Tag: Sierra Club
Two opportunities to address Black housing inequities
Midtown in SF and Golden Gate Village in Marin could become models for Black self-determination.
SFPUC could be accepting PG&E’s nuclear energy
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is facing an unusual choice: PG&E wants to give the city’s clean-power agency $1.4 million worth of free power a year – from...
Who’s paying for a D5 poll aimed at attacking Preston?
Somebody has paid for a poll in the D5 supes campaign that is clearly testing messaging that might be used against challenger Dean Preston – and it raises issues...
The Sierra Club attacks our story; here’s our response
On February 19, the Sierra Club’s San Francisco Bay Chapter posted an entry on its home page blog attacking my article “The Sierra Club and the luxury-housing developer,” which...
The Sierra Club and the luxury-housing developer
Are you a Sierra Club member who lives in Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville, Alameda, Piedmont or San Leandro? If so, you fall under the aegis of the club’s Northern Alameda...
50 years later, the lessons of the Santa Barbara oil spill
Fifty years ago this weekend, there wasn’t anything you could call an environmental movement in the United States.
There were a few signs, in January 1969, that Americans were concerned...
How the Yimbys got slaughtered in the November SF election
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 the pro-development lobby. At the...
Who’s endorsing whom on SF’s ballot?
Update:We've added endorsements from SF Affordable Housing Alliance, SF Berniecrats and SF Republican Party.
Sharp-eyed election observer Sharky Laguana put together a handy Google Doc comparing several major local organizations' endorsements...
Prop. C: The battle for the soul of San Francisco
The New American Oligarchy of Wealth and Privilege that seized control of the United States two years ago with the election of President Donald Trump and his Republican Congress...
OPINION: The best sort of democracy for San Francisco
Calvin Welch has been a dedicated housing activist and progressive leader for decades, but we have consistently disagreed with him about Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) and about what is...
