Alex Lee 李天明 (votealexlee.bsky.social)
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CA Assemblymember District 24. Chair CA Legislative Progressive Caucus. Corporate-Free, NUMTOT from the South Bay 🏳️🌈🌹
Joined September 2013
As promised, I’m hitting the ground running on DAY ONE! Today I was official took office as District 25’s State Assemblymember and immediately introduced my first bill to root out corporate special interest money in our democracy. Here's what it'll do:
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EVs are the future of cars, but cars are not the future.
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The one & only time a new lane solves traffic: a dedicated bus lane.
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The first gen z in congress meets the first gen z in the ca state legislature! @MaxwellFrostFL
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this is the most powerful tool to understanding housing politics
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I introduced AB387 w/ @BuffyWicks today to establish Social Housing for California. Social Housing is how we provide housing as a human right. Publicly developed, maintained, and owned housing for Californians of all socioeconomic levels is the key to solving our housing crisis
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Today, we introduced AB 413 to institute daylighting to improve public safety. CA’s pedestrian fatality rate is more than 25% higher than the national average. Daylighting is an important measure that increases visibility of pedestrians & bicyclists at crosswalks & intersections
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I just want to live in a world where my freedom isn't shackled to the ownership of a car.
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What happens when you make it explicit policy goal that your residents can afford a home?. ~$1100 a month, 4 bedroom flat for a young family of three. this wasn't even the largest #socialhousing unit in this 5 story building
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How to mitigate climate change, conserve nature, and house people all at once. A better, sustainable world is possible — and must if we want a habitable & affordable future
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So Alameda County will basically do martial law to stop protestors but will let Tesla workers risk Coronavirus to build luxury cars? Ok.
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As disgusting as it is to hear some of LA’s top public officials spout so cruelly and casually racist, anti black comments… don’t forget its their pretenses for gerrymandering to hold onto power. This is morally bankrupt and corrupt.
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Has anyone done commentary about how CA failing to provide enough affordable housing has cost it a Congressional seat yet?.
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important reminder to my fellow Asian Americans right now.
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Debunking myth that Texas has lower taxes than CA — unless you’re rich.
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That’s right. When the market fails public enterprise should step in. First insulin, then eventually housing.
California is set to make its own insulin. Many Americans pay anywhere from $300 - $500 per month for insulin. With CA’s insulin, that cost would - at a minimum - be cut in HALF. People should not go in into debt to get life-saving medication.
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Anyone deserves to live anywhere. Really sad that’s a controversial opinion in blue CA. We need housing where people want to live — not just where the rich deem the poor deserve to live.
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WTF. Trans people and LGBTQ+ people are under attack. We don’t need our gov caving to conservative talking points that further hurt and scapegoat 1% of the population.
New —. Gavin Newsom — long an LGBTQ rights champion — makes a sharp break with fellow Democrats on allowing transgender athletes to participate in female college and youth sports. "It is an issue of fairness — it’s deeply unfair,” Newsom said.
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a housing profiteer's best friend is scarcity.
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I’m angry. We passed #AB1487 to create eviction defense fund bc legal aid is the *last resort* to keeping working families housed. @GavinNewsom’s veto is wrong & cruel. We already failed renters by not extending the pause on evictions. Now we deny them any help in court.
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nothing instills the urgent need for high speed rail better than the grueling commute between the Bay Area and LA.
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If congestion pricing is going to work anywhere - it’s NYC. America’s probably most transit oriented and walkable city. Backing away from is cowardly and anti working class.
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The high cost of living & housing is why people leave CA. It's NOT because we don't cater to eccentric billionaires and mega-corporations enough. The state has always done way more for the rich than it ever has for working families.
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Forcing everyone to buy, maintain, and operate a car just to live is anti-freedom.
it’s funny how car-loving politicians pretend to be oppressed, even though America is the most car-centric developed country on earth and we have socially engineered cars to be a requirement in 99% of the country via exclusionary zoning and trillions in highway spending
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Free Market is only free if you’re rich.
