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Sam Gould

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Emeryville based game dev at Obsidian Entertainment. Planning Commissioner in Emeryville ADEM in AD-18 Housing + transit + bikes Opinions are my own

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This item has appeared before council 23(!!!!) times over the course of almost 10 years. Speeding up project planning-> delivery will hopefully be a priority in the future.

12.03.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Final, FINAL Vote for Emeryville's 40th Street Cycletrack - Bike East Bay Speak up in support of Emeryville's 40th/Shellmound cycletrack project and help get it over the finish line and approved for construction.

The final, FINAL vote on Emeryville's 1.4-mile 40th/Shellmound cycletrack and bus lanes project is coming up this Tuesday, March 17.

Email your support comments before 3pm on Monday, and/or make a comment live in-person or by Zoom.
Info here:

bikeeastbay.org/event/final-...

12.03.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Get BARTmogged, gasmaxxers!!

12.03.2026 17:54 πŸ‘ 719 πŸ” 164 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 49

people are perfectly willing to blame everything else on racism (which is fair) EXCEPT housing shortages, which are always somehow a conspiracy theory that has nothing to do with racism. Surprise! It's all racism, actually!

12.03.2026 14:25 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What people don't understand is that Little Tokyo gets little buildings but Big Tokyo gets big buildings.

11.03.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Missing Massive Transit-Oriented Development πŸ—οΈ

Are you tired of your watered-down triplex bills not producing much? Are you trying to downzone townhouse FAR to artifically force 'plexes to pencil?

Consider upzoning for 1,000 units per acre on top of a subway stop instead

11.03.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 158 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 10

Thinking again about how I got an email from the JFCS Holocaust Center attacking Scott Wiener for (accurately) calling the razing of Gaza a genocide, but not a word about the invasion of Minneapolis that was then at its peak.

11.03.2026 01:24 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The left’s housing civil war is ending For a decade, progressives argued over whether greedy landlords or blocked construction caused the housing crisis. Zohran Mamdani and Nithya Raman say the answer is both.

Left YIMBY total victory btw

www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

09.03.2026 18:06 πŸ‘ 175 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 10
California Mobility Report Card

Proud to see that my representatives in Sacramento, Asm. Wicks (@buffywicks.bsky.social) and Sen. Jesse Arreguin (@jessearreguin.bsky.social) both received better than perfect scores on the @streetsforall.org 2025 Mobility Report Card.

Check out your legislators!

sfareportcard.com/2025

09.03.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Crude Oil WTI (OIL) o Real-time derived - Currency in USD 111.16 β€’ Real-time Data β€’ 18:09:50 +20.26

there is something poetic about how MAGAs in their 12 mpg F-150s will be hit the hardest while coastal libs who take transit will have the least exposure to skyrocketing oil prices

08.03.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 237 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 3
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Do car-free zones hurt disabled people? We asked experts. City planners and advocates are seeing "accessibility used as a political football."

β€œβ€¦disabled people are actually less likely to drive than nondisabled people and more likely to get around by walking and rolling and taking transit. Car-heavy cities are also disproportionately dangerous for disabled folks…”— @nondriver.bsky.social

Don’t use accessibility β€œas a political football.”

08.03.2026 03:24 πŸ‘ 313 πŸ” 121 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 10
Bluesky post from Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan:

1) E-bikes are a fun and eco-friendly way to get around, but higher-speed riders aren’t always following the rulesβ€”and that can put everyone at risk. Since 2023, there have been nearly twice as many e-bike fatalities as regular bike fatalities, even with fewer overall injuries.

Bluesky post from Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan: 1) E-bikes are a fun and eco-friendly way to get around, but higher-speed riders aren’t always following the rulesβ€”and that can put everyone at risk. Since 2023, there have been nearly twice as many e-bike fatalities as regular bike fatalities, even with fewer overall injuries.

Maddening to see such obfuscation from the author of a bill that will criminalize people biking while doing nothing to address unsafe driving.

The cause of the vast majority of deaths while biking or e-biking is drivers in CARS. If the Assemblymember truly cared about safety, she’d regulate cars.

07.03.2026 04:05 πŸ‘ 91 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

And now the third crane is almost deconstructed, phase 1 of SenΜ“Γ‘αΈ΅w is nearing completion.

05.03.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 191 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 5
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California gubernatorial candidates polling below 10% reading Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks' letter urging them to drop out to prevent Republicans from locking Democrats out of the general election

05.03.2026 17:34 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The horror!

04.03.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why is the city of Los Angeles stopping affordable housing during a housing crisis?

03.03.2026 00:13 πŸ‘ 514 πŸ” 98 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 33
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CityNerd β€” Putting 12 Urban Freeways Out to Pasture Freeways and cities don't mix. Especially these twelve.

New for the Nebulized! Cities and freeways don’t mix. Here are 12 top offenders we should be doing something about

nebula.tv/videos/cityn...

02.03.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 183 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 7

the entire pitch of Cuomo was that sure he's a loathsome sex pest but he has what it takes to stand up to Trump, and then the hot leftist starts every phone call with "what's up big dog" and gets Trump to do whatever he wants.

26.02.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 2373 πŸ” 336 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 12
Senate Bill 79: A
Triple Hit:
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Degradation, Anti-Democracy, and Declining Affordability

Senate Bill 79: A Triple Hit: Environmental Degradation, Anti-Democracy, and Declining Affordability

me: building more housing near transit is good because it makes housing more affordable and reduces car ownership

the Sierra club, for some reason: actually this is horrible and must be stopped at all costs.

26.02.2026 19:44 πŸ‘ 341 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 14

Yep, relying on BART -> 22 OR 36 transfer is less reliable than a single seat ride on the F or J to Emeryville so I'll take the bus either way if there isn't bridge traffic.

25.02.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

F bus is how I regularly get into the city. Its also well located for getting to the Moscone Center for conferences.

25.02.2026 22:38 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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We need to stop reinventing the wheel we know how to build stacked, larger, family sized homes on a single lot. No need to get more creative, or overthink this. Just build what we always have. They’ll sell, they are beloved, they need to be allowed again

25.02.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 162 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3
regional transit connections map, lots of transit on it across the whole Bay

regional transit connections map, lots of transit on it across the whole Bay

The Bay Area's new transit map is out and it comes with one incredibly exciting change: parks accessible by transit services!

Let's talk regional wayfinding to parks and destinations 🧡

25.02.2026 01:40 πŸ‘ 148 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 8

It should become California's rallying cry, that we will build up our cities so anyone can find safe refuge here.

24.02.2026 21:53 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

I'm sorry, someone is running for the Democratic ticket saying that he was wrong to lead on marriage equality?

24.02.2026 19:20 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

Banning investor ownership of housing does not reduce home prices; but it does raise rents and neighborhood incomes while reducing the number of immigrants in a given neighborhood. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

24.02.2026 18:39 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Incredible stuff. Left NIMBYs aren’t much different than right wing NIMBYs when presented clear evidence that they’re wrong. I don’t know what it is about housing that turns peoples brains off and makes them into illogical morons

23.02.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
A photo looking through the windshield of the BARTmobile parade float driving on the street in traffic

A photo looking through the windshield of the BARTmobile parade float driving on the street in traffic

God I hate traffic

22.02.2026 22:30 πŸ‘ 367 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 4

BREAKING: The CA Democratic Party β€” its 3,500 grassroots delegates β€” voted to endorse me for Congress! Our local SF grassroots delegates previously voted 77.5% to endorse me.

Onward to the fight for our democracy & for bold policies to make people’s lives more affordable.

Thank you Democrats!

22.02.2026 18:39 πŸ‘ 119 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2