Max Heninger

All things housing…most of the time. Missing Middle enthusiast. Board member of @inclusive_laf @CED_Berkeley MCP ‘20

[Senator Scott Wiener @Scott_Wiener]

I passed SB 79 last year — a new law authorizing more housing density near high quality public transit — and it went into effect last week. It’s fantastic to see the first applications moving forward. This new law also allows new housing to use a powerful permit streamlining law I authored (SB 423), so these projects should be able to receive their permits quickly.

[Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart]

Did you doubt the market's efficiency again, anon?

[Colin Parent @ColinParent]

This is great.

Not as clearly a budget issue, but the State should also require waivers of fees for deed restricted units in mixed-income projects. Same idea — we should make affordable housing more affordable to provide.

[Max Heninger @MaxHeninger]

@kimmaicutler @esjesjesj Who are you leaning towards?

[Liam Dillon @dillonliam]

That was a very substantive housing conversation. Porter, Mahan, Steyer, probably in that order, clearly understood what they're talking about. Villaraigosa sounded like he prepped for a debate. Becerra, especially early on, sounded like he released his housing plan yesterday

[Max Heninger @MaxHeninger]

@mnolangray She was particularly bad. It was like she thought she was running for governor.

[Max Heninger @MaxHeninger]

@csblwilson @Erika_D_Smith It was like she thought she was running for governor

[Max Heninger @MaxHeninger]

@madrid_mike Shockingly bad. It was the worst format for a political debate that I’ve ever seen. The CBS anchors thought they were running for governor.

[Max Heninger @MaxHeninger]

@RobStutzman @rpyers It was shockingly bad @CBS do better

[Swann Marcus @SwannMarcus89]

Sometimes I have right-wingers ask why - if I’m so anti-crime - I am able to support the Democrats. To answer that question let me tell you the story of Nikola Motors

Nikola Motors was a company that claimed it had a working truck that ran on hydrogen. They created fake videos showing their truck working even though it never did and wound up fraudulently taking in 34 billion dollars from investors based on fake claims about their truck. The CEO was a longtime con artist who previously ran multiple other fraudulent companies and also allegedly sexually assaulted his cousin

So the former CEO was facing massive penalties for fraud but he was pardoned after donating $1.8 million to Trump’s election campaign in 2024. Today, he is running another likely fraudulent company staffed by his former co-conspirators at Nikola Motors that claims to have an “AI-powered” next gen aircraft that is going to come out in 2032. I’m sure this is legitimate, since their Trump-pardoned CEO has never run a non-fraudulent company in his life

Your tough on crime Republicans, ladies and gentlemen!

[Max Heninger @MaxHeninger]

@ManShapedBoy @ZavalaA Isn’t it written in a way so that it only applies to new construction?

[Max Heninger @MaxHeninger]

@TheStalwart Would love an odd lots episode on the economics of liberal arts colleges. Maybe with @jselingo

[Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell]

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[FIRE @TheFIREorg]

Brendan Carr’s authoritarian warning — that networks risk their broadcasting licenses for Iran war reporting that the government doesn’t like — is outrageous. When the government demands the press become a state mouthpiece under the threat of punishment, something has gone very wrong.

In 2019, Carr said: “Should the government censor speech it doesn’t like? Of course not. The FCC does not have a roving mandate to police speech in the name of the ‘public interest.’” But today, Carr cites the “public interest” to blatantly threaten news outlets because the president doesn’t like their reporting.

Again and again, Carr’s tenure as FCC chairman has been marked by his shameless willingness to bully and threaten our free press. But even by Carr’s standards, today’s hypocrisy is shocking — and dangerous.

The American people demand uncensored news about the men and women serving in our armed forces. Our right to a free press is one of the core American freedoms those in uniform have sworn to support and defend. It is long past time for our government officials to remember their own oaths to uphold the Constitution — starting with the First Amendment.

[Max Heninger @MaxHeninger]

@typesfast @TheStalwart

[Max Heninger @MaxHeninger]

@SecWar Arbitrary and capricious

[Jared Sleeper @JaredSleeper]

Had lots of fun with this! First podcast of my life. :) Thanks @tracyalloway and @TheStalwart for having me on.

[Max Heninger @MaxHeninger]

@Dirtdog @TheStalwart For owners of the land with a NNN lease? Or the franchise operators themselves?

[Max Heninger @MaxHeninger]

@SandSteelCotton Yes

[Max Heninger @MaxHeninger]

@Cyruspoopoo In Hayward, yes