@bgolder

I like making pickles, mugs, and good digital services. Previously @codeforamerica

 Oakland, California, USA
Joined October 2009
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Ben Golder retweeted
Alfred Twu@alfred_twu3 May 2024
California: we could be looking at 14+ Propositions on the ballot this year. I've made a summary of what they do, who's funding them, who's opposed, with links to the full text. docs.google.com/spreadsheets… More details in thread! 1/

2024 California Propositions

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A few random thoughts on the comments to CFPB’s proposed rulemaking on “personal financial data rights” (open banking): 1. Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) This is the standout issue I wasn’t anticipating. With a write-in campaign led by Propel, hundreds of consumers urged the CFPB to include these government benefit accounts within scope: “Please include EBT accounts […] We deserve the same rights and security on the financial products we use as anyone else.” regulations.gov/docket/CFPB-… The comment letter by Propel itself is worth a read — a cogent, concise, single-issue letter by founder Jimmy Chen: “For the tens of millions of Americans who rely on SNAP and TANF, EBT cards are functionally no different than debit cards.” regulations.gov/comment/CFPB… But advocacy wasn’t limited to Propel. Notable respondents included FDATA, Plaid, 16 Members of Congress, and the Consumer Bankers Association (“failing to include EBT […] risks creating a two-tiered financial service system”).
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TIL AC Transit is cutting 20% of its service in part because it has to subsidize SF Transit Center to the tune of $4.2M every year because Caltrain and CAHSR backed out of their commitments
Despite cost cutting, AC Transit faces immense additional fixed costs including its lease payment of $3.4 million for the STC bus deck this fiscal year alone, which escalates to another $300,000 in the fiscal year that begins in July 2023. A secondary lease for the lesser-known STC Bus Storage Facility (below I-80 and critical when Transbay lines operator at peak schedules) and additional maintain costs obligate AC Transit to cover an additional $500,000 payment each year.

ALT Despite cost cutting, AC Transit faces immense additional fixed costs including its lease payment of $3.4 million for the STC bus deck this fiscal year alone, which escalates to another $300,000 in the fiscal year that begins in July 2023. A secondary lease for the lesser-known STC Bus Storage Facility (below I-80 and critical when Transbay lines operator at peak schedules) and additional maintain costs obligate AC Transit to cover an additional $500,000 payment each year.

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Ben Golder@bgolder11 Oct 2023
I've got a few b sky invites if anyone else is interested in abandoning twitter dot com with me
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I've got a few b sky invites if anyone else is interested in abandoning twitter dot com with me
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An opportunity to work on local public services!
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NEW: We just posted distressing data from Idaho - c. 35,000 kids have been disenrolled from Medicaid which is greater than the number of adults disenrolled from the expansion group 30,869. docs.google.com/spreadsheets…

Idaho Unwinding Data Tracking June 21 2023.xlsx

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This is a great point. And I say this as someone who is looking for a job and wants to be a new employee
Kelly Vaughn
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It's more expensive to hire and train a new employee than it is to retain an existing employee by adjusting their pay. Give them that raise.
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While SNAP shouldn't require an interview in the first place, letting people do on-demand interviews is such a basic reasonable accommodation and it's astounding that they're not already the status quo
CLASP Public Benefits Justice@PBJ_CLASP12 Jun 2023
Experimental evidence from LA county published as a NBER paper finds big impact of call in (on-demand) interviews on SNAP enrollment. All states should be doing this. No one should be stuck waiting for the phone to ring. nber.org/papers/w31239

Administrative Burden and Procedural Denials: Experimental Evidence from SNAP

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Hi friends! I’m looking for a new job, ideally a senior/staff/management engineering role. If you hear about something, please let me know! I’m also looking for some short-term work while continuing my job search
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Ben Golder retweeted
Damon Jones@nomadj1s10 Apr 2023
🚨 New Working Paper 🚨 The Short-Term Labor Supply Response to the Expanded Child Tax Credit me + @brandonriquez and @ernietedeschi ungated draft: home.uchicago.edu/~j1s/Jones… 🧵
The Short-Term Labor Supply Response to the Expanded Child Tax Credit Brandon Enriquez, Damon Jones, & Ernie Tedeschi

ALT The Short-Term Labor Supply Response to the Expanded Child Tax Credit Brandon Enriquez, Damon Jones, & Ernie Tedeschi

We estimate the extensive and intensive margin labor supply response to the monthly Child Tax Credit disbursed in 2021 as a part of the American Rescue Plan Act. Using Current Population Survey microdata, we compare labor supply outcomes among households who qualify for varying relative increases in household income, as a result of their income level and household size. We do not find strong evidence of a change in labor supply for families receiving the credit. The results are robust to alternative labor supply models, where households respond mainly to cash on hand or changes in the annual budget set.

ALT We estimate the extensive and intensive margin labor supply response to the monthly Child Tax Credit disbursed in 2021 as a part of the American Rescue Plan Act. Using Current Population Survey microdata, we compare labor supply outcomes among households who qualify for varying relative increases in household income, as a result of their income level and household size. We do not find strong evidence of a change in labor supply for families receiving the credit. The results are robust to alternative labor supply models, where households respond mainly to cash on hand or changes in the annual budget set.

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Brief thread about...snow. As of this weekend, the Southern Sierra now appears to have largest snowpack in recorded history (as measured by snow water equivalent, or SWE). Not just for the calendar date, but for *any* date! #CAwx #CAwater [1/n]
SWE time series trace from DWR for the major California Sierra basins. The Southern Sierra trace depicts an all-time record-high snow water equivalent.

ALT SWE time series trace from DWR for the major California Sierra basins. The Southern Sierra trace depicts an all-time record-high snow water equivalent.

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This is a great letter about some truly awful, lazy journalism.
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Ben Golder retweeted
Kian Goh@kiangoh1 Nov 2022
Hey queers! @TamJGuy, a PhD student @UCLALuskin @uclaurbnplnning, is doing their research on trans folk’s experiences taking transit. If you’re trans and use transit please take this survey!
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Ben Golder retweeted
Signal
@signalapp22 Sep 2022
A request to our community: Signal is blocked in Iran. You can help people in Iran reconnect to Signal by hosting a proxy server. If you’re willing and able, please follow the instructions here: signal.org/blog/run-a-proxy/ 1/2 #IRanASignalProxy

Help people in Iran reconnect to Signal – a request to our community

Signal is currently blocked in Iran. To help people in the country access Signal, we are republishing and revising a post that we originally posted in February, 2021 during a very similar situation...

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Edgar McGregor@edgarrmcgregor7 Sep 2022
This should put the 2022 California heat wave into perspective for you.
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