Gratifying.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 29 April 2019 19:22 (four years ago) link
RIP SB 50, but i did see kevin de leon on my flight last week. he is much more handsome IRL.
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Sunday, 19 May 2019 03:48 (four years ago) link
Guess I could post this in he la thread but I think the only person who cares is Shakey: the fbi is raiding ladwp right now.
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Monday, 22 July 2019 18:27 (four years ago) link
Are they there to obtain the individual building meter data?
― โฎ (peace, man), Monday, 22 July 2019 18:35 (four years ago) link
haha waht
― ฮแฝฯฮนฯ, Monday, 22 July 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
Roffle.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 July 2019 18:41 (four years ago) link
this is fucking crazy
― ฮแฝฯฮนฯ, Monday, 22 July 2019 18:42 (four years ago) link
it sounds like this may be more jose huizar stuff
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Monday, 22 July 2019 19:02 (four years ago) link
Two men and one woman wearing navy blue jackets waiting outside the Guacamole y Mas taco truck parked on Hope Street said they could not discuss what they were doing inside LADWP headquarters, but confirmed that they were with the FBI. ๐ฎ— Laura J. Nelson ๐ฆ (@laura_nelson) July 22, 2019
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Monday, 22 July 2019 20:58 (four years ago) link
https://laist.com/2019/07/22/ladwp_overbilling_scandal_the_fbi_just_raided_the_utility_and_the_city_attorneys_office.php
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 23 July 2019 00:19 (four years ago) link
the la sherriff's department is also not in good shape
"I was hired in part to tell you if we ever faced a (Paul) Tanaka-level crisis again. We face it now," says LA County Inspector General Max Huntsman at Board of Supervisors meeting now. Strong words referr to fmr Sheriff Dept undersheriff, now in prison, said to rule w/ iron fist— Maya Lau ๐ฆ (@mayalau) July 23, 2019
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 23 July 2019 19:44 (four years ago) link
"Tanaka-level" is not good
Check this: There are now officially 9 more registered Republicans in Orange County, CA (home of the Nixon Presidential Library) than Democrats. NINE. You can count on Democrats taking the lead in voter reg by tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/lxqhnwqNkB— Jill Replogle (@jillrep) August 6, 2019
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 20:28 (four years ago) link
man that's crazy. how times have changed.
― ฮแฝฯฮนฯ, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 20:29 (four years ago) link
What percentage of those NPPs are gonna go GOP every time, though?
― nickn, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 20:30 (four years ago) link
not enough. GOP was swept out of OC last cycle iirc.
― ฮแฝฯฮนฯ, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 20:32 (four years ago) link
(at least in terms of congressional reps)
yup. OC is done for a while. the current top of the democratic hit list in SC is the *last* republican on the LA county council.
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 20:38 (four years ago) link
(and then duncan hunter in SD if he doesn't go to jail first)
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 20:41 (four years ago) link
that trial is such an entertaining shitshow
― ฮแฝฯฮนฯ, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 20:49 (four years ago) link
Never forget this chud:
In December 2018, a month after losing his bid for reelection, Rohrabacher announced that he would be moving to Maine to, among other things, write film scripts.[187] In May 2019 he announced his appointment to the advisory board of BudTrader.com, a company that provides cannabis-related advertising services.[188]
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 21:02 (four years ago) link
Maine's film industry obviously much more vital than California's
― ฮแฝฯฮนฯ, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 21:04 (four years ago) link
the current top of the democratic hit list in SC is the *last* republican on the LA county council.
*city
this election is today btw. https://www.loraineforla.com/ is running against the chief of staff of the previous guy (a republican), who retired to become a sports lobbyist ($$$$ olympics $$$$). lundquist is probably going to get creamed (turnout will be terrible), but she'll be back for the same seat in 2020.
also the nominally democrat councilmember for silver lake/los feliz/etc. is being primaried from the left, which is great. that primary is next spring iirc.
I'm running for LA City Council in District 4. Here's why.https://t.co/Q9lkhI3koN pic.twitter.com/FHb9Wz3xA0— Nithya Raman (@nithyavraman) August 7, 2019
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:45 (four years ago) link
Closer than I thought it would be!https://www.lavote.net/election-resultsStill postal votes to count but probably too big a less to overcome
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Wednesday, 14 August 2019 15:59 (four years ago) link
RIP
Loraine Lundquist says she is conceding the #CD12 race after learning that only 3,750 ballots are estimated to be outstanding. "Now that we know how many ballots are left to count, it seems very unlikely that there would be any change to the results," she said.— Emily Alpert Reyes (@AlpertReyes) August 14, 2019
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Wednesday, 14 August 2019 22:42 (four years ago) link
New: Uber & Lyft commit $60 million to fund a state-wide ballot initiative to keep treating their workers as contractors. This announcement comes a day after execs from both cos met w/ Gov. Newsom in part to discuss what theyโre proposing as an alternative https://t.co/7AHIJpl3bb— Johana Bhuiyan (@JMBooyah) August 29, 2019
Should say if there's not a deal this or *next session*. But this is crucial context from @dillonliam. Using a ballot initiative as leverage is increasingly common. Tony West told us he didn't expect any ballot measure to be as "progressive" as what they're offering now. pic.twitter.com/ETtpXUR56C— Johana Bhuiyan (@JMBooyah) August 29, 2019
very cool way of making laws folks
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Thursday, 29 August 2019 23:38 (four years ago) link
statewide rent control maybe coming despite pretty hard ballot measure failure last year
THREAD: Late Friday, Gov. @GavinNewsom announced a deal with legislative leadership to cap annual rent hikes in California for a decade at 5% + inflation alongside anti-eviction protections. This is a big deal, but itโs far from assured it will pass https://t.co/x8TIp1GqmZ (1/10)— Liam Dillon (@dillonliam) September 3, 2019
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 3 September 2019 16:35 (four years ago) link
this is statewide rent control for non-vacant units, right? interesting.
