With the new agency and leadership in place, SPUR recommends priority reforms in service planning, transit-first, labor-management relations, service standards, new revenues and land use coordination.

This measure appeared on the March 2000 San Francisco ballot. What it does The Bayview Hunters Point Reparations Act is an initiative proposal sponsored by the "Progressive Left Slate," which includes San Francisco Frontlines newspaper editor Carlos Petroni and former mayoral candidate Lucrecia Bermudez. This act defines Bayview Hunters Point to be the same as Supervisorial District No. 10 and is a declaration of…

This measure appeared on the March 2000 San Francisco ballot. What it does The city operates four public assistance programs for the indigent and dependent poor of San Francisco under which it may, and does in fact, provide benefits in cash, services, or a combination of both. These public assistance programs provide benefits of between $294 and $364 per month, which is paid in…

This measure appeared on the March 2000 San Francisco ballot. What it does Currently, members of the Board of Supervisors must pay for a portion of their city health benefits and do not receive any retirement benefits from the city. Proposition D is a charter amendment that would allow the city to pay the full cost of health benefits for members of the Board…

This measure appeared on the March 2000 San Francisco ballot. What it does Proposition C is a charter amendment to extend the city's Open Space Fund and establish a Citizen's Advisory Committee to oversee the Fund. It would also allow the Recreation and Parks Department to issue revenue bonds, capture revenues in a dedicated revenue fund, hold onto savings generated from departmental efficiencies, and…

This measure appeared on the March 2000 San Francisco ballot. What it does An $87 million bond measure to renovate and expand the California Academy of Sciences.Why it is on the ballot The California Academy of Sciences is a private, non-profit educational institution that manages and operates a collection of museums and other facilities located in Golden Gate Park, including the Natural History…

This measure appeared on the March 2000 San Francisco ballot. What it does Proposition A is a $110 million general obligation bond measure that will fund acquisition, repair, and improvement of San Francisco's neighborhood parks, fields, and natural areas. This bond measure is on the ballot in conjunction with Proposition C, a charter amendment that will reform the way the Recreation and Park Department…

This article is the text of the keynote address delivered at a community forum focused on livability issues and Federal, State and local decisions that impact the quality of life for San Francisco.

This is an introduction to the core principle of car-sharing: that providing the mobility of cars without requiring private ownership will reduce their use. It reports on the creation of the new nonprofit City CarShare.

Includes SPUR's analysis of seven city measures on the March 7, 2000 ballot.

The change of electing the Board of Supervisors by district will have a dramatic effect on both who is elected and what they accomplish. SPUR explores voting behavior and San Francisco demographics to gauge the impact.

Richard Deleon addresses the contemporary issues shaping San Francisco’s political culture. In particular, he evaluates the challenges of Glocalization, Regionalism, and District Elections

David Lee discusses demographic patterns, cultural shifts and other changes that directly effect the Asian population in San Francisco.

Neils Erich lays out the conflicts between Pac Bell and the new telecom companies competing for business freed up by the FCCs ruling allowing competition for Pac Bell. As well, at question are the rights of building owners vs. tenants vs. the telecom companies.

A review of SPUR’s work to reform Muni starts in 1995 and ends with a hopeful look ahead after the passage of Proposition E, which created the Municipal Transportation Agency.

SPUR’s call for a high-speed rail system addresses seven basic questions, from technology to station locations, route alignment and funding.

Jasper Rubin outlines the transformation of the San Francisco Port as a working industrial port to a commercially zoned waterfront. The collapse was due in part to mechanical and engineering progress that San Francisco didn't have the space or resources...

The evolution of common-law notions of water ownership has left San Francisco with a rich set of laws and precedents for use of its waterfront. While it is prohibited in California to develop trust lands for housing or general office use, some projects have managed to slide through...

President Nixon's New Federalism Richard Nixon's first term as president was the one that featured the "new Nixon" – with Daniel Patrick Moynihan as a senior urban policy advisor, passage of several major environmental laws, and creation of the New Federalism. This last item included consolidating all major grant programs administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development into a Community Development Block Grant…

SPUR suggests that any enacted living wage measure should apply only to companies in contract with the city. Before anything is approved the city needs to demonstrate the where the funds will come from, and examine what adverse effects might result.