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June 8, 2021 at 2:16 AM

Actions to Stop SB 9 Now

  Senate Bill 9 (SB 9) will be heard by the Assembly Local Government Committee this Wednesday June 9.  SB 9 is a neighborhood killing bill that wipes out single family zoning statewide   There are only 8 members of the Assembly Local Government committee, so actions …
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May 28, 2021 at 9:53 PM

Correction: Teleconference Sat. May 29 at 10 am: Statewide Idea-Sharing Discussion on How to Stop the 7 Bad Bills in Sacramento!

  Correction: Some recipients received an outdated invitation. Apologies, and read on! State Sen. Scott Wiener’s hated and defeated SB 50, which we all fought in 2019 and 2020, is reincarnated in the 7 Bad Bills. Tomorrow, bring your ideas & action plans to stop …
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May 27, 2021 at 8:27 PM

Bruise the Bills: Legislators Will Vote June 1 - 4 on the 7 Bad Bills. Join Us May 29 at 10 am to Make Sure They Look as Ugly as They Really Are

  Livable California Teleconference Sat. May 29 at 10 AM. State Sen. Scott Wiener’s hated and defeated SB 50, which we all fought in 2019 and 2020, has been reincarnated in the 7 Bad Bills in Sacramento. On Saturday, we’ll share how to bruise the bad bills in their “h…
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May 26, 2021 at 5:37 AM

Bruise the Bills: Legislators Will Vote June 1 - 4 on the 7 Bad Bills. Join Us May 29 at 10 am to Make Sure They Look as Ugly as They Really Are

  Livable California Teleconference Sat. April 29 at 10 AM. State Sen. Scott Wiener’s hated and defeated SB 50, which we all fought in 2019 and 2020, has been reincarnated in the 7 Bad Bills in Sacramento. On Saturday, we’ll share how to bruise the bad bills in their …
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May 14, 2021 at 10:19 PM

Strategy Day: How to Kill the 7 Bad Bills — SB 6, SB 8, SB 9, SB 10, SB 478, AB 1322 & AB 1401, Sat. May 15 at 10 a.m.

    Sen. Scott Wiener’s hated SB 50, which we all fought and killed in 2020, is hiding in 7 Bad Bills. On Sat., we’ll discuss The Second House Strategy for killing bad bills that make it out  of the “suspense” file and get approved by Appropriations. Suspense file? Ap…
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May 13, 2021 at 7:03 PM

Strategy Day: How to Kill the 7 Bad Bills — SB 6, SB 8, SB 9, SB 10, SB 478, AB 1322 & AB 1401, Sat. May 15 at 10 a.m.

    Sen. Scott Wiener’s hated SB 50, which we all fought and killed in 2020, is hiding in 7 Bad Bills. On Sat., we’ll discuss The Second House Strategy for killing bad bills that make it out  of the “suspense” file and get approved by Appropriations. Suspense file? Ap…
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May 12, 2021 at 1:52 AM

Strategy Day: How to Kill the 7 Bad Bills — SB 6, SB 8, SB 9, SB 10, SB 478, AB 1322 & AB 1401, Sat. May 15 at 10 a.m.

    Sen. Scott Wiener’s hated SB 50, which we all fought and killed in 2020, is hiding in 7 Bad Bills. On Sat., we’ll discuss The Second House Strategy for killing bad bills that make it out  of the “suspense” file and get approved by Appropriations. Suspense file? Ap…
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May 7, 2021 at 12:46 AM

The Hated and Defeated SB 50 is Hiding in 7 Bad Bills. Call Your Legislator!

    The Infamous SB 50 is Hiding in 7 Bad Bills: SB 6, SB 8, SB 9, SB 10, SB 478, AB 1322, AB 1401   Sacramento "trickle-down" housing proponents are trying to revive the divisive pre-COVID legislation SB 50 through a group of 7 bad bills. Without your intervention —…
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April 30, 2021 at 2:49 PM

May 1 Teleconference 10 am: The Seven Bad Bills of 2021 bring back Scott Wiener’s terrible SB 50!

