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Andrew Talbot

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Berkeley. Lots of Housing and Bay Area Stuff.

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Robert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social · 8h
This tragedy occurred on a street where the county recently completed a “pedestrian safety” project, but which local advocates pushed back against due to the lack of physical traffic calming & bike infrastructure. The warnings were ignored.
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Ilissa Gold @goldni.bsky.social · 11h
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again - treating shade/shadow as a negative impact that needs to be limited or mitigated is a relic from the days when Boomers thought that rubbing on baby oil and laying out in direct sun was a healthy thing to do.
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diego@estupido.fyi @estupido.fyi · 10h
I don't understand this post, is it legal for the state treasurer to post an ad for their personal mortgage originator?
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Kirsten Bladh @kerstanley.bsky.social · 15h
Why can't LA build more affordable housing? Well, you see, because a building located in an R5(CW) zone shall not cast a shadow on a lot located in the R4 or R5 zone for more than two hours each day between the hours of 9AM and 3PM on the Winter Solstice and 9AM and 5PM on the Summer Solstice.
A corrective comment from a zoning review for a 100% affordable housing project in Los Angeles that reads, "BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES ON A LOT LOCATED WITHIN THE R5(CW) LAND USE CATEGORY SHALL NOT CAST SHADOWS ON A LOT LOCATED IN THE R3 OR R4 ZONE, OR THE R4(CW) OR RC4(CW) LAND USE CATEGORY FOR MORE THAN TWO (2) HOURS EACH DAY BETWEEN THE HOURS F 9 AM AND 3 PM ON THE WINTER SOLSTICE AND 9 AM AND 5 PM ON THE SUMMER SOLSTICE. THE PROJECT APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT A SHADE.
SHADOW ANALYSIS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION FOR PROJECT PERMIT COMPLIANCE REVIEW."
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Shabazz Stuart @shabazzstuart.bsky.social · 16h
How about: "City with severe housing crisis overwhelmingly voted to fast-track new homes – and now it’s finally happening."
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dereksagehorn.bsky.social @dereksagehorn.bsky.social · 19h
I listened to YIMBY Action’s debate on Prop 45 last night. I was struck by how the Yes side advanced absurd, frivolous and obviously wrong interpretation of 45 but also AB 130 with respect to infill, transportation and data centers.
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Andrew B. Koupal @ab-koupal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.kqed.org/science/2002...
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Here’s What All-Electric Bay Area Restaurants Have Learned From Ditching Gas | KQED
Electric kitchen conversions are expensive, but as California weans itself off fossil fuels, these chefs say it’s good for food quality, climate and health.
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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Energy costs are through the roof and we need to bring them down. The Governor just signed three of my bills to do just that and to move toward clean energy: 1. Allowing people, including renters, to use plug-in solar to generate clean energy and lower their electric bills (SB 868) 🧵
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My colleagues and I at @heatmap.news spent all day putting together a full explainer of the new bipartisan Senate permitting deal. Read and get up to speed! #energysky #greensky
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The Senate’s Big Bipartisan Permitting Deal, Explained
The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act would remove longstanding roadblocks to expanding the power grid and developing new energy infrastructure. Here’s our guide to what’s in it.
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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Early results show people losing coverage due to early implementation of a Medicaid work requirement in Nebraska, with signs that they're being caught up in administrative barriers. www.kff.org/medicaid/ear...
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Early Medicaid Work Requirement Insights From Nebraska | KFF
This brief describes the verification process for Medicaid work requirements in Nebraska and examines early data on outcomes for individuals subject to work requirements.
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East Bay for Everyone @eastbayforeveryone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Single Stair goes to Washington! Winners from the 2025 National Single Stair Design Competition were displayed on the National Mall last week for the HUD Innovative Housing Showcase. www.huduser.gov/portal/ihs.h... CC @lci-la.bsky.social
