Urban Futurist Democrat
@urbfuturistdem.bsky.social
The future is urban. It's here, if we want it.
East Bay, CA
East Bay, CA
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Caught on Video: AC Transit Operator Appears to Assault Cyclist - sf.streetsblog.org/2025/12/09/c...
Caught on Video: AC Transit Operator Appears to Assault Cyclist - Streetsblog San Francisco
Bus driver uses bike lane on Foothill to queue jump slow-moving traffic, tailgates and honks at a cyclist in the bike lane, then nearly runs him over
sf.streetsblog.org
December 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Caught on Video: AC Transit Operator Appears to Assault Cyclist - sf.streetsblog.org/2025/12/09/c...
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For the San Francisco category: David Baker Architects' Steplight gracefully fits six floors of living space on a mid-block 25x110 parcel that is ubiquitous in San Francisco's Western and recently upzoned neighborhoods.
December 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
For the San Francisco category: David Baker Architects' Steplight gracefully fits six floors of living space on a mid-block 25x110 parcel that is ubiquitous in San Francisco's Western and recently upzoned neighborhoods.
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During the 2021 RHND process, ABAG/MTC planners said housing goals weren’t allocated to Westside SF because “2500 sqf lot sizes are too small for apartments.”
They were wrong.
They were wrong.
December 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
During the 2021 RHND process, ABAG/MTC planners said housing goals weren’t allocated to Westside SF because “2500 sqf lot sizes are too small for apartments.”
They were wrong.
They were wrong.
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East Bay for Everyone, as co-host with Livable Communities Initiative, is proud to announce the winners of the National Single Stair Design Competition:
www.singlestair.com
www.singlestair.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
East Bay for Everyone, as co-host with Livable Communities Initiative, is proud to announce the winners of the National Single Stair Design Competition:
www.singlestair.com
www.singlestair.com
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I love explaining what Prop 13 is to someone new it’s always:
“Wow that’s insanely fucked up. So young struggling families have a higher tax rate than wealthy landlords?”
“Yup!”
“Why hasn’t anyone tried to repeal this?”
“They tried a partial repeal it in 2020 but California voters rejected it”
“Wow that’s insanely fucked up. So young struggling families have a higher tax rate than wealthy landlords?”
“Yup!”
“Why hasn’t anyone tried to repeal this?”
“They tried a partial repeal it in 2020 but California voters rejected it”
December 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I love explaining what Prop 13 is to someone new it’s always:
“Wow that’s insanely fucked up. So young struggling families have a higher tax rate than wealthy landlords?”
“Yup!”
“Why hasn’t anyone tried to repeal this?”
“They tried a partial repeal it in 2020 but California voters rejected it”
“Wow that’s insanely fucked up. So young struggling families have a higher tax rate than wealthy landlords?”
“Yup!”
“Why hasn’t anyone tried to repeal this?”
“They tried a partial repeal it in 2020 but California voters rejected it”
Surprised DMV let this one through
December 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Surprised DMV let this one through
I was curious how it came about that the city of Miami didn't elect a Democrat as Mayor since 1997, and... wow, that city's political annals are weird.
The last time the winner won by less than a 39-point margin had been 2001 - and between then & 2025 there were two open races!
The last time the winner won by less than a 39-point margin had been 2001 - and between then & 2025 there were two open races!
December 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I was curious how it came about that the city of Miami didn't elect a Democrat as Mayor since 1997, and... wow, that city's political annals are weird.
The last time the winner won by less than a 39-point margin had been 2001 - and between then & 2025 there were two open races!
The last time the winner won by less than a 39-point margin had been 2001 - and between then & 2025 there were two open races!
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December 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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This article was just lying to you. California builds 25,000 ADUs per year because of state preemption. There are tens of thousands of homes built with state ministerial streamlining. There are now *hundreds of thousands* of homes that would not otherwise exist because of state preemption.
Statewide zoning reform isn’t producing the wins everyone expected. For example, state law can declare that small backyard cottages are legal. But unless cities can review them, permit them, and builders can finance them, legalization will remain largely symbolic.
December 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
This article was just lying to you. California builds 25,000 ADUs per year because of state preemption. There are tens of thousands of homes built with state ministerial streamlining. There are now *hundreds of thousands* of homes that would not otherwise exist because of state preemption.
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anyway the line about "long, thorough, and very boring medical examinations" sure makes it sound like SOMEBODY's spending a lot of time at the doctor, probably for no specific reason
December 10, 2025 at 5:07 AM
anyway the line about "long, thorough, and very boring medical examinations" sure makes it sound like SOMEBODY's spending a lot of time at the doctor, probably for no specific reason
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“Albuquerque is a more populous city than Miami“ is one of those true facts that prove municipal boundaries in the US must be destroyed
Albuquerque is more populous than Miami... and I know it's not a flip at the mayoral level, but let's make sure it gets at least some of the attention Miami got today!
