Aaron Green

Isn’t this happening in Santa Monica with SB9 or SB1123 projects?

TIL that most snow plows in New York City are just regular garbage trucks with snow plots temporarily attached in front. And those who drive the plows are the same sanitation workers who drive the garbage trucks every other non snow day of the year. Interesting!

😂😂

I didn't know about them until I saw others tweeting about them today but they seem to be well regarded. Here’s what Claude says.

I'm partial to the cost of living explanation myself but that doesn't explain why Boston and NY are stable while we are not. Something else is going on.

bsky.app/profile/aaro...

And by the way this really is a uniquely California problem. Here are other major cities. NY and Boston have cost of living pressures just like here. What's going on? Why is spending here so out of control?

Here's total. Still pretty ugly.

Utilities ...

And it's not just public safety. This is true of basically every category of spending. Here's government administration. Why are Seattle, Portland, etc. able to keep these under control while we are not?

It's underdiscussed how spending has exploded in California in a way that it has not anywhere else in nearby states. Very hard to believe that we have a revenue problem when looking at these numbers.

I remember certain members of Left-Left-NIMBY Twitter enthusiastically retweeting this account a while back.

LA is a failed city. Free money but they have to give it back because they were incapable of spending it in a reasonable timeframe. There’s basically nothing the city can do right anymore.

“I don’t support it but I’m voting for it” makes no sense.

Naw, Nithya is far more qualified and capable.

You don’t work for Housing Now unless you’re a true believer IMO. They should use their energy on helping Nithya instead

But then they’ll have a follow-up where @elpaavo.bsky.social will say something to the effect of “wow was that dumb”

UCLA Luskin Conference gearing up to host the worst panel of all time.

This is always how it would go. The state fire marshall has no incentive to do anything but the bare minimum.

Is this guy related to Captain Cook??? Problematic.

I wonder who this could be 😉

Rising Progressive Star Shakes Up Race for Los Angeles Mayor

Fantastic! Raman supported SB79, has led the charge on City Council to reform Measure ULA, and has been deeply involved with efforts to reform permitting at City Hall. Unlike Bass, Raman cares outcomes. Exactly what Los Angeles needs.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...

Who entered Epstein's jail tier the night of his death? Newly released video logs appear to contradict official accounts. Newly released documents from the Epstein files raise more questions about activity seen on video from the jail the night he died.

Uhh ....

"The noose Epstein allegedly used has never been definitively identified. According to the inspector general's report, a noose collected at the scene was later determined not to be the ligature used in Epstein's death."

www.cbsnews.com/news/epstein...

Worst Big City Mayor in America

Congress Targets Housing Crisis as Solutions Elude Trump

Seems like these housing bills which Congress has been working on may actually become law.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...

15 DUIs, still driving: California's failure to take repeat drunk drivers off the road As alcohol-related roadway deaths spike across the state, a CalMatters investigation finds California has some of the weakest DUI laws in the country.

Here

calmatters.org/investigatio...

A good reminder of how impactful just a single article can be. I doubt any of this would be happening if it weren’t for the Calmatters DUI article from last October.

LA should be placed into receivership

San Diego Unified School District has quietly embarked on a massive program to build educator housing.

The focus has been on maximizing the number of units affordable to staff, not on deepest means-tested affordability.

voiceofsandiego.org/2026/01/29/w...

"ONE BILLION dollars" is enough for about 1,000 new homes. Measure ULA has killed tens of thousands of new homes annually.

What makes me nervous is that other Dems in the race will be reluctant to point out California's issues which will allow Newsom to consolidate more support than he otherwise would. But then if he prevails in the primaries California's current condition will be all the GOP talks about ...