Notices by scott f (scott@carfree.city)

i wish it could be a clear sunny day, but we're forced to have rain because of capitalism and its mandate for infinite plant growth

as more votes have been counted, Jackie Fielder is looking stronger in the Portola. it used to be deep purple down there, now it's a lot closer to even, with her opponent only reaching 55% in a single precinct. she's even winning one Portola precinct. #sfpol

there are also stark differences between Portola and Mission/Bernal on almost everything on the ballot. every Portola precinct majority opposed K, every Mission/Bernal precinct majority supported it. Peskin was top vote getter for mayor in most of Mission/Bernal, Portola mostly went Lurie. etc

there's something very reassuring about seeing the Mission continue to vote progressive

seeing how much condos sell for... and how a lot of my neighbors' jobs seem to be like "VP, Marketing, such-and-such"... and how much noise the virulently anti-homeless cranks make... and all the outward signs of gentrification, it's good to know that's not the whole story of this neighborhood

we may not have passed L, but it's good to see there's a backup funding plan: Muni merch!
https://themunistore.com

"helping real individual humans is vital even when it’s inefficient, because the world is made of people, and trying to pick which ones to help from afar using stats built on best guesses from the charity equivalents of management consultancies is kind of a weird and dehumanizing act."

great quote. from https://www.wrecka.ge/safer-places-now/

the New York Times Tech Guild is on strike and asking you not to play NYT games or access the NYT cooking section in the meantime

however they have made a Frogger clone about getting strikers across 8th Ave to the picket line that you can play instead

https://nytimesguild.org/tech/guild-builds/index.html

if Dean Preston loses re-election, he'll be the second supervisor we've lost after they went out on a limb supporting car-free JFK and car-free Great Highway and were given zero credit for it and campaigned against anyway by mod "urbanists." #sfpol

however this election turns out, one thing is clear: my ideological opponents will shamelessly find ways to interpret the results as support for their prior beliefs. as will i

@kingrat i was never much of a wine guy (or auto parts guy)

@mattmangels i forgot NAPA

@mattmangels oof. after I first saw this, I replayed it a couple of times later that week and had a pretty high score. have since forgotten most of them. only 31. pathetic

this dystopic scene of identical robocars clogging an entire block to carry maaaybe 1/4 of a busload of people, was posted by a waymo employee who thought it made his company look good.

#banCars

@kingrat You're missing the fiscal side of things. Public investment in housing used to be much greater, before Prop 13, Reagan, the Faircloth Amendment, end of Redevelopment in California. It doesn't turn a profit to build housing for the non-rich.

In the Mission, activists fought housing for rich people as leverage to win funding for affordable housing. Whether or not you like the tactic, it worked. The City wouldn't have funded all these developments otherwise. https://missionlocal.org/2020/11/an-affordable-housing-boomlet-is-coming-to-the-mission/

“California courts have held that rent control policies are unconstitutional if they don’t allow landlords to earn ‘a just and reasonable return on their property’—meaning any city that tries to force landlords to charge obviously unfeasible rents…could face legal challenges.”

The landlords opposing Prop 33 are lying. #yesOn33 https://calmatters.org/housing/2024/10/prop-33-2024-fact-check/

@tito_swineflu There's this silly argument being made against prop 33 that Republicans will pass rent control to prevent new buildings from being built. As CalMatters points out, even if that weren't politically nonsensical (Republicans for rent control?) it's legally nonsensical.

SF Transit Riders endorsements are out, and they join the chorus urging a #NoOnD (as well as Yes on K & L, ofc!)

https://medium.com/@SFTRU/ride-the-vote-san-francisco-transit-riders-november-2024-endorsements-a3ab01d432ad #sfpol

SF Transit Riders has this cool map of all the Muni lines that connect to the future Ocean Beach Park!

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1E6Sr9FejVZVYNWqZfQL4azP7ZzYFBDM&ll=37.75874659900852%2C-122.44367153230864&z=13

#YesOnK @GreatHighwayPark

since a few people were asking...the #NoOnD campaign is pretty barebones due to lack of funding, but yes, there is one! you can get a window sign, donate, or volunteer here: https://www.realreformsf.com

Random thought: there was a big dumb backlash to turning on parking meters on evenings and Sundays in SF, what if the compromise could be to turn them on but promise the price won't be above $1 an hour to start? Don't apply demand-responsive pricing. Yeah, that's not great policy, but it's a toe in the door and better than free. Messaging: it's still pretty cheap and you'll have better luck actually finding a space