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Jack Sandor

@jacksandor.bsky.social
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27, renter, Red Seal electrician, housing and urbanism advocate, candidate for Victoria city council 2026. www.jacksandor.ca

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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Congratulations to the preservationist lefties who staved off gentrification by landmarking their neighborhood
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City of Victoria @victoria.ca · 10/09/2026
Great news, Victoria! The Stadacona Park playground is reopening tomorrow. Thank you to everyone who helped bring this much-loved playground back to life — in record time! We appreciate the patience, support and fundraising efforts of the community throughout this process. #I❤️Stadacona
The tall play tower at Stadacona Park with an enclosed tube slide, support posts, an accessible ramp, and a small spinner seat. The playground sits on rubber surfacing, with large, mature trees and a clear sky in the background.
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I have heard the phrase “silent majority” invoked twice this month as a reason to do something and once was by the Mayor of Vancouver for his plebiscite on drug use and the other was by John Cena to Foghorn Leghorn as a reason why ACME should get to explode the Looney Tunes
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Jim Mayer 🇨🇦 @pentastich.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
1/ Friday, August 21, kicked off the City of Victoria BC's new bike share system. It's proven to be a "popular" topic online, with all the subtlety you'd expect in a local election year, so I thought I'd do a deep… #yyjbike #yyj #BikeShare #MicroMobility www.boomin-in-victoria.ca/2026/08/jim-...
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Jim Takes a Bike Share
Friday, August 21 was the official kickoff day for the the City of Victoria's new E-Bike Share system. Victoria has a municipal election com...
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Thanks Steff, it was great to meet you :)
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Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Helped @jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social knock on doors for the Victoria I want — where alternative transportation is prioritized, as is affordable housing & thriving arts. Also met new council candidate @jacksandor.bsky.social, who’s fighting for similar goals. Vote for progress, #yyj! October!
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I feel like it's inaccurate to say that the market prefers smaller homes with fewer bedrooms when we have a ton of regulations in place that punish larger homes with more bedrooms (restriction on SES buildings, FSR limits, form requirements, etc etc). A lot of this is our own doing.
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Livable CRD @livablecrd.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Introducing Livable CRD 🗳️ A non-partisan coalition making Capital Region municipal elections easier to navigate. We publish a candidate scorecard + questionnaire on transit, housing, climate, healthcare & more. We inform, we don't endorse. 👉 livablecrd.ca #YYJ #BCpoli
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Livable CRD
Livable CRD is a non-partisan coalition scoring Capital Regional District municipal candidates on transit, housing, climate, arts, and other livability issues.
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I have a really hard time understanding how they believe it's possible to forecast this stuff 25 years into the future.
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Leo Spalteholz @leospalteholz.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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Plug-In Solar for Canada
Over 5 million European households cut their power bill with a balcony solar kit, plug it into a wall outlet. Canada hasn’t legalized it yet. We’re working to change that, province by province and fed...
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Lesli Boldt @lesliboldt.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
At @kristaloughton.bsky.social’s re-election campaign launch, with @mattdellvictoria.bsky.social, @jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social, @davethompsonvic.bsky.social and @jacksandor.bsky.social. #yyj
Photo of Victoria City Councillor Krista Loughton.
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Nobody could have predicted this
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Krista Loughton @kristaloughton.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Bring your lunch, dessert is on us! 🍰 Just popping onto your feed to make sure you have the invite for our upcoming re-election campaign launch! Team Loughton is excited to connect, hear your perspective on our community’s top priorities,
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Better Transit YYJ @bettertransityyj.ca · 09/06/2026
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Better Transit YYJ pits grandmothers on bikes against Victoria’s rapid bus - Victoria News
Better Transit wants to see Douglas as a corridor primarily designed for pedestrians and transit
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Dave Thompson 🇨🇦 @davethompsonvic.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Victorians want to keep moving forward - more housing, affordability, safe streets, great neighbourhoods, climate action and more. That's what I'm hearing, and polling confirms it. I'm running for re-election. vicnews.com/2026/06/02/s... @victorianews.bsky.social #yyj #housing #affordability
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Thanks Dave! Thrilled you're running again, and very excited to work alongside you.
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Denis Agar (he/him) @denisagar.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
When people are asked if they want their taxes to go up to pay for better transit, they usually say yes
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 26/05/2026
Limited-access highways are fantastic infrastructure for driving *between* cities. They do not belong in downtowns.
Paris, which has a ring road freeway but none in the center of the city. Munich, which has most of a ring road freeway but none in the center of the city.
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Of course it's not a panacea, nothing is, but it's a crucial part of the solution. There's no silver bullet here, we need silver buckshot, and both research and anecdotal evidence clearly show that filtering has a significant positive impact.
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I've been part of a vacancy chain myself, they're very real and easy to see! Building more housing helps everyone, even if they can't afford the new housing directly.
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Are you talking about Bella Lee? Fun fact, we were in the same grad class in high school!
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Have you considered that maybe the atmosphere likes being polluted?
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
AFAIK they're legally required to allow it. I can't remember why at the moment, but if memory serves, the only thing they're allowed to deny is speech that's literally illegal.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
It is the year 2006 and Canadian policymakers expect baby boomer downsizing to close the housing gap It is the year 2016 and Canadian policymakers expect baby boomer downsizing to close the housing gap It is the year 2026 and Canadian policymakers expect baby boom www.ctvnews.ca/business/rea...
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'Not the right time': Retirees delay downsizing plans as housing market slumps
Real estate watchers say plans to downsize are on hold for plenty of retirees as the population contends with challenges such as falling home prices and a lack of choice in the market.
