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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 months

I am very curious how the Biden Democrats in my city understand this message.

User Clip: Biden on Housing: BUILD, BUILD, BUILD To Bring Housing Costs Down

Biden on Housing: BUILD, BUILD, BUILD To Bring Housing Costs Down

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

We’re living in a remarkable moment where every major progressive/ liberal Democrat agrees we cannot solve our segregation, homelessness, and climate crises until we get serious about ending exclusionary zoning. And yet so many local dems haven’t caught up. 🧵

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Jesse Zwick

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This is the grossest smear campaign I've seen in a while. Cars are the *leading cause of death* for children in LA. Multimodal cities across the world manage their response times just fine. If fact, bus lanes can be used by first responders to speed them up. VOTE YES ON HLA.

Michael Trujillo

@mikehtrujillo

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Vote No on HLA - Don’t slow them down.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

Santa Monica's councilmembers are expressing “bewilderment and confusion” at the building boom befalling their city. And yet the potential risks of their refusal to comply with state law were repeatedly explained to them by many – including me. (thread)

Santa Monica’s Failed Housing Plan Sparks Building Bonanza

The failure last year to produce a housing plan acceptable to state authorities has set up the City of Santa Monica for an unprecedented development frenzy. WS Communities, a firm founded by promin...

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

The @JoeBiden White House has been on a tear, demonstrating how exclusionary zoning fuels racial segregation, consigns people of color to poorly performing schools and heat islands, and causes more than 30 percent of the Black-white racial wealth gap.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

Meanwhile @BarackObama is putting liberals on blast, arguing “the most liberal communities in the country aren’t that liberal when it comes to affordable housing” due to “resistance to affordable, energy-sustainable mixed-use and mixed-income communities.”

Obama Blames Liberal NIMBYs for the Housing Crisis Too

At the American Institute of Architects’ 2022 convention, he criticized “bipartisan resistance” to affordable, mixed-income housing.

www.curbed.com

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

1 year

Visited the 3rd St. Promenade in Santa Monica last night for a Menorah lighting ceremony. Drank cocoa, kibbitzed with friends, and contrary to the claims of one local crank, felt very safe! So what is going on here? (thread)

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

It’s truly terrible to have to battle rightwing NIMBYs on one side and people whose goals you 100% share (helping renters) on the other.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

On the other side of the Democratic Party is @AOC , who on the topic of housing and homelessness astutely pointed out, "the reason why people are on the streets isn't just some elusive housing or market phenomenon. It's because we've chosen not to build."

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

@RepAOC

2 years

"The reason why people are on the streets isn't just some elusive housing or market phenomenon. It's because we've chosen not to build." This week in @FairGrowthCmte , we explained how deregulated zoning & a narrow, retro view of public housing caused our affordability crisis.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

And yet, despite this remarkable consensus, there is a *huge disconnect* among liberals/ progressives at the local level, who regularly advocate against the construction of multifamily housing by invoking outdated paradigms for environmental and social justice.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

10 months

There is an important vote today on a new law (SB 423) that would streamline affordable housing approvals across CA. Some are proposing to exempt our coastal zones from this requirement. This map (yellow = white; red = nonwhite) shows why that’s a terrible idea:

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

1 year

@wight1984 @jessepstein Refreshing honestly

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 months

California's coastal commission is doing god's work don't ever change it 🥰🥰🥰

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

Something big is happening in Santa Monica. Decades of skyrocketing housing costs are reshaping the political landscape. An emboldened conservatism is feeding on fear and anger over homelessness. At the same time, progressive groups are coming together in exciting new ways.🧵

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

And in case you’re more of a Bernie, Liz, or Cory Booker voter, all their presidential housing platforms came out strongly against local exclusionary zoning laws as well:

Housing for All | Bernie Sanders Official Website

In the richest country in the history of the world, every American must have a safe, decent, accessible, and affordable home as a fundamental right.

berniesanders.com

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

NYT columnist @ezraklein has been making the case for over a year that our liberal/ progressive goals are doomed to fail unless we learn how to build things again.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

Pointing to a new building or vacant unit as evidence that more homes don’t make housing affordable is equivalent to pointing to a solar panel or wind turbine as evidence that green energy doesn’t stop climate change. The truth, of course, is that we need far more of both!

