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Dov Kadin @dovkadin.bsky.social Work at SACOG to plan for a more compact and sustainable Sacramento region. City of Sacramento Planning Commissioner. Posts are my own.
Blanca Begert @blancabegert.bsky.social environmental journalist at the LA Times | previously at Inside Climate News, Politico, Grist, PBS SoCal | Yale Environment MESc | bbegert.73 on Signal
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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social Professor Emeritus, Urban Studies & Planning, Writer
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DET-> CHI->ATL->CHI and a few others in between
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Ben Ross @benrosstransit.bsky.social Transit advocate. Environmental scientist. Social Democrat. Author of Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism.
Kian Goh @kiangoh.bsky.social Architect & urban planning professor @UCLA. Urban change & climate justice. Author of Form & Flow (MIT 2021) bit.ly/3Q92Mkd
Henry Fung @henryfung.bsky.social transit, gambling, and sustainable suburbanism
Greg Pierce @gregspierce.bsky.social UCLA: Human Right to Water Solutions Lab, Luskin Center, Department of Urban Planning, Water Resources Group
Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social Here to solve the Housing Crisis
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Jeff St John @jeffstjohn.bsky.social Chief reporter at Canary Media, energy transition believer, holder of faith in truth, justice, and the inherent goodness of my fellow human beings. Parent of Lily the Corgi.
Reed Schwartz @reed-schwartz.bsky.social Associate fellow @IFP.bsky.social working on housing and transit policy, wrote about the history of Georgism @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social. @reedschwartzsf
Jennifer Fearing @jenniferfearing.bsky.social Nonprofit advocate at #caleg
๐ฑ eater | ๐ฆซ believer | ๐ lover | ๐ protector | hater of manels (๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ)
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RL Miller @rlmiller.bsky.social Just like Twitter? #Incendiary. #Divisive. #Disruptive. #Winning. Pro-climate, pro-democracy, anti-fascist. Founder,
@climatehawkvote. DNC delegate 2020-24. Chair, California Democratic Party's environmental caucus.
Pascal Sabino @pascalsabino.bsky.social Chicago โก๏ธ LA
Writer for Bolts Magazine.
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amy brown @amybrown.xyz wife, mother, poster
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la LA has the best bones of any city in the world. It can become a true world capital if we only let it. I write at https://futureis.la
Ember @ember-energy.org Global energy think tank accelerating the clean energy transition with data and policy #CleanPower info@ember-energy.org
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Jonathan Berk ๐ @berkie1.bsky.social Supporting a new generation of walkable neighborhoods with housing abundance, active public realms, & thriving small business ecosystems. Founder remainplaces.com
Sophie Chou @sophiechou.bsky.social Data reporter & researcher. Pulitzer winner ๐ Jersey girl ๐๏ธ formerly: Your Local Epidemiologist| ProPublica | Pew Research | MIT media lab โข โก๏ธopen to opportunities โฌ
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Hunter Owens @hunterowens.net los angeles-area resident, your friendly state transportation policy bureaucrat, architecture, tacos. 
Brian Galle @bdgesq.bsky.social Berkeley law prof guy, erstwhile Georgetown, DOJ, & points in between. Mostly boring tax stuff; occasional dollops of nonprofits, law & econ, etc. Could be arguing in my spare time.
Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social Pulitzer-winning investigative journo at New Yorker. Documentaries at HBO. Ex-diplomat. Bad lawyer. Disused phd. Tips: ronan_farrow@newyorker.com.
Dan Vock @danvock.bsky.social Freelance reporter. Illinoisan in D.C. Helping you understand how government worksโor doesnโt. I RT Illinois news and politicians a lot. Reach me at dcvock@gmail.com
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mollie bryant @molliebryant.bsky.social I cover housing & criminal justice for nonprofit news site StreetlightNews.org in OKC. Previously: Oklahoma Watch, JXN Clarion Ledger & Amarillo Globe News. bryant@streetlightnews.org and molliebryant.70 on signal
Nicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social Senior Energy and Climate Data Analyst @emberenergy.bsky.social | Lead author of the Global Electricity Review | Finding, curating and explaining the data behind the global energyโก๏ธtransition.
Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social U.S. Representative, IL-06. Personal account. Dad. Husband. Trained as an engineer, 16 years as a clean energy CEO, now in middle management. For official stuff see @casten.house.gov
Tony Damiano @tonydamiano.bsky.social B+ dad, NE MPLS resident, and PhD housing researcher at the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs - University of Minnesota. Sports: Bucks, Packers, Hawkeyes and Marquette
Jesse Rothstein @jrothst.bsky.social Economist, public policy wonk, professor at UC Berkeley, faculty director of California Policy Lab & Center for Studies in Higher Education
Alejandro Lazo @gauchoesque.bsky.social ๐ en un barco de papel yo volvere
David Shere @davidshere.net Berkeley Yimby Jew Dad
Natural born hype man
On the Housing Advisory Commission trying to make more and better affordable housing.
