What is Sustainability?
How do we move from business as usual, to green approaches, to system that is truly sustainable?
Author: Tom
San Francisco removes minimum parking requirements citywide
On December 21, the Mayor signed Supervisor Jane Kim’s ordinance eliminating minimum parking requirements citywide. The ordinance goes into effect on January 20. In October, the City’s Planning Commission unanimously recommended removing citywide parking...
November 2018 Election Recap: Wins for housing, transportation, and open space
The results of the November 6 election are mostly counted. The big national news is that the Democratic Party will control the House of Representatives for the next two years, breaking the Republicans’ monopoly...
Livable City Voter Guide – November 6, 2018 general election
Livable City Voter Guide November 6, 2018 general election This November, voters have a opportunity to expand affordable housing opportunities and protect vulnerable Californians from homelessness and displacement. We can also invest in,...
Recommendations for the June 5, 2018 election
Election Day is near. If you haven’t already, come out to vote on Tuesday, June 5. Here are Livable City’s recommendations for the ballot measures and propositions to make San Francisco a more equitable,...
Rethinking Residential Zoning
Residential zoning districts encompass 70 percent of San Francisco’s private land. Current zoning permits only one or two units per lot on most of the City’s residentially-zoned land. As the housing crisis in San...