SPUR Forum: Crossing Borders: Oakland and San Francisco
From SPUR:
3:53 AM PDT on April 20, 2015
From SPUR:

Image courtesy of Flickr user Tim Gallagher
Though physically separated by the San Francisco Bay, Oakland and San Francisco are inextricably linked through their economies, housing markets and the hundreds of thousands of people who cross the bay each day. Come hear both cities’ planning directors in a conversation on some of the topics that link (or divide) them.
+ Rachel Flynn / Oakland Department of Planning and Building
+ John Rahaim / San Francisco Planning Department
Can’t make it in person? Check out the Live@SPUR webcast of this event.
Aaron was the editor of Streetsblog San Francisco from January 2012 until October 2015. He joined Streetsblog in 2010 after studying rhetoric and political communication at SF State University and spending a semester in Denmark.
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