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This isn’t abstract for me. I don’t have to try to understand what it’s like for people who struggle to pay their bills or with housing insecurity, that’s something I live with. And yes I know a thing or two about how app-based work SUCKS.
This Gen Z gig worker ran for office. Now he’s California’s youngest legislator
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Car Culture's double standards:. Empty highways? So great, no traffic! .Empty bike lanes? What a waste, no one even bikes!. Full car every trip? ugh so cramped.Full bus every trip? expected norm.
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in improv comedy and being pro-housing, there's just one rule to follow: "yes and—".✅ yes social housing and .✅ yes renter protections and .✅ yes ending exclusionary zoning and .✅ yes upzoning and .✅ yes this policy AND more.
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The sacrifice of one F150 parked per street to save lives is worth it. Daylighting saves lives and in 2 years everyone will forget this was ever a big deal.
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Hey! I'm a 25-year-old queer progressive running for CA Assembly District 25. Despite being outspent 15 to 1 & not taking any corporate $$, we won a Democratic primary. Now I've got to beat a conservative Rep. Can you help our grassroots campaign by RT'ing and following?😊🌹.
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Land Value Tax would fix this. I introduced AB 362 to officially study the benefits/impacts of a statewide land value tax which would provide fairer assessments, boost housing supply, and give more freedom to landowners to build on properties without the fear of increasing taxes
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The people of California are progressive, but its legislature is not.
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We just passed a constitutional amendment to guarantee abortion access. We can’t control what happens in other states, but we damn well will ensure Californians and Americans from other states can come & receive vital reproductive healthcare
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It’s time we create Social Housing for all in CA!. Today I introduced #AB2053 w/ @AsmCarrillo, @SantiagoAD53, and @Scott_Wiener to build and preserve housing for the social good — not for profit. Help us realize housing as a human right by going to:
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It’s not every day that we provide immediate relief to our constituents with our votes. We just passed #SB118 to protect the admission of thousands of students to Berkeley — and all public colleges. We’ll always keep the door open for all that pursue higher ed
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the future is transit orientated & walkable communities plus a renaissance of transit and micro mobility options . so what we had pre cars and car infrastructure tearing thru our cities!!.
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Every voter just wants to hear three words: I Like Trains. This election be sure to vote pro-transit: it's good for traffic, good for your health, and good climate policy #NUMTOT #trainsarecool #gayfortransit. Remember to vote by June 7!
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by age 30 I should abolish exclusionary zoning.
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No one bats an eye when we sink billions of more dollars into subsidized freeways & roads for cars with no direct financial ROI, but the moment we talk about free & frequent transit people lose their minds.
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the more you hate on me living at home, the more money I save.
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An infuriating aspect of suburbia is the fact that most mega-lots are wasted space: water sucking lawns, heat sink cement, just outdoor storage, driveways you can land a helicopter on. That's wasted space homes could be on!!!.
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Imagine this: withdrawing your UBI check that was seamlessly deposited in your public banking account after picking up your kids from awesome public school and then taking green transit back home to your social housing flat . A future we can make happen.
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📶Single Stair Case Bill Intro'd. Requiring 2 staircases for buildings over 3 floors makes homes more costly and hinders housing development. I introduced AB 835 to study & develop new standards to legalize #singlestair units in California.
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👋 good morning from the granddaddy of Vienna’s social housing
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More housing AND more jobs in the Bay Area is great actually 👍.
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Alameda County Democrats just endorsed my bill AB20: to ban all candidates in CA from taking corporate money! . Thanks for being the first local Democrats to join the fight to root out corporate special interest money in our democracy #acdemmtg.
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a car hit mine on the highway (I’m ok) . last week a childhood family friend lost his life in a highway collision . last month my brother’s car was totaled in a crash . When I say I hate driving - it’s because injury & death are too normalized. I hate having to risk it every time.
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Let me make the obvious clear: if your own child is fearfully hiding their identity from you — you’re the problem.
NEWS: @ChinoValleyUSD Board voted last night to adopt a policy that will forcibly out trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming students to their families without consent. This is dangerous and puts these youth in harm’s way. Full statement here:
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A Hindu temple was vandalized in my district. While I’m glad the community is coming together in the aftermath - let’s be clear that all forms of hate & hindupbohia should be condemned .
