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September 1, 2003	Article	Projections 2003: A Review and Critique Assessing changes to regional growth projections
June 8, 2012	Policy Letter	SPUR Supports Urban Agriculture Legislation Letter advocating the Chiu-introduced legislation, which incorporates many of the recommendations in SPUR's report Public Harvest
May 17, 2012	Policy Letter	SPUR Supports Van Ness BRT Proposal Letter endorsing the new hybrid proposal for bus rapid transit on Van Ness
February 1, 2004	Article	The City's Budget 2003 - 2005 Projections for city budget challenges in 2003-2005
February 1, 2000	Article	"Glocalization," Regionalism and District Elections Reflections on San Francisco Politics in the Year 2000
January 20, 2011	Article	2010: The Year in Urbanism What happened and what it means for the Bay Area
May 1, 2010	Interview	A Balancing Act Controller Ben Rosenfield talks about economic booms, busts and their impact on the city budget
March 8, 2012	SPUR Report	A Better Future for Bay Area Transit Nine ways to deliver better transit service, control costs and attract more riders
December 20, 2012	Article	A Bold New Vision for San Jose San Jose's forward-thinking new general plan is a model for suburban cities looking to transform to an urban future.
May 1, 2000	Article	A Dilemma for "Sustainable Regionalists" Or, the real reason to strengthen regional governance
February 1, 2010	Article	A Healthier San Francisco A new paradigm for citywide health care
January 1, 2003	Article	A History of Ever-changing Rincon Hill The evolution of a neighborhood
August 2, 2008	Article	A lesson from Waterfront Toronto How intergovernmental cooperation restored a public waterfront
October 1, 1999	Article	A Living Wage for San Francisco Recommendations for drafting a responsible measure
October 17, 2008	SPUR Report	A Mid-life Crisis for Regional Rail Fifty years after BART, what's next for regional rail?
August 5, 2006	Article	A Mixed Legacy: Public Housing and HOPE VI Redevelopment in Chicago
August 21, 2012	Article	A New Course for the L.A. River Plans are in the works to transform what many think of as a concrete ditch into a sustainable, cultural resource for the region.
July 1, 2007	SPUR Report	A New Transit-First Neighborhood A new neighborhood where Caltrain meets the new Central Subway
October 9, 2012	Article	A Policy Agenda for the Sharing Economy The emerging movement of collaborative consumption is redefining the ways goods and services are exchanged, valued and created.
January 9, 2013	Article	A Sea Change in California Politics? This was an exciting year for governance in California, as many hard-won reforms were finally implemented.
February 1, 2010	Article	A Small-Box Paradise How we support thriving neighborhood retail (and where we could do better)
April 17, 2012	Article	A Vision for Ocean Beach Dramatic erosion, rising seas and jurisdictional headaches have taken their toll; SPUR's comprehensive new plan offers hope for a better future
July 1, 2011	Article	A Walk Down Market Street The story of San Francisco's main drag embodies the history of the city itself.
November 1, 2003	Article	A Walk in Stanley Park How does it measure up?
September 1, 2003	Article	ABAG and MTC: Closer to Coordination? Assessing recent attempts to better link ABAG and MTC
November 20, 2007	SPUR Report	Affordable by Design How to create middle-income housing in San Francisco
July 6, 2010	SPUR Report / One of a series	After the Disaster Rebuilding our transportation infrastructure
June 1, 2008	Article	An Eye on the Street What's ailing San Francisco's residential streets?
January 1, 2004	Interview	An Interview with Brian O'Neill
January 1, 1999	Interview	An Interview With Dorothy Erskine A founder of SPUR and Greenbelt Alliance
September 1, 1999	Interview	An Interview with Joe Bodovitz An interview with former SPUR deputy director Joe Bodovitz
February 1, 2003	Article	An Open Letter to the Business Community What can we do better?
February 1, 2003	Article	An Open Letter to the Left What can we do better?
January 12, 2012	Article	Announcing the Launch of SPUR San Jose An inside view of the opportunities for change that led us to open an office in Northern California’s largest city, San Jose.
September 1, 2007	Article	Art: What is it good for? Every day urban life finds a counterpoint in Seattle’s public art initiatives
February 1, 2010	Article	Bay Area Regional Form and Population Growth A look at how our region developed over time
September 1, 2003	Article	Bay Area Regionalism - Can We Get There? Assessing regionalism’s prospects, 20 years after Bay Vision 2020
May 17, 2000	SPUR Report	Better Parks in San Francisco An action plan for the Department of Parks and Recreation
January 3, 2011	SPUR Report	Beyond the Tracks How smart land-use planning can reshape California's growth
June 1, 2004	Article	Bicycling and the City The joys of living car-free
March 1, 1999	SPUR Report	Building Department Review and Inspection Reducing the Uncertainty and Increasing the Efficiency
February 1, 2009	SPUR Report / One of a series	Building It Right the First Time Improving the seismic performance of new buildings
April 1, 2001	SPUR Report	Building More Secondary Units A Painless Way to Increase the Supply of Housing
February 1, 2004	Article	Business Taxes in San Francisco This article appeared in the February, 2004 issue of the SPUR newsletter.
November 1, 1999	SPUR Report	California High Speed Rail Project SPUR's call to action
August 1, 2008	Article	Can a City Be a Poem? Thoughts after meeting Toronto's poet laureate
September 1, 2003	Article	Case Study in Regional Planning: Portland's Metro Council How and why regional government works in Portland, Oregon
June 1, 2000	Article	Changing Roles of Urban Parks From Pleasure Garden to Open Space
January 1, 2004	Article	Changing the Rules Toward a streamlined solar permitting process
January 1, 2000	Interview	Chinatown(s) A Conversation with David Lee, Exec. Director of the Chinese American Voter Education Committee
August 1, 2003	Article	Choosing San Francisco's Energy Future Options for a more renewable portfolio
March 1, 2000	Article	City Carshare Providing cars without encouraging over-use
June 1, 2004	Article	City of Children
July 1, 2009	Article	City of Plans (City of Experiences) in History What, exactly, makes a "great city"?
October 1, 2001	Article	City of Safety Planning in the age of terrorism
October 1, 2001	Article	City of Safety Planning in the age of terrorism
May 1, 2007	Article	Civic Planning in America Toward a politics of place
November 1, 2005	Article	Civic Planning in Portland Perfecting the art of citizen-based policy research
May 2, 2011	SPUR Report	Climate Change Hits Home Adaptation strategies for the San Francisco Bay Area
March 1, 2003	Article	Community Vision/Regional Action Community Vision, Regional Action
May 1, 2003	Article	Crisis and Opportunity in the City Budget An in-depth view and principles for reform
May 1, 2009	SPUR Report	Critical Cooling San Francisco can fight global warming through smart changes to local policy. What can we do to lead the way?
February 1, 2007	Article	Dean Macris: Toward a better city SPUR's executive director interviews San Francisco's planning chief
March 1, 2011	Article	Defining Good Government in the New Reality How can San Francisco deliver core city services in an era of finite resources?
February 1, 2009	SPUR Report / One of a series	Defining What San Francisco Needs From Its Seismic Mitigation Policies
July 1, 2003	Article	Democracy and Planning What is the most democratic way to make planning decisions?
August 1, 2003	Article	Deregulation, Re-Regulation and California's Energy Future Lessons learned, moving forward
August 15, 2011	Article	Dictatorship, Democracy and Urbanism SPUR's city trip to Shanghai offered some tough but important lessons for American planners.
February 1, 2000	Article	District Elections in San Francisco What will change and how?
June 3, 2012	Article	Diversity Didn’t Cause the Foreclosure Crisis Solving the problems of the Cities of Carquinez means embracing the subregion's economic, racial, and social diversity.
September 1, 2010	Article	DIY Urbanism Testing the grounds for social change
October 1, 2005	Article	Don't Blame Me, I Didn't Vote What can San Francisco do to improve voter participation?
November 1, 2005	Article	Don’t Blame Me, I Didn’t Vote What can San Francisco do to improve voter participation?
August 1, 2008	Article	Dual Identity Can Toronto become Canada's first creative gateway city?
August 1, 2004	Article	Earthquakes: San Francisco at Risk The City has failed in its efforts to address earthquake preparedness so far, but a recent report has many of the answers
June 1, 2005	Article	Eco City, San Francisco
September 1, 2001	Article	Ecological Design, Urban Places, and the Culture of Sustainability Can city-building foster a culture of sustainability?
