Darrell Owens @IDoTheThinking
Data Analyst. Housing and Transit wonk. My tweets and retweets do not represent my employer. darrellowens.substack.com Berkeley, CA Joined July 2013-
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it’s wild that coastal cities have spent years debating if YIMBY policies will lower rents, and Austin just… did it they streamlined permitting, upzoned most of the city, and eliminated parking mandates. Tons of housing is going up and rents are plummeting. YIMBY policies work
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This came up at the BART screening tonight but West Oakland used to be called Oakland West station. This was as part of a redevelopment scheme to advertise the re-birth of Oakland as an industrial center, but it jumbled the neighborhood's actual name. This was fixed in 1988.
Extremely disturbing footage. Atlanta cops tasing a restrained student protester at Emory university minutes ago.
.@CAgovernor, @California_HCD, and I have reached an agreement with the City of Malibu to ensure the city plans for 79 additional housing units—including 47 for our low-income neighbors. Our housing laws are not optional; they apply to all cities and counties in California.
New paper from Norway: Banning smartphones in school - significantly decreased doctors visits for psychological symptoms and diseases among girls - reduced bullying among both genders - improved girls’ GPA and attendance rates - largest effect sizes were among the poorest kids
Eventually redpillers are gonna say breathing is gay.
Half the people doing this are cops the other half are spoiled suburbanites who dont want to ride the subway; get 'em both.
Half the people doing this are cops the other half are spoiled suburbanites who dont want to ride the subway; get 'em both.
Its the third most walkable city for tourist hotspots, yes. Because all of Dallas's tourist spots are clustered downtown.
Its the third most walkable city for tourist hotspots, yes. Because all of Dallas's tourist spots are clustered downtown.
sam @sam_d_1995
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock
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M. Nolan Gray @mnolangray
46K Followers 2K Following the once and future city planner // research director @cayimby // yet another kentuckian in california #BBN // buy my book ❤︎
Senator Scott Wiener @Scott_Wiener
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Matt Darling 🌐🏗.. @besttrousers
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TheOmniZaddy 🌹🔰.. @TheOmniZaddy
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Max Dubler 🏳️.. @maxdubler
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Senator Scott Wiener @Scott_Wiener
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Common Task Pursuer @revhowardarson
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TheOmniZaddy 🌹🔰.. @TheOmniZaddy
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bob's burgers urbanis.. @yhdistyminen
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Max Dubler 🏳️.. @maxdubler
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Joe @JoePostingg
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@IDoTheThinking @JesseArreguin @jwalshie @JovankaBeckles @EBRPD amending my statement about the 65 to suggest extending it from Lawrence Hall of Science to the Botanical Garden
@IDoTheThinking @JesseArreguin @jwalshie @JovankaBeckles @EBRPD running the 67 to Little Farm seems like the easiest fix, running it from there to Lake Anza also worth consideration but might have more impact on service for the rest of the route (65 seems fine as is)
Checking out @CalFalconCam at @BAMPFA with @charlove
I have received various reports of our campaign lawn signs being stolen. In addition to that being illegal, I am disheartened that folks would weaken free speech. These are union-made signs that donors paid for. I hope we can move forward with respect for each other’s beliefs.
Good morning from the Free Palestine Encampment! It was pretty quiet overnight, and as it starts to get light out, some students are working on homework in and around the tents. A rotation of volunteers kept watch over the encampment as people slept
Thank you everyone for the contributions for the guerilla benches! 🥰 appreciate y’all
(Will delete this post after we have funding for a few more benches - we can only build them so quickly 😛)
NIMBY: "a new building went up. Rents went up. Clearly the new building caused rents to go up" The very same NIMBY, after being presented with evidence that new buildings cause rents to go down, not up: "Oh, well, causality is inherently unknowable and mysterious"
@UpzonedHimbo @SocDoneLeft @JabariBrisport @ceaweaver @RossBarkan Do you actually have any criticisms of the paper's methodology?
@IDoTheThinking she wouldn’t be the first childless right-wing school board “activist” at this point innit
@IDoTheThinking Are you seeking more social life? Or more knowledge life? Nothing is stopping you from finding meetups and clasees and nobody's going to think you are too young/old if you're in groups aimed at 20-30-somethings or you're busy doing the activity and having fun.
took a few days off from housing twitter because I was too busy marrying the greatest person in the world in the middle of the greatest city in the world
really fascinating snapshot of the politics of development in the 70s. in a way, both sides won… most high-rise apartment developments proposed in this video were successfully blocked. but SF still became a “luxury city”
me after spending 4 hours in Miami Beach
@IDoTheThinking similarly, ppl dont have the full story the bus boycotts. they were using the buses to nix segregatation from the montgomery city charter -- they didnt care about buses specifically, or about public transportation per se. the bus co lost so much money it essentially collapsed.
hi everyone!! me and a bunch of friends are working on a SF ballot measure to get more funding for muni service and affordability by increasing taxes on ride-hail app companies. we're getting on the ballot by signatures–let's go!! ❤️ join us sftransitact.com @sftransitact
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