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@Scott_Wiener

CA State Senator. Urbanist. Environmentalist. Advocate for transit, housing, clean energy, criminal justice reform, health, ending poverty. Democrat. 🏳️‍🌈

San Francisco, California
Joined March 2009

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    “[T]hrough urban densification alone, the United States could achieve half the carbon reductions needed to hold global temperatures to a rise of 2 degrees Celsius.” Let’s fight climate change while also improving housing affordability.

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  2. I’m pretty confident that a President shutting down the government for “months or even years” would constitute an impeachable offense, or at a minimum trigger action under the 25th amendment.

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  3. Today’s court ruling upholding Trump’s ban on military service is outrageous. Trump has no factual basis to exclude trans people from the military. His only “basis” is bigotry. We will keep fighting to end discrimination against our trans brothers & sisters.

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  4. SF has always punched above its weight class politically. We continue to do so: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi Governor Gavin Newsom Senator Dianne Feinstein Senator Kamala Harris Lt. Gov Eleni Kounalakis Treasurer Fiona Ma I’m so proud to represent this incredible city.

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  5. In addition to all the important firsts of this new Congress, we now have a record 10 members, including 2 United States Senators. We have amazing straight allies, but we need our own seat at the table. We need to keep fighting for that seat.

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  6. Jan 3

    Senate President announced committees today, naming me to 7 committees plus Assistant Majority Whip: Housing (Chair) Energy Utilities & Communications Public Safety Governmental Organization Human Services Governance & Finance Joint Legislative Audit Thx Sen Atkins!

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    Jan 3

    The scenes from the House floor today felt like a glimpse of the country that most of us thought we were before 2016, and the one that we still might be.

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    Jan 3

    While his bills aimed at addressing California's crisis are expected to be some of the most closely watched legislative fights this year, state Senator will also be pushing to pass legislation focused on issues -

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  9. Jan 3
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  10. Jan 3

    Speaker (!!!!) Pelosi! So proud of my representative in Congress - the most effective Speaker we could ask for.

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  11. Jan 3

    Solar & other decentralized energy sources are a key part of disaster resiliency - ensuring energy even when centralized utility energy sources are unavailable. California needs to do more to expand & advance decentralized energy generation. We will do so.

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  12. Jan 3

    2/2 Brazil’s new human rights minister says Brazil will enforce traditional gender roles: "Girls will be princesses & boys will be princes. There will be no more ideological indoctrination of children and teenagers in Brazil." This will directly lead to violence against LGBT ppl

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  13. Jan 3

    1/2 Brazil’s new fascist President - the one who said he wouldn’t concede if he lost & whom Trump praises - is already attacking people: “Another order removed the concerns of the LGBTQ community from consideration by the new human rights ministry.”

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    What a trip it was riding Muni and then suddenly shows up. Glad to know at least some of our reps ride transit.

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  15. Jan 2

    Most fulfilling part of public service is when your work makes people’s lives better. In 2017, Senator & I passed SB 179, making it easier for people to correct their gender on govt docs & to identify as non-binary. It went into effect yesterday & is already helping.

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  16. Jan 2

    In 2018, 15 bills I authored were signed into law. Yesterday, most took effect: eg, protecting , expanding clean energy, addressing our housing shortage, helping severely mentally ill/drug-addicted homeless, advancing criminal justice reform.

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  17. Jan 2

    Connecting our regional rail system to both taco density & housing density sounds like a great idea to me.

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  18. Jan 2

    The vicious GOP response to ’s Trump critique - describing it as “treachery” & calling for rule changes to rig the nomination for Trump - show that the National GOP has devolved into a cult of personality. Can you imagine that kind of response to Dem critique of Obama?

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  19. Jan 2

    Instead of fretting that our cities may become like other cities, how about we focus on the urban problems we face, decide what we want to be, & do what it takes to get there? And, you know, sometimes other cities do have good aspects we should consider...

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  20. Jan 2

    My friend Manny Yekutiel opened Manny’s, a great civic space in Mission. Anti-Semites & trolls (Manny is Jewish & supports Israel’s right to exist; his dad fled Afghanistan to Israel) are targeting Manny’s w vandalism/pickets. This bully behavior isn’t ok.

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  21. Jan 1

    Today, our bill, , becomes the law of the land in California. While we can’t enforce it yet, due to litigation by Trump & the telecom/cable industries, the law is now in place. Thx to everyone who helped us take this historic step to protect an open internet.

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