Newsom’s 2004 Housing Vision Finally Popular

Posted February 12, 2019 by Randy Shaw

Governor Newsom’s Housing Agenda Has Roots in 2004 Prop J Defeat In March 2004, newly-elected San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom suffered a devastating political defeat. His Prop J, the Workforce Housing Initiative, lost virtually every San Francisco neighborhood on route
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A Trusteeship Diaspora: How SEIU’s Self-Inflicted Loss Became Labor’s Gain

Posted January 29, 2019 by Steve Early

SEIU-UHW Alumni Keep Fighting for Progressive Change Ten years ago this month, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) shot itself in the foot, big time. To silence internal critics, then-SEIU President Andy Stern imposed the largest trusteeship over a local
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Is California Ignoring its Tenant Crisis?

Posted January 22, 2019 by Randy Shaw

Builders and Tenants are Allies After decades of failing to build anywhere near enough housing, California is waking up. A broad and diverse political coalition has emerged to get more homes built. This development should be cheered by all those
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Is LAUSD Crying Wolf With Its Claims of Financial Distress?

Posted January 22, 2019 by Bill Raden

This piece first appeared in Capital and Main. ED NOTE: The strike settled Tuesday morning Persistent claims of poverty by the district have been the most contentious issue separating LAUSD and UTLA. As the first Los Angeles teachers strike in
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Why a Teachers Strike in Los Angeles Could Bring Big Rewards as Well as Risks

Posted January 15, 2019 by Bobbi Murray

(This piece first appeared in Capital and Main, an excellent source for ongoing coverage of the strike that began January 14) Los Angeles teachers’ demands have moved away from bigger raises and toward more funding to alleviate deep education cuts.
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Momentum Builds for SB 50

Posted December 11, 2018 by Randy Shaw

California Bill Could Become National Model In the same week that Minneapolis passed historic legislation legalizing apartments in single-family zoned neighborhoods, California legislators introduced SB 50, a far reaching state challenge to exclusionary zoning laws. Sponsored by Bay Area State
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Debt of a Salesman: Why the Cost of Living Is Making Retirement a Mirage

Posted December 4, 2018 by Eric Pape

Note: This piece first appeared in Capital and Main California’s high rents are undermining tenants’ retirement prospects and the broader economy. One of Bill Ware’s various jobs in recent years was as a part-time insurance salesman. In that role, he
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Randy Shaw Talks Housing Solutions at SF SPUR, Berkeley Books Inc.

Posted November 27, 2018 by Randy Shaw

Talking Generation Priced Out on Nov. 28, 29 I’m doing two events this week for my new book, Generation Priced Out: Who Gets to Live in the New Urban America. I’ll be at San Francisco’s SPUR Urban Center this Wednesday,
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