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

Among Democratic thought leaders, you see the same thing: MSNBC darling @chrislhayes just called housing affordability “the achilles heel” of every major urban issue we face. (Listen to his interview with @resnikoff to learn more.)

Chris Hayes

@chrislhayes

2 years

I've come to believe that housing affordability is *the* achilles heel of contemporary metropolitan governance, particularly in progressive areas. In this week's #WITHPod , @resnikoff discuss why housing in big metro areas got so expensive and how to reverse the trends.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

Local Democrats have a duty to challenge this, and update our definition of what it means to be “progressive” in the 21st century. But most local politicians make every effort to steer away instead, and avoid the toughest issues they are tasked with solving!

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

11 months

Something cool Santa Monica is doing to support its striking WGA writers: If you need help securing care for your kids, you can qualify under the city’s special circumstances policy to receive financial assistance for our youth programs. (thread)

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

It’s truly remarkable to see this kind of consensus among Democrats on literally ANYTHING. But Dems remain the party of science, and rigorous academic and policy work points to no other conclusion.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

We need more people willing to tackle these issues head on – or we'll never get a grip on the homelessness, racial justice, and climate crises that plague our cities. That’s why I’m running for Santa Monica City Council.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

Everyone deserves a home. It's really that simple. That's why I'm running for Santa Monica City Council. I hope you watch, share, and support pro-housing candidates everywhere this November!

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

His Nobel laureate colleague @paulkrugman is right there with him, pointing out how the effort to halt density in cities is killing the environment and making Americans poor.

Opinion | How Green Is Your Metropolis? (Published 2022)

Allowing more density would make America better.

www.nytimes.com

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

1 year

As they say on the internet... I've seen enough! Hit me with your best thoughts and policy ideas for Santa Monica!

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

Pointing to an expensive new apartment as evidence that new homes don’t lower rents is equivalent to pointing out a cold day as evidence that global warming is not real.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

SM council members like @PhilBrock4SM claim to have never heard that his actions risked Santa Monica losing all local control over its zoning code. Which is strange, as it has been explained to him many times. Heck, I’ve been talking about it at campaign events for months.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

This is a deeply cynical proposal that would harm everyone in @santamonicacity , including the workers it pretends to champion.

Shane Phillips

@ShaneDPhillips

2 years

Santa Monica, ever the innovator, is breaking new ground in the field of blocking new homes by appropriating the language of social justice. This proposed initiative would require developers to pay up to 2.7 times the prevailing wage, which is of course completely infeasible.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

Friends – I’m very excited to announce that I’m officially running for Santa Monica City Council! I’m running to make my community more inclusive, sustainable, and safe. And each of those begins with making it more affordable to live here. (thread)

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

Because council failed to pass a realistic plan to meet its state housing obligation, it is subject to a state law known as the Housing Accountability Act. The law says noncompliant cities lose the ability to deny projects so long as 20 percent of their units are affordable.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

Please consider supporting me (and other local candidates like @AlexFischCC , @Chelsealeebee , and @LindseyPHorvath ) today!

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

@lananegretesm Yes, it seems as if developers are donating big sums to NIMBYs whose incompetence is allowing them to flout local zoning laws.

Let's Get Neighborhood Approval to Save the Planet

@ChrisByBike

2 years

This is wild. Developers who are using Builders Remedy are contributing to the campaigns of Nimbys whose policies allow the remedy.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

And if you’re more of a contrarian in the @mattyglesias mold... well, you believe the exact same thing on this issue as well:

Homelessness is about housing

The solution is to legalize more and more kinds of it

www.slowboring.com

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

9 months

LA Times really banging the drum on this basic truth lately and I am here for it.

