A decade ago, the San Diego Sheriff’s Office paid $8.3 million into the county’s public liability fund. This year, it expects to send almost $50 million. Why? Soaring legal settlements over jail deaths.

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Without federal climate funds, states can still cut emissions by lending to clean energy projects and collecting returns - like Connecticut's green bank financing rooftop solar. BUT if projects fail, taxpayers eat losses that states often can't afford.

America needs more power lines to move renewable energy where it's needed, but states can veto projects that cross borders. Federal approval authority for interstate transmission would unlock clean energy. https://t.co/DAoHbQQuu9

Many progressive activist types (a) do not believe that markets can ever work to the benefit of working people, and (b) are willing to tolerate high housing costs and displacement to prevent physical neighborhood change and stop the hated real estate developers from making money.

San Diego Planning Commission backs letting City Council overrule Historic Resources Board. Current rule: anything 45+ years old triggers review. Don't let preservation become a veto. https://t.co/PfXpQMsNrH

Freezing NYC rents without cutting building costs means mass foreclosures - the city would inherit 100K+ units it can't afford to fix. Better: lower property taxes and insurance that drive costs up, then upzone subways so new supply eases pressure. https://t.co/xcnKChYaYA

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GOP lawmakers used solar tax credits to save thousands on their own homes, then voted to kill those credits while expanding century-old oil subsidies. If solar doesn't need help anymore, why does oil still get tax breaks from 1913?

And while the richest have typically given more to Republicans than Democrats, that went into hyperdrive last year: More than 80 percent of the federal campaign spending by the 100 wealthiest Americans went to the GOP https://t.co/95WzosBz2D

Clairemont Community Plan Update passes unanimously!

Six transmission lines succeeded using early engagement and creative benefits: co-ownership with Tribes, coordinated construction, land conservation. But reactive deals after conflict cost more time and money than proactive partnerships would have. https://t.co/gimOSzSDVm

College Area Community Plan update passes 3-1. Thank you to Councilmembrs @vivianmorenoSD @CMKentLee and @SeanEloRivera

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San Diego's homeless count dropped for first time since 2020, but state cut the $26M homelessness program that helped. Mayor Gloria wants funding restored while Newsom demands cities ban encampments. Can't solve homelessness by defunding the programs that work

Thank you Mayor @ToddGloria for embracing progress and safer streets by welcoming @Waymo to San Diego.

“Human connection between a driver and their customer” Really? I’ve had plenty of good convos and plenty of terrible ones, and I know many women who have been harassed by their drivers.

I think the majority of societal problems right now are all downstream of housing affordability.

The latest New Bazaar is my chat with @Birdyword about his great book, "The Land Trap." We discussed the productivity-sapping pressures of rising land values, Georgism, McDonald's as a real estate company, and lessons to be learned (and not) from Singapore

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