Here's how I explained these two races in my guide: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Here's how I explained these two races in my guide: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
“Albuquerque is a more populous city than Miami“ is one of those true facts that prove municipal boundaries in the US must be destroyed
This doctor does seem to have been a clown in most respects, but no matter how much so, this must have been something really big for him to even consider breaking confidentiality to such a core extent, much less take any active steps toward it
Here is a true story.
During Trump’s first term, The Post got a tip that his doctor — the guy with the long hair who signed that first “healthiest guy ever” letter — wanted to spill the beans. He lived in Westchester, up near where I lived at the time. So I was tasked with talking to him. 1/
During Trump’s first term, The Post got a tip that his doctor — the guy with the long hair who signed that first “healthiest guy ever” letter — wanted to spill the beans. He lived in Westchester, up near where I lived at the time. So I was tasked with talking to him. 1/
December 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
This doctor does seem to have been a clown in most respects, but no matter how much so, this must have been something really big for him to even consider breaking confidentiality to such a core extent, much less take any active steps toward it
Imagine how much awkwardness is going to accumulate having to wait 10 seconds per validation (conductor-checkers not faregates).
Someone should compose a little jingle for them
Someone should compose a little jingle for them
When is MTC going to dump Cubic for a vendor who knows what they are doing?
www.reddit.com/r/caltrain/c...
www.reddit.com/r/caltrain/c...
December 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Imagine how much awkwardness is going to accumulate having to wait 10 seconds per validation (conductor-checkers not faregates).
Someone should compose a little jingle for them
Someone should compose a little jingle for them
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When is MTC going to dump Cubic for a vendor who knows what they are doing?
www.reddit.com/r/caltrain/c...
www.reddit.com/r/caltrain/c...
December 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
When is MTC going to dump Cubic for a vendor who knows what they are doing?
www.reddit.com/r/caltrain/c...
www.reddit.com/r/caltrain/c...
I need Syd & Olivia to guest on Dirty Laundry.
December 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I need Syd & Olivia to guest on Dirty Laundry.
December 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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somehow, national prop 187
December 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
somehow, national prop 187
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Tomorrow, Wednesay December 10, at 6pm @eastbayforeveryone.bsky.social will be showing off single stair design competition entrants from the Bay Area along with HAC in Downtown Oakland.
See all the details here:
actionnetwork.org/events/12102...
See you there!
See all the details here:
actionnetwork.org/events/12102...
See you there!
December 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tomorrow, Wednesay December 10, at 6pm @eastbayforeveryone.bsky.social will be showing off single stair design competition entrants from the Bay Area along with HAC in Downtown Oakland.
See all the details here:
actionnetwork.org/events/12102...
See you there!
See all the details here:
actionnetwork.org/events/12102...
See you there!
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i think all the time about how trump is one of the most singular, atypical people in america, whose entire life experience, going back at least him as a teenager, is so profoundly different from and unrelatable to almost anyone, including his own social class peers
something you have to understand about Trump & his weird comments about the economy is that the dude hasn't paid for anything like a normal person in decades - never pumps gas, never buys groceries - so he's completely & utterly out of touch with what life is like for most of us
December 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
i think all the time about how trump is one of the most singular, atypical people in america, whose entire life experience, going back at least him as a teenager, is so profoundly different from and unrelatable to almost anyone, including his own social class peers
That's the news from Ashwaubenon...
The Cinnabon employee who was fired for calling a Somali couple the N-word in Wisconsin has now received over $130,000 in donations.
December 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
That's the news from Ashwaubenon...
Maybe after ICE has been abolished, the same swarm-and-shame tactics can be turned on the SantaConners.
December 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Maybe after ICE has been abolished, the same swarm-and-shame tactics can be turned on the SantaConners.
This was a genuine request btw
How does someone get the knowledge of different types of urban rail by technical requirements, costs, etc., to be able to debate which kind belongs where? I'm all at sea.
December 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This was a genuine request btw
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LA quietly stopped repaving all streets last July to avoid fulfilling its ADA obligations. The federal govt says when you repave a street, you have to update all the curb ramps. LA has tons of out of date curb ramps, so the rule makes repaving much more expensive. The city's solution: stop repaving!
LA has stopped repaving our streets
The reason why is probably illegal
futureis.la
December 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
LA quietly stopped repaving all streets last July to avoid fulfilling its ADA obligations. The federal govt says when you repave a street, you have to update all the curb ramps. LA has tons of out of date curb ramps, so the rule makes repaving much more expensive. The city's solution: stop repaving!