Balancing Oakland's Budget
Closing the city’s structural deficit to move toward fiscal solvency and economic growth
Good Food for All: San Francisco Hospitals and Jails Commit to Improve Food Purchasing
News / Two years after beginning an assessment of their food purchasing practices, the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office and the Department of Public Health will start aligning these practices with standards set by the Center for Good Food Purchasing program. The goal is to leverage the agencies’ significant purchasing power by making choices that will improve the environment and human health.
SPUR-Sponsored Housing Bills Move Forward as State Legislative Session Enters Homestretch
News / Housing has been a top issue in the California Legislature this session, and SPUR has doubled down on our involvement in state bills. We’re sponsoring two housing bills and supporting a number of others. As the session comes to a close, we offer our take on the key bills that have our support.
The Future of Transportation
SPUR Report / Will the rise of new mobility services like Uber and bike sharing help reduce car use, climate emissions and demand for parking? Or will they lead to greater inequality and yet more reliance on cars? SPUR proposes how private services can work together with public transportation to function as a seamless network and provide access for people of all incomes, races, ages and abilities.
Can Private Mobility Services Support (Not Undermine) Public Transit?
News / SPUR explores how public transportation and private emerging mobility providers can play to their respective strengths, function as a seamless network, and provide access for people of all incomes, races, ages and abilities. Together we can create a transportation system with fewer car trips, lower greenhouse gas emissions and increased access for the region’s most vulnerable residents.
From Copenhagen to Tokyo
Research / Different countries have vastly different ways of organizing their housing policies and real estate markets. Could some of them hold solutions to the Bay Area’s housing crisis? To find out, SPUR and AECOM explored housing delivery in Copenhagen, Berlin, Vienna, Amsterdam, Tokyo and Singapore. Each has a compelling and noteworthy approach that could inform future policy innovation in the Bay Area.