Demanding Greater Accountability in SF
San Francisco Mayor London Breed has only been in office since July 11 but is already making a mark. Breed has targeted new resources to the longstanding problem of dirty sidewalks, pushed for faster housing Read More »
An Urbanist Movement on the Rise
Virtually everyone I spoke to at last week’s YIMBYtown 2018 conference in Boston left invigorated, encouraged, and ready to work even harder. Huge credit goes to the local Boston-area folks who put on the Read More »
SFFILM’s annual Hong Kong Cinema series returns with its 8th edition. From September 28-30, 2018 at San Francisco’s Vogue Theatre, attendees will have a chance to catch seven new films from Hong Kong ranging from a biopic about a 1970s Read More »
Rising Movement to Build Housing in Neighborhoods
When historians try to discover when YIMBYs became mainstream, they may point to the September 12, 2018 Jeopardy game show. It included the answer, “YIMBY Stands for This, As Some Neighborhoods are Okay Read More »
Cities Won’t Be Compelled to Spend
A recent SF Chronicle story characterized as a “new idea” plans to build Navigation Centers outside San Francisco. It’s actually less of a “new” idea than a variation of a long hoped homelessness cure Read More »
Here are some good reasons to celebrate this year’s Art House Theater Day in San Rafael. This third annual event takes place on Sunday September 23, 2018, so there are no school night problems. Celebrating this day at San Rafael’s Read More »
A YIMBY activist with East Bay for Everyone recently tweeted support for a yard sign (photo above) promoting a welcoming attitude toward tenants and the building of triplexes and fourplexes in single family home neighborhoods. The sign states “In Our Read More »
SF Fails Equity Test on Public Safety
Despite all the media coverage about open drug dealing in such areas as UN Plaza, Mid-Market, the western Tenderloin and the Mission’s 16th Street corridor, no person nor agency has been held accountable Read More »
