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Oren Hadar
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · May 20
My manifesto for the city I love.
10 million Angelenos by 2075
LA should be the biggest city in the USA.
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 1d
Awkward glances in the laundry room
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 2d
How can all that digging that possibly pencil?
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 5d
Calling the Governor's office to urge him to support SB 79 is so easy! Just dial 916-445-2841, press 1, then 6. All you have to do is say something like "Hi, I'm calling to urge the Governor to sign SB 79." They're not even bothering to take down callers' info at this point. It took me 30 seconds.
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Streets For All @streetsforall.org · 5d
Gavin Newsom has been California’s best housing governor ever -- SB 79 will make or break that legacy. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social
✍️ SIGN SB 79 IN FULL ✍️
(buttons) sign SB 79 | Water down SB 79 | Veto SB 79 -- (man sweating and looking anxious) Gavin Newsom
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 8d
Get the richest hot chocolate you've ever had at Burdick in Harvard Square!
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 12d
Contrary to popular belief, ED 1 is very much alive and kicking, with new buildings proposed every week. But requiring union wages would likely be the everything bagel topping that finally kills the program for good. Tell Council to vote no - submit your comment by clicking the red NEW button here:
23-0623-s1 (CFMS)
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 12d
It's even worse if you look at all approved ED 1 buildings, not just the ones that broke ground. According to the *city's own report*, requiring union wages for buildings with 75 apartments or more would likely kill 2/3 of the homes in the pipeline.
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Faizah Malik (she/her) @faizahforla.bsky.social · 13d
I’m a housing and tenants rights lawyer running to represent LA City Council District 11 (the Westside), challenging the conservative incumbent who authored that reso against SB 79. Had I been on Council, I would’ve voted No too against that bad faith reso. Post here: bsky.app/profile/faiz...
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 14d
I was shocked when I heard Scott Wiener say LA City Council's divided SB 79 vote helped convince state reps to vote yes on the bill. So I mapped it - sure looks like he's telling the truth! The only state reps from LA who voted for SB 79 overlap with city councilmembers who supported the bill. A 🧵:
Oops! City Council helped pass SB 79
...and in the process showed both our ugly segregationist past and our promising prohousing future.
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 13d
Thank you, Ed!
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 14d
I dive into a possible deeper reason why all these yes votes overlap, and why the rest of the city is a sea of no's, in my latest blog post. It all could point to a future way forward for the prohousing movement in LA.
Oops! City Council helped pass SB 79
...and in the process showed both our ugly segregationist past and our promising prohousing future.
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 14d
And here is the ONLY state senator (Maria Elena Durazo) out of EIGHT representing the City of LA who voted yes on SB 79. Her district overlaps with three of the city councilmembers who support the bill.
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 14d
Here are the only three (out of 11!) state assemblymembers representing the City of LA who voted for SB 79 - Jessica Caloza, Mark Gonzalez, and Sade Elhawary. Notice anything? Their districts all overlap with city councilmembers who support the bill.
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 14d
Here's a map of the five LA city councilmembers who voted no on the resolution to oppose SB 79 - in effect voting to support the bill.
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 14d
I was shocked when I heard Scott Wiener say LA City Council's divided SB 79 vote helped convince state reps to vote yes on the bill. So I mapped it - sure looks like he's telling the truth! The only state reps from LA who voted for SB 79 overlap with city councilmembers who supported the bill. A 🧵:
Oops! City Council helped pass SB 79
...and in the process showed both our ugly segregationist past and our promising prohousing future.
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 16d
Oh yeah, one more white elected official:
Hydee Feldstein Soto - Wikipedia
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 16d
The top row is state legislators - Ben Allen, Henry Stern, Jesse Gabriel, Nick Schultz, and Rick Zbur. Bottom row is city councilmembers - Katy Yaroslavsky, Bob Blumenfield, Traci Park, and Tim McOsker.
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 16d
Not one white elected official who represents the City of LA, at the city or state level, supported SB 79. These legislators placed themselves in a long tradition of white leaders supporting zoning rules to keep brown people out of their white constituents' neighborhoods.
A composite of nine headshots of white people under the caption "White LA legislators who opposed SB 79." Below that, a blank headshot under the caption "White LA legislators who supported SB 79"
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 19d
We can't build homes next to schools because pedos.
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 20d
Scott Wiener says LA City Council helped pass SB 79: "I think those five councilmembers being willing to stand up and oppose the resolution actually sent a shockwave through the assembly….and I will say Imelda Padilla definitely played her part."
Streets For All Happy Hour ft. Scott Wiener - September 2025
YouTube video by Streets For All
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 20d
Thank you for all the terrific reporting, and best of luck in your new venture!
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 20d
I'd *love* to have that problem in LA! We are sooooo far from it because it's impossible to build here.
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 20d
To me, someone who looks at LA's housing crisis as a market failure, when its "market" is so strangled by regulation (zoning), is not going to support loosening regulations so the private sector can build more housing. Luckily, Raman's been talking a lot more lately about needing the private sector.
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 20d
Really regretting voting for her.
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 21d
I wrote about Nithya Raman's evolution on housing from cautious DSA lefty to full-throated prohousing leader. She's gone on a Buffy Wicks-like policy tear in 2025, tackling everything from single stair to permitting reform. Zoning is likely next.

Could housing politics in LA be getting better?
Nithya Raman's YIMBY moment
Finally, an LA politician is taking our housing crisis seriously.
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 21d
Ugh sorry you have to deal with that
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 23d
Historic resources may be parcel by parcel, but it's still the vast majority of parcels in HPOZs. I think it would be more accurate to exclude HPOZs from the map. For example, here's Carthay Circle. Everything in orange doesn't qualify for SB 79 for now. planning.lacity.gov/odocument/f9...
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