Brian Hanlon

Despite some reports, California YIMBY is not close to endorsing anyone for Governor.

Those who say otherwise are lying.

We look forward to hearing from Democratic candidates for Governor at our candidate forum on Friday morning!

The problems are more with the voting public and their electeds than planners.

Americans are rich and enjoy being able to drive and park everywhere.

It’s the job of advocates like us to change their views!

"The ballot initiative is bad and will destroy local housing production, but the vibes are good so I'm voting for it." Reminds me of how folks in Los Angeles talked about ULA, a blunder that might be ending Mayor Bass' career four years early.

Legalize beauty!

Here’s a preview of California YIMBY’s new aesthetic agenda.

We can achieve broad-based housing affordability AND build beautiful buildings and neighborhoods.

What if NYC invested $1B/yr in building transit instead of free-fare buses? 41 miles of new subway, housing, and so much more. @usa.streetsblog.org looks at the Transit Cost Project's new 'expansive and audacious plan' to make the city more affordable.

Also, self driving is already here.

It took longer than AV boosters predicted, but Waymo works.

Governments around the world, including the US, heavily regulated radio and then TV in part because they were much more powerful mediums for demagogues and spreading nonsense than print.

We’re back in the old, bad world.

Democrats do, however, have the power to stop electing 80 year olds in primary elections.

She unambiguously reported personal expenses as business expenses.

I agree that tax preparation can be very hard for small business owners, but the protagonist (I assume, I stopped watching the movie after 20 mins because it was terrible) was clearly in the wrong.

Also, the main character was clearly committing tax fraud.

I still can’t get over the tax negativity of Everything Everywhere All at Once.

If S.F. Mayor Lurie wants affordability, he should stop taxing new homes at the same rate as cigarettes OPINION: If Mayor Lurie wants to deliver on his promises of affordability, he should San Francisco from putting sin taxes on new homes, David Broockman writes.

“San Francisco taxes new housing at about the same rate that it taxes cigarettes.” www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open... by @dbroockman.bsky.social

Do you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win

1. Shoot people like dogs
2. Unrest
3. Martial law

The plan is that transparent. Don’t let them

8w / ch isn’t enough.

Have an old HiFi integrated or separates?

Donate them to California YIMBY!

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Sending you (or me) to Truck Nuts County, would probably not have the desired impact.

Imagine if Biden had crippled the jet ski dealers and distributors.

(And I agree YIMBYism isn’t the best comp here)

Professor, what do most high-quality political science papers say about the relative effectiveness of mobilization vs persuasion electoral campaigns?

How have the views and politics of occasional voters changed over the past 20 years?

Many of them do.

But, those people are not a governing majority, and do not represent the plurality of people who voted for Trump in 2024.

I agree - nothing about destroying Trumpism is going to be easy and very little of the hard work it will take to repair our democracy will feel emotionally satisfying to people like us.

That’s not what I proposed.

I’m once again asking people to read and think more carefully.

How has that approach worked over the past 9 years?

“it” = “not”

I’m it sure what to say - morons and man-children enjoy the franchise as much as we do.

If Dems only secure the votes of smart conscientious people, American democracy is doomed.

There are absolutely people who voted for Trump 2-3 times who are winnable.

Focusing on nonvoters is usually a losing strategy.

Part of why California YIMBY has been successful is that I refuse to write-off legislators who have voted NIMBY many times.

People do change.

I think you’re right and don’t at all blame you, or anyone else, for hating the thought of being nice to Trumpists.

It’s not fair, but so what?

Politics is hard, and our feelings shouldn’t cloud our judgement about how we defeat Trump and his heirs.

Sure, which is why I said “Trump voters,” not “MAGA cultists.”

That said, people do leave cults, and if Trump opponents are rigorously focused on destroying Trumpism, then we should work to deprogram the MAGA cultists in our lives.

Sure, Trumpists “should.”

And if sufficient Trump voters don’t voluntarily make amends?

How should the opposition respond?

How do we win the Senate?