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Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 21h

City of LA > the entire state of Michigan

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Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 22h

I don't want to jinx anything, but is LA suddenly a dominant college football town again?

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Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 1d

Are you tired of winning?
Are you tired of partying?

No? Well good, because there's another SB 79 victory party tomorrow.

RSVP Here: actionnetwork.org/events/permi...

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 1d

I am strong and will not allow Andrew Cuomo to negatively polarize me into supporting free buses

Shabazz Stuart @shabazzstuart.bsky.social · 1d

I actually thought this was satire. There are good, real grounded arguments against free busses.

Cuomo has picked (easily) the most nonsensical one.

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Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 1d

Why is the Fatburger headquarters a cheap replica of Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana???

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Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 1d

Text from my dad this morning: Mom fell. We’re heading to the hospital.

His next text two hours later:

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Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 1d

Canter’s has their 1955 menu displayed on the wall.

The Little New Yorker was 40¢

That is $4.73 “adjusted for inflation”

Today, they charge $23 for it

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Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 1d

And the shot clock only applies to projects with 10 units or less

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Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 1d

Come to the party!

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Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 1d

No, they don’t

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Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 2d

Yea, I think cities should be required to allow some commercial in dense neighborhoods, but that doesn't have enough popular support at the moment

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Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 2d

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Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 2d

For those who don't get it, the poster for tonight's event comes from a really-entertaining anti-SB 79 AI music video some NIMBY created (I'll link the video below)

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Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 2d

It's from a video created by opponents

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Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 2d

In other news, Leo Pustilnikov YIMBY'd a bit too close to the sun, and now the Appellate Court has made a decision that invalidates most housing element rezonings throughout the state.

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Dave Rand on X: "Not as sexy as SB79 but … An appellate court just invalidated Redondo Beach’s HE in a sweeping decision, finding HE housing “overlays” on commercial/industrial land illegal when 100% non resi projects remain allowed under the zoning. Result - mid cycle Builders Remedy is back ⤵️" / X

Not as sexy as SB79 but … An appellate court just invalidated Redondo Beach’s HE in a sweeping decision, finding HE housing “overlays” on commercial/industrial land illegal when 100% non resi projects remain allowed under the zoning. Result - mid cycle Builders Remedy is back ⤵️

x.com

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Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 2d

SB 79 Party tonight, 8:30pm, Westwood Rancho Park station

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RSVP to SB 79 Signing Celebration | Partiful

SB79 celebration at the Westwood/Rancho Park station at 8:30pm tonight!!! Hosted by Westside for Everyone and Los Angeles New Liberals North cul-de-sac by the bikeshare and greenway entrance Afterpa...

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 2d

Not exaggerating when I say that SB 79, a bill making it easier to build housing near mass transit, is the most consequential piece of legislation that the Democratic Party has passed all year. Saying no to the worst people in our coalition proves we're serious about the future.

Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 2d

WE DID IT!!!

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Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you to future-president Gavin Newsom for doing what's right for California and our nation's future and making it possible to build housing near major urban transit stops!

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Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 2d

WE DID IT!!!

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Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 2d

There is no planned people mover in Inglewood

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Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 2d

I have such mixed feelings about this project!

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Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 3d

Bad take. Spiral stairs suck

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Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 3d

I actually run into this quite frequently in the Los Angeles housing space.

LA developers tend to have certain views on national (and international) politics that I have to put aside to be an effective local activist

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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 3d

Tangentially, I am *far* more experienced with:

A. Someone I agree with on national politics (guns, abortion, immigration) that I disagree with on local politics (housing, biking) than

B. Someone I agree with on local politics but disagree with on national politics

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Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 3d

(I also dreamt last night that Newsom wasn’t signing SB 79, but let’s not talk about that one)

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