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2025 National Single Stair Architectural Design Competition
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🦫 Libby Lee-Egan 🦫 @libbington.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Donate/Vote/Knock doors for pro-housing candidates for District 1 instead! 1) www.rossforberkeley.com and 2) www.dariaforberkeley.com
rossforberkeley.com
Ross Bernet for Berkeley | Join the Movement for a Better Berkeley
Support Ross Bernet for Berkeley City Council focused on affordability, safety, and sustainability. Join the movement to improve our community today.
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Berkeleyside @berkeleyside.org · 30/09/2026
The Berkeley Fire Department was working to put out the fire Wednesday afternoon.
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Vegetation fire near I-580 in Berkeley closes Frontage Road
The Berkeley Fire Department was working to put out the fire Wednesday afternoon.
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George Spies @georgespies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Classic Left-NIMBY bullshit. Reject this woman’s candidacy, and vote instead for @rosszb.bsky.social for Berkeley City Council, District 1
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CalBike @calbike.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Good news: Governor Newsom signed SB 1167! Authored by Senator Catherine Blakespear and co-sponsored by CalBike, the new law draws a clear line between legal e-bikes and high-powered electric devices too often marketed as e-bikes.
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Californians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 30/09/2026
Frustrated with the slow progress on CAHSR? Apparently the California legislature isn't, given all bills to speed up progress died this year. Why isn't California's signature infrastructure project a priority? calmatters.org/politics/202...
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California’s high-speed rail authority made a legislative wishlist. It mostly stalled out
California’s bullet train agency said timely construction of the rail line depended on these reforms. They mostly failed.
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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This week, nearly bill that California YIMBY helped to passed this year was signed into law! Shout out to @gavinnewsom.bsky.social for leaving office having passed some heavy-duty pro-housing reforms in his final session. Let's run through it. 🧵
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Senator Jerry McNerney @senmcnerney.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yes! @governor.ca.gov signed my SB 1196, which will streamline the creation of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) - also known as backyard cottages - by accelerating utility service connections. Thanks to The Casita Coalition & @cayimby.bsky.social for supporting SB 1196!
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 29/09/2026
Some professional news: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social just signed all 3 of the bills I worked on this year at @cayimby.bsky.social: AB 956 - 2 detached ADUs at single family homes SB 1116 - Starter Home Revitalization Act expansion SB 1117 - Fee relief for ADUs over 750 square feet
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Governor Newsom signs housing legislation, cementing California’s record progress to reduce unsheltered homelessness and build more homes | Governor of California
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Alex Horowitz @alexhrwtz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thanks, Ned. The extent of the child poverty reduction from allowing enough housing to push down real rents 20% approaches the 2021 temporary child tax credit expansion.
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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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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 29/09/2026
People mistakenly believe that unfunded inclusionary zoning is a way to tax developers and rich people to fund subsidized housing for the poor. It is not. In reality, it’s a tax on working and middle class renters. Actual rich people, who overwhelmingly own single family homes, pay nothing at all.
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you live in San Francisco, you can vote to send this guy to Congress or you can vote in some B rate Democratic Party barnacle who is only competitive because Nancy Pelosi is mad that she couldn't give her old seat to her daughter.
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Lewis Lehe @lewislehe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
