Rafa

Housing and homelessness advocate| Sue the Suburbs | Former California Democratic State Central Committee delegate

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@carexsedge1 @loganb I’m talking about the growth Ponzi scheme where cities rely on impact fees instead of sustainable revenue for infrastructure costs https://t.co/P9JLSDDsO8

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@carexsedge1 @loganb The city doesn’t usually bear that cost of installation, the developer does. It’s cheaper for the developer to build the greenfield sprawl infrastructure, but cheaper for the city to maintain infrastructure in a denser neighborhood (fewer roads and linear feet of utilities).

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@MacroMicroNMike @rodolf_paul @ewongla Is it your position that there was/is no Chinese property sector crisis? https://t.co/SXOYpG7qtf

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@DrSouthern @ewongla I’ve heard that it’s been exposed to the elements so long it might not be worth saving with all of the water damage.

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@mpopv @mnolangray Bull sharks are a much more common species to attack humans than great whites. I think this is mostly a cultural phenomenon with more North Americans recreating in the ocean.

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@MacroMicroNMike @rodolf_paul @ewongla This project’s financing collapsed because of the crackdown on China’s real estate sector’s international investments. https://t.co/SuOvlyiBbi

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@DrSouthern @ewongla It’s actually been sitting unfinished since 2019. It’s just that the developers dissolved their company in 2024.

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@LA_Multi_Fam @ewongla What’s funny about that is anything can be art. Save the partially constructed towers! Save the vacant lot! Save the empty swimming pool! Save the broken clocktower!

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@maxdubler Save the clock tower! Save the clock tower! Mayor Wilson is sponsoring an initiative to replace that clock. Thirty years ago, lightning struck that clock tower and it hasn't run since. We at the Hill Valley Preservation Society think it should be preserved exactly the way it is!

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@carexsedge1 @loganb There’s a whole world of missing middle density between high rises and single family homes: midrise 5/1s, townhouses, 4-6story point access blocks, plexes, garden apartments, etc.

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@loganb @yinyang_yo_ The developers usually pay for the roads and sewer me and such, as a one-time infrastructure build cost, but the city is on the hook for maintenance of the roads and sewers unless it’s a common interest development with private infrastructure funded by an HOA.

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@bivens83306 @the_transit_guy How would metro create a the “full time dedicated lanes” in the Palisades that are necessary for a BRT line?

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@grrrimarobot @mnolangray The push to reform elevator requirements is mostly happening at the wonky International Code Council, not so much in state legislatures. Washington State did pass a good elevator reform bill this year, but most states don’t want to second guess the ICC.

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@GWHayduke_III @WinterSportsLaw No

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@jessezwick @YsabelJuradoLA So they’ll look at five years of permits and make an educated guess as to whether the tax credit improves feasibility compared to the past two years or not.

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@jessezwick @YsabelJuradoLA Isn’t the point of the tax credit supposed to ease initial financing concerns? As long as the initial construction can be financed, the city doesn’t really care if the tax impacts subsequent sales.

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@belogicalforus @Zprtr1 Orange County looks like this. Its bluest (and largest) cities are Santa Ana, Orange, Anaheim, and Irvine.

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@JAlanAnderson42 @RossDellenger I know it’s confusing: Rev share is NIL compensation paid by schools to athletes (and is allowed under the House settlement which was about the players demanding NIL compensation from schools), 3rd party NIL deals are what are required to go through the NILGo clearinghouse.

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@JAlanAnderson42 @RossDellenger Because rev share payments are NIL deals. Subjecting them to NILGo would ensure they’re reasonably related to market NIL value, not inflated as an illegal pay to play scheme.

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@AndrewFiggy I was open to voting for him but he lost me with how he handled himself during the debates. He just didn’t seem to have strong enough convictions or understanding the nuances of policy enough for my taste.