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Decision Intelligence Leader - focused on #ArtificialIntelligence (#AI), #DataScience/ @UCLA alum / @PwC & @KPMG alum / Opinions my own
Sep 5, 2021 13 tweets 3 min read
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The Thousand Oaks City Council recently approved the $10M purchase of the Hillcrest Christian School property, and the Mayor mentioned that the City “no longer ha[s] the benefit of a redevelopment agency to help build affordable housing.” [1] Mayor Bill-de la Peña’s comments are correct, in that RDAs were tools to support rehabilitation of districts that were blighted. However, this required local governments to make a finding that the area was indeed “blighted.” And T.O.’s history of utilizing RDAs is mixed.
Feb 2, 2019 77 tweets 17 min read
THREAD: 2020 is an important election cycle, possibly the most important of our time. However, in context, we may only a third of the way through the realignment of American politics. The following is a play in five acts for this realignment. 1/ Before we start, this is a hypothesis, which, as I know, can explode into many pieces as reality plays out. I am a student, though not a scholar, of American history, love my country, and am enamored with her politics. 2/