June 1, 2001	Article	Ecological Parks A talk by Michael Boland at the SPUR Citizen Planning Institute
February 1, 2003	Article	Economic Indicators The current state of our local economy
July 1, 2004	Article	Edge, Encounter, Common Ground: Borders and the Public Realm The U.S./Mexico Border Station may not be a walk in the park, but it has a lot to teach us about how we design - and manage - our public spaces
September 1, 2007	Patri Fellowship Report	Envisioning Warmwater Cove Piero N. Patri Fellowship in Urban Design at SPUR Summary Report
May 1, 1999	Article	Establishing the Golden Gate National Recreation Area How SPUR helped establish our local national park
September 1, 2005	Article	Estimating the External Costs of Driving in San Francisco The hidden costs of driving
October 1, 1999	Article	Evaluating the New City Charter A three-year report card
January 1, 2010	Article	Extending the City Beautiful Three centuries of city planning in Washington, D.C.
January 1, 2008	Voter Guide	February 2008 Voter Guide Analysis and recommendations for the February 2008 ballot
December 18, 2012	Article	Federal Government Comes Through on Transportation Funding (Barely) In July, Congress passed MAP-21, a rare piece of bipartisan legislation to fund surface transportation for two years.
March 1, 1999	Article	Fifty Years of Redevelopment Lessons for the future
August 8, 2009	Article	Financing Affordable Rental Housing A greener path ahead
August 1, 2003	Article	Finding a Site for a Power Plant Where should the City site its new combustion turbines?
July 1, 2005	Article	Fixing San Francisco’s Contracting Process
September 1, 1999	Article	Forecasting the Future How to use multiple projections to positively shape regional growth
February 1, 2006	SPUR Report	Form and Reform Fixing the California Environmental Quality Act
January 1, 2007	Article	Form Foils Function How our process prevents real planning — and what we can do about it
July 20, 2011	Article	Four Ways to Transform Mid-Market Strategies for a vital economy in San Francisco's central district
March 1, 2007	Article	Framing the Future of Downtown San Francisco How we can bring more jobs into the region's most transit-rich employment center
July 1, 2003	Article	From a Distance Reflections on neighborhood planning
August 1, 2005	Article	From Railyard to Neighborhood: The Rise of Mission Bay How Mission Bay emerged from plan to development
March 18, 2013	SPUR Report	Future-Proof Water Where the Bay Area should get its water in the 21st century
July 10, 2012	Article	Getting High-Speed Rail On Track For California, high speed rail isn’t just a worthwhile investment, it’s a necessary one. Here’s how we can pay for it.
May 1, 2008	Article	Getting Sustainability Out of the Gutters A guide to evaluating the sewer system master plan
November 9, 2012	Article	Grand Reductions: 10 Diagrams That Changed City Planning Many ideas that have most influenced the shape of our cities have been expressed through simple diagrams that have become iconic distillations of values, policy agendas and ideologies
June 1, 2001	SPUR Report	Green Buildings Bringing Environmentally Sensitive Design To San Francisco
July 6, 2006	Article	Green Envy Revisited
February 1, 2011	SPUR Report	Greening Apartment Buildings What will it take to green the buildings we already have?
May 13, 2013	Article	Grow. Eat. Compost. Repeat. How a stronger regional food system improves the Bay Area. Excerpted from the SPUR report "Locally Nourished."
September 1, 2008	SPUR Report	Growing Green How San Francisco can become a leader in the cleantech boom
June 1, 2007	SPUR Report	Hard Choices at the Port of San Francisco Can the waterfront be saved?
May 14, 2012	Article	Harvesting the City Expanding the use of public land for urban agriculture in San Francisco. Excerpted from the SPUR report Public Harvest
July 10, 2012	Article	Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley Another perk of high-speed rail? Seamlessly connecting two of California's most important economic clusters.
July 17, 2002	SPUR Report	Homelessness in a Progressive City Targeting causes, proposing solutions
March 1, 2005	Article	HOPE VI in San Francisco A progress report
February 18, 2004	SPUR Report	Housing Above Retail Incentives for replacing single-story retail sites
May 1, 2004	Article	How to Turn a Parking Lot Into Apartments, a Library and a Grocery Store — the Hard Way
September 1, 2008	Patri Fellowship Report	Imagining Islais Creek Piero N. Patri Fellowship in Urban Design at SPUR Summary Report
December 18, 2012	Article	In San Francisco, the Boom Is Back After years of underbuilding, San Francisco is seeing a boom in new housing and commercial construction.
November 7, 2006	SPUR Report	Integrated Stormwater Management An ecological approach to street design
February 1, 1999	Interview	Interview: John Hirten SPUR's first Executive Director
May 1, 1999	Interview	Interview: John Jacobs SPUR's second Executive Director
July 1, 2006	Article	Is Master Planning Possible Today?
February 1, 2012	Article	Is San Francisco Safe Enough to Stay? What it will take for residents to live safely in their homes after an earthquake. Excerpted from the SPUR report Safe Enough to Stay
September 1, 2000	Interview	It Takes a City Thoughts from Arlene Ackerman and Kathleen Turner
September 1, 2009	Article	Job Sprawl in the Megaregion How can we slow the decentralization of work in Northern California?
May 1, 2006	Voter Guide	June 2006 Voter Guide Analysis and recommendations for the June 2006 ballot
May 1, 2008	Voter Guide	June 2008 Voter Guide Analysis and recommendations for the June 2008 ballot
May 1, 2010	Voter Guide	June 2010 Voter Guide Analysis and recommendations for the June 2010 ballot
May 15, 2012	Voter Guide	June 2012 Voter Guide Analysis and recommendations for the June 2012 San Francisco ballot
June 1, 2007	Article	Keeping California on Track Why we need high-speed rail
July 1, 2003	Article	Large Retail Commercial Sites in San Francisco: Issues and Opportunities Issues and opportunities
August 15, 2011	Article	Learning From a World-Class Transit System Can Shanghai’s high-tech subways and high-speed trains trump its growing love affair with the car?
January 6, 2010	Article	Learning from Metrorail Lessons from DC's regional rail system
February 1, 2010	Article	Learning From Muni On the bright side: What's working at the SFMTA
September 1, 2001	Article	Learning from the City
February 1, 2009	SPUR Report / One of a series	Lifelines Upgrading infrastructures to enhance San Francisco's earthquake resilience
July 20, 2011	Article	Linked Fortunes: Mid-Market and the Uptown Tenderloin They thrived together, then declined together. Now these key neighborhoods are primed for a joint revival.
July 1, 2008	Article	Local Cities, Global Problems Considering Jane Jacobs in an era of global concerns
May 13, 2013	SPUR Report	Locally Nourished How a stronger regional food system improves the Bay Area
January 1, 2005	Article	Making Development Pay for the Public Realm The results of a Rincon Hill study commissioned by SPUR get us closer to understanding how high developer fees can go before making development infeasible.
October 1, 2009	Interview	Making Good Government Better The city's new budget director talks about his department's role in shaping good policy
February 1, 2000	Voter Guide	March 2000 Voter Guide Analysis and recommendations for the March 2000 ballot
February 1, 2002	Voter Guide	March 2002 Voter Guide Analysis and recommendations for the March 2002 ballot
February 6, 2004	Voter Guide	March 2004 Voter Guide Analysis and recommendations for the March 2004 ballot
May 1, 2009	Voter Guide	May 2009 Voter Guide Analysis and recommendations for the May 2009 ballot
February 1, 2005	Article	Measure 37 Passes Will Oregon property rights measure come to California?
November 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Measure BB - BART Seismic Retrofit General Obligation Bond
June 1, 2010	Article	Meeting in the Middle Why planning needs design once again
September 1, 2009	Article	Megaregions and America’s Economic Recovery A look at opportunities for megaregional planning across the U.S.
March 8, 2013	Article	Member Profile: Andres Duany The architect, author, urban planner and father of New Urbanism reflects on the movement’s always compelling, ever-controversial, evolution and describes for us what he sees as its latest incarnation — “lean urbanism.”
