Find me here bsky.app/profile/davepai.bsk…. Not because of culture wars. But to bring back housing twitter.
I'm sure there are multitude of reasons why Trump 2.0 is happening. But this op-ed best encapsulates the signs of our times. Good luck, y'all.
nytimes.com/2024/11/08/opini…
Surfing on Election Day. A tradition only skipped in 2016. Praying this will not be captioned, “The sunset of democracy.”
An inevitable result. Stay tuned for more. oag.ca.gov/media/news
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If voters were voting based on policies alone, Harris would win by a landslide.
When voters are asked about policies without a candidate's name attached, there is much larger support for the policies of Harris.
But then, when asked who they thought the policies belonged to, voters often gave Trump credit for Harris's policies that they like. This even included aspects of the bipartisan border bill which Trump directly had killed.
And Trump's most popular policy? Eliminating the tax on social security benefits. But here's the thing. That policy wouldn't actually make a meaningful difference for most SS recipients, but would deplete the SS fund years faster. It is a bad policy that doesn't solve the problems with SS, it worsens them.
We have an extremely under informed electorate and while Democrats share some of the blame for not doing a better job of making their positions clear, a larger share of the blame goes to the media who is doing a terrible job of informing the public about policies, positions, expert analysis, and the dangers of Trump's plans.
The majority of Americans are going to cast their ballot without understanding what they're voting for.
Happy AAPI Heritage Month! And a big thank you to @AGRobBonta and everyone at CalDOJ for letting me spend my days thinking about all things housing.
Supervising Deputy Attorney General David Pai spends his days combating the housing crisis and helping build a brighter CA within DOJ’s Housing Justice Team.
Learn more about his background, childhood in Hawaii, and how he celebrates #AAPIHeritageMonth in his #MeetYourDOJ.
Never in doubt, but still a drag on time and taxpayer resources. Which is why AB 1893 and AB 1886—2 nonjudicial remedy reform bills—are so important.
#BREAKING: The San Diego Superior Court has ruled in our favor to force the City of Huntington Beach to come into compliance with California’s Housing Element Law.
No city is above the law—local governments up and down our state should take notice. oag.ca.gov/news/press-releas…
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Mfw I consider the prospect of riding my bike to a biergarten on a summer afternoon
Housers with law degrees. This is as close to practicing law without a client as you can come. Because your client simply wants what you've been clamoring to your non-houser friends about. Stop bothering them. Make new friends here at the DOJ.
calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPubli…
SB 10 secured. oag.ca.gov/news/press-releas…
Oh yeah. And there’s this:
ocregister.com/2024/03/22/ju…
Violating state housing laws should have immediate consequences— and those consequences should benefit local communities neglected by the violators. That’s the truest form of justice. oag.ca.gov/news/press-releas…
The disparate world view expressed here: “…nothing could shake Creitz’s belief in the ongoing promise of the city, not even his own traumatic experiences,” compared with the last sentence of the article, captures everything about SF. apple.news/A3FTy25zwRemvvx9S…
A tale of two cities— Fullerton settled, Huntington Beach took a gamble. One appreciated reason, the other continues to revel in fallacies.
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Was going to amplify our action against La Canada Flintridge, but a consumer alert that balance billing is illegal in California seems more impressive.
oag.ca.gov/news/press-releas…
C'mon Cal, you gonna let JHU one up you? nytimes.com/2023/11/17/arts/…
That lawsuit Huntington Beach filed that was, in @ProfSchleich’s words, batsh*t bananas? The court concurs. oag.ca.gov/news/press-releas…