― akm, Tuesday, 3 September 2019 17:00 (four years ago) link
yes but there are exclusions based on the building age and a sunset clause. it's still fairly aggressive.
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 3 September 2019 17:19 (four years ago) link
Uber & Lyft commit $60 million to fund a state-wide ballot initiative
Since they probably haven't spent even 2% of that amount pursuing that initiative so far, they could as easily have said $300 million as $60 million and presumably frightened lawmakers into submission even more effectively.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 3 September 2019 17:29 (four years ago) link
they should just suck it up and pay the payroll taxes and workers comp insurance like normal employers ... also they are seriously responsible for making traffic suck in the Bay Area (idk about LA).
― sarahell, Tuesday, 3 September 2019 20:11 (four years ago) link
^^^
they have made driving in SF so much worse
― ฮแฝฯฮนฯ, Tuesday, 3 September 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
it's like all roads and lanes on city streets are subdivided into "thru traffic" and "double parked uber/lyft drivers"
― sarahell, Tuesday, 3 September 2019 20:19 (four years ago) link
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-09-03/hiltzik-uber-lyft-90-million-to-save-employment-costs
Uber says its goal is to place โdriversโ unique needs first and foremost, and provide leadership with a new model for workers.โ Is this plausible?Just consider that the top named officer of the campaign entity to which Uber and Lyft have given their $60 million in funding, Californians for Innovation and Opportunity, is Thomas W. Hiltachk. Heโs the go-to lawyer for Republican and conservative initiative campaigns, including Proposition 32 of 2012, which was a thinly-disguised attack on unions and their members. Hereโs a rule of thumb: If Hiltachk is on your team, you may not have workersโ best interests at heart.
Just consider that the top named officer of the campaign entity to which Uber and Lyft have given their $60 million in funding, Californians for Innovation and Opportunity, is Thomas W. Hiltachk. Heโs the go-to lawyer for Republican and conservative initiative campaigns, including Proposition 32 of 2012, which was a thinly-disguised attack on unions and their members. Hereโs a rule of thumb: If Hiltachk is on your team, you may not have workersโ best interests at heart.
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 3 September 2019 20:21 (four years ago) link
not only that, they've literally put *more* cars on the streets. Instead of yr usual drivers + taxi fleets, you have people bringing their cars in from out of town to make $$$
https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Uber-Lyft-cars-have-heavy-impact-on-SF-streets-11214835.php
― ฮแฝฯฮนฯ, Tuesday, 3 September 2019 20:25 (four years ago) link
just take the fucking bus ya idjits
I have some mixed feelings about the Dynamex decision and it being applied super strictly, though the fact that these companies have managed to not run afoul of the EDD regulations about employee vs. contractor is ridiculous to me. Also, another ridiculous thing is the fact that these companies claim to be innovative but really, outside of the technology, their model feels very 19th Century to me -- this is off the cuff, tho, I want to research it further -- in terms of treatment of travelling salespeople, which predated the tax code, and thus have certain special rules.
― sarahell, Tuesday, 3 September 2019 20:33 (four years ago) link
Totally true -- it's not just SF, but Oakland, too ...
― sarahell, Tuesday, 3 September 2019 20:35 (four years ago) link
Way to go California !
Today we made HISTORY!!!Just now, the CA legislature passed the Tenant Protection Act of 2019 and is on its way to @GavinNewsom desk to be signed! #AB1482 expands protections to 7 million tenants, covering more renters than any single tenant protection bill in recent US history! pic.twitter.com/tgzyUMXnsJ— ACCE (@CalOrganize) September 11, 2019
― (โขฬชโ) (carne asada), Thursday, 12 September 2019 01:43 (four years ago) link
legislature has banned private prisons and ICE facilities in CA. Newsom expected to sign bill.
― ฮแฝฯฮนฯ, Friday, 13 September 2019 14:57 (four years ago) link
Also rent cap
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Friday, 13 September 2019 15:03 (four years ago) link
Jfc
1/2 A few minutes ago, the anti-vaxxer stalkers - whoโve engaged in a harassment campaign all week - dropped a red substance onto the Senate floor from the elevated public gallery, dousing several of my colleagues. The person who committed this assault screamed it was baby blood.— Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) September 14, 2019
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Saturday, 14 September 2019 01:12 (four years ago) link
when you realize the protestor was referring to 'baby rats' it kinds of changes the message
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 14 September 2019 02:50 (four years ago) link
PG&E ?!
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 04:16 (four years ago) link
Yay I mean uh
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 October 2019 04:30 (four years ago) link
San Francisco and what to do in it (in the dark)
Power is shutting off at midnight where my folks are (Sonoma/Mendocino line).
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 05:50 (four years ago) link
Oh, youโre going to hold us liable for billions in wildfire damages? Letโs see how 800,000 of you like being without electricity for five days.— Derek Lindner (@mantella) October 9, 2019
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 05:52 (four years ago) link
PGE recently spent $79 million on lobbying, got $1 billion in tax rebates, made a profit of $4.8 billion and hiked executive pay 94% https://t.co/ELHZLLlKn2— reclaim UC (@reclaimuc) October 9, 2019
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 06:57 (four years ago) link
San Francisco is not gonna have its power shut off according to the maps, neither is most of Oakland or south/west Berkeley
― sarahell, Wednesday, 9 October 2019 08:49 (four years ago) link
I was listening to Angel Haze's "Echelon (It's My Way)" on the way to work this morning--there's a lyric in there that pretty much anticipates the whole Trudeau scandal. You'll have to look it up yourself.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 9 October 2019 12:37 (four years ago) link