Against the backdrop of recent right-wing violence, the organizer of the now-canceled Crissy Field “free speech” rally said he just wanted San Francisco’s moderate “good liberals” to reject the city’s “intolerance” and embrace his message of peace and love. Dubious, officials and counterprotesters sent him a different message.
Category: Neighborhoods
Posted inCity Hall, Food Systems, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Navigating Homelessness: Which Way Home?, Neighborhoods
Nomads by the Bay: Homeless Camp Faces Cycle of Displacement
The story of Box City reflects the city’s shifting approach to homeless encampments and the impact on their residents. Many believed the navigation centers — touted as a model of moving people from “street to home” — would lead to long-term housing. But they were left demoralized and jaded about the government’s ability to help them.
Posted inBay Area, Climate Change, Environment, Neighborhoods, Sea Level Rise: 2nd in a Series
Visionary Solutions to Bayfront Inundation
Responding to sea level rise requires actions that fall into three categories: fortify infrastructure, accommodate higher water and retreat from the shoreline. Given the economic and cultural ties Bay Area residents have to the water — retreat is a hard sell.
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 inClimate Change, Environment, Land use, Neighborhoods, Sea Level Rise: 2nd in a Series
Projects Sailed Through Despite Dire Flood Study
A city-commissioned environmental study that detailed how the Mission Bay neighborhood would be inundated by rising seas in coming decades went unpublished for more than a year while two showcase waterfront developments won key approvals from city officials and voters, a Public Press review of records shows.
Posted inEconomy & Business, Environment, Land use, Neighborhoods, Open Government, Sea Level Rise: 2nd in a Series
Emails Show How Flood Study Finally Became Public
Officials offer explanations for 18-month delay in releasing city-funded study that foresees serious climate-related flooding in Mission Bay in the decades ahead. The release followed a public-records request by the Public Press.
Posted inNeighborhoods, News
Neighbors Ask UCSF to Help Pay for Mission Bay Growing Pains
The Mission Bay campus of the University of California-San Francisco, will soon expand. Community groups are asking it to offset the impact from that and other recent development by helping pay for new transit, parking, open space and other amenities.
Posted inClimate Change, Environment, Neighborhoods
Researchers: Abandon Neighborhoods, Avoid Flood Zone to Limit Sea Level Rise
The vision of a future San Francisco buttressed by dikes, levees and seawalls over coming decades is being overshadowed by an increasingly accepted alternative: moving away from the waterfront. Some experts argue that physical barriers offer only the illusion of protection and that cities should accept that some neighborhoods will need to be abandoned.
Posted inEducation, Elections, Neighborhoods
If Proposition 58 Passes, California Schools Might Not Be Prepared for Bilingual Ed
State Proposition 58 aims to undo almost two decades of voter-approved state policy that has actively discouraged bilingual language education. But just as demand for bilingualism is growing, California lacks teachers, standards, curricula and reading materials.
Posted in2016 Non-partisan Voter Guide, Elections, Law & Justice, Neighborhoods, Public Safety
Proposition R: Creating a ‘Neighborhood Crime Unit’ Within the Police Department
Prop R: This ordinance would direct the Police Department to create a unit focused on making neighborhoods safer and improving quality of life.