Friends,
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With todayโs update from the County Registrar, it is clear that I will have the honor of serving as Berkeleyโs next City Councilmember representing District 4.
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I still haven't fully processed this, but last night I was the near-victim of car violence. As I was crossing the intersection near my home on the way to BART - a daily and dangerous task after the HAWK lights that have taken 20 years of advocacy to be put in still haven't been
I want to thank every single person who voted for me in Berkeleyโs District 4 special election. The early results are in, and I am in first place with 31.4% of the vote in a four-way race. After ranked choice tabulations, I remain in first place with 56.5% of the vote.
A family of 3 just escaped the war in Ukraine and arrived in the Bay Area. Theyโre in need of housing. The family is a 50-year old woman, her 18-year old son who will be an incoming freshman at Cal next year, and an 80-year old grandmother. DM me if u know/hear of any leads!๐๐บ๐ฆ
Out here telling
@CAgovernor
@GavinNewsom
that we agree that the CARB Scoping Plan should be bolder, divest from
#FossilFuels
, and invest in democratized, renewable, clean energy. Save ๐, save ๐บ๐ฆ, save our ๐!
#savesolar
Honored to be appointed to
#berkeley
โs Environment and Climate Commission by Mayor
@JAforBerkeley
. As I start the 9th month of fighting to save ๐, the ๐, ๐บ๐ฆ, and democracy (including energy democracy), Iโm constantly reminded that so much of this fight starts locally. ๐โก๏ธ๐๐
rollers. Activism calls on us to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time; so I'm adding "saving pedestrian and bicyclist lives" to my daily tasks of trying to save solar, the planet, Ukraine, and democracy.
Though never the circumstances under which I wished for an election to happen, I'm deeply grateful and humbled to serve as
@AlamedaCoDem
chair. Congrats to Vice Chair Tonya Love on your election. The officers will do our best to live up to the high bar set by Chair Sandoval.๐๐
UPDATE: The ๐บ๐ฆ will fly by
#Berkeley
City Hall 9 am Mon 2/28. Come to Civic Center Park (bounded by Allston, Milvia, MLK Jr Way, and Center St) so we can show our solidarity with a democratic nation-state and its brave people punching well above their weight.
#WeStandWithUkraine
Happy Hanukkah - the Festival of Lights, physically as well as metaphorically. May we always find the light within us to fight courageously against the forces of darkness. The Hanukkah miracle is within us all.
Congratulations Kevin de Leรณn for U.S. Senate on your well-deserved endorsement of the California Democratic Party! I was proud to be one of the 65% of the EBoard Reps who voted for you!
Thank you
@SenFeinstein
and
@sfpelosi
for standing up for hardworking CA families trying to do the right thing! No solar tax! Not 1 cent! ๐
#SaveSolar
Thanks
@SenFeinstein
for speaking out to
#savesolar
โ๏ธ โ climate advocates and consumers agree: the
#CPUC
must reverse course and make rooftop solar affordable for Californians.
cc
@CAgovernor
Literally over the ๐ that the bill I worked on for my entire time at
@CALSSA_org
(both versions) was included in the package of seminal climate bills signed today! Thank you
@CAgovernor
for signing &
@Scott_Wiener
for carrying
#sb379
(both times)! ๐
The dystopia is staggering. California is literally burning. But instead of investing in resiliency measures like distributed generation, the
@californiapuc
meets tomorrow to slash the value of
#rooftopsolar
by 2/3. At the behest of utilities that started last yearโs fires! ๐ฅ
Excited to announce that I'm running for the Berkeley City Council in District 4. I'm running to heal the divides in our city and ensure that the City is accountable to our community's priorities. I'd be honored to earn your support and $60 donation.
Iโm a Libra, not a ๐ฅ thrower. I weighed all the options before signing on to this demand. In the end, it became manifestly clear that there was no other way for me to stand in solidarity with frontline communities who every day are victimized by climate change & other brutality.