Los Angeles Times

@latimes

9 months

The public tends to blame L.A.’s high levels of homelessness on poverty, drug use, crime and even the weather. Detroit has most of those problems too (except the weather). But the key to avoiding homelessness is more available housing.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

1 year

The year is 2050. LA’s new mayor proposes a historic spending package of $8 billion to move unhoused people off the streets with temporary hotel vouchers. Surely this will solve our crisis once and for all.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

First protest

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

1 year

John Alle is a Donald Trump donor and supporter of disgraced LA Sheriff Villanueva who is determined to advance a narrative that the progressive policies of cities like Santa Monica -- and not our regional lack of affordable housing -- are to blame for our homelessness crisis.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

1 year

I love Santa Monica. Our welcoming spirit makes us unlike any other beach city – and when it came time for me to start a family, I knew there was no better place than my hometown. (thread)

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

1 year

It's really, really hard to bring about a change to our streetscape as profound as that accomplished by @AlexFischCC and the rest of the prior Culver City council. Undoing it would be a senseless act of climate arson.

Editorial: Culver City, don't roll back your ambitious safe street redesign

For the last several years, Culver City has become a model for forward-thinking urban design, supporting a transit-friendly walkable, bikeable downtown. Why go backwards now?

www.latimes.com

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

1 year

The man behind the sign is a reactionary landlord on a one-man crusade to drive away business from Santa Monica. It's an admittedly odd gambit, until you consider the political motives of the man behind it.

‘Santa Monica is Not Safe': Sign Sparks Controversy on Third Street Promenade

The message is bold, and placed right where thousands of holiday shoppers can see it. One Santa Monica property owner says it’s meant to draw attention, especially to city officials he blames for...

www.nbclosangeles.com

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

1 year

How does a car-dominated city become an active transportation paradise like Amsterdam? People like to say LA will never change, but this video shows how Santa Monica is getting it done AS WE SPEAK. But our amazing progress is in danger. (thread)

How This LA City Is (Slowly) Turning Into Amsterdam

Santa Monica (an independent city within the greater LA area) built its painted bike lane network over the last 12 years, and is now beginning to construct c...

www.youtube.com

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

I’m running for Santa Monica City Council to solve our housing and homelessness crisis. And I want to explain how I got here and why I think it’s the best way to make an impact on these enormous problems. (thread)

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

9 days

24k impressions and apparently no one in this mouth breathing bunch who’s heard of CLT/ Mass Timber.

Houman David Hemmati, MD, PhD

@houmanhemmati

9 days

Also from tonight’s @santamonicacity Council meeting: the brilliant councilman & climate justice warrior @jessezwick , just before voting to mandate “low carbon concrete”, proposing we stop using concrete & steel in favor of “mass timber” AKA “wood”. You know, chopping down trees.…

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

All of which begs the question: Is the “Change Slate” on council so imcompetent so as to not know what would occur as a result of their reckless brinkmanship with the state? Or did they secretly want it to happen, to benefit their developer friends like Leo Pustilnikov?

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

1 year

Some say local politics is a lost cause and housing activists such stick to state-level advocacy. I’m here to tell you that in my first 3 months on @santamonicacity council we’ve gone above and beyond our Housing Element in countless ways, including…

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

@LACandidates Actually I’m concerned about gentrification. The way to stop it is to build more homes, especially in rich job centers like Santa Monica.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

8 months

we’re in a climate crisis driven primarily by sprawl and VMT, and too many still think fighting infill = environmentalism

Louis Mirante (on threads @louismirante)

@louismirante

8 months

A fracture explodes: this week, CA’s top NIMBY groups joined a major wing of the environmental movement to oppose SB 423, which allows faster/cheaper homebuilding. That’s at odds with experts who say infill housing reduces emissions and segregation. Left-NIMBY alliance deepening!

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

1 year

His previous crusade was a protracted legal fight to stop the city from tearing down an underused parking facility and replacing it with affordable housing. "Who could possibly be against that?" asked Vice. Well, this guy.

Who Is Trying to ‘Save Parking Structure 3’ From Becoming Affordable Housing?

Santa Monica wants to tear down an underused parking facility in the heart of downtown and replace it with affordable housing. Who could possibly be against that?

www.vice.com

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

1 year

Housing First works, but it DOES REQUIRE HOUSING.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

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LA quietly scuttling plans to allow for affordable housing in its single-family neighborhoods. Perpetuating segregation and racial inequality for another generation.