Berkeley Civic Library: https://www.civic-library.com
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Rep. Laura Friedman @friedman.house.gov Member of Congress representing California's 30th District. Pool shark. Pro: bikes, trains, housing, single payer healthcare & induction stoves!
rohan aras @rohanaras.bsky.social Senior Transportation Policy Analyst @niskanencenter.bsky.social
Matthew Bowes @mbowes.bsky.social (He/him) Posting about public policy, housing and economics. Senior Associate at the Grattan Institute.
https://grattan.edu.au/expert/matthew-bowes/
Russell Richie ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒโฟ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @drussellmrichie.bsky.social Director of Strategy and Impact at the Progress and Poverty Institute (@pandpinst). Treasurer at 5th Square (@5thsq). he/him. Cancer survivor and ADHD haver.
Nithya Raman @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social LA City Councilmember, Urban planner, mom of twins, Candidate for Mayor. ๐
This account is being used for campaign purposes by Nithya Raman for Mayor 2026
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Justin Tyndall @justintyndall.bsky.social Associate Prof of Economics. University of Hawai'i at Mฤnoa.
Research on: Cities ๐ | Transportation ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ | Housing ๐
Andrew Rumbach @andrewrumbach.bsky.social Urban & regional scientist. Co-lead of the Climate & Communities program @urbaninstitute. Research & policy analysis on disasters, disaster recovery, precarious housing, land use, and adaptation. Sourdough enthusiast. https://andrewrumbach.substack.com
Carol Leonnig @carolleonnig.bsky.social @washingtonpost investigative reporter
@MSNBC contributor
finder of fact
best-selling author "Zero Fail", "A Very Stable Genius", "I Alone Can Fix It".
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1 million Portlanders by 2045 ๐ฒ๐ง๏ธ๐ฆซ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ @bradleyclover.com Portland should aim for a minimum 2% average annual growth rate. People already want to live in Portland, we just need to make it cheap and easy to build homes. ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฆซ
Sam Alcorn @samalcorn.bsky.social Housing abundance. Urbanism. Zoning abolitionist. Accessibility Compliance expert. YIMBY. Located in Tovaangar. #OverturnEuclid
Mike English @mocomikee.bsky.social Downtown Silver Spring Maryland resident and housing advocate. Trans Rights. Liberal. YIMBY. Supply, Stability, Subsidy. Autistic and itโs fine, views my own. he/him- A Andrew Fine @andrewdfine.bsky.social Pro-housing, pro-walking, pro-eating.
Rachael Myrow @rachaelmyrow.bsky.social @KQEDNews | @NPRNews | Experts: "Formidable Provenance"+"The Queen of Succinct" 
Mayor Karen Bass @mayor.lacity.gov Official account for the 43rd Mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass.
Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus Dad. Wiseguy. Deep South expat. ๐ Los Angeles, Ca. Prior ๐: Malcontent strategist @ Planned Parenthood Action Fund, DNC, Natโl Dem. Inst., BlueState. Views my own. Also @ggreeneva @ ๐ฆ & ๐.
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com Lawyer, historian, mapmaker. Transport + housing nerd. Californian living in New York.
Adjunct Professor of Urban Planning @ Columbia. Wrote "The Lost Subways of North America". Get the book at http://lostsubways.com.
Personal account.
Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social Data, analysis, visualization, #CensusMapper, transportation cyclist.
๐Vancouver, BC
Ross Weistroffer @libraryofbabble.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธ #DemocracyScience nerd for an incrementally better world, reporting from the intersection of info & action. Pro-๐ณ๏ธโ๐,๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ, ๐บ๐ธ, and ๐บ๐ณ ๐๐๐
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Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social Learn more about what your *real* neighbors are thinking in Silicon Valley! Comedy. Parody. Not official/affiliated with, or sponsored by anyone.
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Kevin Erdmann @kevinerdmann.bsky.social I discovered the surprising story of what really happened in 2008 (not enough housing) and accidentally became a housing policy guy.
https://kevinerdmann.substack.com/
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Kevin-Erdmann/author/B099P7SN1G
YES on Prop 45 - Building a More Affordable California @yesonprop45.bsky.social Prop 45 cuts red tape and unnecessary delays so the essential projects Californians need get built faster and more affordably.
