of course you will leave, eventually -- unless they start allowing cemeteries in SF again
sez you! I have given my family strict instructions to have me stuffed and mounted upon my death
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 16:49 (five years ago) link
it depends on how you define "surrounding region" -- Vallejo is somewhat affordable.
― sarahell, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 16:49 (five years ago) link
is it reasonable to assume that this city and the surrounding region will, for the foreseeable future, remain completely unaffordable?
eh just wait for the next earthquake, that always lowers property values
so what's with the laundromat that the City is trying to block from being developed? I have a fairly YIMBY tech bro friend from college who rants about this, but I actually haven't heard the progressive side except for in generalizations, like, "no new housing except for affordable housing"
― sarahell, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 16:52 (five years ago) link
i moved to oakland after 11 years
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, August 22, 2018 9:43 AM (twelve minutes ago)
what do you think of it?
― sarahell, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 16:56 (five years ago) link
I havent heard about this laundromat controversy
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 17:00 (five years ago) link
https://missionlocal.org/2018/08/historic-laundromat-owner-files-suit-vs-san-francisco-for-delaying-construction-of-8-story-tower/
― sarahell, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 17:03 (five years ago) link
well I'm pretty biased in favor of Hillary Ronen (who's kid goes to my kids school in the Mission), MEDA (which was instrumental and helping me buy a home) and Calle 24 (which is just a good local org that I support) so if they're all agin' it well
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 17:11 (five years ago) link
instrumental in helping
that should say
shadows?
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Wednesday, 22 August 2018 17:28 (five years ago) link
I'm not sympathetic to any developer that insists on "market rate" shit, fuck all those assholes
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 17:29 (five years ago) link
Yeah 10% affordable is bullshit. I just wish the rationale here wasn't also bullshit.
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Wednesday, 22 August 2018 17:42 (five years ago) link
eh whatever works, this sort of bare-knuckle legal loophole exploitation is the name of the game. Developers do it all the time when it's to their advantage, it's part of their business model.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 17:44 (five years ago) link
Such fun.
Anyway, will be at that Zorn/Anderson/Riley show too -- was hoping to do a story on that but no time. But my Hemlock memories piece will be running today, and I'll be at the show Sunday where Fuck plays for what'll be the last time.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 17:47 (five years ago) link
wow now there's a band I hadn't thought of in forever
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 17:48 (five years ago) link
Kyle from Fuck, turns out, has been a part owner of the Hemlock since opening to the present day, even though he's out in Memphis now. This swing-through with the band had perfect weird timing (first new album in ten years). Also Sheetal from the Stratford 4 is opening on Sunday with her Forest Bees solo thing.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
always hate it when I'm late for work because of a tired metaphorhttps://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Trash-fire-on-SF-s-Muni-subway-tracks-delays-13174267.php
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Wednesday, 22 August 2018 18:31 (five years ago) link
I knew thew S4 had their big reunion show thing last year, didn't know Sheetal had a solo act
I am so out of the loop
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 19:13 (five years ago) link
gotta start going to local shows again now that the kids are older
Get the kids to start a band, you'll go by default.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 20:11 (five years ago) link
Speaking of that, if any ILXors in SF have kids who'd like to be in a band, my kid plays guitar and is looking for some folks to play with.
― DJI, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 20:43 (five years ago) link
We are in the area for the next 9 days. Staying in Mill Valley
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Wednesday, 22 August 2018 21:06 (five years ago) link
xpost kids in a band. my high schooler has been doing bandworks. it's been great. they have one branch in berkeley and other in san rafael. it's been fun to go to the shows.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 21:20 (five years ago) link
That post got clipped - mill valley, sf and Sonoma
Did Muir beach today which was really nice (Muir Woods parking was full)
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Wednesday, 22 August 2018 21:29 (five years ago) link
Wander around and enjoy the grey
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 21:30 (five years ago) link
Muir woods lot is always full, ppl forget theres a whole network of trails accessible from all over the park/across mt tam
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 21:32 (five years ago) link
^ park on the panoramic highway just before the mountain home inn. then you can walk down into muir woods.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 21:45 (five years ago) link
Yeah but I’m with little kids so I kind of wanted facilities.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Wednesday, 22 August 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
If you're with little kids and you're in Mill Valley, go to the Bay Area Discovery Museum.
― fajita seas, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 22:07 (five years ago) link
Yeah thats a good spot for little uns
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 22:08 (five years ago) link
Aquarium! Alcatraz!
Man, the band Fuck ... My old band played with them a few times and stayed with (possibly Kyle?) wherever his studio was in San Fran. Iirc, it was in a shitty neighborhood, at least at the time.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 22:58 (five years ago) link
It was in the Tenderloin so...yes, likely him.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 23:02 (five years ago) link
something happening at 30th and Irving...? police activity
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 23:05 (five years ago) link
the Stratford 4
they were nice ppl but their band was really boring - pretty sure I remember correctly
― sarahell, Thursday, 23 August 2018 00:53 (five years ago) link
And my Hemlock story is live
https://www.kqed.org/arts/13839507/if-the-hemlocks-walls-could-talk-looking-back-at-17-years-of-shows
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 23 August 2018 16:10 (five years ago) link
Big miss not calling out Anthony as the former drummer/mastermind behind The Icky Boyfriends:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRfbBUn8nX8
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 23 August 2018 16:20 (five years ago) link
Oh I've written about Tony's doings in general before:
https://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Best-Show-comes-to-S-F-with-song-born-in-6469137.php
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 23 August 2018 16:22 (five years ago) link
https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Police-Multiple-San-Francisco-schools-placed-on-13194440.php
My kids' school just got out of lockdown. Balboa High is like 3 blocks from my house :(
― DJI, Thursday, 30 August 2018 20:45 (five years ago) link
ugh just saw that
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 August 2018 20:46 (five years ago) link
this is the first one of these in CA in quite awhile afaik
there are usually at least a dozen of these a year in Oakland public schools
― sarahell, Saturday, 1 September 2018 18:41 (five years ago) link
With actual shootings or just someone bringing a gun
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 1 September 2018 20:32 (five years ago) link
My kids' elementary school is just on the other side of 280, and it got locked down too. As it happens, there was a lockdown drill scheduled for that day. Kids came home singing 'lock, lights, out of sight' gleefully. It's like this generation's 'duck and cover' :(
― fajita seas, Saturday, 1 September 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link
lockdowns.
― sarahell, Saturday, 1 September 2018 22:34 (five years ago) link
haha: https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/SF-scooter-startup-accuses-city-of-unlawful-13242537.php?t=af08525f9e
fuck these garbage companies and their "ask forgiveness, not permission" strategy
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 23:20 (five years ago) link
meanwhile oakland is their new dumping ground test city for a bold personal transit vision
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 23:47 (five years ago) link
Oakland is approaching this better than SF, imo. They're offering the equitable playing field that Lime is asking for, but with more demands on the companies. For example:
The ordinance also requires dockless scooters to be distributed equitably throughout Oakland, and no less than 50 percent of scooters will have to be deployed in Oakland's "communities of concern," with high populations of minority and/or low-income residents.
https://patch.com/california/rockridge/oakland-reigns-scooters
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 23:52 (five years ago) link
These companies dont deserve an equitable playing field
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 23:59 (five years ago) link
"unlawful bias" is a hilarious choice of words here
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Thursday, 20 September 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
at least oakland's lower density means you're not constantly tripping over abandoned scooters like you would in downtown SF
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 20 September 2018 00:16 (five years ago) link