By Audrey Dilling, KALW Crosscurrents When you go to vote next Tuesday, the first thing you’ll see in the list of state measures is Proposition 1. It’s also being called “the water bond.” And let’s get one thing straight right now — this bond won’t resolve the current drought. We can’t vote to make it […]
Yearly Archives: 2014
Posted inCity Hall, Housing Solutions, Land use, Neighborhoods
Housing Solution: Increase Density in Western Neighborhoods and Fix Transit
New housing construction is blazing through the city’s eastern side, but not the west. Why? Residents say existing public transit is too poor to accommodate denser housing, which might also disrupt the neighborhood’s character. But minor tweaks to zoning regulations could add thousands of new apartments, and many would be priced below the market rate.
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New S.F. Buyout Law Helps Tenants Learn About Their Rights
By J.B. Evans, El Tecolote The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed legislation this week establishing ground rules for a practice known as a buyout, whereby landlords offer tenants money to vacate their units. Proposed by District 9 Supervisor David Campos, the buyout law is seen as a step toward protecting San Francisco’s more vulnerable […]
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Risky Business — Major Political Parties Ignoring Asian American Voters, Says Survey
By Andrew Lam, New America Media In Orange County, home to Little Saigon and the largest Vietnamese American population outside of Vietnam, a whopping 19 Vietnamese American candidates are vying for 20 open seats in November. For the community, ethnic loyalties are helping to galvanize an electorate largely ignored by Republicans and Democrats alike. It […]
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Issue 15: Fall 2014
Attempts to alleviate homelessness with subsidized supportive housing are not keeping pace with growing demand. Reforms could give those waiting for a room an idea of when they might get off the streets or out of a shelter.
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S.F. Arts Town Hall: Few Supervisors, Empty Chairs Onstage
By Christian L. Frock, KQED News Fix/KQED Arts If attendance at last night’s Arts Town Hall is any indicator of San Francisco policy makers’ interest and investment, the arts are in trouble. Of the 11 city supervisor incumbents and candidates who committed to attending, only three were present for the full discussion, which was about […]
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Public School Inequality Report Wins SPJ Award
The San Francisco Public Press is pleased to accept a 2014 Excellence in Journalism award for “Public Schools, Private Money,” an in-depth look at inequality in fundraising among schools in the San Francisco Unified School District. The Society of Professional Journalists’ Northern California chapter recognized the special reporting project in the Winter 2014 edition for […]
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Two Ballot Measures Zero In on S.F. Affordable Housing Crisis
By Stephanie Martin Taylor, KQED News Fix When Jane Kim first ran for San Francisco Supervisor in 2010, she made the creation of more affordable housing her top priority. “But I don’t think at that time, when we were at the bottom of a recession, I could have predicted the affordability crisis,” Kim said. Kim’s […]
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San Francisco Schools Grapple With Common Core, New Technology
By Hana Baba, KALW Crosscurrents Note: The San Francisco Unified School District owns KALW’s broadcast license. San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent Richard Carranza has headed San Francisco’s schools for the past two years. He came to San Francisco from Las Vegas where he was a superintendent. Before that, he was a high school principal. […]
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Election 2014: San Francisco, Berkeley Consider Soda Taxes
By Lisa Aliferis/The California Report/State of Health When it comes to the 2014 election, the Bay Area is ground zero on a fight being watched across the country. Both Berkeley and San Francisco voters are considering soda taxes. They are not the first cities to try to slap a tax on sugary beverages. In California […]