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…5 min read·Jul 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…2 min read·Jul 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…4 min read·Jun 12, 2017--8--8
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…2 min read·May 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,5 min read·May 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…3 min read·May 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 1548.60 min read·Dec 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.5 min read·Nov 1, 2016--1--1
Local PoliticsinYIMBY DispatchesSo now what? San Francisco’s tent city ballot measuresWhat are the supervisors offering voters this November?3 min read·Jul 4, 2016----
Local PoliticsPreliminary findings from the spring campaignFlyering matches or beats Facebook.1 min read·Jun 21, 2016----