Toby Muresianu
@tobyhardtospell.bsky.social
Housing advocate in LA, content creator, digital comms guy. I did a lot of comedy before covid (and still do sometimes)
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Centralized permitting authority for projects of statewide significance seems like a reasonable and objectively correct policy. Think about:
- light rail and rapid transit projects
- major state-funded housing projects
- green energy infrastructure
- light rail and rapid transit projects
- major state-funded housing projects
- green energy infrastructure
State funded projects should be entitled and permitted by the state. This situation is absurd.
Call it Schrödinger's affordable housing project — both dead and alive at the same time.
Now after nearly a decade of dispute the fate of a 120-unit, low-income apartment building along the iconic canals in Venice Beach may affect all development in LA
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Now after nearly a decade of dispute the fate of a 120-unit, low-income apartment building along the iconic canals in Venice Beach may affect all development in LA
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Centralized permitting authority for projects of statewide significance seems like a reasonable and objectively correct policy. Think about:
- light rail and rapid transit projects
- major state-funded housing projects
- green energy infrastructure
- light rail and rapid transit projects
- major state-funded housing projects
- green energy infrastructure
No, Abundance isn't "only for the Top 5 Metro Areas"
1. Abundance addresses lots of things, like FDA approval processes and clean energy, that aren't geographically specific.
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1. Abundance addresses lots of things, like FDA approval processes and clean energy, that aren't geographically specific.
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December 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
No, Abundance isn't "only for the Top 5 Metro Areas"
1. Abundance addresses lots of things, like FDA approval processes and clean energy, that aren't geographically specific.
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1. Abundance addresses lots of things, like FDA approval processes and clean energy, that aren't geographically specific.
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Extracting value on the front end of development (community benefits) instead of the back end (taxes) is eating the seed corn. It'll never produce as much community benefits as planting a good harvest and sowing it when it ripens.
December 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Extracting value on the front end of development (community benefits) instead of the back end (taxes) is eating the seed corn. It'll never produce as much community benefits as planting a good harvest and sowing it when it ripens.
Paid respects to the Brown students killed while simply studying for an Econ test as generations of us had before.
Nobody is safe until we are all safe.
Nobody is safe until we are all safe.
December 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Paid respects to the Brown students killed while simply studying for an Econ test as generations of us had before.
Nobody is safe until we are all safe.
Nobody is safe until we are all safe.
A former drug dealer released early is now helping the government free scores of convicted fraudsters.
Woke city gone too far? Nope, just the Trump administration's "Pardon Czar."
Woke city gone too far? Nope, just the Trump administration's "Pardon Czar."
December 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
A former drug dealer released early is now helping the government free scores of convicted fraudsters.
Woke city gone too far? Nope, just the Trump administration's "Pardon Czar."
Woke city gone too far? Nope, just the Trump administration's "Pardon Czar."
Half the education posts are like "my kid has a 5.3 GPA and invented $5 insulin and got rejected from DeVry" and half are "60% of freshmen do not know enough math to read the numbers on their classroom doors"
November 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Half the education posts are like "my kid has a 5.3 GPA and invented $5 insulin and got rejected from DeVry" and half are "60% of freshmen do not know enough math to read the numbers on their classroom doors"
I write a voter guide for every California election, and am thrilled to write my shortest one ever:
Yes on Prop 50.
tobyhardtospell.substack.com/p/yes-on-50-...
Yes on Prop 50.
tobyhardtospell.substack.com/p/yes-on-50-...
Yes on 50: A very short voter guide
You've already read the tl;dr.
tobyhardtospell.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I write a voter guide for every California election, and am thrilled to write my shortest one ever:
Yes on Prop 50.
tobyhardtospell.substack.com/p/yes-on-50-...
Yes on Prop 50.
tobyhardtospell.substack.com/p/yes-on-50-...
No Kings protest today. I didn’t see any of the “Hamas terrorists” or “violent criminals” the White House warned about but I did see the dog who ate the Epstein files.
October 19, 2025 at 3:19 AM
No Kings protest today. I didn’t see any of the “Hamas terrorists” or “violent criminals” the White House warned about but I did see the dog who ate the Epstein files.
Sex is great but have you ever changed housing law for the world's fourth largest economy?
October 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Sex is great but have you ever changed housing law for the world's fourth largest economy?
Can’t believe SB79 passed the governor by a single vote!
October 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Can’t believe SB79 passed the governor by a single vote!
Key to using AI effectively: treat it like a person dumber than you, not a person smarter than you.
September 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Key to using AI effectively: treat it like a person dumber than you, not a person smarter than you.
Good morning. CEQA can no longer stop critically needed urban housing in California. It’s a new day.
July 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Good morning. CEQA can no longer stop critically needed urban housing in California. It’s a new day.
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We are back on American Exchange with housing advocate and funnyman @tobyhardtospell.bsky.social getting a firsthand account from LA on the 'riots', the protests and ICE raids.
Surprise it wasn't what the media or Trump made it out to be.
WATCH HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP6Z...
Surprise it wasn't what the media or Trump made it out to be.
WATCH HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP6Z...
www.youtube.com
June 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We are back on American Exchange with housing advocate and funnyman @tobyhardtospell.bsky.social getting a firsthand account from LA on the 'riots', the protests and ICE raids.
Surprise it wasn't what the media or Trump made it out to be.
WATCH HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP6Z...
Surprise it wasn't what the media or Trump made it out to be.
WATCH HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP6Z...
