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While ideally mainstream hospitals wouldn't be abandoning trans people, the importance of having our own health systems is having providers that won't use the "protecting funding for other patients" argument to drop services.
Similarly, there is also Chinese Hospital in San Francisco, which has its roots as something similar to a DIY network, at a time when mainstream medicine failed to serve the community. www.kalw.org/2025-03-10/a...
I do feel that we could use our own healthcare system as a backstop for trans care.
San Francisco has the Lyon-Martin clinic, which was started about 50 years ago from community efforts. This was where I first went to get trans care and it was great to have around. www.lyon-martin.org/history
New Year season wraps up this weekend in San Francisco with a parade from Market Street to Chinatown on Saturday, starting at 5pm, and street fairs on Grant Ave on Saturday (10am-4:30p) and Sunday (9am-5p). π§§π
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BART, the State of California, the City of El Cerrito, and development partner Related California have broken ground on 70 affordable apartments at the El Cerrito Plaza BART Station, marking the start of the first phase of the Transit-Oriented Development
Whether you're a current tenant or looking for a home to rent in Berkeley, you can look up whether a home is covered by rent control on the Rent Board website.
Happening today at noon!
I looked up the candidates, the progressive challenger has a strong platform that includes higher minimum wage & single payer healthcare. rodneysadler.com/platform
The centrist incumbent's website didn't even have a platform! Caving to Republicans: a red flag warning of not standing for anything.
Congrats! π
For most of the history of cars, turning right on red was illegal due to its obvious danger, since drivers looking to their left for oncoming vehicles can't see pedestrians in the crosswalk on their right. It should be again.
More cities are putting in place Tenant Right to Organize laws, which can be useful in dealing with maintenance and other issues.
Berkeley's has been in place for a little over a year now, learn how ours works at rentboard.berkeleyca.gov/rights-respo...
Last call for the survey!
beautiful!
One of my favorite quotes from the people setting up what would eventually become the EU was about linking coal and steel supply chains across different countries so that war was "not merely unthinkable, but materially impossible."
It does make me think about what today's version of that would be.
Happy Holi Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner Alfred Twu Illustration of bright colored overlapping circles and buildings in foreground.
Happy Holi to all celebrating today!
There's so many things where California is in opposition to federal policy at this point, that we and the other West Coast states that have also decided to go to permanent daylight time might as well make a plan and do it.
California next? We already voted to do it!
We need to expand the East Bay chapter of the @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social
News headline informing landlords of government subsidized rental units in Berkely how to raise the rent ceilings to max allowable.
Landlords of fully covered government subsidized rentals can now petition the Rent Board to raise rent ceilings on their units to the maximum allowed by the subsidizing government agency. This does NOT impact the tenant's portion of rent paid to the landlord. Learn more: bit.ly/NewsBRB?utm_s...
David Lei Chinese Historical Society Join the Alameda COunty Asian Pacific American Democratic Caucus for a powerful conversation with David Lei on the vita and often overlooked role Asian Americans played in the Civil Rights movement. Discover the stories that shaped history, and be inspired to carry that legacy forward today. Mar 26 6:30-8pm Register for free on zoom at bit.ly/davidlei Donations to the Chinese historical society are welcome APADC logo, photo of David, and and a drawing of a tree
Join the Asian Pacific American Democratic Caucus of Alameda County for a webinar with David Lei from the Chinese Historical Society on Asian Americans' rich history of fighting for civil rights.
Free! 6:30-8pm Thursday, March 26 on Zoom, register at bit.ly/davidlei
more pink sea creatures ππΈ
#art #fish #sharks
There's a 4th option that should be considered - Shortening the work day and school day during the four winter months.
This sounds similar to the classic Taiwanese dish ι―θι£― (braised meat on rice)! A simple favorite across many generations.
All of these look good and would help out many Californians. Call your Assemblymembers and State Senators and ask them to support!
A few more 2026 EQCA bills:
πAB 908 (Solache) β Enforce LGBTQ+ Inclusive Curriculum
πSB 1328 (@senatorcervantes.bsky.social) β Expand LGBTQ+ Higher Education Support
βοΈAB 2014 (Elhawary) β Prevent Gender Bias in Criminal Trials
π©βπ©βπ§βπ§SB 1149 (Durazo) β Expand Bereavement Leave for Chosen Family
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More bills in the 2026 EQCA legislation package:
π³οΈββ§οΈAB 1775 (@chriswardca.bsky.social) β Support Transgender Veterans
π³οΈβπAB 1836 (Gabriel) β Enhance Safety for LGBTQ+ Community Events
πSB 1023 (Laird) β Strengthen Access to Injectable PrEP
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Additional bills in the EQCA Legislative Package:
πSB 1114 (@senatorcabaldon.bsky.social) β Protect LGBTQ+ Data Privacy
βοΈAB 1540 (@asmmarkgonzalez.bsky.social) β Restore LGBTQ+ 988 Crisis Support
βοΈSB 934 (@scottwiener.bsky.social) β Expand Justice for Conversion Therapy Survivors
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Bills Equality California is backing include
π³οΈββ§οΈAB 1876 (@dawnaddis.bsky.social) β Protect Transgender Patients from Discrimination
π³οΈββ§οΈAB 1930 (@asmrickzbur.bsky.social) β Safeguard Patient Privacy from Out-of-State Investigations
$26 Million Budget Request β Protect Access to Transgender Health Care
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Equality California @eqca.bsky.social has announced their 2026 state legislative package:
-Funding, privacy protections, etc for healthcare
-Anti-discrimination laws for education, health. & courts
-Support for trans veterans, LGBTQ+ community events, chosen families
www.eqca.org/2026-legisla... 1/
As someone in my 40s with multiple doilies... I think there's a couple reasons! 1. We often live life out of sequence. 2. Trans culture skews young (mostly as it's become easier for younger generations to be themselves), those of us in our 30s are among the older ones...
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