Mike Chen 陳懋華

I am so glad "why tariff banana" thought is reaching members of Congress. It's the most obvious example of how insane this administration's trade policy has been—officials like Lutnick can't give a good justification for it because there simply isn't one

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My neighbors stood up to ICE. What they did next shows why California politics makes no sense I just had a front row seat to the often-infuriating incoherence of California progressive politics over housing and immigration.

This is an incredible Op ed about San Diego and California housing politics everybody should read
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/arti...

One-story office buildings with parking next to the Anaheim Transportation Center

Land use pattern of Anaheim: I would think better use of land would be mixed use mid to high rise around a transit hub. But it's office buildings. A few mid-rise buildings here and there.

Anaheim Transportation Center is beautiful. Not a lot around it unfortunately.

Some thoughts:

- LAX Flyaway bus was full and had to turn passengers away! It comes every 30 minutes. It took roughly 45 minutes to Union Station.
- MetroLink OC Line runs every hour. It reminds me of commuter rail.

MetroLink train

Anaheim Transportation Center in the interior with glass

Interior of Orange County Transit (OC Transit) bus

I took transit from Los Angeles International Airport to the Anaheim Convention Center for the California Democratic Convention Party:

- LAX Flyaway Shuttle bus to LA Union Station
- MetroLink OC Line to Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center
- OC Transit bus 553 to W Katella/Harbor.

🧵 (I'm going to keep my answer very narrow and limited to Korea) "Cleanliness" esp in public spaces is often a loaded topic, and without dismissing other factors, I believe public janitorial issue is mainly an equation of labor + allotted budget. simply, Korea puts a ton of manpower to cleaning

Chicago Sun-Times prints summer reading list full of fake books Reading list in advertorial supplement contains 66% made up books by real authors.

I will not uncritically copy-paste from genAI tools.
I will not uncritically copy-paste from genAI tools.
I will not uncritically copy-paste from genAI tools.
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/c...

—Pacific Heights, Marina, North Beach have rents higher than 2019
—Tenderloin and South of Market rents still lower than 2019

Stagnant SF rental market could soon heat up Prices on course to recover to pre-pandemic levels.

— #SanFrancisco median rents up 10% year-over-year
—Median 1BD asking rents now at $3,310
—Rental brokers expect a rent surge over the summer due to return-to-office, tech sector office growth

www.sfexaminer.com/news/housing...

San Francisco weather forecast for the coming week: sunny, with highs in mid to high 60s

Nice weather ahead in #SanFrancisco. San Francisco weather forecast for the coming week: sunny, with highs in mid to high 60s.

Bike ride in the Marina near Marina Green #SanFrancisco

Traffic safety is a priority in our office, and I'd like your input!

What cross streets do you feel most concerned about? Would you like a speed hump, raised crosswalk, or painted safety zone in your neighborhood?

These measures are proven to reduce speeding and decrease pedestrian collisions.

I would simply not raise the price to build homes in a housing shortage.

What's going on today downtown? Heavy traffic? #SanFrancisco

San Jose District 3 candidates still competing for second place - San José Spotlight Two candidates continue to swap between second and third place nearly a week after polls closed in the a special election for San Jose City Council District 3 — with ballots still being processed and ...

San Jose City Council District 3 election: Anthony Tordillos is ahead of Matt Quevado by one vote to advance to a runoff, with more votes to count. sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-dis...

You may have heard there’s an informational hearing about San Francisco’s new rezoning map? We are here in Room 400 doing it live! And I’m sure people will say some absolutely bonkers things.

Been a while since I’ve done one of these so please forgive me if I’m a lil rusty!

SUV drives over S.F. seawall alongside Marina Green No one was injured as the vehicle crossed over a pedestrian pathway and veered over the wall, crashing into the rocks below at low tide.

www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

a heavy car fallen from the road and crashed onto rocks, a foot above water

A person drove a car over the seawall in the Marina #SanFrancisco Source: www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancis...

As of February 28, working on: testing, fare gates, ticket vending machines, mobile phones, field testing. Next up if all goes well: pilot test, then customer transition over a period of months.