    Hi folks! This is an RSVP-only teleconference on May 1 at 10 AM. By 3 pm tomorrow,  Friday, you must RSVP at this link. If you registered previously you will receive a reminder with the Zoom meeting  link. Problems? Email: [email protected].    This month, legi…
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April 29, 2021 at 5:17 PM

May 1 Teleconference 10 am: The Seven Bad Bills of 2021 bring back Scott Wiener’s terrible SB 50!

    Hi folks! This is an RSVP-only teleconference on May 1 at 10 AM. By 3 pm tomorrow,  Friday, you must RSVP at this link. If you registered previously you will receive a reminder with the Zoom meeting  link. Problems? Email: [email protected].    This month, legi…
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April 29, 2021 at 4:47 PM

Sat. April 17 at 10 am Teleconference: Yikes! Scott Wiener’s Horrible SB 50 is Hidden in a Pile of Bad Bills for 2021

    Hi folks! This is an RSVP-only teleconference on April May 1 at 10 AM. By 3 pm tomorrow,  Friday, you must RSVP at this link. If you registered previously you will receive a reminder with the Zoom meeting  link. Problems? Email: [email protected].    This month…
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April 16, 2021 at 5:36 PM

Tomorrow 10 am Teleconference: Yikes! Scott Wiener’s Horrible SB 50 is Hidden in a Pile of Bad Bills for 2021

  Hi folks! This is an RSVP-only teleconference tomorrow April 17 at 10 AM. By 3 pm this today RSVP HERE at this link. If you registered previously you will receive a reminder with the Zoom meeting  link. Any problems email: [email protected].    Thursday, 7 state s…
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April 15, 2021 at 5:24 PM

Sat. April 17 at 10 am Teleconference: Yikes! Scott Wiener’s Horrible SB 50 is Hidden in a Pile of Bad Bills for 2021

  Hi folks! This is an RSVP-only teleconference on April 17 at 10 AM. By 3 pm this Friday you must RSVP HERE at this link. If you registered previously you will receive a reminder with the Zoom meeting  link. Any problems email: [email protected].  . This week, seve…
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April 14, 2021 at 8:58 PM

Sat. April 17 at 10 am Teleconference: Yikes! Scott Wiener’s Horrible SB 50 is Hidden in a Pile of Bad Bills for 2021

  Hi folks! This is an RSVP-only teleconference on April 17 at 10 AM. By 3 pm this Friday you must RSVP HERE at this link. If you registered previously you will receive a reminder with the Zoom meeting  link. Any problems email: [email protected].  . This week, seve…
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April 2, 2021 at 5:03 AM

Sat. April 3 at 10 am Teleconference: Uh oh, is City of Sacramento banning single-family zoning? Meet the people pushing back!

  Hi folks! This is an RSVP-only teleconference on April 3 at 10 AM. By 3 pm this Friday you must RSVP HERE at this link. Any problems email [email protected] . Is Sacramento City Hall really ending its single-family zoning to allow 4-to-6 units, a first in CA? Did…
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April 1, 2021 at 12:23 AM

Sat. April 3 at 10 am Teleconference: Uh oh, is City of Sacramento killing single-family zoning? Meet the people pushing back!

  Hi folks! This is an RSVP-only teleconference on April 3 at 10 AM.  By 3 pm this Friday you must RSVP HERE at this link. Any problems email [email protected] . Is Sacramento City Hall really killing its single-family zoning to allow 4-to-6 units, a first in CA? D…
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March 17, 2021 at 7:48 PM

Sat. March 20 at 10 am Teleconference: City Planner Dick Platkin on Why L.A. Times Refuses to Report that SB 9 Allows 8 Units Not “Duplexes.” RSVP a must!

