I’ve never been able to get that excited about accessory dwelling unit (ADU) legislation. California just passed some bills that legalize backyard cottages/mother-in-law units. These are good things to have and should OBVIOUSLY be legal to build, especially in the midst of a severe housing shortage. Source But they’re hardly going to solve the crisis. … [Read more…]
There really seems to be no substitute for time. I keep making out with my exes, who are my real friends now. It’s lovely. I really thought I could talk to a more recent ex. But every pleasant interaction, even just over the internet, just waters a weed that needs to die. I know this … [Read more…]
Last month as I read about migrant children dying of the flu in US custody because their captors refused to vaccinate them, I wondered whether people who think this is a morally acceptable way to treat humans assume that this treatment will stop with refugees. Now we have at least one answer to who’s next. … [Read more…]
Last week I wrote about why the upcoming SF District Attorney race is important. This week I want to add a little to that conversation and then give a very brief summary of where I stand on the four candidates. The new DA will replace George Gascón. While Gascón has been rightly criticized for declining … [Read more…]
A city’s District Attorney wields an incredible amount of unchecked power. “The prosecutor has more control over life, liberty, and reputation than any other person in America,” Former U.S. Attorney General Robert Jackson said. SF is about to elect our next DA. The stakes are high. A good DA will follow in former SF DA … [Read more…]
Since the latest “our friends turned out to be secret Nazis” episode, I’ve been thinking about Nazi-adjacent ideas. I’m guessing that for some people, the link between ideas that are merely conservative and ideas that are white supremacist or misogynistic isn’t obviously clear. And maybe ideas I’ve been lumping together don’t fit as closely or … [Read more…]
I’m not sure what the saddest part is of finding out that a person you once joked was a Nazi turns out to be like, an actual Nazi. Or, at least someone who liked to use coded slurs for people of color in emails. And converse with avowed white nationalists. And write for their websites. … [Read more…]
Recently someone told me on social media that he doesn’t care about my sex life and no one does. I hope he’s enjoying my land-use commentary. Sorry I haven’t updated in a few days. I have been working on a piece for a new publication called the New Modality. It’s about relationship anarchy, so if … [Read more…]
Lately, I’ve been manifesting a little. Not everything. Normal bowel movements remain elusive. Despite this, mostly what I’ve been manifesting is extremely hot sex. More than once I’ve thought of exactly what I want to happen in pretty fine detail, run it by someone who seems like they might be down, and it happened. #blessed. … [Read more…]
My friend and fellow YIMBY Steven Buss has written a must-read post on tech’s responsibility to the Bay Area. I’ve reposted it below. In 2011, when Marc Andreessen wrote “Software is eating the world,” the average seed round was about $500,000¹, and the median rent was about $2,600.² As of EOY 2018, seed rounds were up to … [Read more…]