Yesterday, I discussed in detail affordable rental housing concerns expressed by those fighting the proposed Mid-Market Redevelopment Area.At last Thursday’s Planning Commission hearing of the Redevelopment Agency’s (SFRA) proposed Mid-Market Plan, SFRA proponents claimed fear-mongering on the part of progressives.
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Groundbreaking has begun at 785 Brannan Street, a 56 unit affordable housing project to be built with no public funds. This housing is connected to a market rate project at Fourth and Freelon, and represents a rare opportunity for low-income
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In a society so dominated by the interests of corporations, one should hardly be surprised at the central involvement of corporate executives in the development and implementation of education policy throughout this country. Those of us concerned with public education
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A proposed amendment to San Francisco’s City and County charter is stirring up controversy among city activists, who charge that the measure targets grassroots activists in general and two progressive Ethics commissioners in particular.In May, Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier proposed the
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A proposed charter amendment that supposedly would improve the quality of those who serve in SF’s various “good government” bodies [ Ethics, Elections, Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, and the Ballot Simplification Committee actually serves to reinforce common prejudices against those
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