  This is an RSVP-only teleconference. Please register HERE at this link by noon Friday . Any problems registering email [email protected].   Former L.A. city planner Dick Platkin is a major critic of “upzoning” and “trickle-down” bills from Sacramento that fail to …
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March 15, 2021 at 4:38 AM

Sat. March 20 at 10 am Teleconference: City Planner Dick Platkin on Why L.A. Times Refuses to Report that SB 9 Allows 8 Units Not “Duplexes.” RSVP a must!

  This is an RSVP-only teleconference. Please register HERE at this link by noon Friday . Any problems registering email [email protected].   Former L.A. city planner Dick Platkin is a major critic of “upzoning” and “trickle-down” laws that fail to build affordable …
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February 26, 2021 at 2:55 AM

SB 9 and SB 10 Will Make Your Community Unaffordable & Unrecognizable: Video/Slides by United Neighbors

  At a recent Livable California teleconference on how to fight state Sen. Scott Wiener and the nightmare bills SB 9 and SB 10, community leader Maria Kalban explained how she created a huge new statewide group, United Neighbors.   United Neighbors is 75-groups strong…
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February 25, 2021 at 2:43 AM

Stop Scott Wiener, Save 7 Million Homes, Feel Fab! SB 9 & SB 10 Workshop Sat. Feb. 27 at 10 am!

  Send effective letters against SB 9 & SB 10 to the crucial state Position Letters Portal!   The mysterious Portal is the ONE WAY to get your letters seen by key committee members and “stapled” to the official SB 9 & SB 10 bill analyses, which are read by eve…
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February 23, 2021 at 3:50 AM

Your Assignment: Kill SB 9 and SB10, Bad Bills that Overrun Single-Family Streets with 8-Unit & 10-Unit Density

  Don’t let Sacramento’s rush-job hearings kill our single-family streets. Legislators led by Scott Wiener, who called yards “immoral,” want to end single-family zoning, jamming 8- to 10-unit projects (no garages or yard) where 1 home sits now. San Diego to Huntington…
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February 19, 2021 at 8:50 PM

Teleconference on Sat. Feb. 20, How Maria Kalban Organized 50 Homeowner and Neighborhood Groups into a Major New Force Against Wiener, SB 9, and SB 10

  United Neighbors didn’t exist in 2020. But in 2021 it will be a key force against legislators like state Sen. Scott Wiener who seek to destroy single-family areas to build dense, market-rate rentals.   Maria Kalban walks us through her step-by-step efforts to unite…
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February 17, 2021 at 7:55 PM

Teleconference on Sat. Feb. 20, How Maria Kalban Organized 50 Homeowner and Neighborhood Groups into a Major New Force Against Wiener, SB 9, and SB 10

  United Neighbors didn’t exist in 2020. But in 2021 it will be a key force against legislators like state Sen. Scott Wiener who seek to destroy single-family areas to build dense, market-rate rentals.   Maria Kalban walks us through her step-by-step efforts to unite…
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February 16, 2021 at 5:31 AM

Teleconference on Sat. Feb. 20, How Maria Kalban Organized 50 Homeowner and Neighborhood Groups into a Major New Force Against Wiener, SB 9, and SB 10

  United Neighbors didn’t exist in 2020. But in 2021 it will be a key force against legislators like state Sen. Scott Wiener who seek to destroy single-family areas to build dense, market-rate rentals.   Maria Kalban walks us through her step-by-step efforts to unite…
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February 10, 2021 at 4:01 PM

Vancouver’s Smartest Planner, Prof. Patrick Condon, Says Upzoning is a Costly Mistake

  Vancouver’s high-profile professor, planner and author, Patrick Condon, told more than 160 California community leaders at the Livable California Teleconference on Feb. 6, 2021 that “upzoning” of neighborhoods drives up housing costs and cannot create affordable hou…
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February 9, 2021 at 8:59 PM

SB 9 FACT SHEET/ACTION SHEET: IT’S NOT A DUPLEX BILL FOLKS!

