San Francisco Chronicle columnist Chuck “C.W.” Nevius is imploring tech companies “to get into politics, particularly grassroots politics in cities like Oakland and San Francisco.” But he misses the obvious: the tech industry is and has been deeply involved with local politics, led by Ron Conway (photo).
Category: Media
Posted inCampaign Finance: The Rising Cost of Winning Votes, City Hall, Elections, Housing, Media, Technology
Slick, Misleading TV Ads Paid Off
The 2015 election united the political clout of two rich, powerful industries that will exert an enduring in uence across the city, Bay Area and nation: real estate and technology.
Posted inHomelessness, Media
Change of Address: Voices Humanize Homelessness
The San Francisco Public Press and Sonic SF present a collection of eight audio portraits giving voice to people who are — or are on the verge of becoming — homeless.
Posted inBay Area, Community, Education, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Labor, Media, Public Safety, Social Justice, Social Services
How Media Coverage on Homelessness Falls Short (And What Reporters Can Do About It)
In many newsrooms, “the homeless” is a well-worn catchphrase for the often-anonymous people on the street or in shelters. But many professionals who work with these populations on a daily basis find the term offensive and misleading.
Posted inEconomy & Business, Media, Social Justice, The Cost of Living Here
With Cost of Living Rising Fast, Experts Seek Solutions
Live discussion on the cost of living: Everyone in San Francisco knows the cost of living has skyrocketed. What they might not realize is that consumer prices — led by escalating housing costs — are leaving many low- and middle-income families struggling to stay in the city while remaining above the poverty level.
Posted inMedia
On KALW, Callers Criticize School District for Student Placements
Last week on KALW’s “Your Call” morning show, the topic was our most recent special report about increasing segregation in San Francisco’s public schools.
Posted inCity Hall, Health, Homelessness, Law & Justice, Media
KQED Tackles Junction Between Homelessness, Mental Illness
KQED Public Radio’s “Forum” hit the airwaves this morning with a conversation with Robert Okin, the former chief of psychiatry at San Francisco General Hospital, who recently published a new book on homelessness and mental illness. He said the common belief that the homeless choose to reside on the streets, from his experience profiling them, is false.
Posted inHousing, Housing Solutions, Media, Neighborhoods
Working Groups Envision Plans for an Affordable San Francisco
City residents, advocates and experts gathered at “Hack the Housing Crisis” to come up with ways to make San Francisco more affordable and create space for new tenants. Possible solutions included building portable houses and creating social media websites where renters and landlords could connect. Part of a special report on solutions for housing affordability.
Posted inHousing, Housing Solutions, Land use, Media
Easy Solutions to S.F.’s Housing Crisis? Beware Unintended Consequences
The road to hell is paved with good intentions and, very often, good urban planning policy ideas too. San Francisco and the Bay Area are no strangers to that road. Yet as talk of a housing crisis grows, the region may need a new attitude more than new ideas to avoid the mistakes of the past. Part of a special report on solutions for housing affordability.
Posted inCity Hall, Housing Solutions, Media, Transportation
Linking the Google Bus With the Housing Crisis
While San Francisco’s 350 private corporate buses take thousands of well-off tech employees to work in Silicon Valley every morning, and home to their urban apartments and flats every evening, the service gap in late-night public transportation leaves many of the city’s service workers without a ride to their homes far out of town. Part of a special report on solutions for housing affordability.