Michael Campbell
@mcampbellsd.bsky.social
Avocado-loving millennial shaking his fist at the sky. Politics, Cities, and California. Hoya Saxa.
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WARNER: Can you explain how it helps natl security or our trade balance - I loved your fancy Greek formula which was bad math on steroids - how with a trade surplus Australia got hit with a 10% tariff as well?
GREER: Australia has the lowest rate available
WARNER: We have a trade surplus!
GREER: Australia has the lowest rate available
WARNER: We have a trade surplus!
April 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
WARNER: Can you explain how it helps natl security or our trade balance - I loved your fancy Greek formula which was bad math on steroids - how with a trade surplus Australia got hit with a 10% tariff as well?
GREER: Australia has the lowest rate available
WARNER: We have a trade surplus!
GREER: Australia has the lowest rate available
WARNER: We have a trade surplus!
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A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
April 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
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One of the most important things for Dems to do for long-term viability as a party is elect as many pro-housing local leaders as we can, especially in states projected to lose population - then empower them to build fast.
March 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
One of the most important things for Dems to do for long-term viability as a party is elect as many pro-housing local leaders as we can, especially in states projected to lose population - then empower them to build fast.
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I don't see a conflict between abundance and antitrust. To the contrary, YIMBY policy is intended to help create many small- and medium-scale infill builders who can out-compete big single family developers like Lennar as well as large-scale apartment developers like Greystar.
March 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I don't see a conflict between abundance and antitrust. To the contrary, YIMBY policy is intended to help create many small- and medium-scale infill builders who can out-compete big single family developers like Lennar as well as large-scale apartment developers like Greystar.
Huzzah for more activity in West Oakland!
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
Here’s a first look inside the Bay Area’s huge new food hall
Prescott Market, West Oakland's long-awaited food hall, is opening in April. Vendors include Almanac Brewing, Fast Times Burgers and Woo Can Cook.
www.sfchronicle.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Huzzah for more activity in West Oakland!
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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“The right to have access to every building in the city by private motorcar, in an age when everyone possesses such a vehicle, is actually the right to destroy the city.”
- Lewis Mumford
- Lewis Mumford
March 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
“The right to have access to every building in the city by private motorcar, in an age when everyone possesses such a vehicle, is actually the right to destroy the city.”
- Lewis Mumford
- Lewis Mumford
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We
must
build
a
lot
more
housing
must
build
a
lot
more
housing
Things didn’t used to be this way:
“Today there isn’t a single state, city or county in the United States where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a median-priced two-bedroom apartment.”
“Since 1985, rent prices have exceeded income gains by 325 percent.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/o...
“Today there isn’t a single state, city or county in the United States where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a median-priced two-bedroom apartment.”
“Since 1985, rent prices have exceeded income gains by 325 percent.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/o...
Opinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness (Gift Article)
The working homeless are casualties of our prosperity.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:51 AM
We
must
build
a
lot
more
housing
must
build
a
lot
more
housing
This set of interactions is among the most disturbing things I’ve seen yet.
"You've gotta be more thankful" -- remarkable scenes out of the White House as Trump and JD Vance team up to do Putin's bidding and demean Zelenskyy
February 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This set of interactions is among the most disturbing things I’ve seen yet.
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Your regular reminder that the US air & water pollution laws passed in the 60s & 70s -- and the elaborate federal bureaucracy created to administer them -- constitute one of the most successful gov't interventions in history. WILDLY successful. The envy of the world.
February 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Your regular reminder that the US air & water pollution laws passed in the 60s & 70s -- and the elaborate federal bureaucracy created to administer them -- constitute one of the most successful gov't interventions in history. WILDLY successful. The envy of the world.
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MILLER TABAK: “Consumer confidence is starting to plunge ..
“.. Services PMI below the magic 50
“.. retail sales .. worst decline in over two years
“.. downbeat guidance that $WMT provided
“.. layoff announcements from .. $CVX and $LUV
“.. consumer related stocks .. telling us the same thing”
“.. Services PMI below the magic 50
“.. retail sales .. worst decline in over two years
“.. downbeat guidance that $WMT provided
“.. layoff announcements from .. $CVX and $LUV
“.. consumer related stocks .. telling us the same thing”
February 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
MILLER TABAK: “Consumer confidence is starting to plunge ..
