Sunnyvale City Council: Election Notes
This year there will be an election for four of the seven seats on the Sunnyvale City Council. Mapping Out the Council I found a nice web site that summarizes campaign contributions for the different...
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Housing in the Silicon Valley: Sunnyvale Planning Commission and 838 Azure
On October 10, 2016, file 16-0548 was heard by the Sunnyvale Planning Commission. The item was to down-zone a condominium development per the General Plan, and to up-zone a one third acre parcel from...
View ArticleEvaluating California Ballot Propositions
A few rules of thumb I use in evaluating California ballot propositions: 1) Is it a REVENUE BOND? — Likely YES 2) Is it a CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT? — Default NO 3) Endorsed by Jerry Brown? — Likely YES...
View ArticleHead Full of Doubts
There’s a darkness upon me that’s flooded in light In the fine print they tell me what’s wrong and what’s right And it comes in black and it comes in white And I’m frightened by those that don’t see...
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US May Soon Allow High Speed Trains
Good news via Streetsblog: the United States FRA are nearly done revising safety regulations which would allow for operation of high-speed trains in the United States! A fleet of TGV waiting to serve...
View ArticleDemocrats Should Hold The High Ground
I noted that: On social media, my liberal bubble is split into two sub-bubbles of folks who aren't talking to each other. Some are upset that Franken resigned already and some are upset that he didn't...
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In A Nutshell: Bay Area Housing Shortage
A question was posed as to whether folks should fight for or flee from the Silicon Valley. i wonder if defining question for Silicon Valley this next decade will be "fight or flight" Do you stay here...
View ArticleRestrictive Zoning Induces Partisan Shift
Here is a provocative article from CityLab: How Land-Use Restrictions Make Places Tilt Left The gist of this is: restrictive zoning makes housing more expensive. The folks who can afford expensive...
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Notes from April, 2019
“It’s like finding the Holy Grail clutched in the bony fingers of Jimmy Hoffa, sitting on top of the Lost Ark.”The Day the Dinosaurs Died The ambulance arrived, and the paramedics started treating the...
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Notes from May, 2019
Warren is bursting with what we might call “charisma” in male candidates: She has the folksy demeanor of Joe Biden, the ferocious conviction of Bernie Sanders, the deep intelligence of fellow law...
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… millions of decision variables that affect any solution, including varying road widths, differing bus infrastructures (for example, the presence of wheelchair lifts or child safety restraint seats),...
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Democracy and Insurrection
I caught the opening of the impeachment trial today. The video from the House Impeachment managers was harrowing and damning. As a friend said last night, the US Capitol is sacred ground. Then Trump’s...
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California Casual Patio Side Table: A Year Later
A year ago I was finishing my second Steve Ramsey build. Or first, if you count the workbench as a “bonus” … I had fun doing the miter cuts and setting up a jig for square angles, sanding, gluing,...
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