This is why I am a YIMBY. The only way to reduce racial segregation is to massively increase housing of all types in cities like SF. I don’t care why you oppose a particular housing project. Neighborhood character is not more important than segregation.

#CA11 San Francisco Standard: Saikat Chakrabarti will endorse Supervisor Connie Chan for Congress The centimillionaire, who built his fortune as a founding engineer at Stripe, also plans to incorporate and fund a “Solidarity PAC” to support Chan. sfstandard.com/2026/06/13/ch…

Why I am also skeptical of online and three year bachelor's degrees...we may be creating a credential with little value even if it's at a lower cost. This hurting those the policymaker wanted to help.

A great piece by @adamlehodey that discusses the productive role that Placemetry is playing in creating spatial real time "report cards" for neighborhoods on local quality of life challenges. This information fosters accountability and progress! city-journal.org/article/nyp…

Peer-reviewed literature review on degrowth: ◼️Almost 90% of “studies” are opinions rather than analysis. ◼️Few of them use quantitative or qualitative data; even fewer use formal modelling. ◼️Most of them offer subjective policy advice without policy evaluation. ◼️Most “studies” focus on small, local cases without a clear implication for the whole economy. Source: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

One thing I don't like about this opinion essay is that it doesn't account for the fact that fed-up voters have already started to demand change, notably with the increasing power of the YIMBY movement statewide. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

How did California's election reforms shape the June primary? Our new analysis examines voter turnout, candidate competition, and what the results can tell us about the state's evolving electoral system. bit.ly/4ooj4Yp

The biggest political mistake the AI industry could make is assuming public trust can be bought. Appreciate @johnofa using Blue Rose Research's recent AI polling and the Center for Shared AI Prosperity's work here. nytimes.com/2026/06/11/opini…

My department is hiring an assistant professor in political theory with a focus on American political thought and/or American constitutionalism jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assistant…

Are you thinking about running an experiment to study racial discrimination? Are you going to use names to signal race? If so, I have a new tool for you! [link below] This tool helps you to choose the names you want to use in your study based on... 1.) the strength of the racial signal you want to send 2.) whether you want to hold other factors (e.g., class) constant In the past, names have been chosen in an ad hoc basis. We're trying to add the heft of name pre-testing to the study of racial discrimination.

A generation ago, Giuliani and then Bloomberg set a template for city governance and urban revival that spread through the US and around the globe, lasting for decades. We may be seeing the arrival of a new paradigm—America's biggest cities turning left. nytimes.com/2026/06/10/opini…

The authors of these studies and surveys should be mindful of community interests and building trust if the research is to be perceived as anything more than “political PR” for the mayor

“Mamdani’s new commission should not abandon that effort. Instead, it should examine whether proportional representation—and perhaps a larger city council—would make city government more representative of the voters it serves.” cityjournal.substack.com/p/h…

New: Remember that SF hype video with Steph Curry and the coyote from yesterday? A newly unearthed document shows the nonprofit behind it — Believe in SF — plans to spend ~$30M on Lurie’s agenda through 2027. Its donors are secret. sfstandard.com/2026/06/11/ma…

For those who are so fascinated if there was a @nithyavraman / @TomSteyer correlation, we have an answer. Yes. Only stronger correlation was @spencerpratt and @SteveHiltonx

I regret to inform you all that "open the primaries to independents" is an inadequate solution to restoring sanity to Washington. Most states already let independents vote in primaries. Open primary states do not elect bipartisan compromisers. (link below)

My latest column: SF voters effectively just banned Aaron Peskin from returning to elected office, & progressives generally had a poor showing in the primary election. I sat down w/ Peskin for more than an hour to discuss the future of progressivism in SF: sfchronicle.com/opinion/arti…

NEW: Tom Steyer concedes, endorses Xavier Becerra for California governor. This, despite spending months and millions blasting Becerra on the campaign trail. In lengthy statement he says Hilton should not win because he’s handpicked by Donald Trump.

When San Francisco’s labor unions put the Overpaid CEO Tax on the June ballot, they were betting that an AI boom and looming federal cuts would push voters to demand corporations pay more. They were wrong. 📝: @KevinNguyen_89 and @FitzTheReporter sfstandard.com/2026/06/08/sf…

My take in the LA Times on why Steyer and so many other rich candidates have failed. I’ve seen this movie before. latimes.com/opinion/story/20…

Deja vu? Collins won b/c she was the only R Senate incumbent or challenger in 18/20 who held their D opponent to less than 89% of voters who disapproved of Trump; Gideon won just 71%. In new #umasslowell taken before the latest reveals, Platner drew only 74% of Trump disapprovers