Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Planning

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Advocates See Hopeful Future with Incoming MTC Chief Therese W. McMillan

By Roger Rudick | Jan 24, 2019 | 16 Comments

Streetsblog checked in with safe and livable streets advocates throughout the Bay Area to hear what they hope McMillan, who will replace Steve Heminger as ED, can accomplish.

Guest Editorial: San Francisco Housing Advocates Need to Control the Infighting

By Max Heninger | Sep 6, 2017 | 9 Comments

Over the summer, YIMBY–shorthand for ‘Yes-In-My Backyard’–organizers from all over the nation gathered in Oakland to share strategies on how to advance their brand of pro-development urbanism. The ‘YIMBYtown’ conference brought over 200 attendees and an impressive roster of guest speakers. YIMBY is a national movement and its Bay Area disciples are prominent. The organization […]

SPUR Talk: Scratching Away at the Housing Crisis

By Roger Rudick | Mar 2, 2017 | 12 Comments

Yesterday evening the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) held a panel discussion about efforts to provide housing for families. The presentation, held at their downtown SF location, also doubled as a rally supporting legislation from Supervisor Katy Tang of District 4 (Sunset/Parkside), called Home-SF, which aims to increase the amount of work-force […]

SPUR Talk: What About the Families?

By Roger Rudick | Aug 30, 2016 | 105 Comments

How can San Francisco keep families from moving away? That was the central question of a panel discussion this afternoon hosted by the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR). The panel included Susan Exline of the San Francisco Planning Department, Daniel Parolek, architect with Opticos Design, and San Francisco’s District Seven […]