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At the #muniForever rally @jackiefielder.bsky.social calls on Mayor Lurie to raise the parcel tax cap for skyscrapers from $400k to 800k and eliminate tenant passthroughs. “As Muni goes, so goes the city.” Says if we don’t see movement in negotiations, we’ll be back with more to announce.

Jackie Fielder speaks on city hall steps amid people with pro transit signs

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picayune sasquatch @pettyyeti.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

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Jonathan Hale was arrested by LAPD today for painting a crosswalk, even as the city of Los Angeles funnels more money to LAPD and does gymnastics to avoid implementing HLA. @mayor.lacity.gov, Jonny has made repeated attempts to meet with your office and has been iced out. Angelenos deserve better.

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 08/12/2025

My kid's school has largely stopped using the classroom air purifiers that they bought in 2021, because (I'm told) they have no budget for replacing their air filters. What are we *doing*?

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Billy @wavdl.blog · 07/12/2025

Out of all the ridiculous things AV boosters say, I think "it'll solve congestion because the cars will be able to coordinate with each other" is the stupidest

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Nato Green @natogreen.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Rookie mistake. Never allow cats to be at or above the level of the food you're eating.

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At SFGH for a candlelight vigil and memorial for Alberto Rangel, the social worker who was killed this week. This was predictable and preventable. It was a failure of systems and could have been any of the thousands of committed workers across DPH. We are all heartbroken.

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

It seems if you take Muni to BART, then get off BART and transfer back to another Muni line, you don’t get the free Muni to Muni transfer. You get charged another $2.35 for the second Muni ride (ie, only the BART to Muni 50cent discount). I’m salty about this.

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Getting word that LAPD & LAFD broke up a #peoplesvisionzero volunteer crosswalk painting in Westwood today - cuffed and ticketed at least one organizer

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Just got back from visiting a neighborhood the SF Chronicle called “mostly inaccessible but by car.” I took the bus that runs every 8 minutes all day from BART.

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Dean Preston @deanpreston.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Yesterday was the two year anniversary of our ceasefire resolution, and it’s brought up a lot of thoughts. More than anything, deep appreciation for all those who stood for human rights during that legislative fight and beyond, and deep sadness for the lives lost and the trauma inflicted. 🧵

eltecolote.org

SF Supervisor introduces resolution calling for ceasefire in Gaza - El Tecolote

As Dean Preston — the Jewish son of someone who narrowly escaped the Holocaust — read aloud a message from his Palestinian-American friend, he struggled

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DSA San Francisco @dsasf.org · 06/12/2025

Join DSA SF and @jackiefielder.bsky.social at city hall Monday at 12 to rally for a Muni measure that grows service while protecting tenants! The MuniForever proposal: - expands service by 10% - prohibits tax pass-throughs to rent-controlled tenants - shifts tax burden onto corporations and mansions

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Video of KitKat killing by Waymo undercuts company's claim

Waymo lied about their robocar killing KitKat and the reality is so much worse. A woman is crouching near the front of the car trying to coax KitKat away. The moment she backs up, the car speeds away. A human driver would not have killed KitKat in this situation!

missionlocal.org

Video corroborates accounts that KitKat, the Mission bodega cat, stood in front of the Waymo for 25 seconds before he was killed.

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Many Waymo stans on this website argue it's fine for AVs to do illegal unsafe things as long as they're _less_ unsafe and lawbreaking than human drivers (which is itself asserted without evidence). Wild to see Alphabet itself openly embrace this logic, tho. They think they're above the law.

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Eugene joins the growing list of cities that are parting ways with ICE-collaborating Flock Safety at the same time that San Francisco is doubling down.

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DSA San Francisco @dsasf.org · 05/12/2025

From “you’re fearmongering! rent-controlled units won’t be demolished” to “it’s good that they’ll be demolished,” in two easy steps!

