Calvin Welch, Author at 48 hills

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...

News + Politics

The Patty Hearst kidnapping and the rise of community-based organizations in SF

April 25, 2019

UPDATED, see the end. The 1974 kidnapping of Patricia “Patty” Hearst, granddaughter of the founder of the Hearst media empire, was a dramatic chapter in...

News + Politics

How the Yimbys got slaughtered in the November SF election

December 4, 2018

This was to be a banner year for San Francisco Yimbys at the polls. The group is the social-media focused, bright young face of...

News + Politics

The truth about ‘progressive’ housing policy

October 22, 2018

Randy Shaw, who runs a website called “BeyondChron,” is now writing for the Chron. In a piece that ran Oct. 21, he argues that...

News + Politics

Climate-change denial, right here in California

September 6, 2018

“In California, facts and science still matter,” said Gov. Jerry Brown in a prepared statement. “These findings are profoundly serious and will continue to...

Opinion

OPINION: What went wrong June 5 — and what we can learn

June 28, 2018

Editor’s note: Progressives who supported Mark Leno or Sup. Jane Kim are looking at the results of the election and trying to figure out...

News + Politics

SF needs a mayor who will tax, spend, and regulate

April 23, 2018

Consider a short list of the realities facing our next mayor: The social/economic/cultural transformation of the city through unchecked hyper-gentrification caused by a development policy...

Calvin Welch

Density, neoliberalism, and COVID

Affordable housing is a great bargain for SF

Talking Yimby, acting Nimby in District 5

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

The Patty Hearst kidnapping and the rise of community-based organizations in SF

How the Yimbys got slaughtered in the November SF election

The truth about ‘progressive’ housing policy

Climate-change denial, right here in California

OPINION: What went wrong June 5 — and what we can learn

SF needs a mayor who will tax, spend, and regulate

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