Shane Phillips

@ShaneDPhillips

2 months

Today @redbaaron123 and I have an op-ed about the city reversing its plans to allow mixed-income & 100% affordable multifamily housing in some single-family neighborhoods. Those n'hoods are disproportionately white & wealthy, undermining fair housing goals

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Jesse Zwick

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1 year

“Do I want a nurse or a firefighter or a sanitation worker or a restaurant worker or an elderly individual... to live near me?” And if the answer is “Well, sure, but only if they can afford this 1-acre lot,” then you’re not that progressive.

The Democratic Senator Who Says Liberals Have Lost Their Way on Housing

How Sen. Brian Schatz became a YIMBY—and how he thinks his party can see the light.

slate.com

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

1 year

In any case, businesses have begun reopening in DTSM after a devastating one-two punch from online retail and a global pandemic. It might behoove local news to provide this context, and do some due diligence before taking the bait each and every time this man puts up a new sign!

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

Those who brought on the builder’s remedy in Santa Monica are now requesting taxpayers pay millions in litigation and fines trying to fight the projects that must be approved.

Anne Paulson

@KrampusSnail

2 years

Santa Monica's City Attorney told the city they have to approve the 16 #BuildersRemedy projects they've received. So Tuesday the City Council is discussing finding a different lawyer who'll tell them something different. 🤣

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

First, every progressive candidate in Santa Monica is under 40! Our housing shortage disproportionately hurts renters, POC, and low-wage workers, but no group is more uniformly affected than young people, who’ve seen home prices rise 11x faster than wages during their lifetime.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

Pustilnikov is a developer who recently proposed a 2,300 unit project in noncompliant Redondo Beach, using the same “builder’s remedy” to sidestep the city’s local zoning laws.

This renegade California developer wants to build a 2,300-unit megaproject in a NIMBY stronghold

A never-before-used state law might make his plans bulletproof.

reason.com

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 months

allowing luxury apartments here would be very bad!

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

9 months

Shameful behavior from a “liberal” community seeking solutions for the people on their streets… then protesting all solutions.

Westside For Everyone

@WestsideForEv

9 months

This meeting is a shitshow. People yelling at the councilwoman. Karen Bass just called for it to end.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

11 months

People who work in LA deserve to be able to afford to live here. More housing, higher wages. #uniteherelocal11 #readytostrike

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

11 months

I’m proud to say that SM is in the news today for all the RIGHT reasons.

City of Santa Monica

@santamonicacity

11 months

🎉 Exciting News! 🎉 Major milestone on Ocean Avenue! 🚧🚧 A sturdy concrete median barrier has been added to the protected bikeway, enhancing safety for cyclists to enjoy a smooth and secure ride. 🚲🚲 We are amazed by the concrete 3D Printer! 🌊💙

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

1 year

You'd think one round of "builder's remedy" would be enough for Santa Monica... but here we go again playing with fire! Downzoning the commercial corridors in our most resource-rich neighborhoods *directly reneges* on our commitment to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing.

Santa Monica Forward

@SaMoForward

1 year

BAD news. Not even 3 months after our Housing Element was certified and Santa Monica is already working on plans to abandon substantial rezoning commitments. At issue is 71 acres of land next to some of our priciest neighborhoods. Thousands of potential new homes lost.

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Jesse Zwick

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2 years

Running for office requires time, money, determination, and most of all, belief. Belief that with the right policies, you can make your community work better for more people. Here’s what we believe:

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Jesse Zwick

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it is the only thing standing behind our coastline becoming an exclusive playground for the rich

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@jessezwick

2 years

And so you’ve seen the Left begin to coalesce around a pro-tenant agenda that prioritizes rent control and other anti-displacement protections, subsidized housing for people who can’t afford to pay market rate, and abundant housing to stop market-rate rents from soaring.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

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@lananegretesm And here's an additional fun wrinkle: Pustilnikov's company, New Commune DTLA, gave $10,000 to Santa Monicans for Change, the landlord PAC that is backing my opponents @lananegretesm and Armen Melkonians for city council.

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These groups view our housing shortage as a collective action problem not worth solving. Much like with global warming, they plug their ears to the long-term consequences of inaction and view efforts to do one’s part as a sucker’s game.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

9 months

Workers have a first amendment right to protest. I want answers, @FairmontMiramar

UNITE HERE Local 11

@UNITEHERE11

9 months

Today ⁦⁦ @FairmontMiramar ⁩ security officers attacked striking workers at their hotel. Our members won’t give in to bully tactics at the negotiating table or the picket line. #SoCalHotelStrike

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It’s almost as if allowing more market-rate units to get built is also allowing more affordable units to get built and the two are in fact complementary policies that control costs and benefit renters.