new working paper. we match cars sold almost identically in hybrid and regular gas in the US. 730 match-years. we see how differences (especially the price premium) changed. premiums fell fast from 2012-2019 and then flattened at ~$2k papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
how hybrid vehicles differ from their gasoline partners
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Ian @woolie.meowmeow.city · 29/09/2026
We should allow unlimited height and density near San Pablo Ave.
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Adriana Valencia for AC Transit Ward 3 2026 @valencia4actransit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is why I'm running to be your representative on @rideact.bsky.social's Board of Directors, Ward 3. I believe that the bus should be a viable commuting option in the East Bay, and not an option-of-last-resort that leaves people stranded.
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Ian @woolie.meowmeow.city · 29/09/2026
A fun quirk of American urban planning is production of 990 page documents where the observable universe is a narrow strip a hundred feet wide. The yellow areas are unmeasurable and unknowable, we can only infer their existence through the forces they exert elsewhere. berkeleyca.gov/sites/defaul...
San Pablo plan area in black outline
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Berkeleyside @berkeleyside.org · 29/09/2026
The City Council will consider on Tuesday raising height limits and taking other steps to spur housing development on San Pablo Avenue.
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Berkeley wants a vibrant San Pablo Avenue. Will more housing deliver it?
The City Council will consider on Tuesday raising height limits and taking other steps to spur housing development on San Pablo Avenue.
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The Overhead Wire @theoverheadwire.com · 28/09/2026
Land next to a BART station in Concord has been argued about for years. The reality will soon come to fruition, but at just 5 units per gross acre. 12K housing units is not nothing, but it's so weak on 2.4k acres of land as to enshrine driving for those that live there www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea...
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Concord: Naval Weapons Station Redevelopment Plans Move Forward With Navy's Approval Of Term Sheet
Plans to redevelop an abandoned naval weapons station in Concord moved forward this week when the U.S. Navy approved a financial agreement reached with the city earlier this year.
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Seamless Bay Area @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Watching the Clipper Exec Board/Regional Network Management Council meeting. The first topic is about initiatives for more seamless paratransit mtc.legistar.com/LegislationD...
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Metropolitan Transportation Commission - File #: 26-1018
Title: Transformation Action Plan and Clipper focused Accessibility Initiatives Update on the Clipper focused Accessibility Initiatives, including the Clipper Access program and the ongoing Clipper i...
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Adam @adamshap.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NYC’s congestion pricing program cut ambulance travel times by over a minute
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Jane Natoli 🥑🚲🍍 @wafoli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why do people act like Scott Wiener is the only one with agency when it comes to housing? We are here (in a housing shortage), because people like Connie Chan have actively resisted new housing and implementing state law! www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
"If he's such a champion of housing, why are we here?" Wiener's opponent in the
race, Supervisor Connie Chan, said in a recent interview with the Chronicle. She and Wiener have routinely been on opposing sides of San Francisco's housing policy debates, and she has led some local efforts to resist state legislation he passed.
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Berkeleyside @berkeleyside.org · 28/09/2026
Canceled and delayed trips have become routine. A board member told the East Bay bus agency to “get a handle on this ASAP.”
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AC Transit buses have become more unreliable this year, say riders and transit board
Canceled and delayed trips have become routine. A board member told the East Bay bus agency to “get a handle on this ASAP.”
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
it’s particularly on-brand that Scott Wiener is an active participant in SF Transit Month while Connie Chan is nowhere to be found (which is unsurprising given that she fought against the ballot measure that saved Caltrain during the pandemic)
Elected Officials
Leaderboard - Rides - San Francisco Bay
Area
Top elected officials, appointed officials, candidates or board members who live in the San Francisco Bay Area by ride count for September 1 - 6

