Open Space Archives

Transportation

Appeal seeks to block reopening of the Great Highway to cars

Garrett Leahy - August 13, 2021

But neighborhood residents say closure has just driven heavy traffic into local streets that can't handle it.

Opinion

OPINION: Ending car-free Great Highway is a mistake, especially now

Peter-Astrid Kane - August 10, 2021

Curtailing a beloved open space as Delta rages on is terrible timing and a community detriment.

Environment

SF to pay $8 million after cops framed an innocent man for murder

Tim Redmond - July 25, 2021

Plus: An urban farm in the Portola, and shadows on two city parks ... That's The Agenda for July 26-August 1.

Housing

Wiener’s housing bill could encourage even more sprawl

Zelda Bronstein - July 20, 2021

Read the fine print: Obscene development in Tassajara Valley could qualify for special protection under SB 10.

City Hall

Supes clash with parks director over role in private organization’s ‘threats’

Tim Redmond - June 9, 2021

Ginsburg waffles when asked if he knew of and approved a Parks Alliance letter that the supes agreed was 'outrageous' and 'unacceptable.'

News + Politics

Reservoir Dogs: Coyotes find a home amid Sunset solar panels

Tom Molanphy - April 21, 2021

A pair of animals settles in, offering lessons on our contemporary relationship to nature

Housing

Planning Commission to hear a bad UCSF deal

Tim Redmond - January 4, 2021

Massive new development that violates historic agreements is drawing widespread opposition.

Art

Iconic Bayview sign comes down for vital community center: Here’s its surprising history

Sean Karlin - December 16, 2020

India Basin Industrial Park's Manwaring Letters have deep artistic roots. Now stored, their future remains uncertain.

Housing

The Agenda: State housing battle plays out before SF supes

Tim Redmond - September 13, 2020

Mar wants ABAG to recognize that SF has already approved more luxury housing that it needs.

COVID

Density, neoliberalism, and COVID

Calvin Welch - 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...

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Appeal seeks to block reopening of the Great Highway to cars

OPINION: Ending car-free Great Highway is a mistake, especially now

SF to pay $8 million after cops framed an innocent man for murder

Wiener’s housing bill could encourage even more sprawl

Supes clash with parks director over role in private organization’s ‘threats’

Reservoir Dogs: Coyotes find a home amid Sunset solar panels

Planning Commission to hear a bad UCSF deal

Iconic Bayview sign comes down for vital community center: Here’s its surprising history

The Agenda: State housing battle plays out before SF supes

Density, neoliberalism, and COVID

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