Henry Fung

ELC in California always applied statewide and not on a campus basis. Usually they get Merced or Riverside, and most people turn them down to either go to a Cal State, try again via the transfer route, or go out of state. admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/p...

UC never asks about high school rank (they synthetically calculate a threshold per www.ucop.edu/enrollment-s...). You did have some people in Texas go to not great high schools with their Eligibility in the Local Context implementation, which got them into UT Austin slightly easier.

I made fun of the Bulwark for interviewing Olivia Nuzzi, but I think it was actually revelatory that they asked her if she thinks she should have said something when a man hellbent on murdering children was being confirmed by the Senate and she started crying.

Update: SBCTA voted unanimously to end the program.

Batya already has a show on an all-news channel, why does she need to be a guest on a competitor?

The city ordinance is that all buildings over 50 years old which are going to get demolition permits need to go to historic preservation commission. So lots of stuff now gets routed the HPC.

The Clippers used to be a laughing stock of a franchise. Some really good players played for them, usually only briefly. The franchise didn’t become respectable until Blake Griffin and Chris Paul arrived.

And both of their Clipper tenures ended by being shoved out the nearest airlock.

The video for the meeting has been posted: live.pomonaca.gov/internetchan...

Anyway, this historic context statement in the staff report has the locations of the dingbats, which although they are not individually landmarking, may do so as part of a historically contributing district, thus freezing them in amber. bsky.app/profile/ding...

Except, strangely, the staff report and resolution actually argues the *opposite*.

Pomona, which has a policy of requiring work on a building older than 50 years to go through a "determination of historic significance", is set to declare a dingbat historically significant, which adds hoops to demolition or addition. @dingbattitude.bsky.social pomona.legistar.com/LegislationD...

it's a religion, a culture, and a people, except that the peoples are very diverse since the disapora has been dispersing for most of recorded history.

Bill Kristol has gone so far left he's joined us in chastising Hakeem Jeffries for being a morally bankrupt turd. He's gonna be Che in like a week at this rate

A year and change ago, Mark Kelly couldn't get any traction when his name came up in VP talks. But now thanks to the Trump villain machine, Kelly joins the pantheon of top ranked Democrats that have national profiles that will destroy all the pathetic losers the GOP will be counting on for a decade.

In June 2026, the city council wants to cut this down to 10% of *sales tax* revenue which would be a substantial reduction. The council will point to defunding of police and fire as the reason for voters to pass an amendment.

Gente Organizada headquarters with mural showing Pomona PD spending and crime resolution

Pomona Measure Y is a ballot measure for youth and family programs that was passed by 62% of the voters, led by this organization which has this mural prominent on the front door of its headquarters/community center. It ballot box budgets 10% of general fund revenue to new programs.

The issue is a lot of people don't want change, though. Look at Prop 15 (2020), which was a change to make property taxes fairer that actually would have personally benefited every single homeowner!

It will go on the ballot in 2026 to amend the share that goes for those services, so it will be interesting if they can keep that share.

I was at Pomona city council last night and there were a couple of dozen youth, trying to defend their Measure Y which directed 10% of general fund revenue to youth and family services, which passed with 62% of the vote. City council wants voters to amend because it defunds other services.

That is just sad though since the older generations show up to board of supervisors and city councils all the time.

To the extent it encourages regional day pass purchases, which aren't subject to this, that is good, but it definitely is a discouragement for tourists to use transit.

Surprisingly Yonkers is the third largest city in New York State!

Let me get this straight: we trained this guy to be an elite killer, abandoned his country to the Taliban, isolated him, arbitrarily banned him from working and so left his family unsupported.

I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.

By that token, Proposition 13 is an expression of that democracy! Unless you want to eliminate all citizen driven initiatives, which I think is dangerous and also a political nonstarter.

A 6,983 page IS/MND for a data center - and project opponents still want an EIR. www.montereypark.ca.gov/DocumentCent...

BREAKING: Tosh Lupoi reportedly in negotiations to be Cal's next head coach The worst kept secret in college football is now out in the open.

Oregon defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi is in advanced negotiations to be the next head coach of the California Golden Bears. It's not done, but it's close. It'd be a momentous decision for Cal, and a deep commitment to football excellence in Berkeley. writeforcalifornia.com/p/breaking-t...

State lawmakers targeted a Santa Barbara development. Then came the fallout In a highly unusual situation, a housing project in Santa Barbara must undergo reviews after a state bill included language apparently targeting the development.

LA Times covers the Santa Barbara carveout in the last CEQA bill www.latimes.com/california/s...

what's wild about this administration is the extent to which the only move they have is doubling down

they're deeply, horrendously underwater and every single thing they do is another loud fuck you aimed at alienating anyone who doesn't already drink the kool-aid

As someone who has taught at a school for students coming from homes with a median household income of $180,000 and another for students coming from homes with a median household income of $69,000, you can guess which school had more students getting individual accommodations.

90% of the time it's to get around civil service hiring rules and unions.