Calvin Welch, Author at 48 hills

Campaign Trail

What the March election really meant—and where the city goes from here

March 21, 2024

Big tech money and low progressive turnout carried the day—but what if there's a real mayor's race in November?

City Hall

Lies, damn lies, and the new ‘report’ on San Francisco government

August 28, 2023

Ignore the realities of SF politics. Ignore a wide-ranging corruption scandal. Just go after district elections. That's what the Rose Institute, funded by Michael Moritz, is doing.

Transportation

Robotaxis are an existential threat to SF’s public transit system

August 20, 2023

The Breed Administration is ignoring perhaps the most dangerous impact of the new autonomous vehicles.

Media

Dianne Feinstein and the ghoulish media

May 25, 2023

The longtime press darling is now, it appears, getting manipulated by some of her old friends.

Housing

Are yimbys the new progressives? Only in a bizarre Wonderland

August 21, 2022

The supporters of the 'build-at-all-costs' position ignore a half-century of history and the realities of the modern housing market

News + Politics

The June election was bad news for Mayor London Breed

June 22, 2022

That's just one of the many key messages that the news media have missed.

Opinion

Money talks and bullshit walks

April 24, 2022

The election outcome was first and foremost a victory of massive campaign spending.

Development

UCSF’s new hospital: A pretty building, but in the wrong place

January 12, 2022

The school's plans will make one part of the city more unlivable and the other part less healthy and wealthy.

Education

It takes a city to open the schools

February 9, 2021

Testing, tracking, vaccines -- and Muni! -- have to be part of the plan, and neoliberal leadership isn't going to help.

Opinion

SF’s economic recovery plan: Trumpism on the local level

October 13, 2020

It's all about governmental deregulation and public subsidy of private profit -- while ignoring the manifest needs of everyday people.

Calvin Welch