Dave Pai
@PithyPai
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Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Adjunct Law Prof, Dad. Connoisseur of nuance. Opinions my own, obviously. But, housing policy = climate policy.
Joined December 2012
Find me here https://t.co/gF8xZhcGiB. Not because of culture wars. But to bring back housing twitter.
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I'm sure there are multitude of reasons why Trump 2.0 is happening. But this op-ed best encapsulates the signs of our times. Good luck, y'all. https://t.co/YbjKORPCs0
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Democrats walked into the trap of defending the very institutions most Americans distrust.
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Surfing on Election Day. A tradition only skipped in 2016. Praying this will not be captioned, “The sunset of democracy.”
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If voters were voting based on policies alone, Harris would win by a landslide. When voters are asked about policies without a candidate's name attached, there is much larger support for the policies of Harris. But then, when asked who they thought the policies belonged to,
Focusing for a moment on the POLICIES at play. Voters were asked whether they supported 100 different policies, but weren't told whether the policy was from Trump or Harris. Nearly all of Harris' policies got majority support from the public, and... 🧵
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Happy AAPI Heritage Month! And a big thank you to @AGRobBonta and everyone at CalDOJ for letting me spend my days thinking about all things housing.
Supervising Deputy Attorney General David Pai spends his days combating the housing crisis and helping build a brighter CA within DOJ’s Housing Justice Team. Learn more about his background, childhood in Hawaii, and how he celebrates #AAPIHeritageMonth in his #MeetYourDOJ.
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Never in doubt, but still a drag on time and taxpayer resources. Which is why AB 1893 and AB 1886—2 nonjudicial remedy reform bills—are so important.
#BREAKING: The San Diego Superior Court has ruled in our favor to force the City of Huntington Beach to come into compliance with California’s Housing Element Law. No city is above the law—local governments up and down our state should take notice. https://t.co/FF4NflZbN2
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Mfw I consider the prospect of riding my bike to a biergarten on a summer afternoon
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Housers with law degrees. This is as close to practicing law without a client as you can come. Because your client simply wants what you've been clamoring to your non-houser friends about. Stop bothering them. Make new friends here at the DOJ. https://t.co/TDKQ7hyqJf
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Violating state housing laws should have immediate consequences— and those consequences should benefit local communities neglected by the violators. That’s the truest form of justice.
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SACRAMENTO — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced his sponsorship of a bill authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) that would enhance the Attorney General’s ability to
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If behind a paywall, the article ends with: “And then, a little farther down Market, a line out the door for Blue Bottle Coffee, a couple dozen office workers enjoying their morning pour-over—simply going about their day, living with the scene just up the block.”
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The disparate world view expressed here: “…nothing could shake Creitz’s belief in the ongoing promise of the city, not even his own traumatic experiences,�� compared with the last sentence of the article, captures everything about SF.
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The city wants to shake its reputation as a “zombie-apocalypse wasteland.” How it achieves that goal is another story.
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A tale of two cities— Fullerton settled, Huntington Beach took a gamble. One appreciated reason, the other continues to revel in fallacies. https://t.co/YyzGBF6BXH
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SACRAMENTO- Attorney General Rob Bonta today secured an appellate court order in the state's favor compelling a prompt resolution of the enforcement case against Huntington Beach for its failure to
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Was going to amplify our action against La Canada Flintridge, but a consumer alert that balance billing is illegal in California seems more impressive. https://t.co/5jQX3dVvg0
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OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued a consumer alert reminding Californians of their legal rights protecting them against balance medical billing. California law protects
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C'mon Cal, you gonna let JHU one up you?
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The stylish new Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center took over a former museum in Washington. It’s got potential to become a community hub.
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That lawsuit Huntington Beach filed that was, in @ProfSchleich’s words, batsh*t bananas? The court concurs.
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OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued the following statement in response to the decision by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California to dismiss with
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