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Update: I joined @AnthropicAI to lead AI for State & Local Government! aka making government better with Claude :)
Last year I met 20K+ voters running for office in SF.
One of those was @DanielaAmodei, President & co-founder of Anthropic 🧵
Michael Lai
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Michael Lai
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- 1/ why is SF so slow at ballot counting!? on election night ~54.9% of votes were counted. 9 days later there are still 15.8K ballots (~3.8%) left to count. today my team went to @SFElections and discovered 9 bottlenecks. thread 🧵 1/17
- I’m running for office for San Francisco DCCC on March 5th, 2024! In the city where ppl are building AI & longevity drugs, it's crazy that the basics don't work: Streets are unsafe New housing is blocked We don't teach 8th grade algebra I'm running to change SF 🧵
00:00 - 👋🏻 I'm a volunteer preschool teacher turned founder / CEO at Series A childcare startup tinycare.co When I first explored the US childcare system in 2016, what baffled me the most was the cost. This is a 🧵 about why daycare is so expensive in the US. 1/20
- Yet another break-in at one of my favorite Chinese restaurants :( Video below. We need to reform Prop 47, which turned theft under $950 from felonies to misdemeanors in 2014. Change starts with Prop 36 this Nov. I’m hosting a Prop 36 District 11 town hall this Monday 10/21 with
00:00 - the net worth of these three people grew by $10B in this past week
- WE WON!!! With 96% of ballots counted, we're holding strong at spot #7 (of 14)! More importantly, my DCCC slate @SFDemsForChange maintains a 18-6 lead — this is our first majority in 8 years!🤯 So many ppl to thank, but first to my amazing old & new friends who volunteered ❤️
- Last weekend, I gathered with 200+ family, friends, & neighbors to make an announcement. An announcement rooted in my family's story, and the story of so many immigrant families who moved to the US to seek a better life. I'm running for the SF Board of Supervisors this Nov! 🧵
- SF is way too dirty. It’s crazy that with a $15.9B budget we can’t keep trash & illegal dumping off our streets. Here’s a video with my plan to fix it in district 11. In other parts of the city, trash from unsheltered homelessness and tents is also a big issue; that’s a separate
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1/Here's something a lot of people I talk to don't understand about Japanese urbanism, and why Japanese cities are so special.- I've lived in SF for 8 years, and I've always wondered — Why are there more dogs (200K) than kids (115K)!? I love dogs (👇🏻 is my family dog Luna), but my mission is unlocking child potential. 🧵 with 6 hypotheses on why there are so few kids in SF: 1/35
- 11/11 update: we narrowed the gap by 63 votes! down by only 207 now. yep, the balance of the SF Board of Supes for the next 4 years (moderate change vs. progressive status quo) will hinge on a *couple hundred votes in D11.* are you entertained!? ~6.8% left to count. next drop 4
- Just voted for myself and I feel a bit emotional. My voting booth # was special: 23. When I walked into city hall, SF Dept of Elections asked me to go to an open booth, but I chose to wait for 23. Here’s why. 23 - At age five, when the kindergarten lady couldn’t pronounce my
