Now that I have some desk time, I'm going to expand this into a brief thread to lay out the basics of the proposal that we discussed today for spending this unbudgeted housing money.
Feels a lot faster than other planned districts, which, good!
good thread and hearty congratulations to everyone who got this done. this specific post reminds me that i am prepared (conditional on time) to make the case that marx (or at least the surplus approach to value and distribution following him) sets up a case for a supply side approach to housing.
You're right afaik
Kristi Noem's "Open to Work" LinkedIn Profile
A Reductress post features a photo of Kristi Noem with the headline, “Kristi Noem Put Down for Being Too Hard to Train”
Screaming
i frankly think we should stop putting andrew hoan in the paper altogether at this point. we've evolved beyond needing to know his thoughts
Yesterday, Oregon's legislature voted to ban underfunded inclusionary zoning from the Portland metro area.
It's a big turnaround, and I hope a path forward for other states too.
www.sightline.org/2026/03/05/o...
Great article from Taylor! One thing that doesn't get mentioned is what the natural variability of the number of people in those brackets is due to stock sales. At those income levels that's a non negligible source of income that has a lot of variability to it. Ditto for the total amount collected.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
This is a document that bureau staff should have produced. Super grateful for Green & Morillo's offices in creating this but they shouldn't have needed to do that.
bsky.app/profile/coun...
Turns out lawlessness is not a winning strategy. See you at Nuremberg 2.0
If you're at the airport and Kristi Noem is doing the ominous little message from the TSA screens, you no longer have to do anything she says. Leave your laptop in the case, whatever.
close up photo of sophia looking towards the camera over her left shoulder with a ball placed on her shoulder. A huge title says ACTIVATED and in smaller text "removed from maternity leave"
the defense's worst nightmare is back 😈 👑
USWNT star forward Sophia Wilson is available for selection against C.F. Monterrey tomorrow and has been removed from the maternity leave list ahead of the 2026 season.
Map of Portland including the borders of council districts and noting the first names of victims in the approximate location of 2025 deadly crashes.
In 2025, 39 people were killed in traffic crashes in Portland, 38% below recent years and the lowest since 2018.
Details: www.portland.gov/transportati...
Really efficient system of government we have here. Very capable of making mundane safety changes quickly. Definitely not overly burdened by bureaucracy
Another good day for Lori Chavez-DeRemer
Cyclists using a new protected bike lane by the train station and bull fighting arena.
A bi-directional bike path with rideshare parking. The pavement could use some TLC.
One of the wider bike paths I noticed along a busy one-way arterial street.
A shared street in the city center.
València’s protected bike lanes.
Cons:
- bi-directional paths squeezed into busy arterial streets
- VERY narrow travel lanes
- some paths needed maintenance and/or smoother pavement
Pros:
- an expanding network
- lots of shared streets in the city center
- nice biking weather 😎
What's the context?
Filthy casuals 😤
Routle - TriMet
03/05/2026
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www.routle.city/trimet
Very exciting to see new single stair proposals in Victoria BC! A result of municipal leadership, BC Building Code Changes, and a New City Plan. These builds would have been completely impossible several years ago and now we’re seeing the results - larger units + cross ventilation #singlestairs
Why don't we call people without rizz, unrizzen?🤔
Nearly the entire cost of the 2030 Bike Master Plan
For the cost of the Moda Center bill they could give every Portland resident $920.
Image says "Leglisative Update, SB 1567, SB 1521, SB 1523, HB 4123 Passed! Big Victories for More Homes, Tenants' Rights in Oregon
Big news out of Salem:
Four PNW-endorsed bills to build more homes and support tenants' rights have passed through both chambers of the legislature and are headed to the Governor's office for signature.
Four meaningful bipartisan victories for stable and affordable housing! #orleg
Building Homes for Oregonians of all Ages, Wages and Stages of Life SB 1567: Establishes $20 Million Revolving Construction Loan Fund for Mixed Income Housing Passed Senate 22-3; House 48-3 SB 1521: Greater flexibility and funding requirements for Inclusionary Zoning programs in Portland region Passed Senate 21-6; House 32-21
Today, the House passed SB 1567 to establish a $20m Construction Revolving Loan Fund to provide subsidized loans to build mixed-income housing.
The House also just passed SB 1521 to create more flexibility and greater guardrails for Inclusionary Zoning programs.
Two big PNW priority bills! #orleg
Cap I405 and baby, you got a stew going
San Jose FD, for the CAL FIRE single-stair report, did a simulation of evacuation from a building, both in a stairway segregated from firefighters going up and then shared. It was an interesting Rohrschach test for the group – the FDs thought it looked really bad, the others thought it was fine.
Extremely legit
business press: we can’t have any economy deniers in government
me: it’s good actually that properties in default are changing hands with new investors with rosy expectations
business press: not like that
