JB

Husband, dad, triathlete, acclaimed novelist, liar about 2 of those. The @sfgiants will be listed as the official cause on my death certificate.

[JB @johnbartle]

#Sacramento is Native American for “land of never ending freeway repair”.

[Steve Hilton @SteveHiltonx]

Becerra's big solution to California's energy crisis:

Two free hours of electricity…in the middle of the WORK DAY!

[JB @johnbartle]

@RepPeteAguilar Trying to think of a more unsettling phrase than "Congress is laser-focused".

[JB @johnbartle]

@XavierBecerra A "break" for working families. Given in the middle of the day when working families aren't home to take advantage of said "break".

[JB @johnbartle]

Two free hours in the middle of the day. When working families aren't home.

[Xavier Becerra @XavierBecerra]

It’s time for the California Power Hour. ⚡️

As Governor, I’ll launch a first-in-the-nation program giving millions of working families two free hours of electricity every day.

Families of four making $82,500 or less will qualify - potentially saving hundreds of dollars a year.
Cool your home. Do your laundry. Run your dishwasher. Don’t get charged for it.

As Governor, I’ll make California’s energy work for working Californians.

[JB @johnbartle]

@JulieBorowski Sometimes I wonder about how bad things would be if Republicans had any political influence in California in the last 16 years, and I shudder, block that thought out completely and focus on the privilege of paying more for gas than the rest of the country.

[JB @johnbartle]

RT @JulieBorowski: I voted Democrat in California! Xavier Becerra will carry on Governor Gavin Newsom's great leadership.

Don't believe th…

[JB @johnbartle]

@jessesingal There is no common law marriage version of immigration. You don't get to come into the country illegally or overstay your visa for 7 years and boom, you're a citizen now. It doesn't work that way.

[JB @johnbartle]

@TheICHpodcast In a perfect world, if she wins she should have to sit and listen to every similar horror story.

[JB @johnbartle]

@dantypo Shades of Los Angeles.

[JB @johnbartle]

@TheICHpodcast Anyway, back to the overall homeless issue -- how's that going?

[Coach @rowinggeek]

I’m so sorry but, the replies are 😘

[Dimitri @thedimitri]

messaging my wife a link containing proof of her husband cheating on her from an anonymous instagram account and then when she clicks on it texting her to let her know she failed the family phishing test and she has to retake my cybersecurity course

[JB @johnbartle]

@_AlexAmos @anotherglassbox I wonder why

[JB @johnbartle]

@ianmSC Never let the fight go to the judges.

[JB @johnbartle]

Wilmer Flores has entered the chat.

[ESPN @espn]

Swing or no swing?

Did Yandy Diaz go around on the final out of Game 2?

[Chris - Property Management @ChrisTwiggsPM]

APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE TO ANY TENANTS READING THIS, BUT I’M NOT STAYING QUIET.

I’ve housed you for four years at $1,750 a month. You’ve never been late. You’ve never trashed it. You’ve been a solid tenant. Then I sent the renewal: rent’s going up $275.

YES.

You’ve paid me almost $84,000 over four years. That money covered the mortgage (which I’m still on the hook for if anything goes wrong), property taxes that keep rising, insurance premiums that have jumped hard, maintenance and repairs that cost more every year, and all the other costs of keeping the place habitable and legal.

The equity and any portfolio growth come from the capital I put in, the risk I took, and the fact that I own the asset, not from the rent check itself.

You’re the one writing the check every month for the right to live there. At the end of it, you own nothing because you didn’t buy it, finance it, or take on the ownership risks. I did. If the roof fails, the HVAC dies, a pipe bursts, taxes go up again, insurance spikes, or you leave and it sits vacant, that’s on me.

A $275 increase isn’t “because the market lets me.” It’s because the costs of providing the housing have gone up, insurance, taxes, labor, materials, compliance.

Recent data shows typical homeowners paying ~$1,380 a month just in maintenance, taxes, and insurance on top of the mortgage, with insurance up sharply over the last several years.

Apartment owners have been keeping only about 11 cents of every rent dollar after debt service, operations, taxes, and the rest.

Expenses have often risen faster than rents.

Stop treating landlords like a free housing subscription that never has rising costs. The rent pays for the use of the property and the service of ownership. The equity belongs to the person who bought it and bears the risk.

If you want a version where some of the money eventually becomes yours, buy your own home.

[JB @johnbartle]

@Elex_Michaelson Does the DSA know this?

[Oliver @Oli_Oilfan]

Okay but why are they posting the speed limits on peoples shirts? That doesn’t seem like a good system at all.

[JB @johnbartle]

@JonFraserTF @cityoftoronto https://t.co/6iKi4NMiXI

[JB @johnbartle]

@august_mk Why does Canada hate black Muslim lesbians?

[JB @johnbartle]

@pothen