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California's budget surplus is neither bottomless nor indefinite. We have a **one time** opportunity to invest in the future -- not waste it on temporary whims.
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Supply-Side Progressivism is great because it uses the fundamental achilles' heel of capitalism against capitalism: market competition. the more producers of essential goods (esp those that produce at-cost or lower for social benefit not profit!!) the lower market prices get!.
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Ahh yes nothing like the roar of F15's in the morning to remind me we can't pay for universal healthcare but pour trillions into endless wars
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tear down highways.build up transit.
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I’m extremely disappointed that #AB309, The Social Housing Act, has been vetoed by the Governor. Thank you to our bill’s sponsor @eb4everyone and all the diverse coalition of supporters
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Fun fact: I’ll be half the average age of the State Assembly but twice as ready to take on corporate greed in CA 😌.
Meet Alex Lee of San Jose. At 25 years old, he's the youngest CA State Legislator in more than 80 years. He won District 25 in the Assembly, filling the seat vacated by Kansen Chu. @VoteAlexLee2020 @nbcbayarea #Election2020 WATCH HERE:
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SO thrilled to announce that @BernieSanders has endorsed our grassroots campaign for CA State Assembly district 25!. Let's carry on the political revolution in California!!.
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You’d think racism fueled gerrymandering is a thing you’d hear from the South — not the South of CA. No more hollow half hearted apologies. They all need to resign.
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if you’re ever feeling imposter syndrome remember — EVEN KDL doesn’t give up on himself 😤.
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When the next recession hits, private housing production will plummet. Social Housing must fill the gap when we need affordable homes built & preserved the most. #AB2053 is my top priority. I will fight like hell to get it through the finish line.
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Commuting to the State Capitol via Amtrak 🚂
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Just a fraction of our growing pro-housing legislative caucus 🏘
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Republicans want to honor an entire year after Nancy Reagan. Completely absurd to praise someone who escalated the war on drugs & let the AIDS crisis ravage the LGBTQ+ community. Reagans deserve no commemoration . I told the Assembly “Just say NO”
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Housing is a human right. We can and must make room for everyone who wants to call California home and stay home in California.
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It's only August and I've personally known TWO elected officials with long histories of public service who had their life cut short by a car. Both times they were pedestrians and both were struck by a car. The danger of our streets is too real, folks.
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every September will look like this if we don’t do everything we can now to stop climate change and end fossil fuels
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how quickly when people disagree with me they resort to ageism.
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Big Real Estate and Corporate Landlords have spent more than $700,000 on a smear campaign in an attempt to unseat me in less than one month. Why? Because I dare to fight for pro-housing and pro-renter protections at the same time.
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Abolish the electoral college . the winner of the popular vote ought to be our president. Dem votes in red states matter as much as GOP voters matter in California.
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My fav attack mailer yet. My highest crime: bipartisanship
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It took three years but we’ve finally done it. The Social Housing act to build 3 mixed income developments is off to the governors desk 😭🥳
The Social Housing Act #AB309 passes the Senate!!! Thanks to @Scott_Wiener for presenting this bill and helping get 27 yes votes
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Less conservatives in the Democratic Party is good actually 👋.
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Every injustice you raged against these past 4 years will *not* suddenly vanish tomorrow. The next round in fighting for progress, for the people, is just starting. You in?.
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in my suburban district, at nearly every door I knock on, I hear about how housing affordability is their biggest worry - for themselves & their kids.
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Car dependency is not freedom. Freedom is being able to viably choose between a bike, walk, ride, or transit to your destination.
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a common complaint I see related to homelessness is trash buildup, but please consider how much trash would pile up for a HOUSED person if there was not efficient garbage service. we can clean up our streets w/o sweeping away people.
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The one thing I really love about Sacramento is how incredibly walkable it is. I can walk miles and it never feels dull + get everything I need. Almost never need a car. Every city should be like this.
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We did it fam (again). Thank you!
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