Last Call Links

The spreadsheet brigade that’s keeping LA’s rental market from exploding. 

I regret to inform you that Paul Graham, investor and founder of the startup training program Y Combinator, has published a new essay: “The Origins of Wokeness.” 

The TogetherSF and Neighbors for a Better San Francisco Merger: “Coming as it does after a disastrous election, Moritz’s move has the unmistakable look of a venture capitalist dumping a failed investment.”

Landlords with ties to Silicon Valley have been targeted by the U.S. Justice Department in its growing effort to to stop property owners from using tech software to influence rent prices.

Oakland Murals. Neat website.

Week of Action to Reclaim MLK’s Radical Legacy.

Misinformation about immigration raids spreads panic in Oakland.

OK, this seems like a nice building–albeit a real “what if land acknowledgements was an architecture” way of getting people to forget that the UC is a basically unrepentant grave robber and make you instead think “wow nice building”–but this sentence struck me: “About 360 graduate students and 200 undergraduates live in the five interconnected buildings, built on what was previously a parking lot.” The parking lot was built on the Gill Tract, within the last decade, and has been a site of ongoing struggle for that reason; this place has a history. something about how history is the thing that disappears when you tour a new building. 

I do enjoy our cousins across the pond bringing the right level of contempt for the broliarchs. 

“This booklet explains what a union is and who can join one. You’ll find a clear outline of the steps for forming a union, and ways employers might respond. You’ll also hear from arts and nonprofit workers about their union experiences.” 

An Oakland “Street Sweep”:

“Insurers are citing roof damage that doesn’t exist, often with the supporting evidence of low-resolution images taken from thousands of feet up.”

Let’s see what people in the Berkeley hills are talking about on Oakland Nextdoor:

“I was charged with “over-familiarity” with a formerly employed clinical psychologist and assumed volunteer at the prison. We were allegedly too friendly in communicating and sharing information about each other’s personal lives while talking on my ViaPath tablet.” 

S.F.’s Union Square betting on a giant nude sculpture to help revive shopping district: “The hope is that visitors and residents will flock to the square to see the sculpture and that a series of scheduled concerts and yoga classes will also be a boost.” This article is weird as hell.

Peng’s guide to those who are interested in beautification volunteering.

They Call Us Los Angeles Wildfires (audio)