Really enjoyed this summary. I hadn’t followed the movement closely enough to realize how successful you have been with the Supervisors and other elected positions.
I’m curious to know where you think you are on your three boxes for addressing transportation issues. JFK and Ocean Beach Park are great, but what do you think it would take for the movement to have a vision for transportation as clear as its vision for housing?
Currently starting a chartering process for my county that is driven by a lot of this thinking: discovering that even with electoral wins, the mechanisms of local government are keeping reforms from happening or being effective. Much of the same as in SF, from exclusive single-family zoning to exorbitant impact fees and parking requirements, to the power of a single local crank.
My hope is that we can make a blueprint for other counties that becomes easy to adopt a new structure. The ‘Abundance’ framework fits into our thinking about how and why, and I’m glad to have this body of work to point to myself.
“For whatever efficiency DOGE is after, the federal government only employs 15% of the workforce, including the military.
What does this mean? I don’t think that the federal government employs 15% of the workforce. It’s about 3M, or approximately 2% of the overall workforce.
Here here Zack!
Maybe a future piece could discuss how folks (including those who live in the Bay Area but outside the city) can help.
Thank you for asking, Gordon and Ross. We're busy building more onramps. We'll be launching these soon:
- A national 'professional network' for those looking to build a career applying Abundance ideas within their institutions
- An Electeds network for those who have won office, and want to learn from other electeds and experts on how to drive outcomes via government.
If you want to stay in the loop, we set up a newsletter here:
https://www.abundancenetwork.com/join/
PS Big fan of Maximum New York. Great example of the power of educating people how to be citizens via how their government works.
I second this. I would love to learn more about how I could get involved!
Really enjoyed this summary. I hadn’t followed the movement closely enough to realize how successful you have been with the Supervisors and other elected positions.
I’m curious to know where you think you are on your three boxes for addressing transportation issues. JFK and Ocean Beach Park are great, but what do you think it would take for the movement to have a vision for transportation as clear as its vision for housing?
Currently starting a chartering process for my county that is driven by a lot of this thinking: discovering that even with electoral wins, the mechanisms of local government are keeping reforms from happening or being effective. Much of the same as in SF, from exclusive single-family zoning to exorbitant impact fees and parking requirements, to the power of a single local crank.
My hope is that we can make a blueprint for other counties that becomes easy to adopt a new structure. The ‘Abundance’ framework fits into our thinking about how and why, and I’m glad to have this body of work to point to myself.
The whole idea of Abundance is to stop looking through the lense of 'more vs less' government, and instead 'effective vs lousy' government.
“For whatever efficiency DOGE is after, the federal government only employs 15% of the workforce, including the military.
What does this mean? I don’t think that the federal government employs 15% of the workforce. It’s about 3M, or approximately 2% of the overall workforce.
Ah, clarified this. 15% of the government workforce in the United States. Thank you for asking.