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Monica de la Cruz

@monicadlc.bsky.social
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Biking, transit, housing and fitness. Trying to make urbanism hot. YIMBY. BikeSD board member. 📍San Diego | she/her/ella

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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 3h
Please Texas voters, make this woman go away. For the sake of the country of course, but also to stop the cycle of friends and relatives discovering her and messaging me, "Do you know there's an evil woman in Congress with your name??"
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 6h
they're marketing less product in the container as "room" like we're ordering coffee lol
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 20h
San Diego Padres Baseball Club!!
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Proud of Rep. Sara Jacobs for being a leading cosponsor of this bill!
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Welp she drove downtown and parked by the stadium. Sigh, guess I won't get to be a transit hero today
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ilovecomputers ℹ️❤️🖥 @ilove.computer · 30/09/2026
Hope those HOAers in Mission Hill burnt a lot of cash trying to fruitlessly block these homes. They’re being built you toffs!
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
my sister (suburban Carlsbad mom, proud nimby and public transit hater) is going to tonight's Padres game and is finally willing to try taking the bus from my place to Petco Park *if* I go with her and get her there and back for less than parking, which she is wiling to pay $100 for
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Man, baseball's pretty fun when your team is winning
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hahahahahaha literally the first pitch
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Saad Asad @realsaadasad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEWS: The governor signed SB 344 and SB 958, paving the way to redevelop Midway into over 4,000 new homes in San Diego. San Diego City Council will vote on further details in early October. www.gov.ca.gov/2026/09/29/g...
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's been two years since I biked 388 mi from Pittsburg to DC via the GAP/C&O Canal path. We stayed up watching the rollercoaster Padres-Dodgers series every night that we had access to a TV on the trail. On my flight home, I got seated right behind Musgrove fresh out of surgery. Feels like ages ago
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
why do the middle aged men in this town get so weird around the playoffs
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I was already excited that the new Whole Foods was an easy walk from my gym but I didn't realize the 2's first stop is like right outside the store! No more running with arms full of heavy groceries from G to Broadway to catch the bus!
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Love catching a city council member bike commuting in the wild! @seanelorivera.bsky.social
Blurry photo of CM Sean Elo Rivera biking through the intersection of Broadway and Park wearing a suit
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I see friends liking and sharing wallowing content on IG and it seems like our generation's version of ipad baby pacifying vids. Unhappy? Watch a front-facing camera video of a guy in his car telling you it's not your fault, community and connection are dead and there's nothing you can do
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Some tourists rented bikes downtown and took them up to Balboa Park for a day at the zoo. That shouldn't be a big deal but I'm honestly impressed!
Two rental bikes locked to a rack along with some ebikes outside of the San Diego Zoo
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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Interesting study on how anti-Muslim animus gets laundered through parking gripes, with new mosques earning 16-18 percent more parking complaints than new churches news.ucsc.edu/2026/09/park...
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Parking policy masks anti-Muslim discrimination for communities building new mosques
New research shows that disputes around parking during the urban planning process are disproportionately used to fight the construction of mosques across the country
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I got eleven whole days of free transit after hitting the Pronto monthly fare cap but I've been too sick to take advantage of the free rides 😞
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I've never seen the word "berth" as much as tonight
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Once again, I've managed to document the moment I caught COVID
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California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
With CEQA lawsuits curtailed, some cities are expanding fire hazard zones to exempt land from housing laws - San Diego covers 5 times more area than state fire officials recommend. Ironically, blocking safer apartments pushes more building into riskier wildland edges. calhdf.org/is-fire-safe...
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
untold numbers of transit planners too
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Alex Wenzel @alexwenzel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Here’s a crazy story: Not only did we build several square miles of this, local news is now going to ramp up a culture war claiming this neighborhood is somehow deprived of parking.
Screenshot of Google maps showing the area around Convoy St in San Diego. There are thousands of parking spaces visible.
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why is there always an endless appetite to hear from anyone who wants to complain about parking
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Josh Clark @heyjoshclark.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Took a different route home and got some photos. Todd, I don’t think these are the people who write comments on your instagram or take your surveys asking if they want more pavement or more police.
Family of 3 on 2 bikes ride in a protected bikeway. 2 people on bikes ride on a dangerous road which has a painted bike lane proposed in long range plans.Mom and daughter ride on a painted bike lane which becomes protected one block away.
