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Hunter Owens
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los angeles-area resident, your friendly state transportation policy bureaucrat, architecture, tacos.
1922 Utopian Socialist farmer or current day man about to serve you a matcha latte
January 13, 2026 at 3:05 AM
AFAIK there's still a lawsuit that will be heard shortly, I think @nyc.streetsblog.org has the latest coverage, but would probably expect ruling in the summer or later?

Government: Thing Take Time (tm)
January 12, 2026 at 7:05 PM
My grandfather lived in a world without Korean Fried Chicken, I eat it frequently. modernity rocks
January 9, 2026 at 12:50 AM
who says you can't grow coffee in CA sprudge.com/a-california...
A California Gesha Makes Its International Auction Debut | Sprudge Coffee
Frinj Coffee's California Gesha will be part of the Dubai Coffee Auction.
sprudge.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:16 PM
I feel like the infrastructure changes that Mexico is undertaking under AMLO and now Sheinbaum are super underreported on, and this piece did a great job on showing how the political economy of mexico is changing and building lasting support for her

www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/the...
The Fourth Transformation | David Adler, Vanessa Romero Rocha, and Michael Galant
The political economy of Claudia Sheinbaum’s popularity
www.phenomenalworld.org
January 8, 2026 at 5:43 PM
let us have faith that right makes might
January 8, 2026 at 3:52 AM
thank god for no LA basemap
January 5, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Anecdata from running my own hiring processes but feels like we’re having a version of the college app phenomenon for entry and early career jobs - net similar number of seats and candidates but a vicious cycle of more applicants, lower acceptance / interview rates, driving more applicants
January 5, 2026 at 2:47 PM
today’s haul
January 5, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Reposted by Hunter Owens
as of last night i’ve now gone a whole calendar year without consuming any nicotine. considering quitting Posting for 2026, but that might be harder. i only picked up smoking as an adult, but i was Born To Post.
January 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
New Year: New Job?

I'm hiring two Transit Data Scientists to work on SB125 and other transit programs with me at CalSTA

calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...
SB125 Transit Data Scientist
Looking to make a difference? Join our strong and mighty workforce. We offer benefits and growth opportunities and impact the lives of millions of Californians.
calcareers.ca.gov
January 2, 2026 at 9:44 PM
closing it out with pumpernickel, smoked herring, dill dressing

Lamb leg with trotters and cabbage, demi-glace, roubechon mash, tandoori carrots with vadovan butter, and homegrown raddicio / romaine
January 1, 2026 at 3:54 AM
reminds me how the CA department of forestry renamed itself CALFIRE to ensure budgets were healthy, but the "greens" ran the department for years.
December 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
the greatness continues
December 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Southern California: a great state
December 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Hell yeah
December 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The LA river living up to the name
December 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
a little early christmas present for all, which is the team at HSR has officially launched the RFQ for a co-development agreement hsr.ca.gov/2025/12/23/n...
hsr.ca.gov
December 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
the "public architecture" genre is really making a comeback in the 2020s

www.dezeen.com/2025/12/23/h...
December 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
downtown obscura for Christmas
December 23, 2025 at 4:05 AM
smoked sun dried tomato ndjuja

hopefully I don’t kill anyone
December 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Reposted by Hunter Owens
I'm looking to fill two short-term positions (they are funded to the end of June 2026. Web Governance and Data Administrators. We are a Salesforce-platform team, located in Los Angeles. All the details are on my LinkedIn Page: www.linkedin.com/in/ginnybrid...
www.linkedin.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
really wild how tightly intertwined shenzhen metro and Vanke (chinas formerly biggest property developer) are

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
China’s Last ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ Housing Giant Loses State Support
Vanke’s mounting problems are raising alarms about a $50 billion debt pile.
www.bloomberg.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
CPUC looking for good energy data planners in LA, SAC, and SF calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...
Energy Planning Data Analyst
Looking to make a difference? Join our strong and mighty workforce. We offer benefits and growth opportunities and impact the lives of millions of Californians.
calcareers.ca.gov
December 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM