August 2020 - Beyond Chron

Solving San Francisco’s Homeless Crisis

Posted August 25, 2020 by Randy Shaw

City Could Add over 6000 Housing Units for Unhoused in 2 Years Can San Francisco finally solve its homeless crisis? When I saw widespread visible homelessness on the city’s streets begin in 1982 I never dreamed it would continue for Read More »

Wildfires Should Incinerate Opposition to Urban Housing

Posted August 25, 2020 by Randy Shaw

Politicians Still Moving in Wrong Direction The November 2018 Camp Fire in the foothill town of Paradise was the “deadliest and most destructive wildfire” in California history. The previous worst, the Tubbs Fire, occurred in 2017. October 2019 saw the Read More »

The Widespread Impact of COVID-19 on Latinos

Posted August 25, 2020 by Rogelio Sáenz

(This piece first appeared in Latino Decisions) This is my fourth monthly blog highlighting trends on COVID-19 cases and deaths among Latinos. Each month the story has gotten increasingly depressing.1 True to form, following a wide swath of the economy Read More »

Mass Evictions: Trump’s Other Voter Suppression Strategy

Posted August 18, 2020 by Randy Shaw

Displaced Tenants Could Lose Voting Rights Millions of American voters face losing their homes prior to the November election. And Trump shenanigans around the U.S. Postal Service make re-registering to vote post-September a very uncertain path. Trump admitted that defunding Read More »

San Francisco Goes All “Yes” on Local Measures

Posted August 18, 2020 by Randy Shaw

Is SF Politics Less Combative? San Francisco politics is typically described as highly contentious. It has been said for decades that the mayor and board of supervisors are always battling over issues, with compromises hard fought. Yet every measure on Read More »

Op-Ed: It’s Time to Prioritize the Third Lane

Posted August 18, 2020 by Travis VanderZanden

(This piece first appeared in Streetsblog USA) “By eliminating car parking and narrowing automobile lanes we can create the space necessary to accommodate lightweight, human sized micromobility vehicles such as electric scooters.” Close your eyes and imagine a typical city Read More »

Supervisors Delay Approving Tenderloin Lawsuit Settlement

Posted August 12, 2020 by Randy Shaw

Board Seeks More Information on Lawsuit After pulling the Hastings College of the Law vs. CCSF lawsuit from the consent calendar the San Francisco Board of Supervisors continued the item for a week. Many Board members had questions about the Read More »

Netflix Series Exposes SF’s Impact on Black Oakland

Posted August 12, 2020 by Randy Shaw

Last Chance U and Oakland’s Black Displacement I strongly encourage everyone concerned with the urban America to watch the new Netflix series Last Chance U. It profiles people whose voices are too often ignored in stories about cities. On the Read More »