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Are we back?? Federal court strikes down EPA cancellation of $7 billion Solar for All program - pv magazine USA share.google/oWFCxQDkU4HL...
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Federal court strikes down EPA cancellation of $7 billion Solar for All program - pv magazine USA
A U.S. District Court judge rules the Trump administration acted unlawfully when terminating congressionally authorized clean energy grants designed to lower energy costs for low-income households.
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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just days after a Tesla drove down the Pacific Beach boardwalk, on the other side of PB a woman drives at me on the Rose Creek Bikeway. @joelacavad1.bsky.social our bike and walking trails need to be protected by steel bollards.
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
oh so the city of San Diego said "we're NOT doing bikes anymore"
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Kirsten Bladh @kerstanley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just to put “transplant” discourse in context: domestic migration to NYC has been net negative for all of the last five years.
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I made this halter top by upcycling a granny square crocheted by my actual grandmother with material from an athletic skirt that was going to be thrown away used for the lining & ties
Very blurry group photo from inside a club. I'm standing in front showing the side view of a crochet halter top
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Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This year legislators introduced a slate of 17 bills intended to close California’s “license to kill” system of loopholes for dangerous driving and repeat offenders. Almost all of them failed: calmatters.org/tag/license-... @calmatters.org
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License to Kill
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Club going buck wild (for my outfit)
Kiku Room view of the dance floor behind the DJ booth with hands up in the air
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Some pro-democracy vandalism in Golden Hill
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Meatwad Ron: Summer of Ron @wrenispinkle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The timing delays persist, it’s a bad idea to apply for construction funding if you don’t have a solid completion date for environmental/design. And a commitment to collaboration from the city of SD would help accelerate the timeline immensely
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I have to thank the reality TV gods for casting major babe Chloe Kim on the next season of The Traitors because she is way too beautiful to only be seen every four years for the Olympics
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm getting a new phone after ~4 years with a cheapo model and I'm so stoked about the new camera. Get ready for some stunning, super high res photos of cars parked where they're not supposed to
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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🚨🚨 Once again SANDAG is trying to depriotize bike projects leaving dangerous gaps in the system. They are having a board meeting tomorrow at 9 am. Please leave a comment asking them to keep the Bikeway projects funded. Item 7: pub-sandag.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx...
item 7, click the speech bubble icon to comment
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Emergency rally to tell ICE to fuck off and leave our Haitian neighbors alone
A crowd marching with a laugh sign that says ICE OUT OF SD
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Viva 🇲🇽
A makeshift pedestrian bridge to cross the river channel in Tijuana, Mexico
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Local news finally giving bollards the hero spotlight they deserve
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Saad Asad @realsaadasad.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
SANDAG's SB 79 map undercounted trains at Oceanside and Solana Beach, right after local officials there publicly lobbied against the law's rules. The stations got little to no new housing capacity. timesofsandiego.com/housing/2026...
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Oh my god I ran into Hot Gen X Guy at the neighborhood grocery store and we smiled and said hi for the first time! Exhilarating!
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Alex Wenzel @alexwenzel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
sandiegouniontribune.com
San Diego trolley ridership set monthly record in July, surpassing 4 million for first time
The new monthly ridership record continues strong ridership trends since the aftermath of the pandemic.
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Love to see Hopnonymous joining the list of dependable small biz champions for safe streets! Bikes 🫶 beer
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marisa @marmang.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Copying Zohran Mamdani’s viral marketing and visual aesthetic. No?
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I used to think "pump" was something dumb meatheads made up. There's no way you can see muscles get bigger in a day, that's in your head. Oh, it's real. Put a swimsuit on right after a heavy ass glute workout and you will see the instant bbl
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It was cute at first but after this sweet old friends catching up ride, he's back to fire emoji reacting to my stories hahaha
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David Seater 🚶‍♂️🚴🏻‍♂️🏳️‍🌈 @davidseater.com · 11/09/2026
Girl, same.
Photo of a train destination sign that says AMERICA PLZ
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mensrea @mensie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Australia roasting us.
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I got the cute bus driver tonight for the first time in months and he said he let the light turn red instead of running a yellow so we could have more time to catch up
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