Aaron 🥑🚈🚰🏀

@aceckhouse

2 years

829 (or 795 if one of those is 100% Mod) Low Income homes would be more than were built in Santa Monica across the entire last 8 years

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Jesse Zwick

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Between 1980 + 2020, Santa Monica had no conservative movement worth mentioning. But the knock-on effects of our housing shortage – namely, rising homelessness and commuter traffic – have caused a dissatisfaction that’s been assiduously cultivated by opportunists on the Right.

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@jessezwick

1 year

housing policy is climate policy is housing policy is climate policy is housing policy is climate policy is housing policy is climate policy is

California YIMBY

@cayimby

1 year

Too many Californians have been forced to live in areas that are in the crosshairs of catastrophic climate impacts. So we've joined @AsmChrisWard and environmental advocates to sponsor #AB68 , the Housing and Climate Solutions Act!

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@jessezwick

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And you end up with pro-housing candidates winning the backing of traditional progressive institutions in a way that’s new and exciting.

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@jessezwick

2 years

All our toughest problems -- transportation, housing, homelessness -- don't stop at our city lines. Santa Monica's leaders can't hope to solve them without great regional partners. That's why I'm honored to have the support of a new generation of progressive leaders across LA!

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Second, there’s no more time to argue! Having lost power for the first time in 40 years, there is a recognition that a) something about the status quo is broken and b) a unified front is the only way to win.

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Pustilnikov also owns property on the 3rd St Promenade, and was coincidentally just appointed by council to the board of DTSM. The vote was hotly contested, with the Change Slate all voting in favor. @lananegretesm , my opponent, cast the deciding vote.

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So I started fighting for policies to keep people in their homes. And it turns out all healthy cities do the same 3 things: -Rent Control -Subsidized housing for people who can’t afford to pay market rate -Abundant housing to stop market-rate rents from soaring

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They’ve watched convervative bastions like Beverly Hills and many South Bay cities employ law enforcement to violently push the “externalities” (read: vulnerable people) of this crisis over city lines and into other jurisdictions, and advocate for doing the same.

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On the other side, progressives, unchallenged for decades, were free to bicker amongst themselves as to whether new homes were a cost or a benefit to the community. Strong differences of opinion still exist locally, but two important things have changed…

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Santa Monica city staff were signed up to study social housing in Vienna this spring. Until my colleagues pressured them to cancel their trip. I wrote about why that’s bad.

Petty criticism shouldn't hinder study of vital housing

If there’s one thing Santa Monicans can agree on, it’s that the rent is simply too damn high. Soaring housing costs are displacing longtime residents and essential workers, diminishing our diversity,...

smdp.com

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

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Seems like it might be better to provide housing for people in temperate areas with good transit infrastructure.

Alec MacGillis

@AlecMacGillis

10 months

What life is like in the fastest-growing large city in the United States:

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I should also mention that more housing in our temperate, job-rich coastal zones is necessary if we want to lower our carbon emissions, and all serious environmentalists understand this.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

10 months

Workers across LA are striking bc they can no longer afford to live here. They deserve higher wages — and a lot more affordable housing. I wrote about LA’s hot labor summer and how passing SB 423 is an important piece of the puzzle.

Hospitality workers need higher wages and more housing

From school teachers to TV writers to hospitality workers, a Summer of Labor Solidarity is heating up in LA, and the message across the picket lines is the same: We can’t afford to live where we...

smdp.com

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

Homelessness is a policy choice our leaders are making every day.

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@jessezwick

2 years

@hillside_villa Rent is tripling bc of insane amounts of unmet demand.

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@jessezwick

2 years

Most tenant organizers have a direct relationship with people who have been displaced by high rents or redevelopment. Many YIMBYs have a strong utilitarian urge to do the most good for the most people, and can focus more on abstract forms of altruism than specific people.

