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Chris Sauer @sauerball.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

OMB and ball knowers know this is like saying “the MLB”

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Open Plans @openplans.org · 09/10/2026

NYC is about to spend billions on outdated, unnecessary car infrastructure. With the right vision, alternatives are possible. Speak up and tell local officials you want them to go back to the drawing board on the BQE at these events hosted by @nyc-dot.bsky.social:

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Big Beautiful Bill cut corporate income taxes pretty substantially. Corporate tax revenues came in even lower than expected.

corporate tax revenue was at around 1.7% of GDP when BBB was enacted. Now it's down to 1.2% of GDP.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026

Holy shit.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

More than 1.5 million kids were missed in the last U.S. census. The undercount was 2.1% for children <18, and 5.4% for those <5, the highest rate of any age group. Now the Census Bureau is proposing major changes to 2030 Census rules that could make some children even harder to count.

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Children Are Already Undercounted in the Census. Proposed Changes Could Make It Worse. - Population Reference Bureau

Newly proposed rules for who is counted and where could make millions of children harder to count in the 2030 Census.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"In the states examined in this analysis, a drop of approximately 20% in inflation-adjusted rents—as happened in Austin, Texas, and Minneapolis after those cities made reforms—could reduce poverty by 18% to 26% and child poverty by 21% to 38%." www.pew.org/en/research-...

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The Housing Shortage Is a Major Driver of Poverty

Housing costs are usually the largest item in a household’s budget and can determine a family’s financial stability.

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Chris Sauer @sauerball.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is my road. These are my neighbors.

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Jon Orcutt @jonorcutt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Mayor was asked about this, so rambled on about "not ticketing, but behavioral change" Yes, change their fucking behavior! It's called towing & ticketing

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Alfred Soto @sotoalfred.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

On the importance of public unions on this Labor Day of all days; plus, my favorite songs about work .https://humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2026/09/07/do-a-little-bummin-around-songs-about-work-2/

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Do a little bummin’ around: Songs about work

For many Americans, Labor Day is for movies, barbeques, reading, and catching up on grading — if you’re not in the service sector. Several songs on this list have, ah, creative definiti…

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Marc Murphy @murphycartoons.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

An innocent young woman, mother, and neighbor of yours was abducted by #iCE weeks ago contrary to the Constitution and everything else this nation should stand for. #ArmelleBondonga is still in jail. Every minute she is behind bars is an insult to right-thinking people.

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Look Both Ways with David & Wes @lookbothwayspod.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It's rural areas, not big cities, that most need AVs. "How do you push [robotaxi] companies to get into the places where society would value their presence? As opposed to Lower Manhattan, which is very lucrative for a Waymo or Zoox but would be a disaster if that becomes a dominant way to travel."

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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The deep SNAP cuts enacted last year have harmful ripple effects for low-income families & the broader community. Kids losing SNAP also lose automatic enrollment for free meals at school. As more kids lose SNAP, schools may be forced to drop Community Eligibility & end free meals for all students.

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Chris Sauer @sauerball.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Just departed SDF and this was the first thing I thought of after I got through security ha

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 28/08/2026

Supporters of Prop. G, the ballot measure to reopen the Great Highway, say they want "safer streets." A pedestrian safety group was "frankly horrified." Read more from Sunset Buzz by @junyaoyang.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2026/08/sf-s...

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Sunset Buzz: Prop. G supporters say they want safer streets. Pedestrian safety group was ‘horrified’

“In what world does adding vehicle traffic to a road make pedestrians safer?” asked an advocate at the nonprofit Walk SF.

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California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Zoning reform alone isn't enough: oversized street standards eat up land needed for housing, argues planner Naama Blonder. Narrower streets and shorter blocks boosted one project's yield from 3-5 homes per acre to 6, while leaving room for future housing. www.planetizen.com/features/138...

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 25/08/2026

Autonomous vehicles are presenting a new challenge for those trying to reduce urban congestion. Read the full story here: ft.trib.al/vvcH1uR

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Ethan Elkind @ethanelkind.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

"California’s strict liability regime [for utilities] creates powerful incentives to prevent utility ignitions and drives up retail electricity rates. It does much less to encourage home hardening, fuel treatments, defensible space, or safer development." energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/08/24/w...

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Who Should Pay for Utility-Ignited Wildfires?

This cost allocation fight is not a zero sum game On January 7, 2025, sparks from arcing electrical lines ignited dry brush in a canyon above Altadena. Powerful Santa Ana winds fanned flames that r…

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Wes Marshall @wesmars.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Are raised crosswalks effective? Yes. Yes they are.

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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Great reporting on families with kids — many of whom are still eligible for SNAP — who have nonetheless lost the help they need to afford groceries. Now, they're facing impossible decisions when buying food means a utility bill goes unpaid or a broken car engine can't get fixed.