May 13, 2013	Article	Member Profile: Bill Souders Takin’ It to the Streets
April 8, 2013	Article	Member Profile: Mary McCue What makes a great public space? Few know better than Mary McCue, who, as President and CEO of MJM Management Group, has been working to create some of the best of them for over 20 years.
December 18, 2012	Article	Member Profile: Molly Turner The director of public policy for Airbnb is a self-described “urban planner moonlighting in the tech world.”
February 8, 2013	Article	Member Profile: Patrick Otellini Not long ago, Patrick Otellini chose to ignore the unavoidable fact that San Francisco is well overdue for a major earthquake. Today, he’s the city’s director of earthquake safety.
January 16, 2002	SPUR Report	Mid-Market Street Redevelopment District A plan for incremental change
July 1, 2003	Article	More CEQA Delays? And their impact on infill housing
July 1, 1999	Article	More Density — With Nature — Means a Healthy Future A vision for reshaping the city with more density and open space
July 1, 1999	Article	More Density, More Parks How to build a sustainable city
August 1, 2005	Article	More Than a Plan, Less Than a Place An assessment for Mission Bay
September 1, 2008	Article	More Work, Less Waste Can environmental tax shifting work in San Francisco?
September 1, 2004	SPUR Report	Multimodal Planning at MTA Five years after the passage of Proposition E, it's time for the City to take the next step in transportation reform.
February 1, 2008	Article	Muni on the Rise An overview of the Transit Effectiveness Project
January 18, 2006	SPUR Report	Muni's Billion Dollar Problem How to fix Muni's fiscal crisis
January 2, 2002	Article	Muni's Vision for Rapid Transit A transit expansion proposal for San Francisco
June 1, 2003	Article	Natural Space, Social Space
January 1, 2000	Article	Navigating That Last Tenth of a Mile Property rights and service choice in the new telecom market
September 1, 2007	Article	Neighborhood planning in a regional context A heightened sense of regionalism influences both civic culture and planning law in Seattle
June 20, 2007	SPUR Report	New Connections Why San Francisco needs the Central Subway
March 1, 2008	Interview	New Views of the City An interview with three new department heads
August 2, 2008	Article	Notes on a city: Looking, listening, lingering and thinking in Toronto We all have our own ways of processing the tourist experience. Some of us bury ourselves in guide books; others crane their necks to get the best photos; still others take notes. The following is an excerpt from Lawrence Li's latest travel diary, an insightful catalogue of his observations while exploring Toronto.
November 7, 2000	Voter Guide	November 2000 Voter Guide Analysis and recommendations for the November 2000 ballot
October 1, 2001	Voter Guide	November 2001 Voter Guide Analysis and recommendations for the November 2001 ballot
October 1, 2002	Voter Guide	November 2002 Voter Guide Analysis and recommendations for the November 2002 ballot
October 1, 2003	Voter Guide	November 2003 Voter Guide Analysis and recommendations for the November 2003 ballot
November 1, 2004	Voter Guide	November 2004 Voter Guide Analysis and recommendations for the November 2004 ballot
November 1, 2005	Ballot Analysis	November 2005 Voter Guide Analysis and recommendations for the November 2005 ballot
October 9, 2006	Voter Guide	November 2006 Voter Guide Analysis and recommendations for the November 2006 ballot
October 1, 2007	Voter Guide	November 2007 Voter Guide Analysis and recommendations for the November 2007 ballot
October 2, 2008	Voter Guide	November 2008 Voter Guide Analysis and recommendations for the November 2008 ballot
September 21, 2009	Voter Guide	November 2009 Voter Guide Analysis and recommendations for the November 2009 ballot
October 4, 2010	Voter Guide	November 2010 Voter Guide Analysis and recommendations for the November 2010 ballot
October 11, 2011	Voter Guide	November 2011 Voter Guide Analysis and recommendations for the November 2011 ballot
October 1, 2012	SPUR Report, Voter Guide	November 2012 Voter Guide Analysis and voting recommendations for the November 2012 ballot
May 21, 2012	SPUR Report	Ocean Beach Master Plan A comprehensive vision for a more sustainable future on San Francisco’s Pacific coast
July 1, 2006	Article	Of Buried Creeks and Thwarted Plans
February 6, 2013	SPUR Report	On Solid Ground How good land use planning can prepare the Bay Area for a strong disaster recovery
September 1, 2003	Article	On the Level Improving regional transportation planning
November 1, 2002	Article	Only in San Francisco? The city's political culture in comparative perspective
June 7, 2010	SPUR Report	Organizing for Economic Growth A new approach to business attraction and retention in San Francisco
January 1, 2001	Article	Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Solving the City's Deferred Maintenance Problem Proposals for putting more funds into maintaining infrastructure
October 1, 2004	SPUR Report	Parking and Livability in Downtown San Francisco Policies to reduce congestion
February 1, 2010	Article	Participatory Urbanism Taking action by taking space
August 16, 2011	Article	Placemaking in the New and Old City Is Shanghai the city of the 21st century?
March 1, 2004	SPUR Report	Planning Department Reform Agenda Planning the City's Future
June 21, 2001	Article	Planning for Growth Three proposals for the temporary modification of Prop. M
June 20, 2001	SPUR Report	Planning for Growth A proposal to expand the city's transit impact development fee
July 1, 1998	SPUR Report	Planning for Parks Renaissance Management recommendations to fix our parks
September 1, 1998	SPUR Report	Planning for Parks Renaissance
September 1, 2007	Article	Planning in Seattle: Small Town City Seattle has shied away from sweeping public planning as a solution to big problems. Still, San Francisco has much to learn from Seattle’s approach to neighborhoods, industrial lands and capital infrastructure.
July 18, 2007	SPUR Report	Planning the City's Future Reforming the City's Planning Department
July 1, 2007	SPUR Report	Planning the City's Future An update on the 2004 AIA/SPUR agenda for reform
November 1, 2005	Article	Pragmatism Before Megaprojects Ten transportation lessons from Portland
December 1, 2011	Article	Prioritizing Neighborhood Schools Has San Francisco finally gotten its student-assignment system right?
