In the age of Trump and blatant racism and corruption it’s easy for weak politicians and yellow news outlets to make paper thin grandstands on social justice and notions of the truth.
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That statement is certainly ironic!
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Only if I made “paper thin grandstands” but that’s never been my style — except in the eyes of a few knee-jerk YIMBY detractors.
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I wasn't pointing at you specifically, but the rally in West Portal by $3M homes and then Tim's posturing generally....
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @AvalosSF and
This makes it 100% clear to me and hopefully everyone else "One reason I opposed SB827" Jane opposed the housing bill that was crucially needed and joined the NIMBYs in blocking housing for all Californians. Not sure what to say after that.
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Replying to @RyanBethencourt @kimmaicutler and
Even if you were for SB827 you have to admit it was half baked even in light of its goal as a giveaway of local control in shaping development for the profit margins of big developers.
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Replying to @AvalosSF @RyanBethencourt and
Do you have a bold plan to create housing for the 500,000 Californians that are born each year in this state? Or the net 300,000K people we add every year? We’ve only generally built 80K units a year for the last 10 years. If so, what is it?https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/California-Population-2017-Report-481520941.html …
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @RyanBethencourt and
Absolutely. Tax the wealthy at 1950s levels, defund the military, build housing that all people can afford, single payer healthcare and free public education. That ought to do the trick.
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What is your strategy for achieving this plan before we are both dead?
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @AvalosSF and
Kim - Do you think those are good goals, but just not easy to achieve? Or not good goals? Would they be more achievable if we were able to start by eliminating the power of wealthy elites over our political process?
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I think universal health care and access to housing that costs no more than 30% of incomes are both amazing goals.
But absent any detail, which I don’t see a good faith attempt at, this is usually what actually happens per @ddayen https://theintercept.com/2017/06/30/california-single-payer-organizers-are-deceiving-their-supporters-its-time-to-stop/ …
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