i also endorse these endorsements:
https://tjr.xxx/content/two-evils-voting-guide-nov-2018.pdf?1540269420
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 00:35 (five years ago) link
Surprising revelation from @GavinNewsom, former 2-term Mayor of SF: he hasnβt read #PropC and has no opinion on it. Tax tech to help homeless? No view. Not even in the abstract. βI havenβt read it.β pic.twitter.com/0RpAbozJFA— Doug Sovern (@SovernNation) October 30, 2018
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 00:37 (five years ago) link
prop 10 seems like it's going to lose:
http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-may-2018-proposition-10-s-support-craters-in-new-1540406834-htmlstory.html
possibly thanks to this kind of nonsense (the same people will tell you that prop 10 will result in fewer houses being built. pick a side people!)
silver linings though:
http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-may-2018-prop-6-leaders-threaten-recall-campaign-1540838655-htmlstory.html
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 00:41 (five years ago) link
missing link there sorry
Whyβs @AptAssocGLA gonna go ahead and make this old lady lie like that pic.twitter.com/GiSMsSydF8— Scott Frazier (@safrazie) October 28, 2018
damn dude, she looks like she's only in her mid-50s??
― sarahell, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 01:21 (five years ago) link
that Doug Sovern tweet is bullshit. Newsom has already weighed in on Prop C
― Dan S, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 01:30 (five years ago) link
(he thinks Prop C could make the problem worse. don't agree)
― Dan S, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 01:35 (five years ago) link
Prop C is a good thing!, really hope it passes
― Dan S, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 01:52 (five years ago) link
Agree completely re Prop C
Prop 10 is doomed, but I may vote for it anyway.
― fajita seas, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 02:04 (five years ago) link
submitted without comment
http://www.peaceandfreedom.org/home/images/VoterGuides/2018-November-Workers-Voter-Guide.pdf
except that the candidates they are endorsing look really young
― the late great, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 05:24 (five years ago) link
the best thing on twitter right now is marc benioff dunking on rich silicon valley guys who wonβt pay a tiny tax to fund anti-homelessness initiatives https://t.co/IDjDXsaqJb— we're going to abolish ICE (@SeanMcElwee) November 4, 2018
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Tuesday, 6 November 2018 21:46 (five years ago) link
yeah benioff is pretty legit for a billionaire ceo
― iatee, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 22:05 (five years ago) link
all the bonds except the admittedly slightly weird water bond passed
5 (extend limits on property tax) and 6 (remove gas tax and let the state fall apart) failed :-(
rent control wasn't even close though :-(
the charter guy is winning superintendent of public instruction but it's close and has not been called yet
kounalakis won lieutenant gov. did anyone have a strong opinion about that one? neither seems like particularly promising future governers.
looks like la county is about to vote out the sheriff for the first time in 100+ years. the replacement has the support of the LASD rank and file which is huge fucking red flag, but he ran on a "get ICE out of LA jails" platform (LASD runs the county jails).
la city public bank failed :-(
the NRA-sponsored judge lost in LA county :-)
proposition C passed though and by a lot1
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 15:59 (five years ago) link
Surely you meant to smile on 5 and 6 losing.
― nickn, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 17:01 (five years ago) link
yeah idgi re: 6
― Ξα½ΟΞΉΟ, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 17:03 (five years ago) link
Looks like the one District I was focusing on (10 - Harder vs. Denham) might still be too close to call, last time I checked the results were w/in 1,000 votes.
Looks like Rohrabacher is out though, which is awesome
yeah i got confused about smileys.
5 (extend limits on property tax) and 6 (remove gas tax and let the state fall apart) failed :-)
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
can't believe Nunes is still gonna be around
― Scam jam, thank you maβam (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 19:52 (five years ago) link
I can't believe Duncan Hunter is still going to be around
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 19:58 (five years ago) link
I read something about C that it might be taken to court because it's a tax prop that didn't get the required two-thirds majority?
― Captain Hardchord (Leee), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 19:58 (five years ago) link
sounds inevitable
― Ξα½ΟΞΉΟ, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 19:59 (five years ago) link
I assume that's another thing we can thank Prop 13 for.
― Captain Hardchord (Leee), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 20:00 (five years ago) link
wait hunter won? jfc
― Scam jam, thank you maβam (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 21:11 (five years ago) link
What's the matter with San Diego?
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/11/7/18066314/house-midterms-results-duncan-hunter-winner
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 21:12 (five years ago) link
Camp Pendleton
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 21:25 (five years ago) link
Nah, that's NE county SD exurbs, pretty red to begin with (2R:1D) & they are certainly not going to vote for a guy who is half-Palestine/half-Mexican.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 21:31 (five years ago) link
San Diego is pretty deep blue, but not out there
https://hunter.house.gov/our-district
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 21:48 (five years ago) link
Santee!
― sarahell, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 23:04 (five years ago) link
Can't believe prop 11 passed, 'Let's all get together and screw private ambulance workers!'
But otherwise not too bad here in CA.