July 1, 2009	Article	Progress Intentionally Planned Telesis and the Modernist agenda
July 21, 2004	SPUR Report	Promoting Homeownership Through Condominium Conversion A closer look at condominium conversion
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition 10 - Bond for Vehicle Rebates
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition 11 - New Redistricting Commission
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition 1A - High Speed Rail
May 1, 2009	Ballot Measure	Proposition 1A - Spending Cap and Increase in Rainy Day Fund
May 1, 2009	Ballot Measure	Proposition 1A - Spending Cap and Increase in Rainy Day Fund
November 1, 2006	Ballot Measure	Proposition 1A - State Gas Tax Changes
May 1, 2009	Ballot Measure	Proposition 1B - Education Funding Protection
November 1, 2006	Ballot Measure	Proposition 1B - State Transportation and Infrastructure Bonds
November 1, 2006	Ballot Measure	Proposition 1C - Housing and Emergency Shelter Bonds
May 1, 2009	Ballot Measure	Proposition 1C - Selling Bonds From Future Lottery Sales
May 1, 2009	Ballot Measure	Proposition 1D - Redirecting Portion of Preschool Funding
November 1, 2006	Ballot Measure	Proposition 1D - State Education Bonds
May 1, 2009	Ballot Measure	Proposition 1E - Redirecting Portion of Mental Health Funding
May 1, 2009	Ballot Measure	Proposition 1F - Restricting Elected Officials' Salaries
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition 7 - State Renewable Energy Rules
November 1, 2006	Ballot Measure	Proposition 84 - Clean Water, Parks and Coastal Protection Bonds
November 1, 2006	Ballot Measure	Proposition 90 - Government Acquisition and Regulation of Private Property
February 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition 91 - Transportation Funding Restrictions
February 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition 92 - Community College Set Aside
February 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition 93 - State Term Limit Modification
June 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition 98 - Eminent Domain and Rent Control
June 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition 99 - Eminent Domain Restriction
November 1, 2000	Ballot Measure	Proposition A - $106 Million Branch Library Bond Measure
November 1, 2009	Ballot Measure	Proposition A - Budget Process
November 1, 2005	Ballot Measure	Proposition A - Community College District General Obligation Bonds
November 1, 2010	Ballot Measure	Proposition A - Earthquake Retrofit Bond
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition A - Hospital Bond
March 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition A - Instant Run-Off Voting
November 1, 2007	Ballot Measure	Proposition A - Muni Reform
February 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition A - Parks Bond
March 1, 2000	Ballot Measure	Proposition A - Recreation and Parks, Bond Measure
November 1, 2001	Ballot Measure	Proposition A - San Francisco Community College District General Obligation Bonds
November 1, 2003	Ballot Measure	Proposition A - School Bond
June 1, 2010	Ballot Measure	Proposition A - School Capital Repair Special Tax
November 1, 2006	Ballot Measure	Proposition A - School Improvement Bonds
June 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition A - School Restriction Parcel Tax
November 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition A - Supportive and Affordable Rental Housing and Homeownership Bond
March 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition A - Transfer of Vacation and Sick Leave
November 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition A - Water Bonds
May 1, 2006	Ballot Measure	Proposition A – Homicide Prevention Plan; Survivor Assistance; Funding for Violence Prevention Program
November 1, 2010	Ballot Measure	Proposition AA - $10 vehicle registration fee
November 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition AA - BART General Obligation Bond
November 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition B - Affordable Housing Bonds
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition B - Affordable Housing Set Aside
November 1, 2009	Ballot Measure	Proposition B - Board of Supervisors Aides
March 1, 2000	Ballot Measure	Proposition B - California Academy of Sciences, Bond Measure
March 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition B - City Retiree Cost of Living
November 1, 2000	Ballot Measure	Proposition B - District Staff for Board of Supervisors (keep 3rd aide)
November 1, 2010	Ballot Measure	Proposition B - Increasing Employee Contributions to Benefits
November 1, 2007	Ballot Measure	Proposition B - Limiting Commissioner Hold-Over
November 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition B - Neighborhood Historical Resources Preservation Bond
November 1, 2006	Ballot Measure	Proposition B - Parental Leave and Teleconferencing for Public Officials
June 1, 2010	Ballot Measure	Proposition B - Police and Fire Seismic Retrofit Bond
February 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition B - Police Deferred Retirement Option
November 1, 2001	Ballot Measure	Proposition B - Renewable Energy Bonds
June 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition B - Retiree Health Care Reform
November 1, 2003	Ballot Measure	Proposition B - Retirement Benefits for Safety Employees
March 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition B - Retirement Benefits: DAs & Public Defenders
November 1, 2005	Ballot Measure	Proposition B - Street and Sidewalk Improvement Bond
May 1, 2006	Ballot Measure	Proposition B – Eviction Disclosure Ordinance
February 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition C - Alcatraz Global Peace Center
November 1, 2009	Ballot Measure	Proposition C - Candlestick Park Naming Rights
June 1, 2010	Ballot Measure	Proposition C - Charter Film Commission
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition C - City Employees on Commissions
November 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition C - City Services Auditor
November 1, 2007	Ballot Measure	Proposition C - Election Sunshine/ Ballot Reform
November 1, 2005	Ballot Measure	Proposition C - Ethics Commission Budget and Outside Counsel
November 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition C - Health Service System
June 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition C - Moral Turpitude
March 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition C - Non-Citizens as Members of Boards, Commissions and Advisory Bodies
March 1, 2000	Ballot Measure	Proposition C - Open Space Fund, Charter Amendment
November 1, 2000	Ballot Measure	Proposition C - Pension Benefits for Misc. County and City Employees
March 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition C - Police Staffing Level
November 1, 2010	Ballot Measure	Proposition C - Question Time
November 1, 2006	Ballot Measure	Proposition C - Setting Salaries of Certain Elected Officials
November 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition C - Vacancy in Elective Office
November 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition C - Veterans Building Bonds
May 1, 2006	Ballot Measure	Proposition C – Appointing Members to the Transbay Joint Powers Authority
November 1, 2005	Ballot Measure	Proposition D - Appointments of Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors
March 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition D - Appointments to Planning Commission and Board of Appeals
March 1, 2000	Ballot Measure	Proposition D - Board of Supervisors Health and Retirement Benefits, Charter Amendment
June 1, 2010	Ballot Measure	Proposition D - City Retirement Benefit Costs
November 1, 2000	Ballot Measure	Proposition D - Continue Children's Fund
June 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition D - Diversity on City Commissions
November 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition D - Energy
November 1, 2001	Ballot Measure	Proposition D - Land Fill in San Francisco Bay
November 1, 2009	Ballot Measure	Proposition D - Mid-Market Special Sign District
November 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition D - Multiple-Subject Charter Amendment
November 1, 2010	Ballot Measure	Proposition D - Non-Citizen Voting for School Board
November 1, 2006	Ballot Measure	Proposition D - Nondisclosure of Private Information
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition D - Pier 70 Financing and Planning
November 1, 2007	Ballot Measure	Proposition D - Renewing Library Set-aside
March 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition D - Retirement Benefits: Domestic Partners
November 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition D - Small Business Commission
May 1, 2006	Ballot Measure	Proposition D – Laguna Honda Hospital, Zoning for Health Care Facilities
November 1, 2009	Ballot Measure	Proposition E - Advertisements on City Property
June 1, 2010	Ballot Measure	Proposition E - Dignitary Security Budget
November 1, 2005	Ballot Measure	Proposition E - Election Date of the Assessor-Recorder and Public Defender
November 1, 2010	Ballot Measure	Proposition E - Election Day Voter Registration
November 1, 2003	Ballot Measure	Proposition E - Ethics Reform
November 1, 2001	Ballot Measure	Proposition E - Ethics, Elections, Outside Counsel
November 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition E - Increasing Retirement Benefits to Qualified Survivors of Certain Police And Firefighters Who Die In The Line Of Fire
November 1, 2000	Ballot Measure	Proposition E - Medical Benefits for Retirees
November 1, 2006	Ballot Measure	Proposition E - Parking Tax
March 1, 2000	Ballot Measure	Proposition E - Public Assistance Benefits, Ordinance
March 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition E - Public Records Requests
November 1, 2007	Ballot Measure	Proposition E - Question Time
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition E - Recall Signatures
June 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition E - SFPUC Commissioner Appointments
March 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition E - Survivor Benefits for Domestic Partners of City & County Employees Previously Excluded
November 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition E - Water and Sewer Rates, Surplus Funds
June 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition F - Affordable Housing in Bayview Hunters Point
November 1, 2007	Ballot Measure	Proposition F - Airport Police Retirement Benefits
March 1, 2000	Ballot Measure	Proposition F - Bayview Hunter's Point Reparations, Declaration of Policy
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition F - Changes to Election Cycles
March 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition F - Citizen General Obligation Bond Oversight Committee
November 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition F - Entertainment Commission Appointments
November 1, 2010	Ballot Measure	Proposition F - Health Service Board Elections
November 1, 2005	Ballot Measure	Proposition F - Neighborhood Firehouses
November 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition F - Non-Citizen Voting in School Board Elections
November 1, 2006	Ballot Measure	Proposition F - Paid Sick Leave
March 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition F - Reclassify Deputy Sheriffs