Proud of how far the
@EBYD
has come since I had the privilege of serving as its president. Congratulations
@cw4emeryville
,
@TaplinTerry
, and all of the well-deserved awardees!
Hey yโall! If youโre an REI member, please join me in standing up for workersโ rights and
@reiunionberk
! If youโre not, join REI and tell it to recognize
@reiunionberk
immediately!
@UFCW5
๐๐ฝ ๐ โ ๐ฅพ
It was a joy to stand with the
#AAPI
community and celebrate the inaugural
#oakland
#LunarNewYear
Parade ๅฅงๅ ่ญๅ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ่ก่พฒๆๆฐๅนด่ฑ่ฝฆๅทก้. Wishing you good health, happiness, and prosperity!
@LorenaSGonzalez
Elon Musk can afford this. The real losers of
#AB1139
as written are 150,000 CARE customers in CA, tenants in solarized housing (some 100% affordable) whose utility bills will go up 22%/month, non-profit AH providers, under-resourced schools, all who can't afford solar outright.
Filed for the
#berkeley
City Council in District 4 (downtown) today. Dyakuyu (thank you) to everyone who has been on this journey together with me and inspired me to pursue a life of public service. I look forward to joining you on the front lines of democracy. Onward!
Thank you
@SpeakerPelosi
and my Rep
@BarbaraLeeSays
for inviting me to a roundtable on ๐บ๐ฆ following your recent trip there. Your intrepid leadership is helping end this war in a way that retains a democratic nation and freedom for the brave people of my homeland.
#SlavaUkraini
Unless youโre a fossil fuel executive, nobodyโs happy about the latest
#SCOTUS
attack on families.
@cleanenergy4america
:"This decision will hurt communities & consumers by making it harder for the US to cut harmful pollution" Congress must act.
#DontQuitonCleanEnergy
Title 24 states all new residential homes are required to install solar. NEM 3 proposes to charge a penalty for solar users. This fee de-incentives solar and is a step in the WRONG direction
@GavinNewsom
#IOUsNot4You
#SaveSolar
dark-hued (maybe dark blue) Chevy Silverado truck with Nevada plates, I think, traveling northbound on San Pablo past Virginia. I'm sharing this story because I was extremely lucky to not get hurt and will redouble my efforts, while I still can, to safer spaces for strollers and
Thank you
@saraminzadeh
for your tenacious commitment to saving our ๐ and for joining us in calling on the CPUC to not tax a renewable resource that should be available to us all! ๐
#savesolar
@solar_rights
@CALSSA_org
Inspired and humbled by
@BenJealous
โs personal narrative and life trajectory that led him to become our fearless leader at the helm of the
@SierraClub
. Excited for the future! ๐๐ฒ๐ง๐ ๐ x
There are truly no words to describe the tragic news that our county and planet lost Supervisor Wilma Chan, a fierce fighter for all forms of justice and every human being. Drivers: breathe, pay attention, and slow down. And if you canโt do that, donโt get behind the wheel.
turned on due to delays by PG&E - a truck with out of state plates appeared out of nowhere, honking loudly as it overtook a car that stopped to let me through. It was traveling at such high speed I didn't even have time to react, though thankfully by then was close to the
My โค๏ธ is full. Today we crossed the $30K ๐บ๐ฆ aid contribution threshold, from over 500 individual donors. We broke the systemโs threshold and had to find a new vehicle to get ๐ฐ there, but found a way. Weโre just getting started! DM me for deets!
#SlavaUkraini
#WeStandWithUkraine
In โ22 my efforts to work on the intertwined causes of saving CA ๐, ๐บ๐ฆ, the ๐, and democracy became an everyday reality. For โ23 my wish is for us to make meaningful progress on all of these fronts. My ๐๐๐ teems with gratitude to have you in the fight with me.
#HappyNewYear
In 1994 a young mother shook up the establishment by ascending to the mayorship of the former sundown town of San Leandro. In the 30 years since then, she distinguished herself - and our county - through successful efforts to craft hundreds of policies thatโฆ ๐งต
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.
