San Francisco Politics 2019: The Year in Review

Posted December 16, 2019 by Randy Shaw

Urbanism, Breed, and Haney Local politics took a backseat in 2019, particularly after impeachment hearings began. But San Francisco still had an eventful year. Here’s my analysis of the year’s big urbanist breakthrough, and the performances by Mayor Breed and
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Housing 2019: Did Cities, States Make Progress?

Posted December 16, 2019 by Randy Shaw

Big Gains, But Much More Needed After spending 2019 promoting my affordability solutions in Generation Priced Out: Who Gets to Live in the New Urban America, I believe progress is being made. Nationally, housing advocates did a super job getting
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Films Of The 2010s: The Decade’s Best

Posted December 16, 2019 by Peter Wong

Prologue A more qualitatively accurate but far longer title would lead to this writer’s murder by harried Beyond Chron staff, so shorter but somewhat inaccurate it is. Honesty compels inserting a note that several highly praised films such as
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SF Planning Commissioner Dennis Richards Broke Laws and Must Be Removed

Posted December 10, 2019 by Randy Shaw

Richards Evicted Immigrant Families and Longterm Tenants for Speculator Profits San Francisco Planning Commissioner Dennis Richards displaced rent-controlled tenants, eliminated rent-controlled housing, violated the city’s tenant buyout law, allegedly failed to disclose financial relationships with Commission witnesses, and breached city
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Randy Shaw’s Books on Winning Social Change: Tactical Activism, the Farmworkers Movement, SF’s Tenderloin and the Urban Housing Crisis

Posted December 10, 2019 by Randy Shaw

Get Inspired This Holiday Season! Since 2008 I have written four books on winning social change. What led me to write four books in one decade? I owe a tremendous debt to the University of California Press for supporting my
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Berkeley To Decide Future of BART Housing

Posted December 10, 2019 by Beyond Chron

By Councilmember Rashi Kesarwani (Editor’s Note: We reposted this email from Rashi Kesarwani to highlight tonight’s hearing) Dear Neighbor, at Tuesday’s City Council meeting the Council will consider approving a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Berkeley and
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Democratic Cities Failing on Climate Change

Posted December 3, 2019 by Randy Shaw

Local Politicians Deny Housing Policy is Climate Policy The United Nations Emissions Gap Report found last week that “countries collectively failed to stop the growth in global GHG emissions, meaning that deeper and faster cuts are now required.” The report
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Los Angeles Desperately Needs SB50

Posted December 3, 2019 by Randy Shaw

Challenging False Claims of Gentrification and Displacement Los Angeles has the nation’s worst homelessness and affordability crisis. So why is the city intent on continuing the policies that helped create this situation? I’m heading to my hometown of Los Angeles
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