June 1, 2010	Ballot Measure	Proposition F - Rent Increase Suspensions
November 1, 2003	Ballot Measure	Proposition F - Targeted Early Retirement
November 1, 2005	Ballot Measure	Proposition G - Access to Underground Parking at Golden Gate Park
November 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition G - Authorizing Health Plans for City Residents
March 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition G - Ban on New Billboards
June 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition G - Bayview Hunters Point Development Plan
November 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition G - Election Assistance
November 1, 2007	Ballot Measure	Proposition G - Golden Gate Park Stables Fund
June 1, 2010	Ballot Measure	Proposition G - High Speed Rail Terminus at Transbay
November 1, 2006	Ballot Measure	Proposition G - Limitations on Formula Retail Stores
March 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition G - Military Leave Compensation
November 1, 2003	Ballot Measure	Proposition G - Rainy Day Fund
November 1, 2001	Ballot Measure	Proposition G - Redistricting
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition G - Retirement Credit for Unpaid Parental Leave
November 1, 2010	Ballot Measure	Proposition G - Setting Transit Operator Wages Through Collective Bargaining
June 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition H - Campaign Contribution Limits
November 1, 2010	Ballot Measure	Proposition H - Dual Office Holding
November 1, 2005	Ballot Measure	Proposition H - Handgun Ban in San Francisco
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition H - Municipalizing Electric Service
November 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition H - Naming The City-Owned Stadium "Candlestick Park"
November 1, 2007	Ballot Measure	Proposition H - Parking Initiative
November 1, 2000	Ballot Measure	Proposition H - Pass-Through of Costs to Residential Tenants
November 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition H - Police and Firefighter Retirement Benefits
November 1, 2003	Ballot Measure	Proposition H - Police Commission/Office of Citizen Complaints
March 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition H - Public Education Fund
November 1, 2006	Ballot Measure	Proposition H - Relocation Benefits
November 1, 2001	Ballot Measure	Proposition H - Revenue Bonds, Renewable Energy, Energy Conservation
November 1, 2000	Ballot Measure	Proposition I - Business Tax
November 1, 2003	Ballot Measure	Proposition I - Child Care for Low Income Families
November 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition I - Create an Office of Economic Analysis; Economic Development Plan
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition I - Independent Ratepayer Advocate
November 1, 2006	Ballot Measure	Proposition I - Mayor's Appearance at Board of Supervisors
March 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition I - MUNI Diesel Bus Replacement
November 1, 2005	Ballot Measure	Proposition I - No Military Recruiters in Public Schools, Scholarships for Education, and Job Training
November 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition I - Paid Parental Leave
November 1, 2010	Ballot Measure	Proposition I - Saturday Voting Pilot
November 1, 2007	Ballot Measure	Proposition I - Small Business Assistance Center
November 1, 2003	Ballot Measure	Proposition J - Facilities for the Homeless
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition J - Historic Preservation Commission
November 1, 2010	Ballot Measure	Proposition J - Hotel Tax Increase
November 1, 2006	Ballot Measure	Proposition J - Impeachment of Bush and Cheney
November 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition J - Sales Tax Increase
November 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition J - Supervisors' Salaries
November 1, 2000	Ballot Measure	Proposition J - Tax Payer Protection Amendment
November 1, 2007	Ballot Measure	Proposition J - WiFi Policy Statement
March 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition J - Workforce Housing
November 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition K - Business Taxes
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition K - Decriminalizing Prostitution
November 1, 2010	Ballot Measure	Proposition K - Hotel Tax Loophole Fix
November 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition K - Selection of Official Newspapers
November 1, 2006	Ballot Measure	Proposition K - Senior Housing Declaration of Policy
November 1, 2007	Ballot Measure	Proposition K - Street Ads
November 1, 2003	Ballot Measure	Proposition K - Transportation Sales Tax
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition L - Community Justice Center
November 1, 2003	Ballot Measure	Proposition L - Minimum Wage
November 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition L - Real Property Transfer Tax
November 1, 2010	Ballot Measure	Proposition L - Sit/Lie
November 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition L - Use of Hotel Surcharge to Preserve Single-Screen Movie Theaters
November 1, 2003	Ballot Measure	Proposition M - Aggressive Panhandling Ban
November 1, 2010	Ballot Measure	Proposition M - Community Policing
November 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition M - Economic Development
November 1, 2000	Ballot Measure	Proposition M - Taxi Measure
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition M - Tenant Harassment
July 1, 1999	Article	Proposition M and the Downtown Growth Battle Do high-rises create a healther economy?
November 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition N - Care not Cash
November 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition N - Military Action in Iraq
November 1, 2010	Ballot Measure	Proposition N - Property Sales Tax
November 1, 2000	Ballot Measure	Proposition N - Regulating Condo-type Ownership Structures (TICs)
November 1, 2003	Ballot Measure	Proposition N - Taxi Permit Holder Disability
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition N - Transfer Tax Increase
November 1, 2000	Ballot Measure	Proposition O - Campaign Finance Reform (Public Funding, Soft Money Restrictions)
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition O - Changes to the Emergency Response Fee
November 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition O - Providing Services and Payments to Homeless Individuals
November 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition O - Use of New Sales Tax Funds
November 1, 2000	Ballot Measure	Proposition P - Hunter's Point Shipyard Remediation
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition P - Modifying the Transportation Authority
November 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition P - Revenue Bond Oversight Committee
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition Q - Changes to the Payroll Tax
November 1, 2000	Ballot Measure	Proposition Q - Pedestrian Safety Fund
November 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition Q - Use of City Funds
November 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition R - Condominium Conversion with Certain Conditions
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition R - George W. Bush Sewage Plant
November 1, 2000	Ballot Measure	Proposition R - Pier 45 Policy Preference
March 1, 2004	Ballot Measure	Proposition RM2 - Bridge Toll Increase
November 1, 2002	Ballot Measure	Proposition S - Medical Marijuana
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition S - Set Asides Policy
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition T - Substance Abuse Set Aside
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition U - Iraq Funding Policy Statement
November 1, 2008	Ballot Measure	Proposition V - JROTC Policy Statement
November 1, 2000	Ballot Measure	Propositions F and G - Saturday Closure of JFK Drive
November 1, 2001	Ballot Measure	Propositions F and I - Public Power
November 1, 2000	Ballot Measure	Propositions K and L - Competing Growth Conrol Reform Measures
April 23, 2012	SPUR Report	Public Harvest Expanding the use of public land for urban agriculture in San Francisco
February 1, 2001	Article	Public/Private Partnerships 101: Lessons about management and negotiation
February 6, 2013	Article	Putting the Bay Area on Solid Ground Land use planning for disaster recovery in the Bay Area. Excerpted from the SPUR report On Solid Ground
December 1, 2011	Article	Ranked Choice Voting How ranked-choice voting affected San Francisco's municipal elections in 2011.
August 8, 2009	Article	Recovery in the Golden State Rebounding from a cyclical recession
May 1, 2000	Article	Redesigning Harvey Milk Plaza Envisioning a civic memorial
July 19, 2000	SPUR Report	Reducing Uncertainty, Increasing Efficiency Reforming the building approval process
July 1, 2009	Article	Reflections on Preservation How the past became the future
July 1, 2001	Article	Reforming Local Government How can San Francisco make the most of its public resources?
February 28, 2012	SPUR Report	Reforming Regional Government Adjusting county and city representation at the Metropolitan Transportation Commission
May 16, 2005	SPUR Report	Reforming the Department of Human Resources Improving civil service delivery in San Francisco
July 1, 2004	Article	Regional Planning Without Regional Government The San Diego Association of Governments has achieved a remarkable degree of integration over the years. Should we follow its lead?
January 1, 2001	Article	Reinventing Government in San Francisco Reforms for a better city
January 1, 2004	Article	Remaking the Presidio's Main Parade Ground A vision for a dynamic public open space
October 1, 1999	Article	Renewal to Research A Brief History of the Changing R in SPUR
January 1, 2004	Article	Replacing Doyle Drive Past and present solutions
September 16, 1998	SPUR Report	Rethinking Parking Increasing housing affordability through changes in parking requirements
August 1, 2010	Article	Retrofitting Suburbia, San Jose Style San Jose planners have a choice: let the city grow out, or up
May 18, 2005	SPUR Report	Reversing Muni's Downward Spiral Increasing Muni's speed and productivity
February 1, 2012	SPUR Report / One of a series	Safe Enough to Stay What will it take for San Franciscans to live safely in their homes after an earthquake?
August 23, 2008	Article	San Francisco and Toronto A geographical comparison
July 1, 2001	Article	San Francisco by the Numbers Planning after the 2000 Census
July 1, 2000	SPUR Report	San Francisco Economy Implications for Public Policy
August 1, 1999	Article	San Francisco's Downtown Plan Landmark guidelines shape city's growth
March 1, 2003	Article	San Francisco's Housing Crisis A response by the San Francisco Housing Action Coalition's
November 1, 2001	Article	San Francisco's Response to the Housing Crisis An update on recent policies
July 1, 2006	Article	San Francisco, To Scale
August 2, 2002	SPUR Report	San Francisco’s Affordable Housing Bond The success of Proposition A
November 1, 2001	Article	San Francisco’s Utilities in the 21st Century
August 1, 2010	Article	San Jose and San Francisco at a Glance Comparing two Bay Area cities by the numbers
April 6, 2011	SPUR Report	Saving Caltrain for the Long Term Strategies for funding and governing a critical regional rail system
November 1, 2009	Article	Sea Level Rise and the Future of the Bay Area How will we adapt to rising tides?