You make me happy, when skies are gray.
Youโll never know, dear, how much I โค๏ธ you.
Please donโt take our ๐shine away.
@GavinNewsom
#SaveSolar
Truthfully I can no longer remain silent re: .
@GavinNewsom
โs veto of
#ab1487
(on my bday no less). What do I tell all the renter orgs that I encouraged to organize vs the recall? What will you tell tenants receiving 3 day eviction notices now? Sad but hope for a better tomorrow.
Deeply moved by the South Berkeley Black History tour I had the honor to attend. Ms. Tinaโs parting words still ring in my ears: โItโs no longer enough to not be racist; one has to practice anti-racism.โ Words to live by.
Canโt wait to get back to my car to color over this bib with my blue marker. At least they have EV charging infrastructure here.
#GoBears
#SlavaUkraine
๐ ๐ ๐บ๐ฆ
Solar gives people a sense of self-sufficiency and independence from the grid. Is it any surprise that the big utilities want to take that away?
Stop the solar tax. Read my piece in the โฆ
@nytimes
โฉ.
This has been a long year, and unfortunately it now feels even longer. Today Iโm mourning the loss of a champion for the unhoused community in
#berkeley
and beyond. Rest in power James Reagan. Every time I go to El Patio from here on out I will pour one out in your honor.๐
My heart is full. We vanquished our goal. Thanks to continued overwhelming support, we will continue the ๐บ๐ฆ fundraising for food, medicine, supplies, and psychological support to civilians and military personnel returning from the battlefield and their families. Link:
Thank you to the Berkeley City Council for UNANIMOUSLY approving one of the nationโs ๐ชest AND most balanced eviction protection ordinances! Oakland and Emeryville, you now have company!
Real talkโฆitโs hard for me to enjoy the peace of the holidays when innocent people can step outside, or stay indoors, and in a split second be murdered in cold blood by Putin. So here I am mournganizing to save ๐ because itโs interconnected with energy democracy and saving ๐บ๐ฆ.
My heart is broken into a thousand pieces upon hearing the awful news that John Vigna has left us much too soon. He was my fiercely loyal friend and mentor. He encouraged me to serve on the
@CAYoungDems
board and continue my work with
@CA_Dem
. Until we meet again, Mr. President.
This message is such an uplifting one to see! There are 65,000 well-paying renewable energy jobs in California in local solar.
@GavinNewsom
please keep the dream alive!
#SaveSolar
Solar industry is paving the way for black history to be made. I went from a no opportunities to owning a fast growing company in this industry.
@GavinNewsom
keep the dream alive.
Thank you
@KTVU
for covering Operation Immediate ๐บ๐ฆ Aid. With todayโs deposit we are nearing $30K total raised across all platforms. This is NOT a 1-man mission. Yโall make this possible and for that my family is profoundly grateful!
#WeStandWithUkraine
Sending well wishes to everyone running for ADEM today! If youโre in
#ad17
, please cast one of your votes for
@Sarah24usa
, an immigrant and phenomenal advocate for communities that are in so much need for representation. Si Se Puede! ๐ช
Unacceptable! A slap in the face to all of us at
@DNCClimate
who worked hard to strengthen the
@DNC
platform. An even bigger slap in the face of our ๐. Your removal of this is the โerror.โ
@DNC
I call on you to undo what youโve just done.
@CaDelegates
#DNC2020
#GreenNewDeal
NEW: The DNC quietly dropped a call to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies from its platform, telling me including the language in the first place was an "error."
Activists say the party manifesto is now weaker than what Biden and Harris campaigned on.