  SB 9 FACT SHEET/ACTION SHEET: IT’S NOT A DUPLEX BILL FOLKS!   ACTION: Please share the below facts with your community members now! Later, we’ll ask you to alert legislators.   FACTS: SB 9 allows 6 units without public input where 1 single-family home now stands. It…
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February 5, 2021 at 7:14 PM

Tomorrow! - Teleconference this Saturday Feb. 6, Author and Prof. Patrick Condon on Why Vancouver B.C.’s Upzoning Didn’t Create Affordable Housing — and Why It Can’t

  Join us tomorrow, Saturday Feb. 6 at 10 am with famed Vancouver urban planner and UBC Prof. Patrick Condon, who says: “I am neither Nimby or Yimby” after years of embracing dense zoning.   Author of the new book, Sick Cities, Prof. Condon says: “I strongly advocate …
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February 3, 2021 at 6:28 PM

Teleconference this Saturday Feb. 6, Author and Prof. Patrick Condon on Why Vancouver B.C.’s Upzoning Didn’t Create Affordable Housing — and Why It Can’t

  Join us this Saturday Feb. 6 at 10 am with famed Vancouver urban planner and UBC Prof. Patrick Condon, who says: “I am neither Nimby or Yimby” after years of embracing dense zoning.   Author of the new book, Sick Cities, Prof. Condon says: “I strongly advocate for a…
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February 1, 2021 at 7:04 PM

Teleconference Feb. 6, Author and Prof. Patrick Condon on Why Vancouver B.C.’s Upzoning Didn’t Create Affordable Housing — and Why It Can’t

  Join us Feb. 6 at 10 am with famed Vancouver urban planner and UBC Prof. Patrick Condon, who says: “I am neither Nimby or Yimby” after years of embracing dense zoning.   Author of the new book, Sick Cities, Prof. Condon says: “I strongly advocate for affordable hous…
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January 28, 2021 at 9:33 PM

Teleconference Feb. 6, Author and Prof. Patrick Condon on Why Vancouver B.C.’s Upzoning Didn’t Create Affordable Housing — and Why It Can’t

  Join us Feb. 6 at 10 am with famed Vancouver urban planner and UBC Prof. Patrick Condon, who says: “I am neither Nimby or Yimby” after years of embracing dense zoning.   Author of the new book, Sick Cities, Prof. Condon says: “I strongly advocate for affordable hous…
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January 21, 2021 at 10:56 PM

Saturday! New Santa Monica City Councilmembers De la Torre, Parra & Brock Discuss “Getting Your City Back” 10 am Jan. 23!

  Three Santa Monica City Council candidates, in a historic November upset against luxury housing developers, won with just shoestring campaign budgets.   The three have diverse backgrounds, don't answer to developers, and plan to shake up Santa Monica's years of over…
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January 18, 2021 at 4:29 PM

Luxury Developer Foes Win 3 Seats in Santa Monica Upset! Special Guests Oscar de la Torre, Christine Parra, and Phil Brock Discuss How to Get Your City Back! 10 am on Jan. 23

  Three Santa Monica City Council candidates, in a historic upset against luxury housing developers, won seats in the November election on shoestring campaign budgets.   The three have diverse backgrounds, don't answer to developers, and plan to shake up Santa Monica…
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January 16, 2021 at 1:15 AM

Luxury Developer Foes Win 3 Seats in Santa Monica Upset! Special GuestOscar de la Torre, Christine Parra, and Phil Brock Discuss How to Get Your City Back! 10 am on Jan. 23

  Three Santa Monica City Council candidates, in a historic upset against luxury housing developers, won seats in the November election on shoestring campaign budgets.   The three have diverse backgrounds, don't answer to developers, and plan to shake up Santa Monica…
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January 7, 2021 at 11:48 PM

Teleconference: Kill SB 9 and SB 10! Special Guest L.A. City Councilman Paul Koretz and Your Role in Stopping Scott Wiener, 10 am on Jan. 9

  Soft-spoken and fierce, LA City Councilman Paul Koretz led against SB 1120 and SB 50. He joins us Saturday Jan. 9 at 10 a.m. to discuss SB 9, identical to SB 1120 but more extreme, which ends all single-family zoning. And we’ll unwind SB 10, Scott Wiener’s revival o…
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January 4, 2021 at 10:09 PM