Name
Total
Distance
Agency
Count
Ride
Count

1 Alfred Twu
138 mi

43

2 D7 Myrna Melgar
64.6 mi
2
20

3 Scott Wiener
31.6 mi
2
17

4 Marina MIMBY
16.3 mi
1
12

5 Joaquín Torres
109 mi
3
9

6 EmilyM
46.6 mi
5
9

7 Emma Hare, DCCC
18.7 mi
2
9

8 James4mv
32.9 mi
3
8

9 SaraLovesBART
29.8 mi
2
8

10 busbaddie
10.8 mi
1
8

11 RebeccaEC
40.0 mi
3
7

12 Rockgirl
94.6 mi
1
4

13 H.B.
34.8 mi
2
4

14 Janice Li
11.0 mi
1
4

15 Danny Sauter D3
3.8 mi
1
4

16 Lydia S
12.9 mi
2
3

17 IttyBittyP
10.9 mi
2
2

18 Sam Gould
4.3 mi
1
2

19 ChristinePelosi
2.1 mi
1
2

20 Mike Chen
1.4 mi
1
2
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Avinash @avinashkunnath.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The honeymoon is over for Tosh Lupoi at Cal. The nation saw a lost Jaron Keawe-Sagapolutele overwhelmed against Clemson, and all fingers are pointing at first-time offensive coordinator Jordan Somerville after a month of infuriating performances. writeforcalifornia.com/p/california...
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The Cal Football Offense Is In A State of Emergency
The alarms are blaring, and there is not a lot of time to salvage the rest of the season.
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The Economist @economist.com · 24/09/2026
Deaths now outnumber births in reliably Republican counties for the first time since at least 1982. We explain how this may already be affecting voting patterns in America bit.ly/471apDL
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Maureen Futtner @maureenfuttner.com · 26/09/2026
"Labor icon Dolores Huerta put it best in her endorsement of Wiener: 'I know the difference between a politician who talks about justice and one who fights for it.'” Spot-on endorsement of Scott Wiener in today's Chronicle! www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
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Endorsement: Who should replace Nancy Pelosi in Congress? It’s not even a choice
OPINION: 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.
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Mark Humbert @markhumbert.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Beautiful Berkeley families who are thrilled about a Safe Hopkins! In front of Glom Thai, District 1.
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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm so impressed with all that's going on at @sinaibrain.bsky.social. Here are 5 highlights. 1. @bshev.bsky.social ++ are measuring dopamine and serotonin *in living human brains* and using them to predict treatment outcomes. Wow. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Dopamine and serotonin transients predict depressive symptom relief following deep brain stimulation of human subcallosal cingulate cortex
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Seamless Bay Area @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Over 250 Bay Area candidates responded to our questionnaire about transit, safe streets, and bike/pedestrian infrastructure. Check it out before you cast your ballot in the November election!
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Bay Area Transportation Candidate Questionnaire 2026 November General — Seamless Bay Area
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Kelly Hereid @kellyhereid.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Really glad to see this feature analytics from @kuanbutts.bsky.social and board advocacy from @therealjeanwalsh.bsky.social Would love to see a ridership-weighted version of these horrible reliability figures - it's not just that they're bad, it's that they're bad on big lines like 1T and 51A.
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Idothethinking @idothethinking.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hope Daria and Ross make it to the top 2. (Not an endorsement) but the most pro housing platforms
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Kuan Butts @kuanbutts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In 2015, AC Transit chose Clever Devices’ proprietary BusTime AVL system. A decade+ of implementation problems have left predictions unreliable, while its separate interface makes realtime data feed incompatible with Google Maps, Transit, and other apps, leading to mass confusion b/t apps.
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Carter Lavin @carterlavin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
2 taco themed transit events in the Bay this weekend www.ca.transitmonth.org/bay-area
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Bay Area — California Transit Month
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mirvswerve.bsky.social @mirvswerve.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
and donate! secure.actblue.com/donate/coali...
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Donate to Coalition for a Safe & Vibrant Berkeley - Yes on U and V
Show your support with a contribution.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If you're in the Bay Area, mark your calendars: December 9, I'll be holding an event at Clio's bar/bookstore to celebrate the publication of my book, with special guests Natalie Foster and Asm. Buffy Wicks. $33 gets you both a ticket and the book itself! www.eventbrite.com/e/build-or-d...
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Build or Die
Rebuilding Our Cities — And Our Democracy
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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 24/09/2026
We don't need Prop 45 to build new housing - recent state laws have already streamlined approval of new homes in existing cities and suburbs. Instead, Prop 45 would rubber stamp sprawl in wildfire zones, and make California's insurance crisis worse. Vote No on 45.
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Benjamin Fry @bluejekyll.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I went to @adenaishii.bsky.social’s State of The City for Berkeley last night and I have to say it was great. I love the vision she has for a vibrant Berkeley. I’m really excited about her continued leadership.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 24/09/2026
Oooh, Copper has released the 2.0 version of Charlie, its electric induction range. It now can plug into a normal 120V outlet! Bigger battery, more power. NYC is gonna buy a bunch of these for public housing, help bring the cost down.
copperhome.com
Charlie - battery-equipped induction range
Meet Charlie, a powerful battery-equipped induction range that plugs into 120v and 240v outlets. Ranges are built in the U.S. and installed across the country.
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Seamless Bay Area @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We are excited to announce our endorsement of three candidates in this November election: @valencia4actransit.bsky.social for AC Transit Ward 3 Sara Barz for BART Board of Directors District 8 And Robert Raburn for BART Board of Directors District 4
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