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scott

@scott@carfree.city

city loving #socialist, #vegan, into #hiking, #bikes #BikeTooter, #transit, #carfree living. read a lot and drink lots of tea and coffee. learning guitar. post a lot about local stuff #sfpol #bikesf. searchable on tootfinder

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If you've known me a while you know I'm not the biggest fan of congestion pricing; I'd rather get mode shift by shrinking the streets, and fund transit by taxing the rich

However, New York's program has been in the works for quite a while, and their MTA was depending on the revenue. Hochul has not presented an alternative plan to fund transit. This is terrible.

https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/ny-governor-stops-nyc-congestion-pricing-plan-indefinitely/718102/

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this sums today up for me

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The Tenderloin has SF's lowest car ownership rate. But it also has the highest rate of pedestrian fatalities, and the least open space per person.

Here's a beautiful video by @fauvescraper about how the Golden Gate Greenway is changing that.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7xLc64yqDt/

Which SF neighborhood has the lowest car ownership but highest number of pedestrian fatalities? If you guessed the Tenderloin, you'd be right. It also has the least open space per person, about a yoga mat per person. The Golden Gate Greenway is changing the dynamics of the street to allow more open space so residents can uplift their community, benefit their children and seniors, make it greener, more sustainable and draw out the beauty of the Tenderloin.

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California won’t vote on #Article34 repeal this year https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/01/public-housing-california-ballot-00161123

scott, to random
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Breed budget proposal: $191m more for police and sheriffs, $166m LESS for behavioral health services, over the next two years.

No help for mentally ill San Franciscans. Only jail.

https://48hills.org/2024/06/breed-budget-deep-cuts-for-social-services-more-money-to-the-cops/ #sfPol

scott,
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I know people don't like 48hills (good reason to be skeptical) but budgets are daunting and this kind of analysis is important

scott, to random
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I'm a skeptic of congestion pricing. I don't think it's the way to go.

That's based on thinking about it in a San Francisco context and I'm not too familiar with NYC's implementation details. It'll be interesting to see how it works over there in any event
https://mastodon.vladovince.com/@mejs/112548422653262867

scott,
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It's not that congestion pricing can't work to achieve some good outcomes. But directly shrinking the streets could also work, cheaper, quicker, and without sacrificing privacy to cameras everywhere. If we won't consider that, why not?

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To a significant degree, San Francisco seems to be staking its economic future on "AI" companies. It feels like our city is making a deal with the devil because these companies are, 1, overhyped and many of them will likely collapse, and 2, clearly bad for the world: plagiarizing, resource-hungry bullshit generators.

scott, to random
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Sign the petition to save the Richmond–San Rafael bridge bike path! https://secure.everyaction.com/2A3aX75jUkSrTH6pp2-zog2

Yes, MTC voted to recommend closing it on weekdays, and that's bad, but the Bay Conservation and Development Commission would have to actually approve this - and we have a better shot there because their mandate is to ensure public access to the bay.

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The A's are leaving Oakland, so now Oakland has the B's... and turns out they're solidly pro-bike! https://oaklandside.org/2024/04/30/ride-to-raimondi-the-oakland-ballers-want-you-to-walk-and-bike-to-games/

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I get all of my news from wikipedia

https://mstdn.social/@jschauma/112532158678475135

scott,
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@enobacon Wow there's a debate on the talk page like 20 screens long about whether this should be mentioned in the first sentence of the bio.

There seems to be consensus on mentioning it in the lead (overview), but first sentence is contentious

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I'd like to see ol' Donny Trump wriggle his way out of THIS jam!

scott, to cycling
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E-bikes are about to get more expensive. #BikeTooter https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/29/24166934/ebike-battery-china-tariff-price-increase-biden-climate

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This is wonderful news. Taking housing off the speculative market is the best way to keep neighborhoods diverse and affordable. Also, Don Rafa's Cyclery is in this building, a great little bike shop I've gone to for repairs.

https://missionlocal.org/2024/05/meda-to-buy-a-building-near-16th-st-bart-for-100-percent-affordable-housing/

scott, to random
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“The city’s ban on facial recognition technology, Chapter 19B, will not apply to SFPD’s use of the new public safety cameras.”
https://sfba.social/@MLNow/112527951080683342

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I’m not much of a cartoonist

scott, to random
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This Sunday at 2pm: Ryan Khojasteh for DA kickoff

https://ryanforsfda.com
RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSewZbNR1ki_Q1afyT7y4JfDVW3fZjm3nHM--sUuVedp8DeDrQ/viewform
#SFPol

scott,
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Honestly, I was reluctant to support Ryan's DA campaign because I think he's unlikely to win.

But it's important he's running. Running for office is hard! Progressives don't have a candidate this year for SF westside Assembly or state Senate, so Catherine Stefani and Scott Wiener will coast to (re-)election, and they're both pretty bad.

So while I'll be pragmatic about where I spend volunteering time, I donated to Ryan and will be at the kickoff. When good people make the effort, back them up.

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Also, let's be clear why a reform DA is unlikely to win in SF this year:

No, it is not (just) because polls show crime as a top issue and police and punitive measures as popular. If progressives united to push back on those narratives, we could change minds and have a good shot.

It's because spineless and self-interested progressive electeds fear those polls, refuse to lead, and won't back candidates like Ryan, that he has a very tough road.

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@kingrat Out of all the progressive supervisors on the board in 2022, only Dean endorsed Hamasaki. Melgar actually endorsed Jenkins.

Matt Dorsey did joint mobilizations with Jenkins. Honey could've had joint mobilizations with Hamasaki, but chose to present herself as a "tough on crime social worker" instead. No endorsement, while Jenkins worked with her opponent.

Peskin's mayoral campaign and Chan's, Jamil's or Lai's, Jones' supervisor campaigns could team up with Ryan, but they won't.

scott, to random
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My high school seemed to be constantly winning awards and topping rankings of public HS in the region. Far from filling me with pride, it was depressing, because my high school was utterly dysfunctional! You're telling me THIS is as good as it gets?

Anyway, San Francisco is the second-best bike city in the country https://www.peopleforbikes.org/news/2023s-best-places-to-bike

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It’s ridiculous we put up with sidewalks being so narrow and overcrowded. There’s plenty of space if we didn’t give the lion’s share to cars

scott,
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Yeah I’ve been thinking we should rebrand them as footways instead. Maybe give them their own names. @Simplicator

https://federate.social/@Simplicator/112521395476975165

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Love too live in a country led by a corpse in an electrified tank shouting “fund the police!”

scott,
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@stevenbodzin @inquiline For me, it's him funding and supplying a literal genocide. Nor is this a separate issue from the climate. Destruction of livable habitat around the world due to climate change will create hundreds of millions of refugees, who will then be seen as undesirable populations in places they end up. The state of Israel sees the Palestinians as an undesirable population today. It's a template for how a lot more people could be treated.

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