“.. Services PMI below the magic 50
“.. retail sales .. worst decline in over two years
“.. downbeat guidance that $WMT provided
“.. layoff announcements from .. $CVX and $LUV
“.. consumer related stocks .. telling us the same thing”
“.. Services PMI below the magic 50
“.. retail sales .. worst decline in over two years
“.. downbeat guidance that $WMT provided
“.. layoff announcements from .. $CVX and $LUV
“.. consumer related stocks .. telling us the same thing”
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KUDLOW: "There could be some short term, one-off price hikes. But at least for now, the economic signals are flashing slower growth and higher inflation. Not good." 😬😬😬
February 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
KUDLOW: "There could be some short term, one-off price hikes. But at least for now, the economic signals are flashing slower growth and higher inflation. Not good." 😬😬😬
Bikes and boats and wonderfully adorable houses. ❤️
February 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Bikes and boats and wonderfully adorable houses. ❤️
Life is better in (European) cities. 🥰
February 13, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Life is better in (European) cities. 🥰
Oh.
"The White House said Elon Musk, the billionaire leading President Donald Trump’s government cost-cutting efforts, will determine if there are conflicts of interest between his work reviewing federal spending and his overlapping empire of six companies."
White House Says Musk Will Police His Own Conflicts of Interest
The White House said Elon Musk, the billionaire leading President Donald Trump’s government cost-cutting efforts, will determine if there are conflicts of interest between his work reviewing federal s...
www.bloomberg.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Oh.
Time to move forward on as much of this as is feasible. Safety and multi-modality is essential.
S.F. to unveil its most ambitious bicycle plan in years, targeting hundreds of routes for upgrades
San Francisco transportation officials have drafted a plan to link up to a tenth of the city’s streets into a sprawling maze of bike lanes.
www.sfchronicle.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Time to move forward on as much of this as is feasible. Safety and multi-modality is essential.
Love my little corner of this city.
The Castro’s resurgence is underway
A vibe shift is in the works in the neighborhood, which is finally shedding its post-pandemic malaise with new businesses and a more inclusive attitude.
sfstandard.com
January 30, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Love my little corner of this city.
Haven’t heard much from the new White House on a plan to combat bird flu…
January 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Haven’t heard much from the new White House on a plan to combat bird flu…
So many concerns about economic prosperity (energy prices, housing costs, etc) shrouded in social politics. Moderate governments failing to build enough or focus on growth is undermining all the social policy progress we’ve made.
Opinion | How Europe Swung to the Right
‘A lot of people simply haven’t been heard for a long time.’
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:39 AM
So many concerns about economic prosperity (energy prices, housing costs, etc) shrouded in social politics. Moderate governments failing to build enough or focus on growth is undermining all the social policy progress we’ve made.
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UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves plans to fast-track planning approvals for housebuilding near big commuter rail stations as part of reforms that aim to deliver 1.5 million new homes over five years.
UK Chancellor to Fast-Track Housing Approvals Near Rail Stations
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves plans to fast-track planning approvals for housebuilding near big commuter rail stations as part of reforms that aim to deliver 1.5 million new homes over ...
www.bloomberg.com
January 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.
January 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.
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for those who believe nothing can get better: you don't have to get in the way of those who do
January 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
for those who believe nothing can get better: you don't have to get in the way of those who do
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Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.
January 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.
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To be clear, given the Supreme Court’s ruling, there is no legal basis for the Biden administration not enforcing the TikTok ban tomorrow and Trump granting a 90-day extension after that. There is no “significant progress” toward a divestiture because there is no announced progress toward a sale.
Supreme Court unanimously upholds law that effectively bans TikTok on Sunday
“[T]he challenged provisions are facially content neutral and are justified by a content-neutral rationale," the court held.
www.lawdork.com
January 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
To be clear, given the Supreme Court’s ruling, there is no legal basis for the Biden administration not enforcing the TikTok ban tomorrow and Trump granting a 90-day extension after that. There is no “significant progress” toward a divestiture because there is no announced progress toward a sale.
What is a downtown if not for density 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Next is Alexa, who claims that high density housing will "destroy" the downtown. Says all the businesses say so. Claims "you will destroy our community" if the council moves forward with this plan. "We are not Redwood City."
"We need affordable housing, BUT! not at the expense of our downtown."
"We need affordable housing, BUT! not at the expense of our downtown."
January 15, 2025 at 7:03 AM
What is a downtown if not for density 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️