January 1, 2009	SPUR Report	Secrets of San Francisco Where to find our city's POPOS — privately owned public open spaces
September 8, 2011	SPUR Report	Seeking Green Funding public parks in a challenging financial climate
January 16, 2008	SPUR Report	Setting Aside Differences Should the City budget be decided at the polls?
November 1, 2003	Article	Sex, Planning, and Rock and Roll (in Vancouver) How these Canadians get things passed
August 1, 2011	Article	Shanghai Municipality and the Bay Area The Shanghai Municipality includes 17 districts as well as the city center. At 23 million people and 2,450 square miles, it is more comparable to the Bay Area than to San Francisco.
August 15, 2011	Article	Shanghai’s Regional Economy What can the Bay Area learn from China's regional approach to economic planning?
February 1, 2010	Article	Shaping Downtown An emphasis on placemaking and focused growth
April 4, 2013	Article	Shaping Downtown San Jose The quest to establish an urban center for Silicon Valley
August 1, 2010	Article	Sharing the Wealth San Jose's plan to capture more jobs
March 17, 2012	Article	Six Ideas for Saving Bay Area Transit Improving transit by changing financing, fares, speeds, metrics, territory and maps. Excerpted from the discussion paper A Better Future for Bay Area Transit
January 1, 2001	Interview	Small Steps Toward a Better City An interview with City Controller Ed Harrington
October 10, 2012	Article	Smart Cities, Limited Resources Can we provide public goods more efficiently by pricing them to reflect real-time demand?
September 1, 1999	Article	Smart Region, Smart Growth A smart growth alternative to the 1998 Regional Transportation Plan
July 19, 2000	SPUR Report	SOMA Transportation and the Land Use Connection Making the transportation and land use connection
January 1, 2001	Article	Some Thoughts on District Elections and the New Progressive Majority
September 1, 2007	Article	Some transportation lessons from Seattle Four things San Francisco can learn about buses, freeways, culture and carbon dioxide.
July 1, 2004	Article	South Coast City What San Francisco can learn from San Diego
August 1, 1999	Article	Specific Area Plans Building consensus for infill housing
May 1, 2001	Article	Sprawling Beyond the Edges The eras of outward sprawl in the Bay Area and what comes next
August 15, 2011	SPUR Report	SPUR 2010-2011 Annual Report What it means to be an urbanist
July 2, 2012	SPUR Report	SPUR 2011-2012 Annual Report What it means to live here
August 29, 2012	Policy Letter	SPUR Comments on 1321 Mission Letter supporting proposed residential redevelopment at 1321 Mission
November 1, 2011	Policy Letter	SPUR Comments on Articles 10 and 11 of the Planning Code Regarding historic surveys, districts and CEQA studies
January 8, 2013	Policy Letter	SPUR Comments on Central Corridor Plan Letter recommending the study of greater heights as part of the upcoming EIR process
April 5, 2012	Policy Letter	SPUR Comments on Central Corridor Project Letter supporting proposed height and zoning scenarios in the Central Corridor Plan
November 28, 2011	Policy Letter	SPUR Comments on Central Market Economic Strategy Recommendations to the Office of Economic and Workforce Development
September 25, 2012	Policy Letter	SPUR Comments on City of Oakland Urban Ag Policy Letter offering recommendations for strengthening the August 13 draft Zoning Update Proposal
July 5, 2012	Policy Letter	SPUR Comments on Modernization of the Wholesale Produce Market Letter supporting the city's lease renewal and the market's proposed expansion
January 10, 2013	Policy Letter	SPUR Comments on Proposed 101 Polk Street Development Our Project Review Committee offers recommendations for consideration
December 17, 2009	Policy Letter	SPUR Comments on Proposed Bridge Toll Increase Supports the Bay Area Toll Authority's proposed toll increase and encourages funding a study of long-term capacity constraints
January 24, 2013	Policy Letter	SPUR Comments on Proposed Mission Rock Development Our Project Review Committee offers recommendations for consideration
February 6, 2012	Policy Letter	SPUR Comments on Proposed Mixed-Use Residential Development Letter supporting proposed development at 1 Henry Adams Street and 801 Brannan Street
December 13, 2011	Policy Letter	SPUR Comments on PUC Urban Agriculture Projects Regarding proposed pilot projects at College Hill Reservoir and the Southeast Treatment Plant.
September 25, 2012	Policy Letter	SPUR Comments on San Jose City Hall / 6th Street BRT Station Location Letter advocating for locating a bus rapid transit station in front of San Jose City Hall
February 7, 2013	Policy Letter	SPUR Comments on the Definition of "Significant Increase" Letter recommending thresholds for affordable housing fee caps in San Francisco
October 1, 2008	Policy Letter	SPUR Comments on the Eastern Neighborhoods Transportation Plan More substantial and specific investment on key neighborhood corridors will vastly enhance our rapid transit network.
July 9, 2012	Policy Letter	SPUR Comments on the Mountain View Draft General Plan Letter commending the plan as one of the most visionary in the Bay Area
July 23, 2008	Policy Letter	SPUR Comments on the Regional Transportation Plan 2035 MTC's investment plan of $232 billion over the next 25 years
June 3, 2010	Policy Letter	SPUR Comments on the San Francisco-San Jose High Speed Rail PEIS/EIR Advocates integration of regional and inter-regional service on the Peninsula between San Jose and San Francisco.
April 23, 2012	Policy Letter	SPUR Comments on the Sustainable Communities Strategy and Regional Transportation Plan for the Bay Area Letter offering recommendations on the Jobs-Housing Connection Scenario and the Draft Plan Bay Area Investment Strategy
November 1, 2011	Policy Letter	SPUR Comments on Transit Center District Plan Plan for the continued development of a walkable, transit-friendly downtown core around the new Transbay Transit Center.
January 16, 2008	Policy Letter	SPUR Comments on “Peaker” Combustion Turbine Power Plants Letter urging the SF Board of Supervisors to reject a contract to install and operate “peaker” plants
July 30, 2012	Policy Letter	SPUR Endorses 100 VanNess Project Letter supporting proposed residential redevelopment
August 10, 2012	Policy Letter	SPUR Endorses 8 Octavia Project Letter supporting the proposed housing development at 8 Octavia
June 28, 2010	Policy Letter	SPUR Endorses Plastic Bag Ban Letter supporting AB 1998 as a necessary step in California’s zero waste goals
January 22, 2007	SPUR Report	SPUR Endorses the Public/Private Delivery of Wi-Fi in San Francisco
May 7, 2012	Policy Letter	SPUR Offers Perspective on Historic Preservation Codes Letter supporting the version of Planning Code Articles 10 and 11 introduced by Supervisors Wiener and Olague
June 11, 2012	Policy Letter	SPUR Project Review Committee on 8 Octavia Letter supporting the proposed residential development at 8 Octavia Street
June 26, 2012	Policy Letter	SPUR Project Review Committee on Parcel P Letter supporting the proposed development at Parcel P in Hayes Valley
November 2, 2012	Policy Letter	SPUR Recommendations for New San Jose Planning Requirements Letter offering comments for crafting planning requirements that encourage mode-share shifts
April 1, 2011	Policy Letter	SPUR Requests Re-direction of Florida High-Speed Rail Funds to California California is best positioned to deliver the nation's first High Speed Train
July 25, 2008	Policy Letter	SPUR Supports AB 3034: the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century Updates and improves the original high-speed rail bond proposal enacted in 2002 and establishes additional financial controls.