― fajita seas, Thursday, 8 November 2018 03:22 (five years ago) link
the sooner we can never adjust our microwave clocks again the better
― del griffith, Thursday, 8 November 2018 03:27 (five years ago) link
also Ammar Campa-Najjar still wouldn't have won if he'd become a horse and changed his name to Bill Stevens, so deep is the backcountry chaparral love for vaping veterans
― del griffith, Thursday, 8 November 2018 03:29 (five years ago) link
β fajita seas, Wednesday, November 7, 2018 7:22 PM (yesterday)
well, except for the fact that people were more concerned about the living conditions of animals that will become food than human beings who are renters, which is quite shit
― sarahell, Friday, 9 November 2018 00:44 (five years ago) link
same in 2008! chickens 01, gay people 00
― Dan S, Friday, 9 November 2018 00:48 (five years ago) link
And probably all the 2008 chickens are long eaten by now
― sarahell, Friday, 9 November 2018 00:52 (five years ago) link
The LA podcast today is a post mortem of the election and also the fact that one of our councilmen Jose huizar was raided by the FBI the morning after. De Leon is a future mayoral candidate and was state senator for the district that covers the council district. Theyβre speculating and repeating rumours that de Leon will run for this seat then mayor (he would walk both races, and in some ways LA council is a promotion from state senate).
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 9 November 2018 00:53 (five years ago) link
lol xp
― Dan S, Friday, 9 November 2018 00:55 (five years ago) link
Also they make the point that running a state ballot measure for rent control, rather than incremental and local changes where costa Hawkins and local circumstances allow it (which is a few cities in socal, not sure about up north), was a major tactical error. (Largely made by noted LA crank and AHF syphilis invasion billboard guy Michael Weinstein).
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 9 November 2018 00:56 (five years ago) link
Itβs a good podcast imo btw https://overcast.fm/+Mkf9-9PBU
which is a few cities in socal, not sure about up north
I would be surprised if San Francisco didn't have the strongest tenant protections in the state. Berkeley has some, as do Oakland, and some smaller Bay Area cities.
― sarahell, Friday, 9 November 2018 01:00 (five years ago) link
Right but the way Costa Hawkins work affects a cityβs ability to vote to expand the rent control aspect of those protections in weird/complex ways. Prop 5 would have repealed costa Hawkins, but some cityβs still have wiggle room. Iβd be surprised if sf wasnβt already it itβs limits.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 9 November 2018 01:03 (five years ago) link
Ps https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/05/gavin-newsom-the-next-head-of-the-california-resistance
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 9 November 2018 01:05 (five years ago) link
Did anyone see yet if thereβs a supermajority in both houses? The count was drifting left in the sense it might be but it wasnβt enough yet when I tried to figure out.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 9 November 2018 01:09 (five years ago) link
Election Day may be over, but California has more than 4.5 million ballots left to count.The uncounted ballots could push voter turnout to nearly 60 percent of those registered. Participation in a non-presidential election has not hit 60 percent in California since 1994, although it hit 59 percent in 2010.
The uncounted ballots could push voter turnout to nearly 60 percent of those registered. Participation in a non-presidential election has not hit 60 percent in California since 1994, although it hit 59 percent in 2010.
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article221392480.html
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 9 November 2018 14:43 (five years ago) link
Did anyone see yet if thereβs a supermajority in both houses?
Does this matter a lot with a Democratic governor?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 9 November 2018 15:05 (five years ago) link
A supermajority would allow the Democrats to pass any legislation without GOP help. As I understand it they already have a supermajority in the Assembly. In the Senate they need 27 seats, and according to Politico: βit now appears Democratic Sen. Ricardo Lara is in good shape to become insurance commissioner, which would leave a vacancy for months in the upper house. And the race in District 12 between Democrat Anna Caballero and Republican Rob Poythress remains too close to know if Democrats will have 27 even if Lara departs.β
― Dan S, Friday, 9 November 2018 15:23 (five years ago) link
Heard a politician refer to the legislature in Illinois now as a super-supermajority.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 9 November 2018 15:25 (five years ago) link
Does this matter a lot with a Democratic governor?β Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, November 9, 2018 10:05 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
β Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, November 9, 2018 10:05 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yes. certain kinds of legislation (mostly money-raising stuff, i think?) requires 2/3 majorities (in both houses?) to pass.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 9 November 2018 16:10 (five years ago) link
ohhhhh, OK
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 9 November 2018 16:18 (five years ago) link
(mostly money-raising stuff, i think?)
Two-thirds is required for any tax-related stuff.
― Captain Hardchord (Leee), Friday, 9 November 2018 19:00 (five years ago) link
also Ammar Campa-Najjar still wouldn't have won if he'd become a horse and changed his name to Bill Stevens, so deep is the backcountry chaparral love for vaping veteransβ del griffith, Thursday, November 8, 2018 3:29 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
β del griffith, Thursday, November 8, 2018 3:29 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
wtf thats my name, dude. :o
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 9 November 2018 19:14 (five years ago) link