Olรบfแบนฬmi O. Tรกรญwรฒ @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social I'm @hyphy_republic on Twitter, aka The Oakland Observer, an Oakland journalist. Newsletter @ https://oakland-observer.ghost.io/ :One time contributions to the OO instead of subscription https://oakland-observer.ghost.io/#/portal/support
Ian Millhiser @imillhiser.bsky.social Senior Correspondent, Vox. The Supreme Court is bad, y'all.
Nick Fountain @fountain.bsky.social Planet Money Reporter and Co-Host, former Ballpark Vendor and Cabinet Sander
๐Ventura, CA
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Tenderloin Voice @tlvoice.bsky.social Journalism for the Tenderloin, with the Tenderloin. Based in San Francisco. tlvoice.org
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Uytae Lee @uytaelee.bsky.social I make videos about our cities at https://www.youtube.com/@AboutHere
John Lansing @pipedreaming.bsky.social Posting thoughts on plumbing/building codes, engineering design guides, water and nutrient cycles, often with regional and historical insights (personal account)
Director of Plumbing Standards Research and Development
john.lansing@centerforbuilding.org
graham steele @grahamsteele.bsky.social Assistant Professor, UNC School of Law. Teaching and writing about financial and corporate law.
Former Assistant Secretary, US Treasury Department & Democratic chief counsel, Senate Banking Committee.
https://law.unc.edu/people/graham-steele/
Anthony Tordillos @anthonysjc.bsky.social San Josรฉ City Councilmember, District 3 ๐๏ธ He/him ๐จ๐ป Queer ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ YIMBY ๐๏ธ Pro-transit ๐ Righteous Fights ๐ฝ @anthonytordillos.bsky.social
J. Emory Parker ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @jaspar.bsky.social Pulitzer prize winning editor and data journalist. Now: Data Editor at @statnews.bsky.social
โ๏ธ emory.parker@statnews.com ๐ธ jemoryparker ๐ @jaspar@mastodon.online | Signal: jaspar.01
Bryna Godar @bgodar.bsky.social Staff Attorney, State Democracy Research Initiative
University of Wisconsin Law School
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Jordan @jlatchford.bsky.social San Diego ๐ | @YimbyDemsSD | @sdleadership
Ben Keys @benkeys.bsky.social Iโm not a player I just lurk a lot. Economist and Professor of Real Estate and Finance at the University of Pennsylvaniaโs Wharton School
Michelle Wu ๅณๅผญ @wutrain.bsky.social Mayor of Boston โข Mom to Blaise, Cass & Mira โข Personal account
michelleforboston.com
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Joe Eskenazi @esksf.bsky.social Editor + columnist
@missionlocal.org
http://joinsubtext.com/joe
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Lloyd Alter @lloydalter.bsky.social Author of"The Story of Upfront Carbon," reformed architect and developer, teacher of sustainable design at Toronto Metropolitan University. https://lloydalter.substack.com
Josh Kaplan @josh-kaplan.bsky.social ProPublica reporter | Email me at joshua.kaplan@propublica.org | Contact info & stories here: propublica.org/people/joshua-kaplan
Charm City Slicker @sprawlhater.bsky.social On a Bluesky break. Baltimore creature. Obsessed with film, music, and poetry. Public transit/urbanism advocate. Dry barfly. Socialist. O's fan. He/him or they/them. Posts delete daily. Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/5xOCV
Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social Plangineer (AICP) when Iโm at work, alter ego CityNerd when Iโm not. New videos on cities and transportation every Wednesday. Nerd4cities.com | http://linktr.ee/CityNerd
Emma Gallegos @emmagallegos.bsky.social Reporter at EdSource, sewer of clothes, vice chair of @edsourceguild.bsky.social
I share serious journalism and unserious opinions on here
She/her
Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com Climate economist, Columbia
https://gwagner.com
It's pronounced "juggernaut" without the "jug"
Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social Midwest correspondent at The Economist, in Chicago. Before that, in London, Mumbai, Nairobi and DC.
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social Investigative Reporter @ TPM | Author | Words In: The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, The Atlantic
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Michael Andersen @andersem.bsky.social Believer, skeptic, humanist, typist & dad. Trying to make places fairer as director of cities + towns for @Sightline.org, here in Portland OR. Views here: mine, all mine.
Gil Durรกn @gilduran.com California writer. Ida Tarbell stan.
Author: NYT Bestselling โThe Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy.โ https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Nerd-Reich/Gil-Duran/9781668221402
Newsletter: http://www.thenerdreich.com
Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social Mostly biking, transit and housing. YIMBY. BikeSD board member. Mexicana.
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