Alexander Post  

@post_alex

Death Penalty defense lawyer and abolitionist. Active in criminal justice policy, dabbling in urban design and transportation policy. The Bay Area is my home.

San Francisco
Joined June 2009
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  1. 18 hours ago

    Good dog!

    Doggy school dropout: police dog fired for being too friendly
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  2. Retweeted
    18 hours ago

    Ever try renting a decent home on minimum wage? Study shows it’s nearly impossible

    6 replies 13 retweets 7 likes
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    Jun 9
    Replying to

    Instead of pushing drug courts we should stop arresting people for having a health problem. Forget diversion from prosecution; no arrests.

    3 replies 18 retweets 39 likes
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    Jun 8

    Louisiana legislature passes criminal justice reform that will lower the prison population by ten percent

    5 replies 83 retweets 108 likes
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    Jun 8

    People should be headed to Jackson to study what Cooperation Jackson has been & is doing.

    21 retweets 28 likes
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    Jun 7

    Come out to support homeless senior + an end to unfair fines! Tues, 6/13 at 12:30pm!

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    Jun 7

    "In San Francisco, the burden of these fines and fees falls heavily on the African American community."

    6 retweets 6 likes
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    Jun 7
    Replying to

    Public ownership of utilities would mean lower electricity prices and more flexibility to move away from burning dangerous fossil fuels.

    41 replies 146 retweets 438 likes
  9. Jun 7

    Dianne Feinstein should draw a progressive challenger in 2018 for many reasons, but her efforts to expand mass incarceration top the list.

    Senators Grassley and Feinstein working on enhance federal penalties for synthetic opioid offenses
    1 reply 2 likes
  10. Jun 7

    I encourage every CEO in SV to renounce their tax havens and overseas holding companies and pay for public schools.

    Benioff encourages every CEO in to adopt a public school
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  11. Jun 6

    If you provide better transit service, more people will use transit.

    Wow, AC Transit's AC Go service changes have greatly increased ridership, particularly on Sundays.
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    Jun 6

    Fucking disgrace. NYPD in dress shirt with gun out, tells young men to "get on the ground." Then eventually walks away.

    Cop on Staten Island points and waves gun at young men who were walking down a street
    1 reply 12 retweets 13 likes
  13. Jun 6

    The best path to "modernization" (better service, cheaper fares) is to either break up the airline holding groups or nationalize them.

    Trump announces plans to privatize US air traffic control system, says it is best path toward modernization
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    Jun 6

    Please take a moment to do the bare minimum (sign a petition) to support the family of a victim of police execution:

    1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
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    Jun 5

    Homeless people are not just single men. Families/youth are 30% of the population.

    5 retweets 11 likes
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    Jun 5

    People with drug/alcohol addiction don't weigh sentencing length in deciding whether to commit a crime. General deterrence doesn't happen.

    Our first-ever survey of federal prisoners reveals what recidivism-reducing programs prisons offer (and don’t)
    1 reply 12 retweets 26 likes
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    Jun 4

    CA progress on gets a shout out in NYT!

    17 retweets 16 likes
  18. Jun 4

    City should buy it and convert it into a navigation center.

    Nobody wants this $29 million mansion near San Francisco's 'Billionaire Row.'
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  19. Jun 4

    Bring back the Bay Bridge train, probably cheaper than a second BART tube.

    This I hadn't heard before: newly-formed AC Transit wanted to keep operating transbay trains, but BART lobbied for track removal
    1 reply
  20. Jun 4

    Seize Salesforce Tower, convert to housing. Live in the cloud(s)!

    Converting commercial buildings to housing creates homes quicker and at lower cost than new construction:
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