Ben Golder

I like making pickles, mugs, and good digital services. Previously @codeforamerica

[Ben Golder @bgolder]

@Ryunade @AndrewSorge @AP They are definitely planning to update it for more tax situations, and eventually all of them. It just takes time to implement all the logic for every tax situation

[Alfred Twu @alfred_twu]

California: we could be looking at 14+ Propositions on the ballot this year.

I've made a summary of what they do, who's funding them, who's opposed, with links to the full text.
https://t.co/Y3U9yrRylE

More details in thread! 1/

[Andrew Escobar @andrewe]

A few random thoughts on the comments to CFPB’s proposed rulemaking on “personal financial data rights” (open banking):

1. Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT)

This is the standout issue I wasn’t anticipating. With a write-in campaign led by Propel, hundreds of consumers urged the CFPB to include these government benefit accounts within scope:

“Please include EBT accounts […] We deserve the same rights and security on the financial products we use as anyone else.” https://t.co/hyJ5dzpJ1G

The comment letter by Propel itself is worth a read — a cogent, concise, single-issue letter by founder Jimmy Chen: “For the tens of millions of Americans who rely on SNAP and TANF, EBT cards are functionally no different than debit cards.” https://t.co/v5K8XMpzRm

But advocacy wasn’t limited to Propel. Notable respondents included FDATA, Plaid, 16 Members of Congress, and the Consumer Bankers Association (“failing to include EBT […] risks creating a two-tiered financial service system”).

[Ben Golder @bgolder]

@anatudor This feels like the kind of thing some GIS libraries would do: buffer a polyline and then raster conversion

[bryan culbertson @bryanculbertson]

TIL AC Transit is cutting 20% of its service in part because it has to subsidize SF Transit Center to the tune of $4.2M every year because Caltrain and CAHSR backed out of their commitments

[Ben Golder @bgolder]

Still have some of these!

[Ben Golder @bgolder]

I've got a few b sky invites if anyone else is interested in abandoning twitter dot com with me

[Ben Golder @bgolder]

I've got a few b sky invites if anyone else is interested in abandoning twitter dot com with me

[Ben Golder @bgolder]

@jez_ts @IDoTheThinking Wow! That's the first I heard! So happy to hear that! Thanks!

[Ben Golder @bgolder]

@smtology IMHO, I'd treat it as a radio. Ideally, I'd implement it as a radio tag and hide a None option so it would gracefully degrade to that without JS.

[Ben Golder @bgolder]

@SarahTaber_bww Interesting! Are there any parts of the seagrasses that might be nice to eat for humans?

[Ben Golder @bgolder]

An opportunity to work on local public services!

[Joan Alker @JoanAlker1]

NEW: We just posted distressing data from Idaho - c. 35,000 kids have been disenrolled from Medicaid which is greater than the number of adults disenrolled from the expansion group 30,869.

https://t.co/17TKCxsFB5

[Ben Golder @bgolder]

This is a great point. And I say this as someone who is looking for a job and wants to be a new employee

[Kelly Vaughn @kvlly]

It's more expensive to hire and train a new employee than it is to retain an existing employee by adjusting their pay.

Give them that raise.

[Ben Golder @bgolder]

While SNAP shouldn't require an interview in the first place, letting people do on-demand interviews is such a basic reasonable accommodation and it's astounding that they're not already the status quo

[CLASP Public Benefits Justice @PBJ_CLASP]

Experimental evidence from LA county published as a NBER paper finds big impact of call in (on-demand) interviews on SNAP enrollment. All states should be doing this. No one should be stuck waiting for the phone to ring. https://t.co/H6SQI19BPx

[Ben Golder @bgolder]

@1uigi Thank you Luigi!

[Ben Golder @bgolder]

Hi friends! I’m looking for a new job, ideally a senior/staff/management engineering role. If you hear about something, please let me know! I’m also looking for some short-term work while continuing my job search

[Ben Golder @bgolder]

@JAG_____ That role is pretty far outside my experience, but I appreciate the suggestion, thank you!

[Ben Golder @bgolder]

@pahlkadot Thank you Jen!