Max Dubler, AICP 🏳️🌈
@maxdubler.com
Certified urban planner posting for California YIMBY about housing, and for myself about skateboarding and cameras. Tradeoffs are real. he/him
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Max Dubler, AICP 🏳️🌈
@maxdubler.com
· Dec 2
Salesperson: and as you can see, the jacket has this wonderful red lining
Me, an urban planner, eyes narrowing: it has WHAT
Me, an urban planner, eyes narrowing: it has WHAT
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You need to understand the heroism of these everyday people in Minneapolis minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/13/i...
January 13, 2026 at 2:52 PM
You need to understand the heroism of these everyday people in Minneapolis minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/13/i...
Get in loser, we’re following ICE until my Honda breaks down.
January 13, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Get in loser, we’re following ICE until my Honda breaks down.
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Scott Turner isn't RFK Jr. or Hegseth tier bad; to my knowledge he has never committed murder on a large scale. But he is a profligate liar, a disaster for federal housing policy, and his suit jacket is too tight.
HUD Secretary Scott Turner: "100% of rental demand in California and New York is because of illegal immigration"
January 12, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Scott Turner isn't RFK Jr. or Hegseth tier bad; to my knowledge he has never committed murder on a large scale. But he is a profligate liar, a disaster for federal housing policy, and his suit jacket is too tight.
Massachusetts-born landscape architect who moved to Vancouver at age 42: “this New Jersey-born state legislator who moved to San Francisco 28 years ago at age 27 is a carpetbagger.”
January 13, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Massachusetts-born landscape architect who moved to Vancouver at age 42: “this New Jersey-born state legislator who moved to San Francisco 28 years ago at age 27 is a carpetbagger.”
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3. Local agencies need to hear your voice! They are already feeling the pressure - Metrolink took down a "why we can't electrify" video last year in response.
Sign up for our listhost or DM for an invite to our discord to get involved! calelectricrail.org/contact/
Sign up for our listhost or DM for an invite to our discord to get involved! calelectricrail.org/contact/
Contact Us – Californians for Electric Rail
calelectricrail.org
January 13, 2026 at 2:43 AM
3. Local agencies need to hear your voice! They are already feeling the pressure - Metrolink took down a "why we can't electrify" video last year in response.
Sign up for our listhost or DM for an invite to our discord to get involved! calelectricrail.org/contact/
Sign up for our listhost or DM for an invite to our discord to get involved! calelectricrail.org/contact/
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If the e-bike industry doesn't get organized, and fast, their industry could soon be legislated out of existence.
Bad news: It looks like Democrats in the NJ State Senate have passed S4834, which requires insurance and registration for all e-bikes. Vote was Yes: 28 No: 10 Not Voting: 2. Companion bill likely to get vote in state assembly today. www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/...
NJ Legislature
The New Jersey State Legislature
www.njleg.state.nj.us
January 12, 2026 at 10:39 PM
If the e-bike industry doesn't get organized, and fast, their industry could soon be legislated out of existence.
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Blocking new housing doesn't stop rich people from moving in. Instead, it means unleashing them on the existing housing stock.
In SF, increased demand from the tech boom was not met with new supply, so landlords withdrew their rentals to sell to tech workers.
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In SF, increased demand from the tech boom was not met with new supply, so landlords withdrew their rentals to sell to tech workers.
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January 12, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Blocking new housing doesn't stop rich people from moving in. Instead, it means unleashing them on the existing housing stock.
In SF, increased demand from the tech boom was not met with new supply, so landlords withdrew their rentals to sell to tech workers.
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In SF, increased demand from the tech boom was not met with new supply, so landlords withdrew their rentals to sell to tech workers.
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He might not like it but I gotta repeat something @paulfr.bsky.social once told me
For the 2025 Super Bowl, 100k people in person and millions at home rapped "Not Like Us" about a guy who only a short while before was at the pinnacle of popularity in music.
This will also happen in politics
For the 2025 Super Bowl, 100k people in person and millions at home rapped "Not Like Us" about a guy who only a short while before was at the pinnacle of popularity in music.
This will also happen in politics
January 13, 2026 at 12:37 AM
He might not like it but I gotta repeat something @paulfr.bsky.social once told me
For the 2025 Super Bowl, 100k people in person and millions at home rapped "Not Like Us" about a guy who only a short while before was at the pinnacle of popularity in music.
This will also happen in politics
For the 2025 Super Bowl, 100k people in person and millions at home rapped "Not Like Us" about a guy who only a short while before was at the pinnacle of popularity in music.