With BART Director
@RaburnForBART
at the Seamless Bay Area meetup. All of the passing Amtrak trains agreed with the message of saving transit from the fiscal cliff and having one seamless way to do multimodal, multi-transit connectivity. Go to to learn
The California caucus at
#nn22
all supports farmworkers marching for the right to vote in union elections,
#AB2183
! Learn more about their march from Delano to Sacramento at
Deeply saddened to hear about Ying Leeโs passing. Our Berkeley and global communities have lost a giant and a trailblazer. On a personal note I lost a friend and mentor. Somehow weโll carry on trying our best to keep up your fight for peace and justice. Presente, Councilmember.
California should not charge people a monthly penalty fee for putting solar panels on their rooftops.
@GavinNewsom
we need you to
#SaveSolar
! ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ก
The planet is burning.
#california
must act now. Honored to join fellow current and former electeds with
@EOPAmerica
in support of common sense solutions. We call on
@CAgovernor
to divest from fossil fuels and invest in democratized, reliable, 100% renewable
#cleanenergy
.๐๐๐
Today we reached a major milestone. We walked the entire district and knocked on every single door at least once. We did it in 3 weeks. We are on track to do it in less time than that the second time around. Join us at ! ๐ช
โThis battle will determine the future of our grandchildren and their grandchildren. This battle will determine whether this will be a democracy for ๐บ๐ฆ and the ๐บ๐ธ.โ -Zelenskyy
#SlavaUkraini
Me: As
@CADem
chair you gave me my 1st committee appointment. Iโll remain ever grateful.
Sen. Burton: That was a while ago. You mustโve been 10.
Me: ๐ You gave me my start.
Sen. Burton: And what do you do now?
Me: I chair our county party.
Sen. Burton: Then I taught you well.
๐
Just say NO to the recall! And please, for the love of all things holy, return your ballot by the deadline when you receive it!
#RentersVote
#NoOnRecall
sidewalk as it flew by me at high speed on San Pablo Ave, which has a 30-mph speed limit in that section. Everything happened in a flash; I didn't have time or the wherewithal to turn on my videocamera or even take a photo of the plate. I recall it being a slightly lifted
.
@GavinNewsom
I know you will do the right thing and stand with working families to
#savesolar
! Thank you in advance for putting the people above corporate profit!
So many good jobs are on the line with a bad NEM-3 decision. We need to keep solar jobs growing, giving workers an opportunity to work in an industry that is part of the solution to climate change.
@GavinNewsom
@californiapuc
,
#SaveSolar
jobs in California!
@DominicFracassa
There are no words. This is so horrifying. My heart breaks to hear this, and I extend my sincerest condolences to her family, friends, and all who were touched by her fierce pursuit of all forms of justice.
Coffee and donuts are ready for you! Join us for a Donโt Tax the Sun rally at 10:30 am both in SF or LA, or call in to deliver your 1 minute comment! SF rally: LA rally: Call in: Itโs going to be epic! ๐ ๐
Should I have the honor of serving on the Council, I want everyone in District 4 to know that they will have a responsive representative focused on solving our districts problems and healing the divides in our city. Elections come and go; community is what we build In between.
โWe have been dealing with Mr. Manchin for month after month after month. But if he doesn't have the courage to do the right thing for the working families of West Virginia and America, let him vote no in front of the whole world.โ - Well said,
@BernieSanders
.
Wishing everyone a relaxing and cool
#LaborDay2022
. As youโre hopefully doing something fun today, please join me in thanking the
#Labor
movement, as the hard-fought victories that have led to this day of celebration were etched in the blood and sweat of many.
#UnionStrong
๐ช
Happy 96th grandpa! It was such a gift to share this beautiful day with you. And happy almost-69th bday dad, canโt wait to celebrate in a couple of months!
Today it's admittedly hard for me to celebrate when the freedoms of half the country were just taken away. Instead I honor those who have laid down their lives to fight for democracy-such a fragile thing-here and across the globe. Wishing everyone a reflective if not happy 4th!
Highlights of my day of political action!
- Neighbor Maria who was the last door I knocked on today and insisted that I pick up the some of the sage and thyme growing in her garden.
- Running into my college friend and mover and shaker in public education
@LeenaBMc
! ๐ ๐ ๐ช โ