Reposted by Dan FedermanJordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social · 01/10/2026YIMBY Action leads are voting on a recommendation for Prop 45 today. If you or any of your friends are on the fence, I highly recommend reading this great thread. Tl;dr: AB130 already exempted infill housing from CEQA. Prop 45 would just open the floodgates for sprawl. 3518
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 01/10/2026I don’t think anyone is suggesting that fully funded IZ is problematic, fwiw. That’s just not how this works in most locales. 000
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 29/09/2026I think an argument could be made that social housing is a form of inclusionary zoning. But I do take your point. I think it’s fair to say that Barbara was not considering the funding mechanism and focused solely on the stated intention of the policy 110
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 29/09/2026Oh, I’m not pretending that unfunded is a rare case. My point is solely that the intention of the policy and the details of the policy as implemented are incongruous 090
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 29/09/2026Not that I’m aware of. I think it would be a good policy in the abstract. But I do not have any proof. 100
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 29/09/2026Inclusionary zoning is exclusionary only when it is a mandate without municipal funds to back it up. 2150
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 29/09/2026The issue isn’t inclusionary zoning. The issue is *unfunded* inclusionary zoning! Making newcomers pay for the sins of the current and past residents is incredibly backwards and ineffective no matter how you slice it. 1251
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 28/09/2026Hauled some stuff on the bike. Birthday party supplies got to the park faster than they would have in a car. 0314
Reposted by Dan FedermanClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Absolutely scorching endorsement, bringing serious heat for Weiner and against Chan, but a blast furnace at Pelosi for her role in this race and her true reasons for it. Never read an editorial this heated in Chron www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/edit...sfchronicle.comEndorsement: Who should replace Nancy Pelosi in Congress? It’s not even a choiceOPINION: The most intriguing thing about the race between Scott Wiener and Connie Chan to fill Nancy Pelosi’s House seat is that it has become a race at all, the editorial board writes. 1530577
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 23/09/2026Or we can buy trucks that fit our cities that aren’t made in the US! Let there be competition! 020
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 21/09/2026Was a few months ago. I think she deleted the thread. The through-line is real 030
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 21/09/2026This is the same person who was sad about loss of parking in NYC, right? 150
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 16/09/2026Yes! Though imo what makes it scarier is imagining what these models could do if they were being prompted by a bad actor. 100
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 14/09/2026Sure I can cover the light with tape but it’s insane that this is a standard feature and there is no longer a manufacturer that does something better 000
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 14/09/2026My Nest Protect smoke detector died. And now I am learning that it is normal for a smoke detector to flash bright green every 60 seconds? Who on earth thought a flashing light in a product mandated in bedrooms was a good idea??? 200
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 11/09/2026There is one that parks on my block. Texas plates. No front plate. 120
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 10/09/2026The Castro came to be because it was an affordable refuge for folk who had no other places to turn. Landmarking buildings – and therefore making building housing harder – in the most expensive city in the country turns our back on that history. 060
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 10/09/2026SF is saying a *Walgreens building* must be preserved because something quite notable happened inside the building many decades ago. Put up a plaque! Preserving our built environment is a silly way to honor the past. 1133
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 10/09/2026Let SF know what you think of freezing thr Castro in amber here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/qr_code/Pr...surveymonkey.comProposed Castro Historic District QuestionnaireTake this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free. 121
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 09/09/2026Oh he never was that direct online or in his advocacy. We’d been arguing on Twitter (this was ~2018 or so) for a while so I figured we should just chat. I was floored by how simple his motivation was. 020
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 09/09/2026I once got coffee with a NIMBY who was fighting state laws that would allow more density Guy lived in Marin. Commuted to the Peninsula for his job He admitted point blank that his activism was based on fear that increased population density would make his commute longer. That was the whole of it 130
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 09/09/2026Does the circuit breaker have financial penalties? Or is it just loss of zoning control? Put another way: should I be rooting for Mandleman to succeed so that we “suffer” the consequences of this action? 100