March 12, 2013	Policy Letter	SPUR Supports Amendment to San Francisco’s CEQA Procedures Letter supporting proposed legislation to clarify appeal procedures for exemptions and negative declarations
May 6, 2013	Policy Letter	SPUR Supports Amendments for Outdoor Vending on Private Property Letter offering comments on amendments to San Jose's Title 20 ordinance
April 3, 2012	Policy Letter	SPUR Supports Commute Benefits Bill Letter supporting Senate Bill 1339, which would extend existing local commute benefit ordinances across the region
January 11, 2012	Policy Letter	SPUR Supports Expansion of SFpark Letter endorsing the SFMTA proposal to expand the SFpark pilot model to manage parking at Mission Bay, 17th and Folsom, and 12th and Folsom
February 27, 2013	Policy Letter	SPUR Supports High-Rise Incentive Extension in San Jose Letter encouraging high-density housing in downtown San Jose
July 13, 2012	Policy Letter	SPUR Supports Housing Trust Fund Legislation Letter urging the SF Board of Supervisors to pass this charter amendment
March 1, 2012	Policy Letter	SPUR Supports Jefferson Street Project Phase 1 of the Fisherman’s Wharf Public Realm Plan
June 19, 2012	Policy Letter	SPUR Supports Non-Potable Water Ordinance Letter supporting an ordinance that will codify process and provide grant funds for onsite treatment and reuse of water
February 9, 2012	Policy Letter	SPUR Supports Parking, Awning, Signs, Exposure, Open Space and Limited Conforming Uses Legislation Letter endorsing legislation that would encourage the addition of beneficial uses while discouraging the creation of excess parking
February 20, 2012	Policy Letter	SPUR Supports Recreational Open Space Element Letter recommending to move the current draft of this general plan element forward to adoption
May 28, 2009	Policy Letter	SPUR Supports Recycling and Composting Legislation Letter urging the SF Board of Supervisors to pass the Mandatory Recycling and Composting Ordinance
January 23, 2012	Policy Letter	SPUR Supports Redevelopment Housing Funds Bill Letter advocating for protection of the existing housing funds of dissolving redevelopment agencies
December 13, 2011	Policy Letter	SPUR Supports the 8 Washington/Sea Wall Lot 351 Project Letter recommending that the San Francisco Planning Commission support this project
March 12, 2013	Policy Letter	SPUR Supports the Mandatory Seismic Retrofit Program Letter urging the San Francisco Board of Supervisors' Land Use Committee to move this legislation forward
June 24, 2009	Policy Letter	SPUR Urges the MTA to Adopt the San Francisco Bike Plan Approve the 56 projects analyzed in the EIR and expedite implementation
January 21, 2010	Policy Letter	SPUR Weighs in on MTA's Plans for a Balanced Budget Requests estimates on projected revenue increases and cost savings on several items
December 13, 2010	Policy Letter	SPUR Weighs in on New Air Quality Thresholds Proposed CEQA guidelines would create new hurdle for infill development
June 21, 2011	Policy Letter	SPUR Weighs in on Regional Growth Scenarios Comments to the MTC on scenarios for the Bay Area's Sustainable Communities Strategy
April 1, 2010	Article	SPUR's Agenda for Change in San Francisco Our vision for a San Francisco and a Bay Area at its best, and the steps we should take to get there
November 10, 2010	Policy Letter	SPUR's Take on Amending the Bay Plan Balancing strategies for mitigating sea level rise with promoting infill development
December 4, 2012	SPUR Report	Stormwater Fees An equitable path to a sustainable wastewater system
May 1, 2001	Article	Strategic Regional Decision-Making Making decisions focused on regional welfare not parochial interests
November 1, 2009	Article	Strategies for Managing Sea Level Rise SPUR weighs the advantages and disadvantages of seven strategies to manage sea level rise.
July 1, 2011	Article	Street transformations: Lessons from London, Melbourne and New York Physical changes at street level can not only make a street work better — they can transform it into a great public space.
February 20, 2013	SPUR Report	Strengthening the Bay Area's Regional Governance A special analysis for the 2013 Silicon Valley Index
July 1, 2003	Article	Supervisors as Planners How will this affect the City's abillity to achieve good planning?
September 1, 2007	Article	Sustainable Infrastructure as Interpreted by Seattle The Emerald City’s green-tinted take on strategies for integrated capital investment
June 1, 2001	Article	Sustainable Redevelopment for San Francisco Strategies for moving forward
March 1, 2000	Article	Sustaining a Livable City in the New Millennium Parking, transit and other issues to resolve in making a livable city
July 1, 2001	Article	The 2000 Census: By the Tract How demographics of San Francisco’s neighborhoods changed in the 1990s
August 8, 2009	Article	The Bay Area Housing Market Will investors ever return?
August 14, 2012	Article	The Benefits of Big On a recent visit to Los Angeles, SPUR discovers the benefits — and challenges — of living in a county that encompasses over 4,000 square miles.
January 3, 2005	SPUR Report	The Big Fix, Capital Planning in City Government Capital planning and city government
July 5, 2006	Article	The Burnham Plan for San Francisco: A Model For Master Planning?
March 1, 2003	Article	The California Futures Network A strategy for a new statewide smart growth group
March 1, 1998	SPUR Report	The Central Waterfront One answer to San Francisco's housing crisis
November 1, 2005	Article	The Character of a City Reading Public Art in Portland
August 1, 2006	Article	The Chicago Central Area Plan
August 1, 2006	Article	The Chicago Political System Is it possible to have good planning without good government?
June 3, 2012	Article	The Cities of Carquinez While these ten cities may not be on everyone's radar, together they represent a tremendous opportunity for long-term growth in the region.
December 18, 2012	Article	The Corporate Campus Embraces Urbanization Google has proposed a new vision for retrofitting its Mountain View campus as a dense and walkable urban place.
August 8, 2009	Article	The Cost to Build and Buy Housing in San Francisco Components of housing price and development costs in San Francisco
June 18, 2008	SPUR Report / One of a series	The Culture of Preparedness Disaster planning and preparedness in San Francisco neighborhoods
November 1, 1999	Article	The Decline of the Port A look at the transformation of the Port of San Francisco
February 1, 2009	SPUR Report / One of a series	The Dilemma of Existing Buildings Private property, public risk
August 1, 2003	Article	The Ecological Footprint of Energy Local opportunities for a responsible energy policy
January 10, 2010	Article	The Fall and Rise of Downtown D.C. The revitalization of downtown, greater downtown and Center City
March 2, 2009	SPUR Report	The Future of Downtown San Francisco Bringing work back to the city
April 19, 2011	Article	The Future of Ocean Beach Thanks to sea-level rise, a beloved public place already busy with uses becomes even more complex
November 22, 2011	SPUR Report	The Future of Sharp Park What should San Francisco do with Sharp Park?
September 1, 2009	Article	The Future of the Bay Delta Opportunities for megaregional open space
May 17, 2000	Article	The Future of Visitacion Valley Advocating for transit-oriented development
March 7, 2013	Article	The Future of Water How Bay Area supply can meet demand in the 21st century. Excerpted from the SPUR report "Future-Proof Water."
August 1, 2005	Article	The Greening of Mission Bay What’s going right, what could be better
July 1, 1999	Article	The High-Rise Hegira From nostalgia for the good old days to mandatory Postmodernism
October 16, 2008	SPUR Report / One of a series	The Hub Concept Infrastructure for a community disaster response
July 1, 2006	Article	The imagined city: Burnham's Vision
November 1, 2003	Article	The Importance of Learning from Other Places Can Vancouver show us the way forward?
July 1, 2009	Article	The Ironies of History Armed with knowledge of the past, how do we move forward with our own urban agenda?
June 1, 1999	Interview	The Last Time We Tried to Fix Muni Interview with John Kirkwood
July 31, 2008	Article	The Long Road Home Thoughts on the Market and Octavia Neighborhood Plan
June 1, 1999	Article	The Muni Paradox A social history of the Municipal Railway
September 1, 2000	Article	The Next Stage of Ecological Urban Design Integrating features of our natural landscape into practice
January 1, 2001	SPUR Report	The Next Step in Muni Reform A Citywide Plan for Transit Expansion
November 1, 2007	Article	The Northern California Megaregion It's time to start solving problems at the scale of the megaregion
January 7, 2012	Article	The Not-So-Corporate Campus Innovative high-growth companies look to urban-style experiences to energize their workforce
August 1, 2008	Article	The Problem of Affordability What will it take to make Toronto more livable?
November 1, 1999	Article	The Public Trust Doctrine San Francisco's waterfront
December 1, 2011	Article	The Rise of Tactical Urbanism How a temporary project turned a series of vacant lots into a destination for food, art and culture.
