalin did?
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 06/08/2026
Ok I’ll stop
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 06/08/2026
Have you ever considered that I have to park next to the track at the middle school because I’m taking out my 90 year old mother (reasonable point!) and there are actually no other places I can drive her to to get exercise.
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 06/08/2026
Have you ever considered that I have a right to park in front of where I shop, and asking me to change is basically eugenics, but those middle school kids, they have a million options (their parents should drive them, but not on a street that I use and they absolutely shouldn’t park where I park)
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 06/08/2026
Well have you ever considered we can compromise - I’ll can put some speed tables on some street where I don’t think you’ll die (I never really thought about and don’t really care) but I will keep 100% of parking? Compromise.
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 05/08/2026
Good things can happen
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 04/08/2026
I love BayWheels so much, like this would be 35-40 minutes of my life every single day walking to and from Bart and instead if I e-bike both ways - 10 minutes total. That’s more time in the morning and evening with my kids, less time that my partner has to be solo, more she can sleep in, etc etc.
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 04/08/2026
What if Flock is actually a very sophisticated system for surveillance and arresting police stalkers?
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 04/08/2026
Watching this without audio it looks like a pro-wrestling promo (laudatory)
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 02/08/2026
Right, "we don't need to redesign our streets, we just need to enforce the laws" is code for "I don't really want to think about this and I certainly don't want to change anything about how I drive, and if nothing at all changed, well that's certainly better me having to change in any way."
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
oh you’re not gonna stop at the stop sign. ok well then you’re gonna hit me. and sugar you had just better hope you kill me
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 02/08/2026
Median income in Alameda county is about $130,000. So assume it sells for the same up here, that's price to income of about 4. Average price-to-income in this area is closer to 12. Basically revolutionary for home ownership.
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Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
For 170 years we've railed against the newcomers to protect what we love. But what we love about SF isn't the buildings - it's the people. SF is just Santa Barbara unless we always welcome the next generation of misfits
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 31/07/2026
When will we know we have Democratic leadership worthy of the name? When they can say “yeah, Uncommitted did the right the right thing, the way they were treated and talked about was stupid and awful, and we should be grateful to them for being a part of our party.”
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David Shere @davidshere.net · 31/07/2026
You know you’re not playing enough video games when it takes twenty minutes of updating things for everything to turn on
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