Garry's List
@garryslist
A citizen's union for radical centrism. Advocating effective government, housing, education, pro-tech, and pro-prosperity
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This month we're launching the Garry's List California Dream campaign.
We want to hear your story: what brought you to California, the life you've built here, and why you believe it's a place worth fighting for.
Want to share your California Dream? DM us or send us an email at hello@garryslist.org.
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This is the product of everyday citizens refusing to accept unbelievable human misery and unfettered grift as normal.
When we raise our voices and insist our government do better, we win.
"We are living through the largest departure of Asian Americans from the Democratic Party in our nation's history. But it isn't because we've changed; it's because the Party has moved away from our core beliefs."
@notGarryTan writes about his family's flight from communist China, the party that welcomed them in San Francisco, and what it means to continue believing in safety, schools, and prosperity while the party drifts.
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To read the curriculum SF will now require every 9th grader to take, a parent had to book an appointment, travel to a district office, and read it under supervision.
What is the district hiding? A required course that recasts Asian American success as complicity in whiteness.
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LA spent $2.3B on homelessness and got more of it. An independent audit found the city "doesn't know how much it is paying, and for what."
Crazy idea: tie funding to demonstrable outcomes instead of whatever some sleazy nonprofit is promulgating to keep securing contracts.
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California's June primary showed that voters want competence over ideological theater. In SF, the moderate coalition consolidated around Mayor Lurie while the once-dominant progressive machine fractured into infighting. November's ballot, a one-time tax on the wealthiest, will show whether that momentum can scale statewide.
Read the full analysis, from Forrest Liu:
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California's pragmatic center is growing. Little-tech founders, nurses, teachers, immigrant business owners, public-safety leaders—united not by ideology, but by a desire for government that actually works. Garry's List is turning that energy into donors, volunteers, and candidates.
@garrytan explains why November's ballot represents both an opportunity and a challenge for this growing movement:
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At UC Berkeley Law, 37.5% of students claim a disability.
Students don’t have to disclose this to employers, and accommodations come with no downside.
Those who don’t opt in are competing at a disadvantage on the exams that determine their futures.
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Oakland installed Flock cameras to find stolen cars.
The cameras found them: 210,000 stolen-car and stolen-plate alerts in 6 months.
The problem? OPD couldn’t keep up.