Teleconference: Kill SB 9 and SB 10! Special Guest L.A. City Councilman Paul Koretz and Your Role in Stopping Scott Wiener, 10 am on Jan. 9

  Soft-spoken and fierce, LA City Councilman Paul Koretz led against SB 1120 and SB 50. He joins us Saturday Jan. 9 at 10 a.m. to discuss SB 9, identical to SB 1120 but more extreme, which ends all single-family zoning. And we’ll unwind SB 10, Scott Wiener’s revival o…
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January 1, 2021 at 8:24 PM

Teleconference: Kill SB 9 and SB 10! Special Guest L.A. City Councilman Paul Koretz and Your Role in Stopping Scott Wiener, 10 am on Jan. 9

  Soft-spoken and fierce, LA City Councilman Paul Koretz led against SB 1120 and SB 50. He joins us Saturday Jan. 9 at 10 a.m. to discuss SB 9, identical to SB 1120 but more extreme, which ends all single-family zoning. And we’ll unwind SB 10, Scott Wiener’s revival o…
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December 11, 2020 at 6:45 PM

Hon. Patrick O'Donnell Called SB 1120’s Attack on Single Family Areas “Radically Irresponsible.” Now, SB 1120 is Back! Join Our Sat. Dec. 12, 10 am Teleconference with Mr. O'Donnell

  Please join us tomorrow Sat. Dec. 12, at 10 am with respected chair of the Assembly Education Committee, Patrick O'Donnell of Long Beach, who voted against SB 1120 and SB 35 — bills that kill local control while failing to create affordable housing.   Known for thou…
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December 9, 2020 at 9:52 PM

Legislator Patrick O'Donnell Called SB 1120’s Attack on Single Family Areas “Radically Irresponsible.” Join Our Sat. Dec. 12, 10 am Teleconference with Mr. O'Donnell

  Please join us Sat. Dec. 12, at 10 am with respected chair of the Assembly Education Committee, Patrick O'Donnell of Long Beach, whose views informed his votes against SB 1120 and SB 35.   In 2019 and 2020, Assemblymember O'Donnell authored or had a role in 37 bills…
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December 6, 2020 at 9:15 PM

Legislator Patrick O'Donnell Called SB 1120’s Attack on Single Family Areas “Radically Irresponsible.” Join Our Sat. Dec. 12, 10 am Teleconference with Mr. O'Donnell

  Please join us Sat. Dec. 12, at 10 am with respected chair of the Assembly Education Committee, Patrick O'Donnell of Long Beach, whose views informed his votes against SB 1120 and SB 35.   In 2019 and 2020, Assemblymember O'Donnell authored or had a role in 37 bills…
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November 27, 2020 at 4:55 PM

Tomorrow - Amidst a California Exodus, Sacramento Wants to Force Dense, Luxury Housing on Cities: Saturday, Nov. 28, 10 am Teleconference with Demographer Wendell Cox

  Please join us tomorrow, Sat. Nov. 28, at 10 am, with respected demographer Wendell Cox of Demographia, to discuss his pre-COVID prediction of California’s ebbing growth, and the exodus now underway, and Sacramento fables that justify destroying neighborhoods. We p…
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November 25, 2020 at 3:34 AM

Amidst a California Exodus, Sacramento Wants to Force Dense, Luxury Housing on Cities: Saturday, Nov. 28, 10 am Teleconference with Demographer Wendell Cox

  Please join us Sat. Nov. 28, at 10 am, with respected demographer Wendell Cox of Demographia, to discuss his pre-COVID prediction of California’s ebbing growth, and the exodus now underway, and Sacramento fables that justify destroying neighborhoods. We predict a f…
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November 24, 2020 at 1:00 AM

Amidst a California Exodus, Sacramento Wants to Force Dense, Luxury Housing on Cities: Saturday, Nov. 28, 10 am Teleconference with Demographer Wendell Cox

  Please join us Sat. Nov. 28, at 10 am, with respected demographer Wendell Cox of Demographia, to discuss his pre-COVID prediction of California’s ebbing growth, and the exodus now underway, and Sacramento fables that justify destroying neighborhoods. We predict a f…
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November 19, 2020 at 9:53 PM

Sacramento Blew $2.7B in Affordable Housing Money! Join Us in Demanding Better!

