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Survey Confirms: Market Forces Pushing Artists Out of San Francisco

09.16.2015
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By Kevin L. Jones, KQED News Fix/KQED Arts
A new survey confirms what many in San Francisco already know: Market forces are pushing artists out of the city. Beginning in July, the San Francisco Arts Commission heard from nearly 600 artists who either live or recently lived in the city. The survey found that over 70 percent of the respondents had been or were being displaced from their workplace, home or both. As for the 30 percent who were not being displaced, potential displacement in the near future was a common concern. Read the complete story at KQED News Fix/KQED Arts.

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Ambitious Changes Ahead for Mission Nonprofit

09.15.2015
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By Emma Neiman, Mission Local
Change is coming to the Mission for toddlers, preschoolers, senior citizens and their families, as Mission Neighborhood Centers consolidates two locations — one on Precita Avenue and one at the corner of 24th and Harrison — into one at St. Peter’s Convent. The transition, as well as an expansion of services, is made possible by a recent grant the nonprofit received from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Mission Neighborhood Centers has delivered services to low-income families for more than 50 years. It has had 10 centers throughout the city, where it houses Head Start programs and two family resource centers. 
Read the complete story at Mission Local. 

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When Time Runs Short in Sacramento, Proposed Laws Appear in a Flash

09.14.2015
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By John Myers, The California Report
At this time of year, when California lawmakers are rushing to pass bills before the end of the legislative session, they often resort to a gruesome-sounding tactic: the “gut and amend.”
The process of emptying an existing Assembly or Senate bill of its language — the gutting — and then shoving it full of brand new language — the amending — has been around for more than a century in Sacramento, says legislative historian Alex Vassar. It’s noted as being a favorite tactic of the powerful railroads in the early days. Read the complete story at The California Report.

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Five Years After Deadly San Bruno Explosion: Are We Safer?

09.10.2015
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By Rebecca Bowe and Lisa Pickoff-White, The California Report
Sept. 9, 2010: a cool, breezy Thursday evening, not much different from most other weekday nights in San Bruno’s Crestmoor neighborhood. Residents were arriving home, making dinner, hanging out with their families. Then, at the corner of Glenview Drive and Earl Avenue, came a blast so powerful that one resident said it sucked all the air from her living room. The fireball that soared into the sky at 6:11 p.m. instantly transformed the neighborhood into a scene of chaos, with people dashing from their homes, first to see what happened, then to try to escape with their lives.

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Are Parklets in the Mission Really Public?

09.09.2015
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By Julian Mark, Mission Local
If all goes according to plan, by early next year, the Mission will have five new parklets, which are miniature parks that slightly extend portions of sidewalk into the street to offer decorative seating to the general public. That would give the the neighborhood 16 parklets in total, with 13 on Valencia Street. The Mission’s 12 existing parklets make up approximately 20 percent of the 57 parklets in San Francisco. Read the complete story at Mission Local.

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S.F. Supervisor Scott Wiener Reveals His Subway Dream

09.08.2015
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By Ted Goldberg, KQED News Fix
San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener is calling for the city to always have at least one subway under construction, an idea that would lead to billions of dollars in transit spending and, most likely, opposition from many residents and merchants. Prompted by the region’s booming population and chronic traffic congestion, Wiener  introduced legislation Tuesday that would require the city to create a long-term policy for new underground train projects. Read the complete story at KQED News Fix.

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‘Open Justice’: New Web Portal Tracks Arrest and Death Statistics in California

09.03.2015
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By Alex Emslie, KQED News/The California Report
California Attorney General Kamala Harris unveiled a Web-based data tool Wednesday that catalogs nine years of arrest, death and assault statistics across the state’s 400-plus law enforcement agencies. Specifically, the “Open Justice” Web portal is broken into three broad categories — arrest statistics, in-custody deaths (which include all types of use-of-force fatalities, such as officer-involved shootings) and law enforcement officers killed or assaulted in the line of duty. Read the complete story at KQED News/The California Report.

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Democrats Chock-Full of Ideas on Spending Cap-and-Trade Cash

09.02.2015
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By Marisa Lagos, KQED News/The California Report
Having money to spend isn’t exactly a problem in Sacramento. But when there’s cash, there are competing priorities — as evidenced by the 2015 battle over where to spend cash from California’s growing cap-and-trade fund. At issue is more than $2 billion in revenue already raised from cap-and-trade auctions, money paid by California companies for credits to offset their greenhouse gas emissions. Read the complete story at KQED News/The California Report. To learn more about California’s cap-and-trade program, read the S.F. Public Press special report at http://tinyurl.com/p5obe6s.

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Community Opposition Halts Bryant St. Development

09.01.2015
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By Laura Waxmann, Mission Local
Vehement opposition by housing rights activists and Mission community members has forced the developer of the second-largest market-rate housing project to hit the Mission District, 2000-2070 Bryant St., to put his plans on hold. A letter sent by developer Nick Podell’s attorney, Steve Vettel, to the San Francisco Planning Department explains that the developer’s decision to halt the project is a direct response to “comments and concerns we have heard from members of the community.”
Read the complete story at Mission Local.