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@jessezwick

2 years

The @SouthwestCarps partnered with @BuffyWicks to pass AB2011, a landmark piece of legislation that will build desperately-needed affordable housing while supporting well-paid, middle-class construction jobs at the same time. I am honored to receive their endorsement!

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

1 year

This seems interesting and relevant.

Rob Bonta

@AGRobBonta

1 year

We’re putting Huntington Beach on notice that its proposed zoning ordinance violates California’s Housing Accountability Act. Cities must do their part to increase access to affordable housing. If they don't, they will be held accountable.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

Biden now saying Nury and co should resign. Wow. Never seen an LA story reach this far, this fast.

Eli Stokols

@EliStokols

2 years

NEWS: @PressSec says BIDEN believes Nury Martinez and others should resign from the LA city council over racist remarks in private conversation. "They all should step down...the language that was used...was unacceptable, and it was appalling."

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Jesse Zwick

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2 years

Santa Monica has typically been at the forefront of exciting political change. That started slipping away. But now we have a chance to get back to that.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

1 year

The LAT weighs in, noting that crime has consistently trended down over the last 15 years.

'Santa Monica IS NOT safe,' Third Street Promenade sign claims. But data show crime is falling

The banners draped across an empty storefront on the Third Street Promenade include the words "Crime… depravity… outdoor mental asylum."

www.latimes.com

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

8 months

Begging Californians to look at what Houston and Minneapolis have accomplished.

The Pew Trusts

@pewtrusts

8 months

NEW: Data illustrates how housing costs drive homelessness levels. 📈 As rents rise, so does homelessness. Fortunately, in regions like Minneapolis and Houston that added housing and kept rent growth low, homelessness dropped:

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

Lot of attention and confusion on this one. Here is a round up of all the academic literate on this for anyone who cares to read it.

Shane Phillips

@ShaneDPhillips

3 years

My colleague @mc_lens beat me to it, but he, I, and Mike Manville have a research summary on the effects of market-rate development on neighborhood rents. This was a question with very little evidence one way or another until just the past few years!

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

@moseskagan @upzone_CA @sweatystartup @mattyglesias It has come to my attention that some believe I am advocating that the global population be fit into Santa Monica. I am not!

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

@LACandidates @hillside_villa Expensive new buildings in low income gentrifying neighborhoods are the effect of decades of terrible, exclusionary planning and land use policy, not the cause. I point this out bc we won’t be able to solve our problems if we don’t accurately diagnose them.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

8 months

Seems like something we should consider in CA

New York Daily News

@NYDailyNews

8 months

Speed camera violations dropped 30% citywide in past 12 months First year in which law allowed cameras to issue automated tickets 24/7

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

10 months

Unless your proposal is to abandon your home on the coast and return it to a state of nature, I don’t believe you are actually fighting on behalf of the environment.

Rich Campbell

@rcampbell2012

10 months

@jessezwick What's weird is ascribing racist intent to anyone wants to maintain the integrity of CA's coastal envt. And I say this having actually bought a home w/ a clause in the title chain ("no mixed race couples") that would have prevented me back in the day from moving in.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

11 months

In response, the city reviewed its policies and determined the strike qualifies as a special circumstance for assistance. If you’re a Santa Monica resident, you can explain your loss of income, provide proof of WGA membership, and receive up to $350 per child per quarter.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

The truth is, we must do both. Rent control, just cause eviction, and right-of-return laws protect existing renters. Increasing housing supply helps the vast majority of low-income tenants who rent market-rate housing and are most commonly displaced when their rent is raised.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

2 years

We have the potential to be a leader in the fight against soaring rents and homelessness. Against ever-expanding commutes and GHG emissions. Against the geographic racial and economic segregation that has marred our community since its inception.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

1 year

4. Eliminating parking minimums in parts of our city beyond the half-mile radius of major transit required by AB2097

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

1 year

I’ve been a proud member of the Writers Guild of America for the past ten years, and I have my union to thank for my quality of life, my health care, and the parental leave I was able to take last year to bond with my son.

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Jesse Zwick

@jessezwick

11 months

I’m proud our city is putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to supporting the working people of Hollywood. If you’re someone who meets these criteria and needs help with summer childcare, I encourage you to start the process today:

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