The fact that the tech industry, the richest in the world, is a net drain on the region it's based in is an astonishing indictment of tax policy and regional planning in California. The state is burning fifty kilometers from a mountain range made of money.
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If elected, I would upzone Palo Alto until it looked like Hong Kong and riddle the place with bullet trains
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The best, most realistic hope for substantial improvements in regional transit and zoning in Silicon Valley is a destructive earthquake. That's what it took to get rid of freeways in San Francisco. Something is deeply broken for that to be the case. Seismicity is not a policy!
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There is a specific pothole that has been on the US-101 since I moved here 13 years ago. It spans three lanes just south of the intersection with I-280. I have named it Elmer.
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For those who have never been to the region, take a look at the sprawl in Mountain View, Palo Alto, San Jose and Cupertino in Google's handy 3D service. Some Facebook cafeteria workers get up at 2 AM to commute into this area from places like Tracy, where they can afford to live.pic.twitter.com/wA46paTE1L
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When Mark Zuckerberg razed 4 houses around his to "protect his privacy", what scandalized most people was the hypocrisy of a privacy-destroying mogul. What scandalized us was tearing down homes in Palo Alto! That's like making an omelet out of Fabergé eggs http://money.com/money/4346766/mark-zuckerberg-houses/ …
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Again, if elected, I will expropriate and move Stanford University into a fucking skyscraper. They can point the linear accelerator upwards. (please do not investigate my connections with Ukraine)
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Wow! $5 million! What's more pathetic, the negligible amount they're investing or that they're actually publicizing it?
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It’s one part of their $1b investment into Bay Area housing ... https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/1-billion-investment-bay-area-housing/ …
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Yes, over 10 years. I'm excited to see the other parts.
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