Saad Asad
@realsaadasad
Comms @cayimby. Advocacy @yimbydemssd. Prev. product marketing at U.S. Digital Response. Tweets on housing, climate change, and San Diego/California politics
José Andrés: People of Good Conscience Must Stop the Starvation in Gaza nytimes.com/2025/07/27/opi… via @NYTOpinion
Some U.S. cities are reducing homelessness by keeping rent growth to a minimum. Legalizing more low-cost options—such as micro-units with shared living spaces (a nicer version of the single-room occupancies of old)—could actually make homelessness rare. pewtrsts.org/45aN7ef
📍 Gaza | The scale of human suffering and the stripping of human dignity have long exceeded every acceptable standard, both legal and moral. This tragedy must end now. Mirjana Spoljaric, ICRC President 👉🏽 ms.spr.ly/6014sGyPq
This is an engagement-bait chart. While Texas buildout is impressive, CA is already far ahead and is focused more on grid integration vs. simply deployment. 57% of CA energy is renewable already while TX is 31%.
New data on solar, wind, and battery deployment just came out. Let's check in on the race between California and Texas to build clean energy...
Reminds me of this @SaraLibby article that was also about San Diego, too.
This homeowner slapped a "LOVE WINS" sign right next to a raging "We Say NO!" anti-housing rant Nothing says "all people are equal" like making sure they can't afford to live near you.
LA Times analysis shows 800+ wildfire survivors applied for rebuilding permits with 145 approved. Streamlined city processes cut approval time to 55 days average while preapproved designs could reduce wait to 2 weeks. buff.ly/OEHD1bV
Yep. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/apa…
The apartment rental market in San Francisco is kinda wild right now. Just had 25 people show up to see a vacant unit. For reference, a unit in the same building had just 5 people show up for the first showing back in February.
Working families wait 30 min for buses while SANDAG plans $2B+ highway projects. Teens are right: spend $4M yearly for 7-minute trolley service instead. Fast, reliable transit connects people to jobs better than more car lanes. ift.tt/ClOJTg3
San Diego replaces 950,000 trash bins with chipped ones for $65M because customers can choose different sizes and pay different rates. But couldn't they just... keep a spreadsheet of who ordered what size? buff.ly/hyi48NE
Pretrial detention is a public safety concern. It makes people lose jobs, housing & government benefits – life-altering consequences that judges ignore. How does this leave anyone better off? prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/08/0…
Trump wants names of all immigrant inmates in CA jails, even those not convicted. This breaks state law and makes immigrant families afraid to call police when they need help. Public safety requires community trust, not mass deportation lists. buff.ly/YeqQOAF
San Diego's $400K freeway camp partnership could work if it tracks what matters: permanent housing placements, not just clearings. Smart policy measures outcomes for people, not just clean streets buff.ly/5688GI1
La Mesa's EV charging plan targets the real problem: station shortage, not just car costs. Building infrastructure first makes sense - but pairing it with transit improvements would help more residents cut emissions. ift.tt/MktQPfe
We have a new rule: if you ever tweet at me that investors own most of the homes in America, you will be blocked because you can't read like a 5-year-old
YIMBYtown in New Haven is going to be incredible this year. An awesome time to celebrate the bipartisan momentum for pro-housing reforms across the country and continue to work toward doing even more. Check out the set of topics and speakers here: yimby.town/schedule-2/
"making ice cream healthy again" is MAHA in a nutshell, no notes
Blue Bell is making ice cream healthy again by removing all artificial dyes. Proud to have a distribution location in KCK🍦
Irvine Company proposes 3,100 homes on 193-acre Oak Creek Golf Club site but 1988 voter measure preserved it as open space. Mayor Agran says ballot vote required to change designation. buff.ly/0Cs1P0u
