Phil Boutelle

soccer dad, functional cyclist, mechanical/energy engineer, ska apologist, avocado toast eating gen-x kid

[Phil Boutelle @philboutelle]

@Jim_Seimas @CIFState @CatzAthletics @scsentinel @MBayPreps @MaxPreps @cifccs 😢 what a run though!

[Phil Boutelle @philboutelle]

CCS takes 40 boys soccer teams for postseason. Santa Cruz High Boys are ranked 19th in CCS on MaxPreps, but still didn’t get a spot

[Jim Seimas @Jim_Seimas]

CCS boys soccer
Saturday's 1st round
D-II: No. 7 Woodside (10-4-4) at No. 2 Watsonville (16-1-2), 7 p.m.
D-II: No. 5 Junipero Serra (11-4-5) at No. 4 Harbor (17-2-1), 7 p.m.
D-IV: No. 7 North Salinas (9-9-2) at No. 2 Aptos (13-2-3), 3 p.m.

@scsentinel @MBayPreps @MaxPreps

[Phil Boutelle @philboutelle]

@IDoTheThinking nah I blame the group too. filing ceqa lawsuits is a choice

[Phil Boutelle @philboutelle]

Monday 10/21: the last in-person West Cliff meeting (for a while at least). 5:30-7:00pm, London Nelson. The only thing decided so far: 1-way 'Pilot Program' is dead.
Tell them to keep considering circulation for the entire neighborhood, and to make WCD safer for all users

[Phil Boutelle @philboutelle]

My new position: Decarbonization Infrastructure Program Manager at UCSC

(and, introducing Sammy Electric)

https://t.co/J5bBGLqLXA

[Phil Boutelle @philboutelle]

NorCal 🥵

[Jordan Grimes (on Bluesky @cafedujord) @cafedujord]

Evening, folks! I’m once again at Half Moon Bay’s hottest venue, the Ted Adcock Community Center, for the third planning committee discussion on a 100% affordable housing project for senior farmworkers.

Hopefully the 3rd time’s the charm charm! 🤞🏻🧵

[Chris Elmendorf @CSElmendorf]

CA's Little Hoover Commission has released its CEQA CEQA & recommendations, following a year-long investigation.

It's excellent!

Here's hoping that LHC will monitor & report on implementation, especially by @Cal_OPR.

🧵/14

https://t.co/esfVBTc4HA

[SantaCruzLocal @theSCLocal]

Teacher housing plan detailed on Swift Street in Santa Cruz https://t.co/y30w4ovPY7

[Phil Boutelle @philboutelle]

UC Santa Cruz continues to pursue ambitious plan to increase student housing by 40 percent by 2030
https://t.co/gQSAjqsPkj

[Lookout Santa Cruz @LookoutSCruz]

OPINION: West Cliff Drive: The city council approved the vision, but we still have far to go to achieve real safety for pedestrians and cyclists https://t.co/ujAQw7Ha1r ⬅️ Two @BikeSantaCruzCo board members weigh in with a Community Voices op-ed

[Phil Boutelle @philboutelle]

the kids are alright

[Phil Boutelle @philboutelle]

UCSC Music Center / Arrakeen Palace in Dune

[Phil Boutelle @philboutelle]

@cyclelicious I thought it was pretty much entitled (and no real legal means for City to deny project), but still an avenue to appeal (and hopefully City says, this is entitled so appeal is denied)

[Phil Boutelle @philboutelle]

Thanks to my neighbors
for dropping this note about the proposed 59 housing units
at the Food Bin on Mission, but:
I support this project!

Also this will have no parking for residents, which is a very good thing

Send a letter of support to [email protected]

[Phil Boutelle @philboutelle]

@briannajegan

[Phil Boutelle @philboutelle]

@NativeSantaCruz My kid was there today, she came home and said she wanted to be a blacksmith when she grows up

[Phil Boutelle @philboutelle]

@radfugee @louismirante live close enough to become hardcore NIMBYs

[Phil Boutelle @philboutelle]

@calisurf Save West Cliff was also bad. They formed to start a dialogue, but when the data pointed to a mixed use shared solution (1-way), they said, no not like that! After the meeting they reinforced 2-way as the future. Another group of conservative protectionists

[Phil Boutelle @philboutelle]

In Santa Cruz this week, multiple local surf groups lobbied hard against a plan to add a protected bike lane along iconic West Cliff Drive. They won and City Council killed it. I’m with Louis, these groups aren’t environmentalists