Category: Arts & Culture
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Arts & Culture, Muni, Transportation
No Story Is Too Weird for Online Journal ‘Muni Diaries’
“Muni Diaries,” an online journal, collects and shares Muni riders’ stories in its blog, podcasts and live events around San Francisco. Co-founder Eugenia Chien and producer Peter Clarke provide a glimpse of what’s happening in the world of buses, streetcars, transit stops and stations around town.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Arts & Culture, Land use, Neighborhoods
Documentary Explores What Shaped Mid-Market Street, Past and Present
The documentary “5 Blocks,” by Robert Cortlandt and Dan Goldes, explores the history, economic downturn and efforts to revitalize San Francisco’s mid-Market Street neighborhood, an area whose focal point is just five blocks. Goldes discusses what he learned in his conversations with neighborhood residents from different backgrounds, including an SRO dweller and a tech worker. […]
Posted inArts & Culture, Bay Area, Media, News, Social Justice
An Ethnic Media Beacon Goes Dark, but Its Creator Keeps Inspiring
Sandy Close has made it her life’s work to find and amplify unique voices from different ethnic communities, especially those of the young. For nearly 50 years, Pacific News Service and its successor, New America Media, practiced “journalism from the inside out” by bringing people from many cultures into the newsroom. Last fall, Close had to shutter her organization, but her legacy lives on in dozens of professional journalists who got their start with her.
Posted inArts & Culture, Economy & Business, Homelessness, Housing, Land use
Guerrilla Art Project Uses News for ‘Housing Displacement Facts’
The fall 2017 issue of the Public Press, which focused on some possible solutions to homelessness, inspired graphic designer Erik Schmitt to create informational labels he posted on single-room occupancy hotels listed as empty.
Posted inArts & Culture, Climate Change, Economy & Business, Environment, Land use, Neighborhoods, Sea Level Rise: 2nd in a Series
By Weakening Law, Developers Shift Sea Rise Burden to Cities
Two years ago, the California Supreme Court overturned decades of land-use law by upholding lower court rulings that cities could no longer require developers to take into account the effects of climate change on their projects. That decision has unsettled public officials and planners, and critics say it will allow real estate interests to saddle taxpayers with a gigantic bill to defend against rising seas.
Posted in2016 Non-partisan Voter Guide, Arts & Culture, Elections, Homelessness
Proposition S: Paying for the Arts and Homeless Services with S.F. Hotel Tax
This ordinance would shift some of the city’s spending specifically to the arts and homeless services.
The initiative was placed on the ballot through verified petition signatures.
Posted in2016 Non-partisan Voter Guide, Arts & Culture, Elections, Land use
Proposition X: Preserving Space for Arts, Small Businesses and Community Services
This ordinance would require that developers in parts of the Mission and South of Market neighborhoods build replacement space if their projects displace arts activities, certain light-industrial and craft business or community-related facilities.
Posted inArts & Culture, Climate Change, Elections, Government & Politics, Land use, Neighborhoods
When Sea Level Rises, How Long Can Mission Rock Survive?
Voters approved the Giants’ $1.6 billion waterfront development, but environmental questions linger about whether Mission Rock could be occasionally or permanently submerged as bay waters rise by many feet before the end of the 21st century.