Two comments in an Instagram comment section:

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@deanprestond5 This is just outright fear mongering at this point - You're completely ignoring the economics of the situation as well as SF's own rent control laws that actively disincentivize the very demolition you're talking about.
2 unit rent controlled buildings will always remain:
- Expensive to acquire
- Legally difficult to tear down
- Obligated to be replaced with rent-controlled equivalent units
- Required to allow tenants back at old regulated rents into new buildings
- Primarily exist outside of high density rezoning corridors
- Exist on small low footprint lots that can't fit high density construction that make development actually profitable
Every post you make seems to be a half truth that is purely designed to score political points rather than suggesting a realistic and comprehensive alternative.
Do better.

scottinahat 2d
@despair_core if they're so unlikely to be developed, why didn't they simply remove them from the plan?

despair_core 2d
@scottinahat Because the few that would likely be developed exist along high density transit corridors that would not have the same height restrictions as other areas of the up-zoning plan.
But in reality the most likely outcome is that none of them get developed because of the above reasons. Lurie could be using this as an effective tactic to juke the numbers to satisfy the statewide housing mandate while causing little to no impact on the city due to economic realities of for profit construction in SF.

tomlane 2d
@despair_core you just contradicted yourself by admitting that rent controlled units along high density corridors are at risk of redevelopment. City planners note that the number of units at risk are in the "thousands". Only reason to block protecting these units is to promote redeveloping them.

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@tomlane City planners actually have no idea how many units are at risk and neither does Dean Preston because rent controlled units grouped into ranges. The lowest range calculated is 2-4 units.
High density transit corridors shouldn't have single story buildings, single story retail, or buildings with just two units. That's called poor urban planning (shrug emoji)

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We’re rallying in front of City Hall on Monday @ 12pm to support the Muni Forever Proposal! Join local advocates and neighbors along with our socialist-in-office Supervisor @jackiefielder.bsky.social to fight for a plan will that protect tenants and fairly fund and improve Muni.

RALLY FOR...
MORE MUNI-
CITY HALL STEPS
DECEMBER 8 12:00PM

Muni is in a funding crisis.
We need a ballot measure that will expand service and fairly fund

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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 05/12/2025

You may have heard that Trump’s extortion of University of California was defeated in court. But do you know who won this historic case? Spoiler: not a single UC administrator participated. It was all faculty members of the UC Faculty Associations and @aaup.org! Cc: @veenadubal.bsky.social

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Behind the Scenes: How UC Faculty Beat Back Trump's Attacks

YouTube video by UC Faculty

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Here's the link to the online meeting at 10am tomorrow (Friday the 5th) where you can comment in support of the Kirkham neckdown and against removing it: www.sfmta.com/calendar/eng...

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California King Tides Project @kingtides.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

The Bay took over the highway during this morning's #KingTides in Marin.

See from above, water covers an off-ramp of highway 101 and a parking lot next to the highway and bikepath.

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Exclusive: Eye-catching 25-story complex planned for waterfront site in wealthy S.F. neighborhood

Only 11% affordable units, yet “It would…provide six times more affordable homes than have been built in the Marina District in two decades — only 14 below-market-rate units have been constructed since 2005.”

sfchronicle.com

A developer has filed plans to develop a unique 25-story apartment complex where a Safeway grocery store sits in a wealthy neighborhood in San Francisco.

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Dave DiCello @davedicello.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.

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The Needling @theneedling.com · 04/12/2025

Much criticism of Prop 13 on here focuses on the unfairness of different effective tax rates for different homeowners/the selfishness of pro–P13 homeowners. This might miss the forest for the trees. P13 for commercial properties is a much bigger problem,

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Spotify Wrapped Shows How Many Attack Drones Your Streams Bought: tinyurl.com/3fy2upma

A drone firing laser into an explosion behind this year's 2025 Spotify Wrapped graphic art

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LAFCo Policy Analyst - Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) - Board of Supervisors - (1823 Senior Administrative Analyst)

SF's Local Agency Formation Commission "LAFCo" is hiring a policy analyst. This role would be key in the development of a green public bank, which will be on the ballot next year, and potentially in starting a social housing program! careers.sf.gov/role/?id=374...

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Specific information regarding this recruitment process are listed below:Application Opening: November 25, 2025Filing Deadline: December 31, 2025 Recruitment ID: RTF0162212-01148363APPOINTMENT TYPEPer...

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