I created this account solely for lurking, but Twitter is too dang addicting.

Joined June 2018
A little self-promotion: my latest op-ed dropped in the Washington Post today, where I argued that California should not give me money to buy a house and should instead 1) Give money to those most in need (cost-burdened renters and 2) build more housing: washingtonpost.com/opinions/โ€ฆ
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What does housing policy have to do with loving our neighbors? More than we often think. I wrote for Christianity Today about how housing scarcity contributes to homelessness, and why Christians should see housing abundance as a matter of hospitality and discipleship.
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The question for us is: how will we respond? Will we take ownership of what our city needs?
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Thomas Irwin ๐Ÿ€๐ŸŒ๐Ÿฅ‘โœ๏ธ retweeted
Nithya Raman has been removed as chair of Los Angeles City Council's housing committee, to be replaced by a member who, in a pro-housing forum no less, thoughtlessly bragged about how she reduced the scale of an affordable housing project. Truly insane.
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Thomas Irwin ๐Ÿ€๐ŸŒ๐Ÿฅ‘โœ๏ธ retweeted
โ€œDo you like UVa basketball?โ€ โ€œMan I love it!โ€ โ€œAnd the NCAA Tourney?โ€ โ€œOh yeah. The best!โ€ โ€œWhat about UVa in the NCAA Tourney?โ€ โ€œGot to be honest here on this one. Not my fav.โ€
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Thomas Irwin ๐Ÿ€๐ŸŒ๐Ÿฅ‘โœ๏ธ retweeted
Here's what's genuinely puzzling to me about the idea that @GavinNewsom or his advisors may think it'd be politically advantageous to veto SB 79. ๐Ÿงต/18
Would really be quite something for this guy to veto SB 79.
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Thomas Irwin ๐Ÿ€๐ŸŒ๐Ÿฅ‘โœ๏ธ retweeted
Thomas Irwin takes the City of LA to task for their ongoing failures around housing and urges the state legislature to pass SB 79: โ€œCalifornia lawmakers should ignore the cityโ€™s complaints and prioritize the best interests of Los Angeles residents.โ€
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I have another piece up today, taking the city of LA to task for destroying a citizen painted crosswalk in three days, when it takes 18 years for the city to build housing for the homeless
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This reveals a much broader problem of state capacity in the city, one that hamstrings it's ability to do basic services, let alone finish ambitious goals
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Thomas Irwin ๐Ÿ€๐ŸŒ๐Ÿฅ‘โœ๏ธ retweeted
We are deeply proud to announce that our own @CoachThomasLA was published in the @sfchronicle, writing on how the CA Association of Realtors has often stood in the way of new opportunities for home ownership in CA. sfchronicle.com/opinion/openโ€ฆ
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Thomas Irwin ๐Ÿ€๐ŸŒ๐Ÿฅ‘โœ๏ธ retweeted
๐Ÿก YV Contributor Thomas Irwin (@CoachThomasLA) says California real estate agents are a โ€œcrucial impedimentโ€ for prospective homebuyers. Check out his article in the San Francisco Chronicle! (@sfchronicle) Link below ๐Ÿ‘‡
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Thomas Irwin ๐Ÿ€๐ŸŒ๐Ÿฅ‘โœ๏ธ retweeted
Inclusionary zoning is like if, instead of paying for SNAP with general tax revenue, we forced grocery stores to sell 20 percent of their products at a loss.
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Thomas Irwin ๐Ÿ€๐ŸŒ๐Ÿฅ‘โœ๏ธ retweeted
Thinking of writing a book *Scarcity* on market-based pricing to manage demand: โ€ขcongestion pricing โ€ขland value tax โ€ขcarbon tax โ€ขreal time electricity pricing โ€ขCalifornia almond farmers pay for water โ€ข no free parking โ€ขvolume based garbage fees โ€ขfishery quotas
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