John Elberling, Author at 48 hills

Opinion

The Downtown development gang’s massive, expensive folly

April 24, 2023

The $2 billion Transbay Transit Center was designed for a financial district that no longer exists—but wait, there's more.

Housing

Why 469 Stevenson, the much-hyped project, will provide zero affordable housing for SoMa

December 11, 2022

Look at the numbers. It just doesn't add up. And there was a much better alternative.

Elections

Beware the neoliberal establishment news media narrative

November 13, 2022

The election was not exactly a massive win for Mayor London Breed and her allies.

Economy

The Golden Goose is dead

October 24, 2022

For decades, the city's elite touted downtown development as the savior of SF economy. That era is now officially over.

News + Politics

The Chron says the city is broken. Now what?

September 16, 2022

The Establishment paper can't blame the Establishment that has been running SF since the Gold Rush. Are the Powers That Be turning on the mayor?

Housing

Should shopping malls become housing? Yes—but only if the state does it right

August 30, 2022

The Legislature has responded to affordable-housing developers. But there's a lot of unfinished work to protect vulnerable communities.

Elections

The Constitution is the problem, not the solution

June 27, 2022

The political system has evolved into an Oligarchy and a New Confederacy wants control; nothing in the founding document will stop them.

Housing

Yimby Law sues city over project that likely will never get built anyway

January 23, 2022

It's a good PR stunt, but it's not going to create any new housing anytime soon.

Housing

The facts behind the developer propaganda on Soma housing project

December 6, 2021

The supes vote wasn't anti-housing; there's a great housing deal on the table that the developer has rejected.

Housing

Luxury housing will destroy the last low-income community in Soma

October 20, 2021

Oh, and on a site with very shaky ground, the building could be the next Leaning Tower.

John Elberling

The Downtown development gang’s massive, expensive folly

Why 469 Stevenson, the much-hyped project, will provide zero affordable housing for SoMa

Beware the neoliberal establishment news media narrative

The Golden Goose is dead

The Chron says the city is broken. Now what?

Should shopping malls become housing? Yes—but only if the state does it right

The Constitution is the problem, not the solution

Yimby Law sues city over project that likely will never get built anyway

The facts behind the developer propaganda on Soma housing project

Luxury housing will destroy the last low-income community in Soma

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