Protect Culver City

The official account of Protect Culver City CA FPPC #1419783

[Protect Culver City @protectculver]

2026 Political Outlook
Councilmembers O’Brien and Puza are up for reelection in November. But LA has some critical June races we need to pay attention to. https://t.co/M6zujdQg4b

[Protect Culver City @protectculver]

@LauraPowellEsq This too

[Protect Culver City @protectculver]

@tristonezidore @DarrelMenthe @GOP We spent $3000 on a mailer, two weeks before voting started, funded by residents. You got $100,000 from developers and architects. NOT A SINGLE RESIDENT DONATED TO YOUR CAMAPIGN.
But in your defense, we expect nothing less from you and your, um, advisors.

[Protect Culver City @protectculver]

@LauraPowellEsq He’s a real piece of work.

[Protect Culver City @protectculver]

For those in back: parents showed up to this meeting to discuss school fights and removal of honors classes. Triston, with groomed political instincts, makes it about his “blackness.” His protege Alex chimes in with the alley-oop.

[Laura Powell @LauraPowellEsq]

At a Culver City Unified School District meeting, a member of the public called in to comment on a proposed parcel tax, district finances, declining enrollment, and enforcement of residency requirements. Once her time ran out, board member Triston Ezidore—whose bio is packed with leftist signaling—jumped in with, “Can we mute the hate speech?” The speaker, clearly surprised, replied, “What hate speech?” She was told her time was up, and they moved on.

Apparently, criticizing the district’s fiscal decisions is now “hate speech.” It’s becoming clearer every day that many progressive politicians in California no patience for the democratic process when it involves actual dissent. Basic respect for the right to free speech has weakened to a perilous degree.

[Justin Gordon @Justin_G0rd0n]

The CD11 race is between a pragmatic Democrat who was against ULA from the start & is fighting to significantly reform it (Traci Park) vs. the lead author of ULA who thinks it is working great & won’t change it (Faizah Malik). The choice is abundantly clear: Vote @TraciParkforLA!

[Luke Metro @luke_metro]

has every Los Angeles real estate guy become radicalized or is this just a Twitter phenomenon

[Protect Culver City @protectculver]

https://t.co/44YDPz4Ll4

[Millennial Woes @MillennialWoes]

It's amazing how much leftist discourse is just them pretending not to understand things, thus making discourse impossible.

[Protect Culver City @protectculver]

@Ron4California @USAttyEssayli More info here https://t.co/uCcDONXzL9

[Protect Culver City @protectculver]

Cesar Chavez scandal hits home.

[KTLA @KTLA]

Police announced Friday that they have arrested a woman suspected of human trafficking in Culver City, and, as a result of the operation, rescued four sex trafficked victims. Full Story: https://t.co/jjpk6vhXMj

[Protect Culver City @protectculver]

Vote16 is on the ballot again.
Anyway, here’s councilmembers @FreddyPuzaCC and @bubbathefish illegally campaigning on CCHS back in 2022.

[Protect Culver City @protectculver]

Freddy Puza actively campaigning on CCHS grounds during school hours. Call the superintendent and let them know what you think about this. 310-842-4205

[Protect Culver City @protectculver]

Council majority just approved the Vote16 ballot measure to go on again, this time for the 2026 election.
We just want to remind people of their history of illegally campaigning on campus.

[Protect Culver City @protectculver]

For those puzzled how @FreddyPuzaCC could so brazenly campaign on campus - he’s been doing it with @ccusd blessing since 2019. https://t.co/fZYsTBNNat

[Protect Culver City @protectculver]

“(@Nithyavraman and her DSA colleagues are) “housing first” – meaning if the homeless don’t want to move, we can’t touch them.”

[Protect Culver City @protectculver]

2026 Political Outlook
Councilmembers O’Brien and Puza are up for reelection in November. But LA has some critical June races we need to pay attention to. https://t.co/M6zujdQg4b

[Rohin Dhar @rohindhar]

A very important bit to understand about San Francisco real estate

Basically everyone, across all neighborhoods

Has a car

[Protect Culver City @protectculver]

Mileage is an inverse good. The richer people are, the more they can avoid driving. Which makes a mileage tax as regressive as they come.

[Kate Sanchez @KateSanchezCA]

CA Democrats just voted to keep the door open for a mileage tax on drivers.
That means taxing your commute, your kids’ activities, your life.
Hard NO.
Drivers aren’t ATMs.

[Jennifer Van Laar @jenvanlaar]

Here's the mug shot of Alexander Soofer, who was arrested at 6 AM this morning by FBI and IRS-CI agents. His Range Rover, purchased with $ meant to help homeless people, was confiscated by the feds and towed away. More in my story (link in replies)

[Real Estate Lawyer @SinaiLawFirm]

GT3 RS in a rent controlled unit

Only in Santa Monica

[Protect Culver City @protectculver]

@yinyang_yo_ @CTourtellotte @Justin_G0rd0n To be clear, SB79 allows developers to build nine story buildings in residential neighborhoods, basically nullifying local zoning.

[Justin Gordon @Justin_G0rd0n]

Traci Park’s opponent, Faizah Malik, wrote ULA and is super proud of it. Great work, Faizah! You are responsible for a 30-50% reduction in real estate transactions in LA over $5M and prevented new housing from being built during a housing crisis!

[Sheel Mohnot @pitdesi]

One of the perils of rent control: Ghost Apartments 👻

New York City has roughly 50,000 vacant apartments. About a quarter are simply waiting to be rented. The rest are effectively off the market because legal rents do not cover operating costs or required renovations.

The unit pictured below is in the East Village, one of the most desirable neighborhoods in NYC.

It was previously rented to a long-term rent-controlled tenant. Historically, once that tenant moved out, the owner could renovate the apartment and reset the rent closer to market. That changed in 2019 with the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act.

Under HSTPA, the rent can no longer be reset to market. The maximum increase allowed here is $347, putting the legal rent at $955 per month. The unit needs roughly $100k in renovations. The math does not work, so the apartment stays vacant. That is wasted housing in one of the most expensive cities in the world.

This is a common outcome under rent control. The right solution is to eliminate rent stabilization entirely, let rents rise to meet demand, and allow landlords to reinvest in their buildings. Always remember - rent control does not primarily help the poor... it helps those who have been in their apartments the longest.

more:
https://t.co/LsSVnargms

h/t: @margrev