This will also happen in politics
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One basic pattern here is that DHS officials are engaging in violence simply because they are irritated at citizens protesting them. There is no plausible threat of violence here. He just wants to inflict pain, and believes there will be no penalty for doing so.
Big clash this afternoon between DHS agents and protesters in a residential street in Minneapolis, following a DHS agent hitting another vehicle. Tear gas was deployed in people’s yards and agents pepper prayed people.
January 12, 2026 at 10:09 PM
One basic pattern here is that DHS officials are engaging in violence simply because they are irritated at citizens protesting them. There is no plausible threat of violence here. He just wants to inflict pain, and believes there will be no penalty for doing so.
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Note that the fascist is not using the pepper spray for crowd control. He is entering a vehicle unimpeded to depart. He is simply using the pepper spray to physically punish an unarmed citizen he doesn't like.
Big clash this afternoon between DHS agents and protesters in a residential street in Minneapolis, following a DHS agent hitting another vehicle. Tear gas was deployed in people’s yards and agents pepper prayed people.
January 12, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Note that the fascist is not using the pepper spray for crowd control. He is entering a vehicle unimpeded to depart. He is simply using the pepper spray to physically punish an unarmed citizen he doesn't like.
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A very odd part of the housing debate is that the people who oppose replacing old run-down buildings with big new buildings because the old buildings are affordable are also the people who deny that "filtering" causes new buildings to get less expensive as they age.
Culture flourishes in places with abundant and inexpensive floor space.
If you want cool bars, restaurants, art galleries, nightclubs, and theaters, you need (a) lots of cheap housing for workers, and (b) lots of commercial spaces where people can open a small business on a shoestring budget.
If you want cool bars, restaurants, art galleries, nightclubs, and theaters, you need (a) lots of cheap housing for workers, and (b) lots of commercial spaces where people can open a small business on a shoestring budget.
It's funny how every big city in North America has that one otherwise totally unremarkable strip mall way out in the suburbs that has been taken over by Asian restaurateurs and is now an internationally recognized foodie destination.
January 12, 2026 at 8:39 PM
A very odd part of the housing debate is that the people who oppose replacing old run-down buildings with big new buildings because the old buildings are affordable are also the people who deny that "filtering" causes new buildings to get less expensive as they age.
Culture flourishes in places with abundant and inexpensive floor space.
If you want cool bars, restaurants, art galleries, nightclubs, and theaters, you need (a) lots of cheap housing for workers, and (b) lots of commercial spaces where people can open a small business on a shoestring budget.
If you want cool bars, restaurants, art galleries, nightclubs, and theaters, you need (a) lots of cheap housing for workers, and (b) lots of commercial spaces where people can open a small business on a shoestring budget.
It's funny how every big city in North America has that one otherwise totally unremarkable strip mall way out in the suburbs that has been taken over by Asian restaurateurs and is now an internationally recognized foodie destination.
January 12, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Culture flourishes in places with abundant and inexpensive floor space.
If you want cool bars, restaurants, art galleries, nightclubs, and theaters, you need (a) lots of cheap housing for workers, and (b) lots of commercial spaces where people can open a small business on a shoestring budget.
If you want cool bars, restaurants, art galleries, nightclubs, and theaters, you need (a) lots of cheap housing for workers, and (b) lots of commercial spaces where people can open a small business on a shoestring budget.
Another extremely cool and influential transportation job opening, this time based in Sacramento: www.assembly.ca.gov/system/files...
www.assembly.ca.gov
January 12, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Another extremely cool and influential transportation job opening, this time based in Sacramento: www.assembly.ca.gov/system/files...
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Gets at one of the dynamics rotting away at everything: People are inclined to trust "influencers" more than "the media." But influencers have no ethics rules and can take payouts for coverage. Outside the media, how many people know that we can't even let a source buy us dinner?
Detailing many of the right-wing social media influencers who are being paid big bucks by foreign governments and corporations to push issues that they suddenly care very passionately about. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Washington’s New Lobbyists: Paid Online Influencers With Few Rules
Corporate and foreign interests pour money into getting pro-Trump social-media stars to push their causes.
www.wsj.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Gets at one of the dynamics rotting away at everything: People are inclined to trust "influencers" more than "the media." But influencers have no ethics rules and can take payouts for coverage. Outside the media, how many people know that we can't even let a source buy us dinner?