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 08/09/2026All I want is to make my lifestyle attainable for more folk. Meanwhile I have no idea what you want beyond being rude on the internet. 001
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 08/09/2026I can walk to four kick ass grocery stores within 7 minutes. I live two blocks from a brewery that makes my favorite beer. A 3 minute walk to my favorite park. My commute is a 10min bike ride. I never worry about parking or complain about traffic. My life is unambiguously better than yours. 100
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 08/09/2026Hello it’s me I am raising my child in a condo in a dense neighborhood without a car in San Francisco and it absolutely rocks. Now please go kick rocks instead of advocating against things real people want. 150
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 08/09/2026Will that win over skeptical folk? Probably not. Will it help folk who might otherwise raise an objection to a project think twice about the consequences before doing so? I sincerely hope so. 030
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 08/09/2026“I support this thing but” is an incredibly common concept. It sounds reasonable on the surface! It’s deeply important to make it clear that supporting transit and housing conditionally is effectively the same as supporting neither. 140
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 08/09/2026Hot take: dog piling on social media educates casual onlookers about a topic. 140
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 07/09/2026He blocked a bunch of them, so maybe he’ll live in peace (while continuing his advocacy against local climate solutions while studying global climate solutions) 1281
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 07/09/2026Don’t get me wrong. I use Waymo and find it a better product than Uber and Lyft. I don’t get whipsawed from rapid acceleration, and the vehicle stops at stop signs. But anyone claiming these vehicles will reduce congestion doesn’t understand basic physics. 171
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 07/09/2026When your product absolutely, positively does not increase congestion. 180
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 07/09/2026I absolutely believe that you think you support both density and bike lanes. What I’m trying to explain is that your words, actions, and your theoretical support are at odds with one another. Folk aren’t putting words in your mouth: they’re drawing a straight line from your actions to results 110
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 07/09/2026Most housing and street projects don’t change in the face of opposition. They just fail and never get built. Advocating for “the building should be less profitable” or “move the transit project elsewhere” is in the majority case just as destructive as saying “this should not happen” 120
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 07/09/2026You support projects (housing, bike lanes, etc) in theory but not in practice. And then you get mad at folk who point out that supporting things in theory does not make the world a better place. This kind of reasoning is what has made our streets unsafe and our housing expensive. 120
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 07/09/2026“I support this thing only if it changes” is not supporting the thing. Supporting housing but only if fewer people get to live there is not supporting housing. Making our transit less efficient by reducing the number of potential customers actively harms transit. 230
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 07/09/2026Items prices by markets do not suffer from an induced supply problem. Prices counter demand. That’s the point. 000
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 06/09/2026Climate researcher opposes dense housing near transit. Berkeley is not okay. 0170
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 06/09/2026What percentage of the rental market in big US cities is operated by this cartel? 000
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 05/09/2026No you see he’s arguing for a *better* bike lane that is… somewhere else and not in his back yard! It’s entirely rational. Where will he park his EV?? 020
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 05/09/2026Bike lanes are provably good for local businesses. transformca.org/bike-lanes-a...transformca.orgBike Lanes are Good for Business, Actually - TransformTransform staff has continuously heard concerns from local businesses in San Jose about parking availability affecting their bottom lines. They worry that if patrons don’t have a space within direct e... 000
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 05/09/2026It’s my fav bike lane fact. Anti bike lane folk are literally pro injury and death. For themselves as well as folk on bikes. 060
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 05/09/2026Bike lanes decrease the risk of serious injury for all users on a road. How is that not a benefit to the entire community? theprogressplaybook.com/2023/11/20/1...theprogressplaybook.com13-year study finds protected bike lanes make roads safer — for everyoneCities with dedicated bike lanes had 44% fewer deaths and 50% fewer serious injuries. 013511
Dan Federman @dfed.me · 05/09/2026Bike lanes have also repeatedly been shown to improve road safety for literally all road users. That’s a huge benefit for the entire community! 1100
