June 2021 - Beyond Chron

Demand Honesty on Homeowner Zoning Profits

Posted June 29, 2021 by Randy Shaw

Zoning Reformers are True Neighborhood Champions Culver City’s June 23, 2021 zoning hearing sounded a lot like what we have heard in Cambridge, Seattle and “blue” cities in-between: longtime homeowners mobilizing to preserve exclusionary land use laws that increase their Read More »

When Will San Francisco Really Reopen?

Posted June 29, 2021 by Randy Shaw

Small Businesses Need Reopened Government Buildings If you visit San Francisco’s Civic Center, Mid-Market or downtown, you might wonder whether you only imagined Governor Newsom’s June 15 announcement “reopening” California. These virtual ghost neighborhoods still await the return of the Read More »

Longshore Labor’s Real SF Worker-Intellectual

Posted June 29, 2021 by Steve Early

In the 1950s and 60s, the best-known member of the left-led International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) was, oddly enough, a conservative writer named Eric Hoffer, whose fans included Ronald Reagan. Hailed in the mainstream media as the work of Read More »

Stopping the Loggers on Mendocino’s Jackson Demonstration State Forest

Posted June 29, 2021 by Cal Winslow

Logging has begun in Jackson State Demonstration Forest, 48,000 acres of state owned redwood forestland in Mendocino County in Northern California. The forest consists mostly of heavily cut over land – probably logged several times since logging in the County Read More »

San Francisco’s Toxic Political Culture

Posted June 22, 2021 by Randy Shaw

Activists Also Need Code of Conduct San Francisco politics is no joyride. Its toxicity goes well beyond “bullying” by City Hall officials. That a progressive activist recently felt entitled to steal school recall petitions reflects a city that often rewards Read More »

New York City’s Strange June 22 Mayoral Election

Posted June 22, 2021 by Randy Shaw

Three Top Candidates Today is Election Day in New York City. A powerful mayor will be selected in a late June election which skews voter turnout to the always voting property-owning/professional classes. In Generation Priced Out I urge cities to Read More »

“Censor”–Review

Posted June 22, 2021 by Peter Wong

Prano Bailey-Bond’s film “Censor” inhabits several emotional nether spheres with varying degrees of residency. Its setting is the outskirts of the world of extremely violent thrillers. It may not be the world of Dario Argento’s or Lucio Fulci’s more artful Read More »

Mayor Breed’s $1 Billion Homeless Plan: Will It Work?

Posted June 8, 2021 by Randy Shaw

6000 Housing Placements by June 2022 San Francisco Mayor London Breed is earmarking $1billion to combat homelessness. The goal is 6,000 housing placements by June 2022, an ambitious but achievable target —- if the city does it right. Will the Read More »