SF refusing to build any sort of housing has been the biggest culprit in accelerating displacement in oakland. the number of people that only move here because they can’t afford SF is staggering. the entire bay area needs SF to step up big time.
i just saw john fisher’s scumbag ass at the warrior game. definitely yelled “sell the team” at him multiple times. mf tried to act like he couldn’t hear me
Steph has an 11pt Finals game & it's "every superstar has ups & downs". Bron has an 11pt Finals game and we're gonna hear about it forever. Keep Steph in that "every superstar" tier then if that's your stance. Dont put him on the god tier. Enjoy the air down there w/Paul Pierce
It the midst of skyrocketing rents and gentrification in the mid to late 1970s, the state tells the Bay Area to build housing in 1980 or else they're gonna step in. It took 40 years for them to follow up on the 'or else.'
people love to speculate about the terror and privation of prehistoric life but think about it: in a group, with access to fire, in a warm place with access to plentiful fruit or shellfish, human life was both safe and easy
our true fear has always been ostracism
it’s actually really hard to find a major city with a smaller percentage of black residents than san francisco. some cities that have a higher percentage of black residents than sf might surprise you:
portland
seattle
phoenix
san diego
austin
denver
oklahoma city
minneapolis
@MarathonMonroe
jovan belcher murdered his girlfriend then drove to the chiefs facility and shot himself in the head in front of scott pioli and romeo crennel. that wasn't huge news either because he wasn't a star player. deshaun watson is one of the best players in the nfl, hence the coverage.
My mom out supporting
@MoneyLynch
new restaurant in Oakland tonight. Wish I could be there. I say go with the Bush Rod cause I loved BushRod Park growing up in Oakland. What drink would you order??
"Sell The Team" chants audible among A's fans and their allies at T-Mobile Park, as coordinated action in the top of the fifth inning spread to the All-Star Game.
@IDoTheThinking
i’m making the move to SF next month. i hate the idea of leaving oakland but it made too much economic sense. I couldn’t find anything in my hood in oak in the same price range
BREAKING: as of this morning WE HAVE REACHED OUR 25K goal and are sitting at 27K!!! We will use funds for more shirts and increase the chance of everyone grabbing a shirt!! WOW!! WE ARE FOREVER grateful and we are an incredible community of A’s fans!! S/o
@AsHotDog
@Oaklandish
bike party i stumbled on in SF was insanity. bicyclists were being assholes tonight. lady tryna get to the hospital to deliver and they wouldn’t stop for her and let her through. pathetic display. you mf’s told her to wait because “this only happens once a month”. be better y’all
How much more will Giants (in one-team market) and A’s (with new ballpark and casino sponsorships) be worth if/when A’s relocate to Las Vegas?
Here’s an analysis on what will happen: via
@sfchronicle
Alameda County released 140 November precinct election results and i mapped it up on this little website. Pretty self explanatory. Select an election, click the precinct, see the results.
Its the first round of RCV only.
@samesfandiari
if this was the a's and coliseum workers it would have been front page on the sporting green for 3 days in a row and scott ostler would have written 6 opinion pieces on it over a 2 month span
Workers in India last week launched a general strike that brought out an estimated 250 million people, arguably the largest in human history. Now, they’re joining hands with farmers to protest Narendra Modi’s pro-corporate, far-right agenda.
the damage is already done. i've seen countless organizations and people of influence tweet out those numbers as fact and this has already taken on a life of it's own. sad that nobody did their due diligence by fact checking before running with that study
@CaseyPrattABC7
@MayorShengThao
why does she keep saying the “door is open”? she could get ahead of this mess and lay out the plan but for god knows what reason she’s standing pat waiting for ownership to engage
the replies to this make me sad. why is it so difficult to understand that if we don’t build housing, people aren’t going to magically stop moving here. what people will do instead is move into existing stock, accelerating displacement and raising rents due to limited supply
The newest apartment building in Oakland, "Alexan Webster," is leasing.
Studios rent for about $3,000.
A 2-bedroom rents for upwards of $4,000.
To afford the studio a single person needs to earn about $108,000 a year, after taxes.
@RunADZ_
non bay area raider fans are so funny to me. they don’t realize that this “raider culture” that they so adore is actually just an embodiment of oakland/east bay culture. the raiders have the image they have BECAUSE of oakland, not the other way around
so the DSA decides to go after
@Scott_Wiener
, the guy doing the most to combat both the housing affordability crisis and climate change in california. what an absolute joke
So many swing districts to flip or defend from Republicans in CA, but the CA Dem Party prioritizes defending the most real-estate backed state senator in CA against a challenge from the Left instead.
Help a champion for Housing for All defeat him anyway:
they really should have required proof of hardship for the eviction moratoriums. so many bad actors took advantage of the situation and this is going to lead to small mom and pop landlords taking units off the market so this doesn't happen to them again
Dorothy Wang is owed $100,000 in rent by a tenant who works in tech and makes $200,000 a year. While refusing to pay rent, her tenant bought a new house.
@supermarke
@TribTowerViews
i can go grab my oakland birth certificate and also list 100+ bay rappers for you if that somehow gives me more clout but as someone born here, i’ve seen first hand how much family was forced to leave the bay area because of insufficient housing and it led me to support YIMBY
@cafedujord
@California_HCD
his staff listing does say "Sanjay ran on a platform that focused on taking a break from new housing developments" so at least he is a man of his word lol
Thank you,
@GavinNewsom
, for abolishing private prisons in California once and for all. No one should profit off the incarceration of human beings.
It's time we did the same nationwide.
@Marquseeee
@SarRavani
not a whole lot has changed on that block since that man moved here in 2011. The fox reopened in 2009 and make westing, flora, rudy’s etc. were all there in 2011. the people protesting this are clowns who shouldn’t be living downtown if they don’t want bars to open there
@Noahpinion
agreed. if you don't build housing for the newcomers (and they're coming whether anyone likes it or not), they're just going to do the next best thing: move into existing housing, accelerating displacement. you need a healthy mix of market rate to absorb folks coming in.
never thought we’d get stabbed in the back by sacramento like this. after what you went through with the kings, to do this to your norcal neighbor is indefensible
So here’s what I’m hearing:
A’s met with City today.
A’s meet with Sacramento tomorrow.
A’s have internal meeting Thursday.
Some employees have been told Sac is happening.
Layoffs likely incoming.
Stay tuned.
hey guys we are passing out food at the homeless camp on MLK tonight (across from starline) come through and bring lunch meat and cheese if you’d like to help. we have plenty of bread.
A bunch of racist trump supporters completely trashed and vandalized a Sikh-owned Indian restaurant in Santa Fe and this is the aftermath. Supplies used to make food packages for the poor were among the items stolen. Sikhs always help those in need and this is so heartbreaking
am i the only one that thinks its fucked that this cruise ship, which was supposed to dock in san francisco, is instead being diverted to oakland ONLY because there are 20+ people on board with coronavirus? is there a practical reason for this or did SF use their clout to divert?
#BREAKING
The Grand Princess, the cruise ship with some coronavirus patients, will dock at the Port of Oakland in the next 24 hours, East Bay officials confirm.
“Between 2010 and 2015, San Mateo County added 72,000 jobs and 3,844 housing units “
read that sentence a couple of times and tell me what you think the problem is.