Lydia LeeThe Hated Hunters Point Power Plant Is Gone, But PG&E’s Delays Keep the Community in LimboAfter decades of environmental racism, PG&E promised to listen to neighbors’ wishes for the 31-acre site. It’s still a blank slate.Sep 30, 2022Sep 30, 2022
Lydia LeeDexter Greene Has Lived On the Streets of SF for 20 Years. Here’s How He’s Survived So FarChildhood trauma, legal scrapes, and meth: Greene’s life shows how housing the chronically homeless means more than a roof and four walls.Dec 21, 2021Dec 21, 2021
Lydia LeeAffordable Housing in COVID Times: A Q&A with San Francisco Architect David BakerThe pandemic’s financial impact could be devastating, but for Baker, it’s the right time to tackle the city’s housing shortage.Jul 9, 2020Jul 9, 2020
Lydia LeeA New Civic Center Design Hopes to Be All Things to All PeopleThree makeovers of City Hall’s front yard have failed since the 1980s. A new plan is here, but can San Francisco afford to try again?Feb 25, 20201Feb 25, 20201
Lydia LeeSF Officials: Time to Make Plain the Cost of Rain Down the DrainThe city wants home and business owners to pay more accurately for stormwater runoff. Will a new fee make more rooftops go green?Dec 19, 2019Dec 19, 2019
Lydia LeeA New App Blows the Whistle on SF’s Blocked Bike LanesLaunched shortly after a bicyclist’s tragic death, Lane Breach collects citizen data to drive faster changes to city streets.Jul 2, 2019Jul 2, 2019