Robyn Leslie

Support the Family Zoning Plan – Tell the Planning Commission Today San Francisco is in a housing crisis -- and outdated zoning laws are a big reason why. Right now, vast areas of the city still make it illegal to build the kinds of homes families, workers, and longti...

If you live in SF and can make it down to city hall to comment in support of the Family Zoning Plan, there’s still a 2 hour wait, so come on down! If you can’t make it email in support now, it’ll be meaningful: actionnetwork.org/letters/supp...

At the Family Zoning Plan rally in SF and a speaker just said her grandmother died last night and the people opposed to the plan shouted liar at her. If this is the character of the opposition to plans to keep seniors in the city and welcome new neighbors, you sure you want to join them?

Call the Assembly to pass SB 79! Please call your Assemblymember and urge them to vote YES on SB 79!

It's crunchtime, folks! SB 79, our bill to legalize apartments in transit rich areas of California, is about to go up for a vote! Call, text, and email! @cayimby.bsky.social
cayimby.org/call-sb-79/

Better than One in a Million - how inconsistent approaches to cleaning up pollution cost us new housing. | Prosperity California Gina Plantz, a Senior Principal and Technical Expert with Haley & Aldrich, has decades of experience evaluating and cleaning up land that was

Old gas stations and closed dry cleaners are some of the best places for new homes. But inconsistent and not technically sound approaches to removing contamination punish developers who take on more ambitious clean-up projects. We can fix it. prosperitycalifornia.org/news/2025/09...

BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout.

They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.

(🎥 AP)

IRS begins sharing sensitive taxpayer data with immigration authorities to find undocumented migrants | CNN Politics The Internal Revenue Service began sharing sensitive taxpayer data this week with immigration authorities searching for undocumented migrants, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

I ran a free tax prep site where the IRS trained us to tell people there was a firewall between ICE and the IRS. It was a point of pride for many people to pay taxes in a country where they found opportunity. This is predatory and not getting enough attention: www.cnn.com/2025/08/08/p...

It's 2018. The LA City Council is opposing SB827 because it overrides local control. Rent is $1,663

It's 2019. The LA City Council is opposing SB50 because it overrides local control. Rent is $1,791

It's 2025. The LA City Council is opposing SB79 because it overrides local control. Rent is $2,625

Escaping Limbo: after 7 years, these 75 affordable homes in Salinas have yet to break ground. | Prosperity California This blog is part of a series that illustrates common challenges in cleaning up pollution in our communities and safely reusing land. Prosperity

There are hundreds of thousands of contaminated sites in California, many of them old gas stations or auto body shops in great locations for new housing. Why do so many stay vacant or underutilized? Delays and complications that aren't related to safety: prosperitycalifornia.org/blog/2025/08...

Why building more homes near transit will transform lives across California | Opinion California cities have largely banned apartments and condos, preventing people from living near jobs and transit systems their taxes fund.

Love this take on the need for SB 79 from @abundanthousingla.bsky.social leader Monica Rivera: taxpayers fund transit infrastructure and then are blocked from using it by exclusionary land use policies. Let's go! calmatters.org/commentary/2...

One of our first-ever sponsored bills at @prosperityca.bsky.social was prioritized by the Governor and written into SB 131! Years of work from many in the housing, transit, and renewable energy movements led to these reforms. I couldn't be prouder to be a part of getting them across the finish line!

Priority bill update: SB 79: Abundant and Affordable Homes Near Transit Act. Passed the Senate floor.

🚨Priority Bill Update❗

🥁 Last night, SB 79 (‪by @scottwiener.bsky.social‬ ) The Abundant and Affordable Homes Near Transit Act 🎉passed 🎉 the Senate floor in a 21 - 13 vote!

Next the bill is off to the State Assembly! Learn more below ⬇️⬇️

Master class in speaking truth to power right here, from responding to direct threats to his chairmanship to this. Love to see it.

I get to work with an incredible team to align public policy and budget priorities with California’s ambitious goals to address climate change, lower our cost of living, increase economic equity, and ensure enough housing is being built to meet our needs. Join us #ProsperTogether