August 1, 1999	Article	The San Francisco Urban Design Element
March 1, 2001	Article	The Social and Physical Fabric of Place Architecture in the scope of planning
January 1, 2001	Article	The Special Assistant Problem Why we need to reform the civil service system
August 1, 2006	Article	The Tortoise and the Hare Comparing the Chicago and San Francisco economies
January 9, 2012	SPUR Report	The Urban Future of Work How denser, more urban workplaces will strengthen the Bay Area’s economic competitiveness
November 1, 2003	Article	The Vancouver Style What makes this city special?
November 1, 2005	Article	They Planned, It Worked Learning from Portland’s collaborative approach to local governance
January 1, 2010	Article	Thriving TOD What can we learn from mass transit in D.C. suburbs?
November 1, 2002	Article	Timing Is Everything Instant run-offs, election timing and voter turnout
August 1, 2008	Article	Toronto’s Orphan Spaces
February 1, 2010	Article	Toward Zero Waste A look at San Francisco's model recycling policies
March 1, 2001	Article	Towards a More Perfect Union Thoughts on Union Square
May 1, 2001	Article	Towards Transit-Oriented Development Stopping sprawl in the Bay Area
September 1, 2004	Article	Traffic Calming in Three European Cities Lessons from Zurich, Vienna and Munich
August 1, 2010	Article	Transit in the Valley Can smart land use boost ridership?
August 21, 2012	Article	Transit, Transformed Architecture critic Reyner Banham once quipped that he'd "learned to drive in order to read Los Angeles in the original." Today, he'd ride light rail instead.
July 6, 2010	Article	Transportation and Rebuilding How are we going to rebuild our transportation system after a disaster? Excerpted from a SPUR report
June 1, 1999	SPUR Report	Transportation Principles for San Francisco A framework to guide our transit-first policies
March 1, 2001	Article	Two Decades of Change The Education of Gerald Adams
March 16, 2012	Article	Two Transit Maps: The Current Reality and a Possible Future One mapmaker's vision for a single integrated Bay Area transit map. Plus, what a comprehensive regional transit system might look like.
December 1, 2011	Article	Urban Ag Goes Legit New legislation makes it legal to grow and sell produce in San Francisco and Oakland
April 4, 2011	Article	Urban Field Notes: 16 Fonts on 16th Street — the City Through a Phone
February 4, 2013	Article	Urban Field Notes: A City in the Stairwell A San Francisco muralist enlivens SPUR’s once-quiet corridors with a colorful celebration of urbanism.
March 17, 2012	Article	Urban Field Notes: A Spectacle of Ravens Sometimes, architecture really is for the birds.
June 1, 2010	Article	Urban Field Notes: Art, Commerce and Hope on View in Nine Storefronts
July 10, 2012	Article	Urban Field Notes: Artifacts of the Waterfront On San Francisco's central and southern waterfront, evidence of an era gone by.
September 1, 2010	Article	Urban Field Notes: Backpacking in SF - Seven Scenes From an Adventure
February 15, 2012	Article	Urban Field Notes: China's New Biking Culture What role will the bicycle play in creating a more sustainable future for China? A landscape designer bikes from Beijing to Shanghai to find out.
April 8, 2013	Article	Urban Field Notes: City as Canvas
November 1, 2010	Article	Urban Field Notes: Columbarium Is One Rare Place to Connect With the Dead
October 1, 2010	Article	Urban Field Notes: Eight Bay Area Landmarks Make the Case for Concrete
August 1, 2011	Article	Urban Field Notes: Eight Eras of the Old Town — Shanghai’s Forgotten Zones
January 1, 2010	Article	Urban Field Notes: Eight Forms of Fortification in our Nation's Capital
June 3, 2012	Article	Urban Field Notes: Exploring the Cities of Carquinez An urban planner finally stops to take a look around — and not just a drive right through — a region in his own backyard.
March 1, 2010	Article	Urban Field Notes: Five Chats about Architecture Overheard on the Street
August 1, 2010	Article	Urban Field Notes: Five Elements of Great Urbanism in San Jose
September 1, 2011	Article	Urban Field Notes: Five Local Skate Hubs Show Limits of Sanctioned Design
March 1, 2011	Article	Urban Field Notes: Five Painterly Vistas From Kaiser Center Roof Garden
May 2, 2011	Article	Urban Field Notes: Five Parking Garages — an Urbanist's Reluctant Crush
December 1, 2011	Article	Urban Field Notes: Five PG&E Substations Celebrate Light and Sculpture
February 18, 2011	Article	Urban Field Notes: Four Iconic Buildings Should Inspire Mid-Market Revival
May 13, 2013	Article	Urban Field Notes: Medellin Metrocable A traveling environmental planner rides Medellin’s Metrocable.
October 10, 2012	Article	Urban Field Notes: Patched A photographer observes that after the graffiti’s gone, new works of art emerge.
August 14, 2012	Article	Urban Field Notes: Riding the Rainbow A Trip on L.A.’s Rapidly Growing Rail Network
March 1, 2009	Article	Urban Field Notes: Seven (of the Many) Wonders at Pier 70's Shipyard
November 1, 2009	Article	Urban Field Notes: Seven Art Deco Treasures in Oakland's City Center
January 1, 2009	Article	Urban Field Notes: Seven Good Things about SF's Multifamily Houses
October 3, 2011	Article	Urban Field Notes: SF Sidewalks Are a Trove of Human, Animal Artifacts
February 1, 2010	Article	Urban Field Notes: Six Encounters with Bay Area Street Art
August 1, 2009	Article	Urban Field Notes: Six Haikus about SF's Renegade Buildings
October 1, 2009	Article	Urban Field Notes: Six Spots in the Mission to Track the Traces of Trains
April 17, 2012	Article	Urban Field Notes: Skyway Patrol How a desire to stay warm can shape our cities, for better or worse
September 1, 2009	Article	Urban Field Notes: Some In-Between Spaces Where Homeless Go Home
March 8, 2013	Article	Urban Field Notes: The Art Underground A designer urges the Bay Area to take a lesson from the London Tube and transform its transit experience into something inspirational.
May 14, 2012	Article	Urban Field Notes: The Carnegie Libraries of San Francisco San Francisco's brilliant branch libraries are a bright spot in the rapidly changing realm of books
November 9, 2012	Article	Urban Field Notes: The Sidewalk Economy Regulated, informal, sometimes illicit, sidewalk businesses and vendors bring vitality and life to urban cities, especially at the pedestrian scale.
July 1, 2011	Article	Urban Field Notes: Trek Links Green Spaces in SF's Emerald Necklace
November 1, 2003	Article	Vancouver's View Corridors Should San Francisco adopt similar guidelines?
January 1, 2000	Article	Victory on Muni Reform The creation of the SFMTA
January 2, 2010	Article	Washington, D.C. and San Francisco Geography, population and how we get around
March 1, 2010	Article	Water, Water Everywhere A look at San Francisco's urban water plan
August 1, 2010	Article	Waves of Innovation Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley
March 1, 2001	Article	What Is a City? Fourteen San Franciscans offer their views on what makes a good city
September 1, 2003	Article	What Is a Parkway? Designing more sustainable highways
July 20, 2011	Article	What Makes an Arts District Successful? Cities across the country are using arts districts as a redevelopment tool. Here’s why the best ones work.
December 1, 2011	Article	What's Next for Big Planning? San Francisco adopted two major plans this year. Will we see more of these in the future?
April 19, 2000	SPUR Report	What's Next for Muni Recommendations for the new agency
March 1, 2007	Article	What's the Correct Balance Between Housing and Jobs? Residential development in downtown Vancouver
August 1, 2008	Article	When SPUR Came to Town What Toronto outsiders taught an insider about his own city
February 1, 2010	Article	When the Freeways Came Down Rebuilding after Loma Prieta
May 1, 2001	Article	Where to Put the Bay Area's Next Million? Creating mixed-use centers on transit to fix housing and car reliance
May 1, 2004	Article	Why Can't New Buildings Be as Nice as Old Buildings? It's the ceiling heights, for one thing
October 10, 2012	Article	Why Does Civic Data Matter? A new emphasis is being placed on the availability of open data from governments but what use does this data have for citizens’ daily experience?
May 1, 2006	Article	Why Does San Francisco Have So Few Families? Comparing San Francisco to Other U.S. Cities
February 18, 1998	SPUR Report	Zoning for More Housing Proposed changes to San Francisco's Planning Code and Zoning Map

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