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San Franciscomatthaney.comJoined March 2009
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Matt Haney
@MattHaneySF
This week I was appointed by Speaker @Rendon63rd as Assistant Majority Leader of Policy & Research. In this role, I'll oversee the Assembly Office of Research & Policy to do actionable analysis of pressing issues facing CA, including housing, homelessness, & post-COVID recovery.
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Matt Haney
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We stand with the janitors who have been laid off from Twitter, without severance or health care or notice, just 3 weeks before Christmas. We should all speak out against this cruelty against our neighbors and friends who do some of the hardest, most essential work in our city.
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The holidays are a very difficult time for many. Everyone should know that support is available if you or anyone else needs it. ❤️
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Michael Tubbs
@MichaelDTubbs
With homelessness you solve it by housing, With poverty you solve it with cash. We keep making these problems more difficult and they just get worse. We know what to do. Nike.
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Jerusalem
@JerusalemDemsas
Some problems are conceptually difficult — improving underperforming schools, helping people heal from traumatic life events — but homelessness isn’t one of them. We know how to solve the crisis — so why don’t we? theatlantic.com/magazine/archi
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Jerusalem
@JerusalemDemsas
Two things: - the regulatory and legal regime that hampers market rate housing also hampers the construction of fully affordable and even social housing - *prevention* is a key part of any successful homelessness strategy, the article lays this out in more detail
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Kate Willett
@katewillett
Amazing idea. Let’s build housing and then let the unhoused people move in to it. Oh wait that’s not who gets to live there? twitter.com/jerusalemdemsa…
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Heather Knight
@hknightsf
The average wait time to obtain building permits for a house in San Francisco is an astonishing 861 days — not including the planning process before that. No wonder we have a housing crisis. Great story by
@dustingardiner
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@susieneilson
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sfchronicle.com
The timeline to get a permit to build homes in S.F. is staggeringly long — and keeps getting worse
The typical applicant waits more than 600 days to obtain a building permit to construct a...
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Matt Haney
@MattHaneySF
NYC has opened sites and Rhode Island is as well. SF is in crisis, these sites can save lives. Let's lead. Open them.
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Heather Knight
@hknightsf
NEW: Eight supervisors, a veto-proof majority, back legislation to fund supervised consumption sites which have stalled under Mayor Breed. From @mallorymoench and @thejdmorris. sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl
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Zach Zimmerman
@zzdoublezz
so to save the world, we have to get closer 🥹🥹
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Matt Haney
@MattHaneySF
NY Times released maps that illustrate in stark terms what we know: the denser the neighborhood. the less the emissions per household. To fight climate change, we need denser cities, more housing near jobs, biking, walking & transit. It's as critical as anything we can do.
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Matt Haney
@MattHaneySF
NY Times released maps that illustrate in stark terms what we know: the denser the neighborhood. the less the emissions per household. To fight climate change, we need denser cities, more housing near jobs, biking, walking & transit. It's as critical as anything we can do.
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Jim Wood
@JimWoodAD2
Gotta love these talented and dedicated scientists who are looking out for our future. We have to keep that STEM pipeline/workforce strong!
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Matt Haney
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One of the biggest technology and energy breakthroughs in modern history, if it works. Nuclear fusion could ultimately power our homes, cars, factories and grids with "near limitless" clean energy.
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One of the biggest technology and energy breakthroughs in modern history, if it works. Nuclear fusion could ultimately power our homes, cars, factories and grids with "near limitless" clean energy.
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"Residents in these areas typically drive less because jobs and stores are nearby and they can more easily walk, bike or take public transit. And they’re more likely to live in smaller homes or apartments that require less energy to heat and cool."
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Matt Haney
@MattHaneySF
NY Times released maps that illustrate in stark terms what we know: the denser the neighborhood. the less the emissions per household. To fight climate change, we need denser cities, more housing near jobs, biking, walking & transit. It's as critical as anything we can do.
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Heather Knight
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EXCLUSIVE: The beloved
@gubbioproject
and St. John’s Church had the backing of San Francisco city health officials to open the city’s first, permanent, advertised overdose prevention site. Then the mayor’s office pulled the plug. My latest column.
sfchronicle.com
S.F. nonprofit was set to open city’s first supervised drug use site. Then officials pulled the plug
A beloved nonprofit and a church wanted to team up to host San Francisco’s first formal,...
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"Before 2022, individuals needed to report gross payments exceeding $20,000 and report earnings if they had more than 200 such transactions. But this year payments that exceed $600 must be reported to the IRS, regardless of how many of those transactions you've had."
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Matt Haney
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This is a massive change that will have huge consequences & many people likely do not know about it. Many people who work in gig economy, service sector & immigrants get paid this way. Not only do they have to report & pay taxes on those payments, Venmo will report them directly.
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nikki mccann ramírez
@NikkiMcR
Sports illustrated fired him for challenging their pay cuts during the pandemic. He ran to unseat FIFA’s president. He challenged human rights abuses in Qatar. RIP Grant Wahl, who’s career was as much about great reporting as it was about speaking truth to abusive power.
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Maxwell Alejandro Frost
@MaxwellFrostFL
MAGA folks in my comments saying we shouldn’t elect people with bad credit… My brother in Christ, you literally voted for a President who had multiple companies go bankrupt.
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Maxwell Alejandro Frost
@MaxwellFrostFL
Just applied to an apartment in DC where I told the guy that my credit was really bad. He said I’d be fine. Got denied, lost the apartment, and the application fee. This ain’t meant for people who don’t already have money.
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This is compounded for people of color who face even greater pay inequities and discrimination. We've got to build more housing, yes, but we also have to confront the discrimination by design that saddles young people with more & more debt & the many barriers that come with it.
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This is one of the many ways that the deck is stacked against younger people, even if you are a member of Congress. You have to take 10s of 1000s in student loans, not paid enough, bad credit, rejected for housing, so go further in debt to pay larger fees & security deposits.
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David Aguilar
@davidaguilar92
This is something not a lot people talk about. It makes moving into a place near impossible when you're living paycheck to paycheck.
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Matt Haney
@MattHaneySF
This week I introduced a bill (AB12) to set the maximum security deposit at 1 month of rent. The average rent in SF is nearly $4k. So under current law, you may need as much as $12k up front to move into an average unit. That's a huge barrier to housing access & affordability.
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