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[lej @_lej44]

At this point, electeds like Jurado who insist we "don't have enough data" to conclude what every serious study is showing about ULA aren't truly interested in results but rather staying in good graces of the interest groups they helped em' win. They are actively harming renters.

[Bobby Kogan @BBKogan]

This profoundly incorrect statement inspired me to make a new graph.

This shows primary deficits from 1790-2054. The orange line shows what would happen without the Bush tax cuts, TCJA, and OBBBA.

If not for the 21st century tax cuts, we wouldn't have a fiscal gap.

[(((Matthew Lewis))) cults & consequences @mateosfo]

If there were true justice in the world, every boomer NIMBY who fights housing in their community should be placed on a permanent waiting list for senior housing.

Then when they apply for it, they get shown their record of opposing housing and told "This is what you wanted."

[Saad Asad @realsaadasad]

San Diego fell from 5th to 12th most expensive rental market by building more multifamily housing per capita than any other California city.

This is what happens when you actually build. The lesson isn't complicated.

[Chris Elmendorf @CSElmendorf]

Required reading for all who blame “high land costs” for unaffordable housing.

[Arthur Gailes @ArthurGailes]

Allowing more homes makes cities money. Starter homes on smaller lots makes them substantially more money.

@AEI: we put report the revenue cities would earn by lowering minimum lot sizes and legalizing by-right starter homes. For LA, around $9 billion. For Seattle, about $1B 1/

[Saad Asad @realsaadasad]

More housing leads to lower housing costs. That means less displacement.

[James Medlock @jdcmedlock]

Really striking that California building like Austin would reduce child poverty by similar amount as the expanded CTC. If you support one of these things, you should support the other.

[Scott @Scott_dLB]

Just once I would like to see someone who says "housing is a human right" take it to its logical conclusion that zoning laws preventing housing being built must therefore be a violation of human rights

[Sky News @SkyNews]

'To Jewish families, more than 1000 years of history is bleak evidence that they are right to fear they will once again be on their own.'

@TrevorPTweets reflects on antisemitism in Britain, after a swathe of violence against the Jewish community

https://t.co/ANZKBjl0HG

[Jeremiah Johnson 🌐 @JeremiahDJohns]

If someone has MORE THAN A HUNDRED VIOLATIONS, the time has come to permanently take their driver's license and throw them in jail.

This is "300 professional criminals do the majority of all shoplifting" but for cars. Don't let insane people kill us with their cars.

[Senator Scott Wiener @Scott_Wiener]

By 2031, California is projected to lose more than one million K-12 students compared to its peak a decade ago — a drop from 6.3M to 5M.

There’s a one-word explanation for this steep fall: Housing

Fewer students means school closures, fewer teachers, an older population, a depleted workforce & lower tax revenues.

Yet people continue to fight tooth & nail against pretty much every solution for building the huge number of homes we need for our state to thrive. There’s always an excuse — neighborhood character, parking, historic preservation, traffic, views.

But, bottom line, we either want a thriving state — one with a growing economy, strong public services & a diverse population, including young people — or we don’t. I vote for a thriving future for California.

Here’s the data: https://t.co/uQGT0lBaTW

[Jesse Zwick @jessezwick]

It's well known that Measure ULA is harming new housing production in LA.

But there's another cost almost nobody is talking about: it's quietly destroying our local property tax base – and public schools will get hit the hardest.

I wrote about this in the LA Daily News. (🧵)

[Tommy Vietor @TVietor08]

What a truly evil way to treat people who risked their lives for the United States

[Saad Asad @realsaadasad]

Suspending the gas tax doesn’t “take on Trump.”

It defunds infrastructure while handing a regressive subsidy to high-mileage drivers and commercial fleets.

[The Pew Trusts @pewtrusts]

Allowing more homes to be built is the best way for cities and states to bring down housing costs.

Just look at Austin, TX.

After a series of regulatory reforms, housing supply skyrocketed while rents fell faster than in any other large U.S. city. https://t.co/PSnsStDGM0

[California YIMBY @cayimby]

A 2024 California YIMBY study found cities with the biggest jumps in multifamily impact fees saw the least apartment growth, and vice versa.

CA's fees 3X the national rate, most cities aren't complying w/ disclosure laws, and some deliberately price housing out.

Link ⬇️

[Carolina Forward @ForwardCarolina]

The @Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, is out with a major new research study showing that immigrants, both legal and illegal, contribute significantly more in taxes than they receive in public benefits.

And there's more: because immigrants (both legal and not) are such large net-contributors of tax revenue, they also structurally reduce government budget deficits.

[Jay Bilas @JayBilas]

Of course, no “tampering,” no “poaching”…just coincidence LSU fired its coach and hired NC State’s within minutes. The USF coach warned other programs to “stay away from my players.” Then, HE was gone…so, nobody had to stay away from HIM. The double standard is laughable. Let’s stop complaining about player choice when coaches leave at the first chance for a better situation for themselves.

[David J. Bier @David_J_Bier]

What's the legal basis for this stop? Nativism is a cancer within our constitutional order, eating away at our freedoms.