You do realize that he unseated the labor union friendly incumbent, took Peter Thiel’s funding and presided over a Cupertino NIMBY housing forum last year, right?
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @RoKhanna
I don't follow Dem races as much anymore but if agreeing with the general sentiment that we need affordability-first class-affirmative rezoning that prioritizes housing the less privileged before addressing the more privileged is somehow technolibertarianism then uhh ok
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not like the people he's disagreeing with on this bill literally asked Peter Thiel for funding or anything
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But if it is a meaningless sentiment that is backed by no real actual policy and in effect continues to support his existing constituents’ assets going up in value by $100K a year (or 1-2 teachers salaries per year), OK.
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Sure, it *seems* like Khanna is merely embracing the status quo. But can't you read between the lines, and see that he's secretly planning a covert repeal of Prop 13, followed by state requisition of all private property?
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I'd be more sympathetic to your critiques of congresspeople in California not having the chutzpah to take on NIMBYism in their own backyards if you didn't immediately wield it to shove everyone into a box as either a YIMBY or a NIMBY because heaven forbid an alternative may exist
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I mean, if it walks like a duck...
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Replying to @bufordsharkley @uhshanti and
I readily concede that there are more self-serving and venal rationales for resisting growth, and more charitable and humane rationales for resisting growth. But a crucial question is at the heart of it: should cities ever get bigger?
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yes! and they should be planned in ways that DON'T exacerbate existing disastrous systems of privilege in residency, affordability, employability, and political power
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Replying to @uhshanti @bufordsharkley and
if you're going to focus on housing a ton of companies first that don't hire people of color because of internal bias and external systems of privilege in order to expand your city's tax base you are exacerbating the problem
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The issue with this statement is the city has close to $10B in pension and healthcare liabilities it can’t renege on and structurally relies on a real estate boom prompted by tech in order for those liabilities to not further financially cannibalize existing services.
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