Calvin Welch, Author at 48 hills

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.

COVID

Density, neoliberalism, and COVID

March 31, 2020

"There is a density level in NYC that is destructive. It has to stop and it has to stop now. NYC must develop an...

Housing

Affordable housing is a great bargain for SF

March 5, 2020

A recent New York Times article, headlined "Why Does it Cost $750,000 to Build Affordable Housing in San Francisco," continues the Gray Lady's endless...

Campaign Trail

Talking Yimby, acting Nimby in District 5

October 6, 2019

A story is unfolding in the District Five supervisor race, ignored by the news media, that illustrates the contradiction between narrative and fact that...

News + Politics

Wiener’s ‘transit-oriented development’ bill screws public transit

May 2, 2019

State Sen. Scott Wiener is promoting his housing bill, SB 50, as an example of environmental progress, since the measure is pushing transit-oriented development...

Calvin Welch