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Brian Hanlon

@hanlon.bsky.social

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I co-founded @cayimby.bsky.social to make California affordable and accessible for everyone. Support pro-housing candidates: http://cayimbyvictoryfund.org

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 3d

Between my column a few weeks ago and this today, California's Serbian-American community has really been stepping up to promote SB 79 in the pages of CalMatters.

CalMatters @calmatters.org · 3d

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The governor shouldn’t take housing advice from Los Angeles. He should sign SB 79, lead the state forward and send a clear message: CA’s future won’t be held back by NIMBY politics. https://cal.news/48Q3q2m

📝 Marc Vukcevich

Opinion | Los Angeles housing permits are tanking, yet leaders want Newsom to veto a major reform

Signing SB 79 should be an easy call, despite pressure from L.A. Newsom should know better than to let L.A. dictate state housing policy.

Brian Hanlon @hanlon.bsky.social · 3d

Brian Hanlon @hanlon.bsky.social · 5d

Rolls off the tongue better than Skummeslövsstrand, which I hear is also nice.

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 6d

TIRED: abundance bros
WIRED: YIMBY's strongest fortnite soldiers

M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 6d

Lmaooooo

Brian Hanlon @hanlon.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you!

Brian Hanlon @hanlon.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks!

Brian Hanlon @hanlon.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you!

Brian Hanlon @hanlon.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks!

Brian Hanlon @hanlon.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks!

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 8d

That's where you come in: Call Gov. Newsom and tell him to sign SB 79! Get five friends to do the same. Post about and tag him! This is all trivially easy, but it could make a big difference.

916-445-2841

actionnetwork.org/letters/sign...

Tell the Governor: Sign SB 79!

SB 79 will make it faster and easier to build multi-family housing near certain transit stops, like train and dedicated bus rapid transit lines, by making it legal for more homes to be built in these ...

actionnetwork.org

Brian Hanlon @hanlon.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks!

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Jordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social · 9d

Three months ago, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social correctly warned us that failing to address our housing crisis would cost us people’s trust, and that the entire reputation of the State of California was on the line.

Call him now and urge him to follow through by signing #SB79! ☎️ (916) 445-2841

Brian Hanlon @hanlon.bsky.social · 9d

Please call the Governor and ask him to sign SB 79!

(916) 445-2841

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 9d

A bunch of toxic LA NIMBYs are whining about SB 79, the amazing housing bill the CA legislature passed recently.

It's on the governor's desk, and reportedly he's getting cold feet. Hey @gavinnewsom.bsky.social, please have some spine on the most important issue in your state. Just sign it.

Homeowners denounce SB 79 vote - Beverly Press & Park Labrea News

Legislation awaits governor’s signature

beverlypress.com

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dereksagehorn.bsky.social @dereksagehorn.bsky.social · 15d

I hope California YIMBY is considered a “US YIMBY” org

Their marquee SB 79 would have allowed transit agencies to build commercial uses at stations irrespective of local zoning

This section was cut out by housers who want to preserve sites for LIHTC

calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202...

Brian Hanlon @hanlon.bsky.social · 12d

As usual, Alon knows nothing of our work.

Thanks, Derek, for correctly noting what California YIMBY and Sen. Wiener were trying to achieve.

Brian Hanlon @hanlon.bsky.social · 16d

Who else had been the subject of unrelenting attacks for 24 years that managed to stick w/ non-Republicans?

Many Dems believed in nonsense about Hillary!

Obvs, life isn’t fair, politics least of all, but Hillary really was uniquely vulnerable.

Brian Hanlon @hanlon.bsky.social · 16d

One of the reasons Hillary was a weak candidate is there was, in fact, a vast right wing conspiracy out to get her.

Decades of relentless negative coverage worked!

(I can’t read the Vox article, but per the NPR piece, I recalled her use of “deplorable” accurately.)

Brian Hanlon @hanlon.bsky.social · 17d

This is what I’m talking about.

www.npr.org/2016/09/10/4...

Hillary Clinton's 'Basket Of Deplorables,' In Full Context Of This Ugly Campaign

The Democrat said "half" of Trump supporters are in a "basket of deplorables." She said she regrets saying half, but when distrust is this high, comments like that can make it harder to govern.

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 20d

I strongly agree with every single word of this. Public disorder is toxic to the pro urbanist political project and we must take it seriously.

Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 20d

Wrote about how California needs to get serious about the urban disorder our failure to build housing has created.

Our Cities are a Billboard for the Democratic Party

We ignore urban disorder at our peril

everyoneiswelcome.substack.com

Brian Hanlon @hanlon.bsky.social · 20d

I agree that approach can’t be the only long term strategy - we ultimately need to encourage fewer people to be shitty or disempower the shitty people.

My point is that many tactics employed to accomplish the later goals are counterproductive. It’s a genuinely hard problem set to solve!

Brian Hanlon @hanlon.bsky.social · 20d

Reduce costs of homebuilding, mostly through the reduction of fees and expensive requirements imposed on home builders.

Brian Hanlon @hanlon.bsky.social · 20d

It’s often very good advice!

Hillary was right that many Trump supporters are “deplorable,” but she never should have said it.

Brian Hanlon @hanlon.bsky.social · 27d

We still have a lot of work to do, but the tide is turning, and the pro-housing forces are winning.

Thanks again to everyone who helped make SB 79 possible.

The future of California is looking bright!

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Brian Hanlon @hanlon.bsky.social · 27d

2025 has been a hell of a year.

@cayimby.bsky.social accomplished 2 of our 3 founding policy goals: exempt infill housing from CEQA and legalize housing near train stations.

I also had my first kid.

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