CA cities that disapprove housing projects are in a world of hurt. New Court of Appeal decision sets up developer lawsuits for damages, at least where state law requires a ministerial permit (SB 35/423, AB 2011, SB 684, and more). Shi v. Palos Verdes. threadreaderapp.com/thread/21141...

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Today, Supervisor Paloma Aguirre and I cohosted the State of the Tijuana River with local leaders and our federal delegation. The sewage crisis affects all of San Diego County. Solving it requires every level of government working together.

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My next big project is to tabulate the total amount of public funding spent on the RHNA process and divide it by the number of units built. I highly doubt it was worth it.

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Spent a beautiful fall day at Convict Lake, CA. This painting came out much better than the last. The hardest thing is to get the feel of the geology instead of the details.

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The flow of traffic is in part determined by road design choices that optimize for fast speeds over safety. Speeding is not the result of some unerring invisible hand.

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