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East Bay for Everyone @eastbayforeveryone.bsky.social · 6h

Upzoning plus the large lots of uptown Oakland worked amazingly. Highlights both the promise of zoning reform from efforts like SB79, and also the need to make apartment construction on smaller lots easier (single stair reform) if we want to replicate this success.

DJ Crimson @djcrimson.bsky.social · 19h

Every so often I look up the rents for the Nook on Valdez, a micro-unit project in downtown Oakland built about 10 years ago. They are currently renting units affordable to people at 45% of AMI. This is a market-rate project that pays property taxes.

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picayune sasquatch @pettyyeti.bsky.social · 6h

that's true, except the city is genuinely in a budget crisis. I think what he wants to cut will be telling

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Sam Alcorn @samalcorn.bsky.social · 7h

I’m overhearing a celebration in the street. Must be about SB 79 being signed. At least it is for me.

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picayune sasquatch @pettyyeti.bsky.social · 6h

yeah, unfortunately she's proven that alright. I'm intrigued to see how he campaigns, and it'll definitely be interesting to see if he can get any union support

picayune sasquatch @pettyyeti.bsky.social · 6h

at LAUSD, he piloted a free Metro program for all students, led an initiative to build affordable housing for teachers, and started an arts fund for students. are people assuming he's to the right because of his banking background?

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Elizabeth Chou @reporterliz.bsky.social · 7h

LAT has a little bit on Beutner's views on SB 79, in which he says he'd like to have tinkered around with the language more. This has a pretty good rundown of Beutner's career and political history, as well as the political landscape as he enters the race.
www.latimes.com/california/s...

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picayune sasquatch @pettyyeti.bsky.social · 7h

"'I just wish that we had leadership in Los Angeles that had been ahead of this, so we would have had a greater say in some of the rules,' he said. 'But conceptually, yes, we’ve got to build more housing.'"

I mean, he's not wrong

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picayune sasquatch @pettyyeti.bsky.social · 7h

"Beutner said that he supports Senate Bill 79, the law that will force the city to allow taller, denser buildings near rail stations, 'in concept.'"

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 8h

Former schools chief Austin Beutner plans to challenge Bass, blasting her over Palisades fire

Beutner said city officials at all levels showed a 'failure of leadership' on the fire, which seriously damaged his house, forcing him to rent elsewhere. The blaze destroyed his mother-in-law’s home entirely.

www.latimes.com

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 8h

In an absolutely shocking revelation, it turns out that when Elon was yelling about leaving California — inducing a million headlines about California’s demise — he was actually lying.

Elon Musk loves to hate CA, yet can’t stop leasing new offices

The tech mogul’s companies haven’t been leaving the Bay Area, but rather, have been expanding their office footprint at every turn.

sfstandard.com

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 11h

guys i'm beginning to think they haven't thought this through

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING: Some of the layoffs at CDC are being REVERSED.
Here is my updated story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

More than 1,000 CDC staff receive layoff notices during government shutdown

Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Indivisible Ventura @indivisiblevent.bsky.social · 8h

We can keep passing "Yes on 50" stuff back and forth, but it's time we examined the arguments of the other side, misinformed or straight-up fraudulent as they may be, so we're ready to talk about them too.

(indivisibleventura.org/2025/10/11/w...)

Why “YES” is the Right Vote on Prop. 50 and How to Explain it!

Probably every sentient being in CA received this glossy screed of misinformation, misdirection and outright nonsense from the “No on Prop 50” campaign. It uses different arguments than…

indivisibleventura.org

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StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 8h

In L.A., a Former Ally of Mayor Bass Is Expected to Run Against Her
The former supporter, Austin Beutner, who once led the city’s public schools as superintendent, is expected to challenge Ms. Bass’s re-election bid in next year’s mayoral race.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

In L.A., a Former Ally of Mayor Bass Is Expected to Run Against Her

www.nytimes.com

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Elizabeth Chou @reporterliz.bsky.social · 8h

This LAist piece has a bunch more insights from what appears to have been an interview with Beutner earlier this week. His remarks put a spotlight on many of the criticisms that have come up over Mayor Bass's leadership and decisions.
bsky.app/profile/pett...

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LAist @laist.com · 10h

Austin Beutner, a businessman who was the superintendent of the LAUSD through the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, is now expected to announce that he’s running to be mayor of the city of Los Angeles.

🔗 https://ow.ly/quxL50XacNl
✍️ Kavish Harjai
📷 Jerod Harris/Getty Images

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 10h

This is wild. ICYMI, SB 79 was not the only pro-housing bill
@governor.ca.gov signed. He signed over 40 bills that tackle speeding up construction, expanding affordability, strengthening accountability and more. I couldn't even fit it in one screenshot!