Zennon Ulyate-Crow

I’m a housing and tenants rights lawyer running to represent LA City Council District 11 (the Westside), challenging the conservative incumbent who authored that reso against SB 79. Had I been on Council, I would’ve voted No too against that bad faith reso. Post here: bsky.app/profile/faiz...

*CORRECTION*

58% of Assembly Democrats and 40% of Assembly Republicans voted Yes on the measure.

Ah shoot, yeah i did a stupid and did 35/80 not 35/60. Will correct 🫡

We need to strengthen pro-housing organizing in SoCal and beyond.

Join us as we build a movement for changemakers, not cheerleaders.

Showing YIMBYs true bipartisan nature, 35% of Assembly Republicans voted for SB 79.

And even though @cademocrats.bsky.social endorsed the legislation, only 42% of Assembly Democrats voted for the bill.

Ironic considering CA will lose 3-5 Dem congressional seats if we don't grow.

Once again, LA politicians showed they aren't serious about solving the housing shortage.

In the Bay, 22 of 30 Assemblymembers voted Yes.

In SoCal, only 17 of 44 voted Yes.

Dems like LA Mayor Karen Bass fought SB 79 while young champions like Asm Sade Elhawary looked to the future.

Last night #SB79, one of the biggest housing bills in CA history, made it out of the State Assembly with one vote to spare.

The data is fascinating.

Let's dive into the details, and see how your State Assemblymember voted. 👇

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After rail supporters sent in over 3,500 letters, transit project delivery reform is back on the agenda at the Transit Transformation Task Force on August 26th. Now, we need your help to make sure these recommendations get sent to the legislature: actionnetwork.org/letters/lets...

And much credit to the DSA-endorsed candidates who opposed this motion! Thank you @nithyaraman.bsky.social Eunisses Hernandez and a pleasant surprise coming from @hugoforcd13.bsky.social who had previously opposed LA’s big upzoning program applying in single family areas.

Progress is possible!

LA City Council just voted to oppose the biggest pro-housing bill of the past 5 years #SB79 in a shocking display of NIMBYism.

Some votes I expected but I can’t believe “progressive” Ysabel Jurado carried water for MAGA NIMBYs and opposed housing in wealthy areas. Shame.

Nimbys: No one uses the Hollywood blvd protected bike lanes...
Jack Black: Wheeee!

Great report. Transit projects go through extensive public outreach and democratic approval. After the public is on board, unaccountable 3rd parties slow them to a crawl with bad faith demands, subjective standards, and unclear or ad-hoc process. Transit agencies need more control over permitting.

I think that candidates like Zohran being able to use social media to communicate with voters is good, but it scares me that Meta can unilaterally influence our politics so easily.

Slightly terrifying that one private company’s decision to stop suppressing political content is directly responsible for candidates like Zohran and Deja Foxx being successful.

Just got this email directly from the Social Security administration “applauding” the Trump’s Death Bill.

These are dangerous levels of partisan state-sponsored propaganda.

So excited that this bill I helped passed as a part of the @studenthomesco.bsky.social is coming into effect tomorrow!

Hopium wojak

Mamdani won the NYC mayoral primary and California is passing real reforms to allow more housing.

If Mamdani can beat the NYC political machine, Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov can be LA's next mayor.

admittedly had to look this up but now i’m informed i would love a gundam

Thank your State Senator for voting YES on SB 79! SB 79 will make it faster and easier to build multi-family housing near transit stops, like train and rapid bus lines, by making it legal for more homes to be built in these areas and streamlining exi...

For those of you who live in a district with a pro-housing Senator, make sure to use the link below to thank them for supporting more homes!

actionnetwork.org/letters/than...

He’s termed out this cycle! So it’s an open race and @johnericksonwh.bsky.social is the one who should fill it!

OG’s remember 😤

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Let’s go!

SB 79 Senate Vote Results - Google My Maps SB 79 Senate Vote Results

Here’s the direct link to the map! To be completely honest I’m not sure if this helps with color-blindness, but maybe if you invert you screen colors when looking at it thatll help?

Otherwise feel free to make a copy of the map and change the colors of the districts

www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...

the hot dog man who is trying to find the guy who did this.

Sen. Henry Stern, pictured below, wants you to know he's dedicated to finding solutions to California's worst-in-the-nation housing crisis - except for all the solutions he's voted against

bsky.app/profile/zenn...

Check out how your representative voted here, and some pro-housing candidates running in LA for open seats this year!

100%. But it cannot be understated that what we are fighting for is an AB 609 with every single housing bill. When it looks like these things eek by, we don’t get the political power needed to take big effective swings.

And we’re not on bsky, but you should check out YIMBY Los Angeles! We’ve been doing a lot of electoral organizing and are fresh on the scene to make this change happen

I was actually inspired to do this analysis based on the fact you told me about this phenomenon!

IMO it’s not about environment, groups in the Bay have done better at organizing and being an electoral force. LA tried a left-approach to get prog orgs into housing (which i would prefer), versus the Bay aligned themselves with mods. and sadly it’s clear the latter is a more effective coalition