Saad Asad
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Comms @cayimby. Advocacy @yimbydemssd. Prev. product marketing at U.S. Digital Response. Tweets on housing, climate change, and San Diego/California politics
San Diego, CA
Joined October 2010
Six Democrats now challenging Issa in CA-48 - a record. Till's water expertise and 64% local win show how infrastructure focus could flip GOP seats, but primary fight may help incumbent.
timesofsandiego.com
Lakeside resident Till is the second woman hoping to advance out of the June 2026 primary — after Whitney Shanahan of Fallbrook.
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Is this normal in city planning: street tree district covering this niche at this level? . It's so detailed and precise about height, genus, distance, etc. I'm pro-tree canopy, but like why are these requirements so controlling?
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The Santa Monica mayor is basically saying, "don't build housing where people want to live." . That's completely backwards. You build housing where people want to live, not where they don't!.
Mayor Negrete says housing should be built in places where supply and demand works and not places it doesn't, like Santa Monica, where demand will always outstrip supply because everyone wants to live there. Author's note: dawg. .
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Smart federal leverage: transit bill requires cities to earn funding through zoning reform. Addresses real problem - transit investments fail when cities block ridership-generating housing nearby. Q: Will modest federal pressure overcome decades of local NIMBY politics?.
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RT @thmsonline: Market-based pricing of our City’s most valuable and finite asset (downtown real estate) is a fiscally responsible and smar….
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RT @jlatchhh: Tired of hearing “We’d support the housing if it was affordable.” We need BOTH market rate and affordable housing. Research ⬇️.
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Nuclear tax credits survive until 2033, but loan office funding slashed. Vague "foreign entity" rules could block projects from getting credits. Congress preserved incentives with one hand, then cut financing with the other. Mixed signals kill deals.
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Irvine City Council approved studying a plan to replace Oak Creek Golf Club with 3,100 housing units. Council members split on whether to let voters decide or proceed without a vote.
voiceofoc.org
As the Irvine City Council considers turning Oak Creek Golf Club into 3,100 housing units, some council members expressed interest in putting the item on a future ballot for voter consideration.
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RT @Scott_Wiener: The lengths some people will go to oppose dense housing near high quality public transportation is just extraordinary. I’….
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Shipping's "clean" ammonia fuel could create massive nitrogen pollution. N2O emissions are 273x worse than CO2 for climate. Without strict rules, we'd swap carbon pollution for nitrogen pollution that kills marine life and warms the planet more.
opportunitygreen.org
Can ammonia cut shipping emissions without harming the environment? This policy briefing explores the environmental and safety risks of ammonia use, including nitrogen pollution, and offers actiona...
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Also, I googled the phrase "politico-corporate monopolization" to get background. The only person who uses it is a commenter on a SD NIMBY website.
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P.S. If you're in San Diego, join the @YIMBYDemsSD to join a group of folks who SUPPORT more housing. Donate here or follow on X or I-G.
secure.actblue.com
Show your support with a contribution.
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Data centers gobble 4-12% of US electricity and stick ratepayers with billion-dollar grid upgrades. @StevePadillaCV's bill says tech companies should pay their own infrastructure costs instead of freeloading off families' electric bills.
sd18.senate.ca.gov
Official website of Senator Steve Padilla , representing California Senate District 18.
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lol, says some anon account about housing a couple blocks from where I live…aka my community, you nazi.
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Shoutout to Wes to standing up against these obstructionist NIMBYs.
Today I stood up for new housing in San Diego, among a sea of anti-housing types. I appreciate the media present who listened to my voice, but not the @CBS8 reporter who was outwardly hostile towards me and questioned my motivations for providing a pro-housing perspective.
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Housing is genocide sign seen at a NIMBY protest today against a mixed income high rise. The new homes are less than a few blocks to a trolley stop. And the neighborhood is majority white and middle to upper income.
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National City promised to reduce industrial pollution in this neighborhood. Now they want a biofuel depot with 70+ diesel trucks daily. Yet conventional biofuels can pollute worse than oil due to deforestation!.
kpbs.org
Environmental advocates said the proposed biofuels transfer station would mark a retreat from the city’s fight to curb pollution in its west side neighborhood.
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RT @CirculateSD: MEDIA ADVISORY - PRESS CONFERENCE AND ONLINE MEDIA BRIEFING for Release of Circulate San Diego’s Latest Report: “The Power….
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RT @sethtnelson: let’s be clear: a corrupt president from a corrupt party is signaling world leaders to bribe him with golf course deals—or….
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