Oscar Garcia

I like politics and international relations n stuff.

[evan loves worf @esjesjesj]

What a fucking piece of shit she is

[Oscar Garcia @Oyka1]

@neo_antiquarian It’s a reality that runs into the reality that unless we make a choice to move away from that, we are actively choosing to do more harm to more people. You can choose to compensate these people in that transition, but it’s in the broader public interest that we move away fm that

[Oscar Garcia @Oyka1]

Not a compelling argument when $4K median rent is what is happening NOW after decades of building little, downzoning, endless community meeting and veto points and community meeting hell. Let’s try something else, maybe actually building. Give that a shot perhaps?

[Oscar Garcia @Oyka1]

@becauseberkeley And that won’t happen so long as they cling to the kneejerk NIMBYism that has been the norm for decades now, and which got us to this unaffordable state of the city to begin with

[Oscar Garcia @Oyka1]

@DemzDeliver Not a fan of term limits but let’s say 14 to 16 and you got a deal

[Oscar Garcia @Oyka1]

@neo_antiquarian Also, housing is not exactly a commodity or a means to make money. That’s part of the problem here. Sure, it IS the case now, but that doesn’t mean we can’t choose the interests of the broader public over the narrow existing owners who purchased at inflated prices

[Oscar Garcia @Oyka1]

@neo_antiquarian Not sure if I like the idea implied here that we can’t nor should propose policies that make housing more affordable, to ensure late buyers didn’t lose on it. That sucks, but there is a overarching more compelling public interest in making housing more affordable

[Oscar Garcia @Oyka1]

@becauseberkeley And that won’t happen so long as they cling to the kneejerk NIMBYism that has been the norm for decades now, and which got us to this unaffordable state of the city to begin with

[Oscar Garcia @Oyka1]

@becauseberkeley No, they are the lucky ones who bought property in the 70s. Unfortunately that’s not a viable strategy for non time travelers. Decades of scarcity and decades of price increases later. I don’t hate them, I want policies to move us back to affordability

[Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler]

Thanks to @Scott_Wiener’s landmark Senate Bill 35, this project skipped San Francisco’s famously Byzantine permit process and got approved in a matter of weeks, not years.

Without SB 35, these 160 affordable homes would still be an abandoned McDonald’s tied up in NIMBY lawsuits.

[Oscar Garcia @Oyka1]

@Dan_Shaffer_17 @xurbanxcowboyx @MichaelTopo They find ways to protest even the non market rate and affordable units. Color me very dubious because in my experience those are sweet sounding excuses to hide their real, more selfish motivations

[Scott Maxwell @Scott_Maxwell]

Donald Trump:
"Mail-in voting means mail-in cheating."

Florida Republicans:

[Oscar Garcia @Oyka1]

@bourscheid God, imagine the smell she has to put up with. You’d gotta be in a cult to put up with that 😂

[Pronoun Sheriff @newanimeavi]

That’s called being a normal ass liberal.

[Deva Hazarika @devahaz]

@JessicaNutt96 Unholy alliance between those who benefit from expensive real estate and social justice warriors not interested in pragmatic solutions, who end up as pawns helping old monied interests

[Oscar Garcia @Oyka1]

@supermarke @maxdubler Punching down to the owners of multimillion dollar homes in one of the priciest part of the city

[Oscar Garcia @Oyka1]

@supermarke The Marina is not exempt from building housing

[Bilal Mahmood 馬百樂 @bilalmahmood]

Why is this photo so maddening?

Because it exposes the generational divide in our housing debate. Between those who find a reason to say no - instead of yes - to housing.

Over the last year on the Board of Supervisors, I've seen NIMBYs say no to housing because it's not affordable enough (eventhough it could include nearly 100 affordable units), because it will change neighborhood character (even if its just on an empty parking lot), or because it casts a shadow (serious! though I do have a law to fix that)

We have a deep affordability crisis right now, and younger generations are calling BS now both on NIMBYs who will find any excuse to oppose housing, as wells as on our city's lack of action. We have been doing just the amount necessary to be in compliance with the law, but not the amount sufficient to actually break ground on new housing.

In a 7x7 city, we must build housing wherever we can, faster and bolder, if we are to live up to our values as a progressive San Francisco that can continue to be a home for the immigrants and refugees who seek to move here as much as it can be home for the children and grandchildren who seek to stay.

[evan conrad @evanjconrad]

when rent is $8k for a one bedroom, please remember that the fault is in the people who, for 50 years, showed up to argue against nearly every unit of housing proposed

these people are no san franciscans

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

This was a parking lot.

86 capital-A-affordable homes will be built in its place. GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK.

Like seriously fuck off and go join your build-nothing boomer comrades and watch not a single affordable unit get built.

The left in SF is so god damn embarrassing

[Oscar Garcia @Oyka1]

@therealmerkins @atrupar Seeing the red flags and ignoring them is a choice, and you can, in fact, blame people for doing that. You are offering explanations, not excuses, in my eyes. But yes, go Troy Jackson