You’re free to kill yourself in the privacy of your home but you do not have the right to do so on sidewalks & parks

If you do you should first be told to stop & if you don’t you should be arrested AND (not OR) offered drug treatment as an alternative to incarceration
Everyone should have a right to basic shelter. As for receiving housing, it should be contingent on abstinence & other steps in a person’s plan. Details here:

michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/why-californ…
And further details on dealing with addiction here

michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/why-californ…

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28 May
Jacqui is a mom trying to save her son from death by fentanyl

We will protest to @StopFentanylDeaths at Windward Plaza at Venice Beach, CA next Wed June 2, 10 am - 12 noon

We are building a state-wide movement to demand action

We need a whole-of-society response
Our protest is non-partisan & apolitical

We are working with @SoledadUrsua to support local efforts by Venice residents to address the crisis

We invite @GavinNewsom @Caitlyn_Jenner @Kevin_Faulconer @BeastJohnCox
We invite Venice & L.A. elected officials to say a few words about what we must do to overcome the fentanyl, addiction, and & OD crisis @MayorOfLA @mikebonin @MikeBoninLA @recallbonin2021 @GeorgeGascon @recallgascon and Venice Mayor and City Council
Read 11 tweets
27 May
Because the homeless crisis is not about spending too little money on housing, it's about spending too much money incentivizing self-destructive behaviors

When we change the incentives we will change the behaviors:

michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/why-californ…
San Francisco, Los Angeles and other California cities spend significantly more on homelessness and have significantly worse outcomes
San Francisco spends nearly 2x more per capita than New York City but shelters one-third while New York shelters 95%
Read 8 tweets
27 May
Blackouts, higher energy prices, China-made "slavery" solar panels, foreign dependence, and conflicts-of-interest more than politics are behind the failure of the Democrats' climate legislation in Congress

Why Biden’s Climate Agenda Is Falling Apart
michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/why-bidens-c…
In recent weeks, Democratic confidence in passing sweeping climate legislation has rapidly faded. “I don’t think the votes are there in a reconciliation bill for the climate infrastructure-type issues,” an insider told the Washington Post.
Nations (and states like California) that cannot for economic reasons meet their climate commitments simply change the target to farther off in time, while adding targets that sound more aggressive to journalists with little awareness of history.

Corporations will do the same
Read 15 tweets
26 May
Please join @JacquiBerlinn & me at 11:30 am today in SF to protest fentanyl dealers & demand action from @GavinNewsom & other politicians

- 700+ OD deaths/year in SF & rising, 90k in US

- Addiction behind 31% increase in Calif. homelessness 2010-2020

- Corey’s life is at stake
I’m happy to confirm that all major Bay Area media are covering the protest, with commitments to appear from Supervisors @MattHaneySF @Ahsha_Safai schedules permitting with @LondonBreed & all other Supes warmly invited to attend & say a few words
Read 7 tweets
26 May
You, a person who lied, stole, and forged documents are trying censor an ethical scientist because he disagrees with you

latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-…

Why? Because you believe debunked & unethical Malthusian claims that there's not enough resources for universal prosperity
Here's a detailed explanation of how and why @PeterGleick is a pseudoscientific Malthusian ideologue who grossly misrepresents the science to advance the claim that the world doesn't have enough resources for all humans to enjoy high standards of living

environmentalprogress.org/big-news/2020/…
Peter Gleick is an admitted fraud. He lied to obtain documents & appears to have forged one of them, something he denies

The more one learns about this sordid affair the more it's clear that Gleick is a fanatic who regularly engages in unethical behavior

latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-…
Read 20 tweets
25 May
You’re trying to replace our last nuclear plant with wind even though

- lack of reliable nuclear caused last summer’s blackouts

- there’s no wind during the heat waves that trigger blackouts

- it will further raise our prices, which already increased 7x more than rest of US
“People wonder how we made it through the heat wave of 2006. The answer is... We had San Onofre [nuclear plant] of 2,200 MW, and a number of other plants, totalling thousands of MW not there today,” said Calif. grid operator during 2020 blackouts.

forbes.com/sites/michaels…
“There was very little electricity from wind during the summer heatwave in California ... the same weather pattern, a stable high-pressure bubble, is the cause of heatwaves, since it brought very low wind for days on end along with very high temperatures”

forbes.com/sites/michaels…
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