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NIMBYism is the last true bastion of bipartisanship (extremely derogatory) in this country
January 12, 2026 at 3:41 PM
NIMBYism is the last true bastion of bipartisanship (extremely derogatory) in this country
At minimum, the state of California should ban unfunded inclusionary zoning requirements for projects with ten or fewer units.
East Palo Alto tried to impose an illegal $54,891 "affordable housing fee (no, this is not a parody) on an ADU, immediately got sued, and dropped the fee. Unfunded "inclusionary" zoning is the is the housing policy equivalent of applying leeches to a sick patient. pacificlegal.org/case/east-pa...
Wesley Yu v. City of East Palo Alto, California
Wesley Yu challenged East Palo Alto’s extortionate housing ordinance in federal court to defend his family’s future and the fundamental rights of all Americans to build a better life on their own land...
pacificlegal.org
January 12, 2026 at 4:23 PM
At minimum, the state of California should ban unfunded inclusionary zoning requirements for projects with ten or fewer units.
When did we have a war on protein?
The War on Christmas at least had the pretext of “happy holidays” to get mad at.
The War on Christmas at least had the pretext of “happy holidays” to get mad at.
white house social media manager: you get those photos of RFK, jr. for the protein post?
white house content creator: sure did boss, real fuckin' sinister, just like you asked
white house social media manager: what
white house content creator: sure did boss, real fuckin' sinister, just like you asked
white house social media manager: what
January 12, 2026 at 6:20 AM
When did we have a war on protein?
The War on Christmas at least had the pretext of “happy holidays” to get mad at.
The War on Christmas at least had the pretext of “happy holidays” to get mad at.
Today in Extremely San Francisco Things, there was a large group of people gathered to play music and commemorate the life of Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Wier outside the former Grateful Dead house at 710 Ashbury, near Haight street.
January 12, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Today in Extremely San Francisco Things, there was a large group of people gathered to play music and commemorate the life of Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Wier outside the former Grateful Dead house at 710 Ashbury, near Haight street.
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I’m just so tired of all of these assholes getting to claim the mantle of Real Americans when I live in an America closer to our ideals than any of them
January 11, 2026 at 11:21 PM
I’m just so tired of all of these assholes getting to claim the mantle of Real Americans when I live in an America closer to our ideals than any of them
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"i am sorry for what i have done in the past and don't yet know how to fix it, but don't want to make it worse" is legitimately about the level best you can hope for someone like this to say, and it should be strongly encouraged anywhere we see it
Losing my shit at Ashley St Clair doing a reverse Naomi Wolf.
January 11, 2026 at 8:13 PM
"i am sorry for what i have done in the past and don't yet know how to fix it, but don't want to make it worse" is legitimately about the level best you can hope for someone like this to say, and it should be strongly encouraged anywhere we see it
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This is a cartoon about housing.
January 11, 2026 at 12:51 PM
This is a cartoon about housing.
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I thought I was familiar with Ken Jennings' game and I now understand that I was, in fact, not familiar
Fred Flintstone is the only straight cereal mascot. Barney Rubble is bi.
January 11, 2026 at 1:11 AM
I thought I was familiar with Ken Jennings' game and I now understand that I was, in fact, not familiar
Need the Lushious Massacr collab with Creature Skateboards.
January 11, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Need the Lushious Massacr collab with Creature Skateboards.
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You can be a NIMBY, or you can support substantive equal citizenship, but not both
When NIMBYs say that California is full and their cities can’t accommodate more housing, they are saying that queer people trying to get out of red states are on their own.
New research confirms what many of us see: there's a large internal migration of LGBTQ people in the US, especially trans people, to friendlier states & cities.
Since 11/2024, 9% of all trans people have moved to another state, 43% have considered moving.
www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-su...
Since 11/2024, 9% of all trans people have moved to another state, 43% have considered moving.
www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-su...
January 11, 2026 at 12:38 AM
You can be a NIMBY, or you can support substantive equal citizenship, but not both
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When NIMBYs say that California is full and their cities can’t accommodate more housing, they are saying that queer people trying to get out of red states are on their own.
New research confirms what many of us see: there's a large internal migration of LGBTQ people in the US, especially trans people, to friendlier states & cities.
Since 11/2024, 9% of all trans people have moved to another state, 43% have considered moving.
www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-su...
Since 11/2024, 9% of all trans people have moved to another state, 43% have considered moving.
www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-su...
January 11, 2026 at 12:36 AM
When NIMBYs say that California is full and their cities can’t accommodate more housing, they are saying that queer people trying to get out of red states are on their own.