Monthly Archives: December 2025

San Francisco in 2025 was framed around Mayor Lurie’s efforts to promote the city’s “comeback.” He faced multiple obstacles: the nation’s highest downtown office vacancy rate, a dying San Francisco (formerly Westfield) Centre, retail vacancies around Union Square and other<br> Read More »

(Editor’s Note: Last Friday night City Hall celebrated the installation of Mayor Edwin M. Lee’s Mayoral Bust. Ed Lee was the best  San Francisco mayor of my lifetime. His life was tragically cut short eight years ago. I have reposted<br> Read More »

The battle over Mayor Lurie’s Family Zoning Plan is a fight over San Francisco’s future. Backers see the Plan opening the city’s doors to the long priced-out working and middle-class; opponents believe it widens the door to displacement without ensuring<br> Read More »

Mayor Lurie made a smart choice in picking Alan Wong as the new D4 Supervisor.  Three factors support a Wong victory in June. First, Wong is exactly the type of mayoral appointee capable of winning an election. Unlike past appointees<br> Read More »