  As Livable California gets ready for Dec. 7, when the legislature returns with bad bills that hand out rewards to profitable luxury developers and force cities to adopt high-density market-rate housing policies, we ask that you help us push back.   Please start by d…
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November 13, 2020 at 8:52 PM

Teleconference: Wall Street Journal’s Ryan Dezember on his book, “Underwater,” and the Push to Turn Single-Family Homes into Corporate-Owned Rentals, Saturday Nov. 14, 10 am

  Please join Livable California on Saturday at 10 am with WSJ reporter Ryan Dezember, who covers financial markets, energy investing, infrastructure, real estate and other Wall Street topics.   When Bloomberg columnist Joe Nocera reviewed Ryan Dezember’s book, Nocera…
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November 12, 2020 at 1:13 AM

Teleconference: Wall Street Journal’s Ryan Dezember on his book, “Underwater,” and the Push to Turn Single-Family Homes into Corporate-Owned Rentals, Saturday Nov. 14, 10 am

  Please join Livable California on Saturday at 10 am with WSJ reporter Ryan Dezember, who covers financial markets, energy investing, infrastructure, real estate and other Wall Street topics.   When Bloomberg columnist Joe Nocera reviewed Ryan Dezember’s book, Nocera…
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November 7, 2020 at 12:12 AM

UPDATED - Awesome of you! Here's the shareable note we promised!

  Hi all!    Our big Oct. 31 teleconference focused on how legislators, led by Scott Wiener, tried to kill single-family zoning and now want to kill telecommuting! Sacramento’s tsunami of 64 developer bills in 4 years will pave communities with pricey density. Our leg…
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November 3, 2020 at 1:22 AM

Awesome of you! Here's the shareable note we promised!

  Hi!    At our Oct. 31 teleconference, a crowd heard how a cadre of mostly Bay Area legislators wants to destroy single-family zoning, yet opposes telecommuting! Legislators approved a tsunami of 64 housing bills in 4 years — most of them public gifts to high-end dev…
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October 30, 2020 at 4:13 PM

Teleconference: Remote Work Guru Kate Lister and Past Appropriations Chair Mike Gatto on Wiener & Co.’s Fear of Zoom, Oct. 31, 10 am

  Please join us Halloween morn at 10 AM with ex-Assemblymember Mike Gatto and West Coast telecommuter czar Kate Lister on the explosion in remote work and why Sacramento just can’t take it. 2020’s trapped-in-amber density laws from state Sen. Scott Wiener & Frien…
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October 28, 2020 at 5:28 PM

Teleconference: Remote Work Guru Kate Lister and Past Appropriations Chair Mike Gatto on Wiener & Co.’s Fear of Zoom, Oct. 31, 10 am

  Please join us Halloween morn at 10 AM with ex-Assemblymember Mike Gatto and West Coast telecommuter czar Kate Lister on the explosion in remote work and why Sacramento just can’t take it. 2020’s trapped-in-amber density laws from state Sen. Scott Wiener & Frien…
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October 24, 2020 at 7:13 PM

Teleconference: Remote Work Guru Kate Lister and Past Appropriations Chair Mike Gatto on Wiener & Co.’s Fear of Zoom, Oct. 31, 10 am

  Please join us Halloween morn at 10 AM with ex-Assemblymember Mike Gatto and West Coast telecommuter czar Kate Lister on the explosion in remote work and why Sacramento just can’t take it. 2020’s trapped-in-amber density laws from state Sen. Scott Wiener & Frien…