In Texas, a 6-year-old stood in front of her family’s refrigerator, hoping food would magically appear. In Delaware, an 11-year-old wondered why her family could no longer afford Cinnamon Toast Crunch. In New Jersey, four siblings wanted their mother to buy groceries — but she had to tell them she couldn’t. Across America, the government’s policies are making children hungry. Some parents said they have tried to hide what’s happening. The mother in New Jersey didn’t tell her children that she had been eating ice to save food for them. In Texas, the 6-year-old didn’t know that her mom had been losing weight. The 11-year-old in Delaware, though, knew something was wrong. When she realized her family had stopped buying her favorite cereal, she asked, “Mom, are we OK?”

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streetsblogsd.bsky.social @streetsblogsd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Tell your friends and neighbors via @calbike.bsky.social

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Alfred Soto @sotoalfred.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I don't care for Sufjan Stevens' stateside project, so let me proffer my own favorite songs 'about' states: from Mitch Miller and Lesley Gore to Public Enemy and Maluma. wp.me/pzXeC-lAX

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The best songs about states

Listening to what is to my ears Public Enemy’s most powerful album, I thought about good songs in which states figure. Ray Charles sets the standard: Georgia as state of mind, like Wallace St…

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Chris Sauer @sauerball.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Make motorists beg first, please

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Peninsula Open Space Trust @postlandtrust.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Mountain lions are keystone species that help keep ecosystems in balance. 🐾 When predators disappear, overgrazing can reshape entire ecosystems. Protect the predator, protect the ecosystem. 🌿 Learn more here: bit.ly/4g2kVP8

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Conflict and Coexistence: Living With Mountain Lions

Living near natural lands means mountain lions are our neighbors. How can we create conditions that will allow us to coexist peacefully rather than living in mutual fear?

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Chris Sauer @sauerball.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

San Francisco really needs congestion pricing!

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🎃 Ewok Moonwalking on the Today Show 🎃 @mapwitch.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Yeah, it’s from this streets blog post originally usa.streetsblog.org/2021/11/19/a...

Ilhan Omar with The High Cost of Free Parking

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

New PUBLIC COMMENT responding to another bad take about why Los Angeles has such a persistently high rate of homelessness publiccomment.blog/p/right-abou...

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Right About Housing, Wrong About Homelessness

A response to Lee Ohanian's "How Los Angeles Lost the War on Homelessness"

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Chris Sauer @sauerball.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

“I’ll show you the Bronx(ville)!”

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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 25/07/2026

The number of Bay Area residents experiencing homelessness fell in much of the region in the past two years. But one county stands out for edging narrowly in the opposite direction.

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Bay Area homelessness is declining — except in this county

The number of Bay Area residents experiencing homelessness fell in much of the region in the past two years. But one county stands out for edging narrowly in the opposite direction.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 24/07/2026

criminal laws that punish people for being poor in public are cruel, and cruel & unusual punishments are unconstitutional in 2024, the Supreme Court upheld such laws anyway since then, 350 cities, 11 states, & rising have passed laws criminalizing homelessness ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

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Unhoused People Are Paying the Price For the Supreme Court’s Cruelty

The Grants Pass decision allowed more cities and states to impose criminal penalties for the offense of being poor in public.

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Chris Sauer @sauerball.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

At BRC we're working on a "modern SRO" concept in the Bronx, hope to put shovel in the ground next year. Residents won't have a full kitchen but a private bathroom. It's something that's been missing and would fill a lot of need!

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Chris Sauer @sauerball.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

During savasana last night at my yoga class in HMB, I struggled to rest while I wondered if anyone on a neighboring mat had offered a signature for this ballot measure.

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The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · 16/07/2026

After a horse died and an 18-year-old was killed last month, the horse carriage industry promised more oversight to prevent tragedies. But that hasn't happened: “That behavior is continuing. There continues to be a real issue with how they’re operating the carriages." nygroove.nyc/free-the-cen...

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Just free the goddamn horses already

Banning the archaic and weird tourist-trap industry is closer to finally becoming a reality this week.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The number of children receiving SNAP nationwide has dropped by more than 1.5 million since Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill became law, based on CBPP’s analysis of available data from 17 states. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

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SNAP Tracker: People Are Losing Food Assistance as the Republican Megabill Is Implemented

SNAP participation nationwide fell by more than 4 million people (nearly 10 percent) between the law’s July 2025 enactment and March 2026, based on the latest month of data.

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Ethan Elkind @ethanelkind.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

California's next governor won't be able to solve our electricity affordability challenges on slogans alone, as my @cleeberkeley.bsky.social colleague Travis Ritchie writes in this new @calmatters.org op-ed. He details specific policy options from our recent report: calmatters.org/commentary/2...

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Opinion | Lowering California's high utility costs takes more than flashy slogans. It needs these reforms

Wildfire spending is the largest driver of rate increases, adding hundreds of dollars to power bills. The state has let utilities work around cost limits.

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