#LongLA via Petaluma. Partner at TCG (The Chernin Group). Former @UpfrontVC, HauteLook, @Nordstrom, @eBay, @StubHub. Swiss-ItalianšØš. @FCLugano1908 supporter.
Los Angeles via Petaluma
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Regarding these trading card slot machines. C'mon. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it is probably a f'in duck. Call me old fashioned. Gambling is fine when appropriate and legal, but please don't bullshit us.
Greg Bettinelli retweeted
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced an initiative aimed at compelling passengers loudly playing music or streaming shows to put on headphones or risk being removed from U.K.ās famous tube system and double-decker buses. wapo.st/4zI09fM
Must be kidding me. This is an enormous amount of water and power for a residential home. For some context, the house must be 10k sq feet plus with non stop AC and pool / hot tub heating. The water use is even more incredible at about 65,000 gallons/month. Has to be huge pool(s) and acres of irrigation. This NOT how most in LA live.
One of my neighbor's latest bill from LADWP. $8,506. That's more than 4X the average American's mortgage payment. Just for waste, water, and electricity.
What do you get for that money? They drain your reservoirs for 2 straight fire seasons and let your town burn down. Oh, and then their water mains burst every day and flood your streets. Oh, and they forget to shut off the power during a wildfire and cause more spot fires around your neighborhood.
Don't let communists run your city, folks.
As the level of play and stakes increase in college and professional sports, the refereeing and umpiring performances have to elevate as well. And it simply isnāt happening. 100% fixable. Donāt understand how this is not prioritized.
#LongLA dodged a huge ass bullet here.
My sources are telling me Talarico is in a mental health facility. His campaign has stopped actively planning events in the vital homestretch of the campaign.
If this is true, this is actually a time to pray for Talarico. We should, of course, savagely mock his smug, awful campaign advisors, by all means...and while yes, of course, this would be disqualifying for Talarico's aspirations to be a Texas Senator, we must hold empathy for anyone undergoing crisis. Campaigns are brutal, and not everybody is cut out for it. You need very thick skin. As much as I don't want Talarico anywhere near government, I also don't want wish him harm, and no political office is worth having a breakdown. His awful advisors are at fault for this. They pushed him to be something he isn't, and it didn't work.
I'm praying that this isn't true, and he's OK. You want to win these fights on the battlefield of ideas, not the minefield of poor health.
Important if true. Note it is true.
āIāve got a number of friends and entrepreneurs that moved out there and Vegas is just a chapter until they all move back to CAā
Thatās part of the Lake Las Vegas areaā¦and no one wants to live out thereā¦
But in terms of Vegas in general, I think a lot of people are realizing that no income tax isnāt worth the lifestyle and environment that it comes with.
Iāve got a number of friends and entrepreneurs that moved out there and Vegas is just a chapter until they all move back to CA. Thatās very anecdotal but I think could be the trend we see.
Greg Bettinelli retweeted
Thatās part of the Lake Las Vegas areaā¦and no one wants to live out thereā¦
But in terms of Vegas in general, I think a lot of people are realizing that no income tax isnāt worth the lifestyle and environment that it comes with.
Iāve got a number of friends and entrepreneurs that moved out there and Vegas is just a chapter until they all move back to CA. Thatās very anecdotal but I think could be the trend we see.
Somewhat staggering. Between 2019-20 and 2024-25, LAUSD non-charter enrollment fell 16%, from 440,365 to 369,830 students, while the district's number of full-time-equivalent positions increased 6.3%, from 60,344 to 64,148.
My guess is LAUSD turbo charged hiring during the pandemic and then never reduced those roles when things sort of went back to normal.
Imagine what would prices would be if everyone in CA didnāt move Austin and Miami to avoid taxes and the socialists by the sea. Prices would have soared >1000%. Reality is anyone whom has shorted the golden state over the medium and long term has been on the wrong side of the trade. Now is no exception.
Great show. Season 2 hits BritBix the week after week.
BBC and BritBox comedy-drama 'Ludwig' has gone from strength to strength as it becomes the UKās most-watched scripted launch of the year so far deadline.com/2026/09/bbc-ludā¦
Fun facts. One time ULA mansion tax alone on this purchase is $7.2M (earmarked for housing and homelessness in the City of LA).
Annual property taxes likely exceed $1.5M/year.
I would love to see how he has figured out a way to navigate the tax burden or is really like the rest of us and pays his fair share.
Peter Thiel buys troubled Bel-Air mega-mansion for $130 million
latimes.com/california/storyā¦