This is how the project timeline stood on 2025-02-28.

Working on: testing, fare gates, ticket vending machines, mobile phones, field testing.

Next up if all goes well: pilot test, then customer transition over a period of months.

Source: mtc.legistar.com/gateway.aspx...

WMATA Metrorail ridership has dramatically increased over the past two months, adding about 100,000 daily additional riders.

Ridership on DC's Metrorail has accelerated into spring as the federal government called employees back to the office. WMATA system overall hit >1,000,000 riders one day in late March; expect more million-rider days soon.

Graphic by Jonathan Schwabish: public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...

The schedule critical path continues to run through system integration testing, mobile wallet integration, and VenTek ticket vending machine deployment. These items continue to be the tasks driving our schedule risks. We have started field testing and will expand this to more users in Pilot. However, if during field testing or Pilot we find issues requiring application changes there will be a material impact to the schedule. We are still targeting the end of April to start Customer Transition; however, since these remaining risks are still open, and we want to preserve the current customer experience, at this time we cannot provide a date certain for the Start of Customer Transition.

If all goes well, start of transition could be this month, lasting multiple months. mtc.legistar.com/LegislationD...

SF unveils housing proposal that adds west-side density The new proposal aims to strike a balance.

Folks. It’s finally happening.

After 2.5 years of meetings, and countless years of advocacy prior, including the passage of numerous state laws to reform the CA housing planning regime known as “RHNA” we finally have a draft proposal to change SF’s zoning codes 😍
www.sfexaminer.com/news/housing...

Trump Announces Sweeping Tariffs on All Imports: Live Updates (Gift Article) A 10 percent tariff will apply to all countries, but trading partners like China, Japan and Europe will face rates two and three times as high.

I am gift-linking the NYT live-blog of reactions to the tariffs, from business writers and their sources, but also foreign correspondents and theirs, ditto politics, because it is quite the document on how fucked up this all is: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

Sign that says "private parking physicians only" in English and Russian

I don't see Russian text often on the street. Seen at UCSF Mt. Zion. #SanFrancisco

Today, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) released docked bikeshare trips for January 2025. From January 2024 to January 2025, docked bikeshare trips starting and ending at a docking station on six of the largest systems grew 17.1%. By area served and system (six largest), the number of docked bikeshare trips in January 2025 and the percentage change from January 2024: New York, NY (CitiBike): 2.24 million (up 19.2%) Washington, DC Metro (Capital Bikeshare): 0.17 million (down 8.4%) San Francisco, CA (Bay Wheels): 0.26 million (up 61.1%) Chicago, IL (Divvy): 0.10 million (down 9.1%) Boston Metro, MA (Blue Bikes): 0.16 million (down 1.1%) Jersey City, NJ (CitiBike): 0.05 million (up 2.6%)

Federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics on January 2025 bikeshare trips:

* New York Citibike: 2.24 million (+19% y/y)
* Bay Wheels (incl. outside San Francisco): 260,000 (+61% y/y)

www.bts.gov/newsroom/doc...

Summary of bikeshare with chart showing trips over time. Bullets: more than 330 stations citywide. 3,000 total bikes, including non-electric and e-bikes. Working with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission on future of bikeshare.

San Francisco Bay Wheels Bikeshare trips exceeded 3,000,000 in 2024, up from ~2,300,000 in 2023. #SanFrancisco @baywheels.bsky.social @sfmta.com Source: www.sfmta.com/media/41971/...

What's the Future of the Democratic Party · California Democratic Party Join us for a timely discussion about the future of the Democratic Party, and some deep thinking and community conversation about where we go from the current low points we find ourselves in and how w...

This Saturday at Manny's, we'll have a discussion about the future of the Democratic Party, some deep thinking, and conversation about where we go from the current low points and how we rebuild the party to take on the fights in the coming months.

www.mobilize.us/cadems/event...

Ethics rules limit public agency managers' tools for rewarding best staff. Customer gratitude is hugely meaningful for workers in public service. For Muni staff, use 311 or link below when you see someone going above and beyond
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