Letters to the Editor
Fred Raker I’m not a conspiracy theorist, nor do I know what that term means. But I’ve become increasingly aware that letters to the editor in liberal, East Coast newspapers are predominantly…
Editorial
Op-Ed: Pier 70 Project Merits Comprehensive Transportation Solutions
Alison Heath 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…
Will Irish Hill Be Hidden?
Peter Linenthal and Steven Herraiz Development plans for Pier 70 call for five apartment buildings, six stories or taller, to surround the last piece of historic Irish Hill, a rocky outcrop backed by tall eucalyptus…
Pier 70 Heights More Than Reasonable
Art Agnos An opinion piece in last month’s The Potrero View (“Pier 70 Building Heights Would Block Bay”) and flyer distributed in the neighborhood that claimed that new buildings developed by Forest…
Tech Shuttle Sign of Growing Inequality
Mari Eliza Lingering controversy over “tech buses” – shuttles conveying high technology workers here, there, and everywhere – is related to who gets to ride them and how far a would-be passenger…
Why I Choose To Raise My Family in San Francisco
Stacey Delo It’s 8:19 a.m. We’re hustling to get out the door. If you walk past our house around this time you’ll hear my morning battery of questions: “Where are your shoes?…
Pier 70 Building Heights Would Block Bay
Don Clark The City and County of San Francisco intends to grant Forest City Enterprises rights to build a wall of nine-story buildings along the Central Waterfront, from 20th to 22nd streets,…
Why I Choose to Raise My Family in San Francisco
Max Garrone I moved to San Francisco after attending college at the University of California, Santa Cruz because the City was full of beloved haunts, from Aub Zam Zam to Specs. Over…
Why I Choose to Raise My Family in San Francisco
Margaret Yang I choose to raise my family in San Francisco, and specifically Potrero Hill, because of the shared commitment to making the Hill better for everyone who lives here. In every…
Fight On!
Sara Moss The up swelling of post-election demonstrations – in Golden Gate and Dolores parks, and throughout the Bay Area and nation – shows how we can coalesce with one voice and…
Why I Choose to Raise My Family in San Francisco
Nik Tan The result of the presidential election brought home my reasons for wanting to raise my kids in a densely populated urban environment like San Francisco: diversity, diversity, diversity. Socio-economic, racial,…
San Francisco in the Rearview Mirror
Peter Rudolfi Last April, my wife, Rhonda, and I left San Francisco, our home for fifty-two years, to become permanent residents in Mexico. “We’re driving a car looking in the rearview mirror,…
We Must Reinvest for a Safe and Reliable BART
Jonathan Kass On November 8, you can dramatically improve our regional transportation system by voting “yes” on the BART bond, Measure RR. A “yes” for RR will bring $3.5 billion in investment…
OP-ED: Municipal Transportation Agency has Failed San Francisco
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s (SFMTA) plan for traffic was to make it disappear. That plan has failed miserably. SFMTA doesn’t appear to have a Plan B, other than…
Why I Choose to Raise My Family in San Francisco
Erin Loback I work in the East Bay. My coworkers who’ve fled over a bridge, through a tunnel, or down a freeway to raise their children frequently encourage me to move out…
View Election Recommendations
Potrero View Staff Editorial With 25 local measures, 17 state initiatives, and many, many candidates, voters need a decision framework, or guiding philosophy, to render thoughtful ballot decisions. One approach is to group measures…
OP-ED Keep the 25th Street Pedestrian Bridge Closed
Raymond O'Connor I live on Kansas Street, one block south of the 25th street footbridge bridge, and have been the Kansas Street SAFE Association captain since 2004. I believe that the bridge…
OP-ED New Islais Creek Bus Facility Not Living Up to its Promise
Robin Chiang This year, the long planned main building of San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s bus facility is under construction on Islais Creek’s north shore. When Muni conceived of the project, its…
OP-ED Reopen the 25th Street Pedestrian Bridge
Sasha Lekach Potrero Hill is like an island. Bound by Highway 101 and Interstate 280 and natural topography – hills are a great barrier for people and fog – the community is…
OP-ED City Can’t be Trusted to Protect Neighborhood Interests Related to NavCenter
Jeff Zacuto There’s general agreement that homelessness is one of San Francisco’s highest priority concerns, and that homeless individuals should be treated fairly, humanely, and with dignity. Few people choose to be…
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…
OP-ED Vote NO on Proposition B
Joni Eisen The Potrero Hill Democratic Club recommends voting against Proposition B on this month’s ballot. Proposition B would extend and augment the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department’s guaranteed portion of…
View Election Recommendations
PV Staff Proposition A, Public Health and Safety Bond: No. Proposition B, Recreation and Open Space Fund: No. Proposition C, Charter Amendment, Affordable Housing Requirements: Yes! Proposition D, Office of Citizen Complaints…
OP-ED IRS Phoney Threats to Sue
By Paul Kleyman, Special to The View The booming voice on my telephone answering machine was intimidating and scary: “This is the Internal Revenue Services.” The robo call told me…
OP-ED San Francisco’s Budget Out of Control
John Farrell Over the past several years the City has flourished. Tax revenues have increased substantially, as tourism and development has boomed, changing neighborhood character. The Mayor’s fiscal year (FY) 2015 budget…