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Dave Thompson 🇨🇦 @davethompsonvic.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Victoria's protected bike and roll network is 9 years old! Beautiful day for a celebration. Kudos to previous Councils for getting Victoria started on safer spaces for people using bicycles, electric wheelchairs, and mobility scooters. #yyj #safety
Speech and audience at eventBishop's family cycles is such an asset for our communityBirthday cakeSidewalk chalk art
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Jeremy Caradonna @jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Thank you to the Clover Point Picnic Club for organizing this birthday party for the Pandora Street Bike Lane! Turning 9 years old today!
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Leo Spalteholz @leospalteholz.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Very hard to distinguish any Upzoning impacts from the many other market factors, but similar in Victoria. Despite new ability to build SSMUH (and some actually being built), there’s more single family lots under a million available now than we’ve had for years
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Do you think they stopped and thought at any point about whether having TWENTY unique SFH zones was necessary
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
An ideal project that should be copied all across the region. Ridiculous that it took 30 months to get through city processes, but I'm glad it did! These types of homes should be as easy to build as possible.
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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Conspiracy theories are inherently kind of goofy, but it's hard to top the stupidity of railing against 15-minute cities. Some of the criticism is so dumb it must be contrived. Being able to get places and do stuff more easily ... what a nightmare, right? Good on these guys for calling it out
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Dave Thompson 🇨🇦 @davethompsonvic.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The 15-minute city conspiracy theory is a ridiculous collection of fantasy and misinformation. Who benefits from the conspiracy? Big Oil and Big Auto. What are many people *actually* forced into, due to bad urban planning and zoning? Car dependency. #climateaction #urbanism #cdnpoli #bcpoli #yyj
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Better Transit YYJ @bettertransityyj.ca · 23/04/2026
TONIGHT! #yyj
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Dave Thompson 🇨🇦 @davethompsonvic.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Protected bike and roll lanes are an accessibility technology. 👨‍🦼👨‍🦽 #yyj #urbanism #bike #pwd
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Never been a better time to legalize balcony solar
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 22/04/2026
Today is Earth Day, but each year it can feel a little more like Groundhog Day. While we replay the same pipeline debates in Canada, the rest of the world is racing ahead on renewable energy — which is growing so fast that it met all new electricity demand in 2025. www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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The future of electricity is wind and solar, new report says. Canada is lagging is behind | CBC News
Renewable energy met all new demand for electricity in 2025, according to a new review of global power generation, preventing any increase in the burning of fossil fuels to produce electricity and hig...
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Having been doorknocking since January, I can say very confidently that FB is nowhere near representative of the average person. Shocking how many people will say "I know it's unpopular to say, but I love the bike lanes". It's not unpopular at all! Pro bike lane councils keep winning for a reason.
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Better Columbia @bettercolumbia.ca · 21/04/2026
Who should pay for the costs of densifying? Should growth pay for growth? Taxes on new infill homes are counterproductive in a housing crisis, writes @jacksandor.bsky.social #yyj #bcpoli #vanpoli #bc
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Who should pay for growth?
Municipalities charge developers money per home they build through DCC’s, and use that money to build critical infrastructure. Sounds smart, right?
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I know this doesn't address everything but I don't have time to reply to it all
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
REITs and other real estate investors certainly know this, and they use it to make money all the time. I actually wrote a blog post about this: www.jacksandor.ca/blog/what-re...
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
3. I'm not happy that housing is subject to market forces either. I think it's a stupid and bad way to do things. But housing *is* subject to market forces, whether we want that to be the case or not. The rules don't exist simply because we refuse to acknowledge them.
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
2. A lot of the problems you describe are just inherent to capitalism. That's not to defend them, but it is to say that they can't actually be fixed under our current economic model, and abolishing global capitalism isn't exactly in-scope for even the federal govt, let alone provincial or local
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The vast, vast, vast majority of the cost for new homes is the land, permitting, and non-negotiable construction costs, like meeting the building code. That's primarily why new homes are so expensive. Take a look at construction costs for nonprofits, there's no secret 90% profit margin here.
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
1. The cost of new homes has basically nothing to do with finishes, and 99% of new homes aren't luxurious at all. They're advertised that way because who wants to pay $600k for a "budget friendly" home. So they tack on some nice countertops and call it luxury.
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Man that's a lot of text lol. Don't have time to reply to all of it, but here's some quick hits:
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Nobody thinks that more market housing is the *only* thing we need, we obviously need much more than just that, the reason discourse centers around market housing so much is because that's the part people actually disagree about.
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
In fact, it helps a lot! Dense infill housing generates way more tax revenue than the single family homes it replaces, giving the government more money to spend on building public and social housing (or whatever else the govt chooses to do with the money).
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I'm of course in favor of a massive expansion of public and social housing, while part of @homesforliving.ca I advocated for that directly to the province (they clearly ignored us lol), but allowing market housing does nothing to stop us from building more public housing.
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Also worth noting that trickle down is explicitly "let's give public money to rich people" while this is "let's allow housing to be built".
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Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
This is different from trickle down because rich people can't physically inhabit multiple points in space simultaneously, whereas they can just continue to hoard money as much as they want. If you move in to a new place, you must move out of the old one, but this isn't true of getting more money.
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Better Columbia @bettercolumbia.ca · 21/04/2026
Is housing demand fake? Absolutely not, writes Will Dawson #bcpoli #housing #yyj #vanpoli
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Housing Demand Isn't Fake - Better Columbia
Why do people assume that demand for expensive apartments is fraudulent? If you follow housing news in Canada at all, you’re surely familiar with two competing ideas for what’s to blame for the housin...
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