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Comms @cayimby.bsky.social. Advocacy at YIMBY Dems of SD. Previously Product Marketing @ U.S. Digital Response. Tweets on housing, climate change, and San Diego/California politics
Extreme heat kills 489,000 yearly, expected to rise 50% by 2050.
Cities lose 1.7% of GDP to heat now, projected 5.6% by 2100. Poor neighborhoods hit hardest due to less tree cover and metal roofs.
Trees and reflective surfaces cut temps.
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EV shift puts 7% of auto workers at high risk, 65% at moderate risk.
Most vulnerable engine workers could transition to battery jobs with retraining, often at higher wages. But new EV plants are in different states than old factories.
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Federal agencies can't function without contractors after decades of outsourcing. Vendor capture means firms control systems, knowledge, and decisions.
Trump admin wants to cut consulting contracts, but agencies lack staff to run systems alone.
Southeast and West electricity markets lack competition, blocking clean energy as data centers and manufacturing drive demand surges.
Current utility monopolies can't handle load growth. Market reforms would cut costs and speed connections.
Global methane emissions still rising despite 2021 pledge.
Countries promised 30% cuts by 2030, current plans deliver 8%. Energy sector holds 72% of mitigation potential, mostly low cost!
Nuclear restarts are a fast path to clean energy.
China plans 150 reactors by 2050 while US built 2 in 30 years. Restarting beats building new, but permitting still takes 8 years vs 18 months for fossil fuels.
Coastal Commission extends affordable housing deadlines from 2 to 5 years while trying to shed its anti-housing reputation.
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SD Sheriff touts zero suicides since 2023, but 9 died in custody this year and a 10th death just reported.
Families say lawsuits, not voluntary reform, drove change. Reforms followed settlements, not the other way around.
A man held on shoplifting charges died in San Diego jail after 8 days in custody. He's the 10th person to die in county jails this year.
Pretrial detention for minor offenses carries hidden costs, including lives lost before any conviction.
Chula Vista middle schoolers diverted 140K pounds of food waste last year through lunch sorting programs. They're composting scraps and redirecting edible food to families.
Small-scale action now in 24 South Bay schools.
America's public housing needs $169B in repairs - $188K per unit on average, driven by decades of deferred maintenance.
...but pouring money into aging buildings may cost more than rebuilding or giving residents vouchers to choose better neighborhoods with less segregation...
Campaigns spend nearly a dollar on fundraising for every dollar they raise - not to persuade voters, but to signal "viability" to donors and the press.
The real winners are political consultants who pocket the fees, while talented candidates without rich friends can't compete.
The SPEED Act wouldn't have saved 16 years on a Wyoming power line - the real delay was a property dispute, not environmental review.
Faster permits help, but transmission needs federal siting authority to skip state-by-state fights that block interstate projects.
Without federal climate funds, states can still cut emissions by lending to clean energy projects and collecting returns - like Connecticut's green bank financing rooftop solar.
BUT if projects fail, taxpayers eat losses that states often can't afford.
America needs more power lines to move renewable energy where it's needed, but states can veto projects that cross borders.
Federal approval authority for interstate transmission would unlock clean energy.
Freezing NYC rents without cutting building costs means mass foreclosures - the city would inherit 100K+ units it can't afford to fix.
Better: lower property taxes and insurance that drive costs up, then upzone subways so new supply eases pressure.
San Diego considering up to $5,000/year tax per bedroom on vacation rentals and empty second homes.
Airbnb threatening $15M political spending and polling about killing the city's trash fee in retaliation.
GOP lawmakers used solar tax credits to save thousands on their own homes, then voted to kill those credits while expanding century-old oil subsidies.
If solar doesn't need help anymore, why does oil still get tax breaks from 1913?
San Diego County treasurer race: two insiders want steady caretaking; congressional staffer candidate seeks "activist" approach—ESG screening for billions in county investments and pension funds.
Low-profile office manages huge sums; vision matters, not just competence.
Morongo Tribe became first Native American transmission co-owners. Socal Edison initially offered only cash for land use.
Partnership avoided $500M+ reroute costs and 7-year delay. Sovereignty mattered more than money to tribal negotiators.
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ACC pushes bipartisan permitting reform to cut 4-year NEPA delays blocking clean energy & transmission.
Good framework—but don't gut environmental review to rush fossil fuel projects. Speed up approvals for renewables, housing, transit while keeping pollution checks.
13 governors want permitting reform to speed energy projects—faster reviews, limits on endless lawsuits, expedited transmission lines. Same changes housing needs.
If environmental review blocks building what we need, streamline it for both energy and homes.
San Diego's homeless count dropped for first time since 2020, but state cut the $26M homelessness program that helped.
Mayor Gloria wants funding restored while Newsom demands cities ban encampments.
Can't solve homelessness by defunding the programs that work
Trump signed deals with Australia, Japan, Malaysia & Thailand to break China's grip on rare earth minerals—key for phones, EVs, weapons.
Good start, but workers need guarantees these supply chains won't just shift exploitation from China to new partners.
UCSD now requires all undergrads to take a climate change class to graduate. Students can pick from 50+ courses across 23 disciplines.
Every career will be affected by climate impacts, from coffee prices to wildfire smoke treatment.
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Climate group says focus on nuclear and geothermal—technologies Trump actually supports—instead of fighting over wind and solar. These "clean firm" sources provide steady power that batteries can't match yet.
Take the wins you can get?
Early community engagement cut opposition on six major transmission lines through co-ownership and infrastructure coordination.
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Prop 36 added 500+ people to San Diego jails—12% of total population. Most are drug arrests. District Attorney says 97% choose treatment over jail, but it's unclear if they're actually getting it.
Meanwhile, jails weren't built for addiction treatment and deaths are spiking.
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Virtual comment begins 12:35pm sandiego.zoomgov.com/j/1606830623
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