OP-ED: Hidden Hazards at 300 De Haro Street
Alison Heath Last year DM Development invoked Senate Bill (SB) 35 to request streamlined review of its 11-story, 450-unit project proposed at 300 De Haro Street. Last month it was quietly entitled…
Alison Heath
OP-ED: Potrero Power Station Should be Developed as a Neighborhood Asset
Development of the 29-acre Potrero Power Station could bring much needed public services and shoreline access to our waterfront. And yet, no firm commitment to any specific community benefits that…
Letters to the Editor – June 2018
Editor, Thanks for “Citizen Involvement Embedded in San Francisco’s Planning Process” in last month’s View. Note that there’s another approval process that wasn’t covered in the article: Large Project Authorization…
Op-Ed: Pier 70 Project Merits Comprehensive Transportation Solutions
Last month’s The Potrero View’s coverage of Forest City’s Pier 70 “Mega Project” extolled the many benefits of the 28-acre development, with little consideration of its negative impacts. Contrary to…
OP-ED The Eastern Neighborhoods Plan has Failed Us
In the late-1990s, before the dot-com bubble burst, San Francisco’s eastern neighborhoods faced many of the same issues as today: rapid gentrification and displacement. In Potrero Hill and Dogpatch real…