Local PoliticsDeCommodified Housing planUp until now the political movement to decommodify housing has been focused on taking existing housing partially out of the market via rent…Jul 9, 2019Jul 9, 2019
Local PoliticsWhat is the opposite of Redlining?I talked about this issue this weekend, if you watch here: https://youtu.be/uLUFrAJzzHU?t=5m42s you’ll get some context. I get into it more…Jul 17, 2017Jul 17, 2017
Local PoliticsinYIMBY DispatchesThe 25% inclusionary rate is killing affordable housingIn June 2016, voters approved Proposition C, a measure placed on the ballot by Supervisor Aaron Peskin & Jane Kim, then a candidate for…Jun 12, 20178Jun 12, 20178
Local PoliticsinYIMBY DispatchesHow do housing prices increase, exactly?This was written by Alfred Twu and originally posted on the SFBARF Google Groups thread. The table he made is so helpful for thinking about…May 17, 2017May 17, 2017
Local PoliticsToshio, one of the authors of the Truth Out clusterfuck, wrote to me at 4:10 pm April 25th, the day…Hi Tosho,May 17, 2017May 17, 2017
Local Politics… but first, the revolution!The conversations springing from the recent crying tantrum published in Truth-Out have given me the opportunity to see “…but first, the…May 16, 2017May 16, 2017
Local PoliticsBecome ungovernableHere is an old essay on resisting autocracy. The author, Boetie, was 18 when he wrote this in southwestern France in 1548.Dec 24, 2016Dec 24, 2016
Local PoliticsWhat were Thiel’s grandparents doing during the War?Peter Thiel did an interview at the Press Club in Washington DC Monday morning. Watch it here.Nov 1, 20161Nov 1, 20161
Local PoliticsinYIMBY DispatchesSo now what? San Francisco’s tent city ballot measuresWhat are the supervisors offering voters this November?Jul 4, 2016Jul 4, 2016
Local PoliticsPreliminary findings from the spring campaignFlyering matches or beats Facebook.Jun 21, 2016Jun 21, 2016