The unidentified maybe-cops trying to deport people remind me of Putin's "Little Green Men"
June 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The unidentified maybe-cops trying to deport people remind me of Putin's "Little Green Men"
Hundreds of mentally disabled people are being evicted from supportive housing to Skid Row in LA, apparently due to losing Medicaid coverage.
1) This seems very bad and to be an illegal eviction
2) Is this going to happen nationwide if Trump's Medicaid cuts pass?
1) This seems very bad and to be an illegal eviction
2) Is this going to happen nationwide if Trump's Medicaid cuts pass?
June 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Hundreds of mentally disabled people are being evicted from supportive housing to Skid Row in LA, apparently due to losing Medicaid coverage.
1) This seems very bad and to be an illegal eviction
2) Is this going to happen nationwide if Trump's Medicaid cuts pass?
1) This seems very bad and to be an illegal eviction
2) Is this going to happen nationwide if Trump's Medicaid cuts pass?
This was my son’s LAUSD preschool graduation was last week.
This week, nearby ICE raids caused parents to flee mid-ceremony.
Today, LAPD officers are forming rings around ceremonies to stop ICE officers who don’t have valid legal justification from entering.
This week, nearby ICE raids caused parents to flee mid-ceremony.
Today, LAPD officers are forming rings around ceremonies to stop ICE officers who don’t have valid legal justification from entering.
June 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This was my son’s LAUSD preschool graduation was last week.
This week, nearby ICE raids caused parents to flee mid-ceremony.
Today, LAPD officers are forming rings around ceremonies to stop ICE officers who don’t have valid legal justification from entering.
This week, nearby ICE raids caused parents to flee mid-ceremony.
Today, LAPD officers are forming rings around ceremonies to stop ICE officers who don’t have valid legal justification from entering.
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Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
June 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
It's wild housing opponents will say "We can't have housing unless we have transit" and then it's literally defined to be right by transit they oppose it
June 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
It's wild housing opponents will say "We can't have housing unless we have transit" and then it's literally defined to be right by transit they oppose it
The walkability of part of transit-oriented development is often overlooked.
If you allow 7 story mixed use buildings by train stations (SB79), you don't just get apartments.
You also get grocery stores, gyms, and restaurants residents new and old can walk to.
If you allow 7 story mixed use buildings by train stations (SB79), you don't just get apartments.
You also get grocery stores, gyms, and restaurants residents new and old can walk to.
June 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The walkability of part of transit-oriented development is often overlooked.
If you allow 7 story mixed use buildings by train stations (SB79), you don't just get apartments.
You also get grocery stores, gyms, and restaurants residents new and old can walk to.
If you allow 7 story mixed use buildings by train stations (SB79), you don't just get apartments.
You also get grocery stores, gyms, and restaurants residents new and old can walk to.
Dismayed by this speech opposing apartments near transit from Caroline Menjivar.
It's a betrayal of her campaign promises, her constituents facing high housing costs, and the housing and environmental advocates who endorsed her (including me).
It's also...nonsense. ⬇️
It's a betrayal of her campaign promises, her constituents facing high housing costs, and the housing and environmental advocates who endorsed her (including me).
It's also...nonsense. ⬇️
June 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Dismayed by this speech opposing apartments near transit from Caroline Menjivar.
It's a betrayal of her campaign promises, her constituents facing high housing costs, and the housing and environmental advocates who endorsed her (including me).
It's also...nonsense. ⬇️
It's a betrayal of her campaign promises, her constituents facing high housing costs, and the housing and environmental advocates who endorsed her (including me).
It's also...nonsense. ⬇️
I can't believe Ben Allen gave tribute to Donald Shoup--and then 4 days later opposed a bill to legalize apartments by train stations. That just sucks, man.
Yesterday State Sen. @benallenca.bsky.social adjourned the Senate in memory of Professor Donald Shoup, who passed away earlier this year. Thank you to Sen. Allen for this wonderful honor of a great and inspirational figure to so many of us working to make our cities better places to live.
California State Senate Adjourns In Memoriam of Professor Donald Shoup - May 29, 2025
YouTube video by California YIMBY
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June 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I can't believe Ben Allen gave tribute to Donald Shoup--and then 4 days later opposed a bill to legalize apartments by train stations. That just sucks, man.
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Property/ Land taxes are really the ultimate “value capture” mechanism it’s annoying that all this energy trying to extract community benefits agreements on a project by project or bill by bill basis aren’t just focused on Prop 13 reform.
June 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Property/ Land taxes are really the ultimate “value capture” mechanism it’s annoying that all this energy trying to extract community benefits agreements on a project by project or bill by bill basis aren’t just focused on Prop 13 reform.
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Sen. Caroline Menjivar: Triumphantly appears at the event celebrating a federal award of $900 million for East San Fernando Valley Light Rail
Also Sen. Menjivar: "The utter audacity of planning more housing in my district, don't you know this is garbage transit that goes nowhere & serves no one"
Also Sen. Menjivar: "The utter audacity of planning more housing in my district, don't you know this is garbage transit that goes nowhere & serves no one"
June 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Sen. Caroline Menjivar: Triumphantly appears at the event celebrating a federal award of $900 million for East San Fernando Valley Light Rail
Also Sen. Menjivar: "The utter audacity of planning more housing in my district, don't you know this is garbage transit that goes nowhere & serves no one"
Also Sen. Menjivar: "The utter audacity of planning more housing in my district, don't you know this is garbage transit that goes nowhere & serves no one"