Why housing costs keep rising in San Francisco

Medium.com January 22, 2014 If you love San Francisco, as I do, it’s hard to watch the transformation of the city into a place that is extraordinarily expensive and increasingly exclusive. As a transportation planner, I used to view housing as a related issue, but not...

Mayor Ed Lee has a housing solution

San Francisco Chronicle January 17, 2014 Mayor Ed Lee thinks he has a solution to slow the accelerating problem of homeowners being priced out of San Francisco and the Bay Area – build new housing at perhaps the fastest rate in the city’s history....

Mayor Lee’s 2014 State of the City Address

SFGOV January 17, 2014 I wanted to come here and talk to you about the State of our City because this place, the Shipyard, links our proud past to an even more promising future. Behind me, hundreds – and soon thousands – of new homes for middle class...

San Francisco’s Million Dollar Homes Spur Condo Surge

Bloomberg Jun 26, 2013 Kimberly Boortz began searching for a San Francisco condominium after seeing the heated demand for single-family homes in the city. Potential buyers would “elbow their way around” showings, and only all-cash offers or bids well over the asking...

Candlestick to get a smashing farewell

San Francisco Chronicle Feb 3, 2013 It hosted two World Series, The Catch and the Beatles’ last concert. Now it looks like Candlestick Park will go out with a blast next year to make way for a shopping center. Plans are to blow up the 69,000-seat stadium with a...