I was recently introduced to the concept of ‘POSIWID’ (the purpose of a system is what it does), and I think we can say that San Francisco’s old land use regulations were designed to send housing prices skyrocketing www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

horrible. this country’s turn away from science based medicine in the name of “wellness” is killing children and will kill a lot more. www.propublica.org/article/more...

Sam Crow Alert! www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti... Thanks as always to @peterhartlaub.bsky.social for helping to bring these images to the public. #sfmemory #sfhistory

On Monday, April 13, D9 Neighbors will host @conniechansf.bsky.social for our second Congressional candidate housing chat! Join us for snacks, socializing and the specifics of Connie's positions on housing. An RSVP is required, so sign up now!

“In many ways it’s a time capsule. And it will be here for another 100 years.” For the Grand Lake’s 100th birthday 🎂🍿 I wrote about a romance between a man and architecture — and how it rescued the best theater in the Bay Area. Gift link for The Town 🌳🎁 www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

“If Kamala wins, only death and destruction await because she is the candidate of endless wars. I am the candidate of peace. I am peace.” - Trump, 11/1/24 “I’m not going to start a war, I’m going to stop wars.” - Trump, 11/5/24

Ossoff: "There are some folks who are doomscrolling in the fetal position. Every day there is a new outrage. It's easy I know to fear that maybe we could lose our republic. I think what John Lewis would tell us is it's up to us. We have the power to right the ship. Nobody is gonna do it for us."

As a Houston native, I am obligated to share any article featuring a scale model of The Woodlands! Also, I am ~fine~ with the idea of new towns, but never at the exclusion of infill- we need to walk and chew gum at the same time [gift link] @conordougherty.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...

Thank you @jkdineen.bsky.social for shining a light on this Potrero/Dogpatch stairway slog! I lived on the west side of the hill and commuted via the 22nd Street Caltrain station for many years, and this stair would have been very helpful [gift link] www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...

“Sky-high property values create their own kind of instability. Parents who find their retirement accounts flush with home equity might not feel good about it when their grandchildren can’t afford to live nearby.” @conordougherty.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...

one thing the trump era has made clear, i think, is that the american people themselves are far more committed to the values of our founding documents than our elites

When they decided to teach the kids (such as my 11yo) a lesson I don't think they understood the lesson was fuck ICE

“8 to 80”: If you design a city that works for 8-year-olds as well as 80-year-olds, you’ll likely serve everyone in between. Let’s do it, @lukebornheimer.com! @aarieff.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/arti...

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Thanks to @thefrisc.bsky.social for featuring us in today's article on "How To Delay Affordable Senior Housing in SF, Despite a Law That Blocks Appeals" thefrisc.com/how-to-delay...

hey Square, shutting off a block of the primary N-S bike commute path, just as hundreds of parents are bringing their kids home after school, with zero indication of alternate routes, is a shitty thing to do and a great way to piss off thousands of people! @sfmta.com : just keep the bike lanes open

The Twins have a number of existing t-shirts that inadvertently work as "Minnesota solidarity" gear, but you really have to dig for them! Missing an opportunity here, guys 😄

i have been reading Tom Ricks’ “Fighting the Good War” which is a military analysis of the civil rights movement, and one thing that comes abundantly across is that movement leaders and ordinary people made it a practice to refuse to fall into despair and cynicism.

what you clearly see, CLEARLY, is a driver who is spooked by the agents grabbing her door, takes steps to drive away, and is immediately shot as moves her vehicle *away* from the agents.

Congratulations to D9 Neighbors leadership team member Ruth Ferguson! Just appointed to the City College board by Mayor Daniel Lurie today! www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/l...

The latest numbers are in: Congestion pricing cut 27M car trips in 2025. Commutes got faster Streets got safer And business went up See more exclusive analysis - and feedback from 600+readers - in our latest collab with @upshot.nytimes.com Free link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Hey, it’s @milesintransit.com in the @nytimes.com! Very cool odyssey to honor the MetroCard 🫡 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/n...

Come help us celebrate all D9 Neighbors for Housing has accomplished this year, and also raise money to support the great work Mission Food Hub does in the neighborhood! RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/d9-ne...

Like the author's family, my family is very fortunate overall, but helping aging relatives is still extremely difficult! I can't imagine how it is for those with fewer resources, especially under the current administration www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...

Didn’t mom tell us not to copy other people’s homework?

Amen from @conordougherty.bsky.social: "The ultimate impact of the builder’s remedy is likely to be measured not just in units that are built by using it, but in the ones built in fear of it." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...

“Somebody once suggested that the dwellers in the Isle of Man earned a precarious livelihood by taking in each other’s washing.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50. California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections. Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.

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Well said by @jamellebouie.net: "...if the experience of Lincoln suggests anything, it is that there can be no real success without principle — ironclad and unyielding." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

"The sheer number of American elites willing to acquiesce to the destruction of democratic institutions is demoralizing. But it’s worth noting that many ordinary people seem to be made of sterner stuff." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Truly moving, and always worth a read or re-read ❤️ @jennifersenior.bsky.social

Not building housing screws young people, pushes them out & tanks future economic success. We need to make it easier & faster to build the homes we need for a bright future. Our current vetocracy need to change & we’re working to change it.

Big tax cut bills typically don't leave the poor worse off. Bills cutting the safety net don't normally include benefits for the rich. The GOP reconciliation bill is something we haven't really seen before. w/ @aliciaparlap.bsky.social + @sangerkatz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Our events chair (and affordable housing expert extraordinaire) Kate Voshell is featured in this terrific story from @thenation.com about the proposal to turn swaths of North Beach into a historic district: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

That San Diego neighborhood that stood up to ICE officers last week is also fighting new housing that could make things affordable for people like the restaurant worker they stormed the streets to defend. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/arti...

My tribute to "Midnight Caller," the best filmed-in-San Francisco TV show I've watched, that weirdly fell off the face of the earth. (Probably because of the Sade song on the soundtrack.) It ages well, as a window into the melancholy 1980s in the city. 📺 🌁 www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

The perfect @conordougherty.bsky.social article doesn’t exi- www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/b...

"Mr. Anderson’s hope, he said, is that the project will inspire others and show cities that multifamily living can coexist in single-family neighborhoods." @conordougherty.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/b...

Thank you, @sfchronicle.com for featuring D9 Neighbors on the front page of the paper, online, and in your daily newsletter today! www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/n...

What a great group of neighbors! Thanks to all who joined us on today's Forbidden Housing tour. (Here's the group, looking good in front of the Art Deco El Capistrano Apartments in the Mission, an example of the type of housing that couldn't be built under today's rules!)

Powerful op-ed in the @sfchronicle.com today from D9 Neighbors member Caroline McCormack! "I live in Bernal Heights. Mayor Lurie, please upzone my neighborhood." www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

Scenes from the Houston @50501movement.bsky.social “Be Someone: Resist and Build Community” event today!

Hello from Sunset Dunes, SF’s newest park! Great job @oceanbeachpark.org, @sfrecpark.bsky.social, and everyone else who made it happen! #SunsetDunes

Incredible turnout from our members to speak in favor of adding Bernal Heights to @mayorlurie.bsky.social's terrific Expanding Housing Choice plan! Thanks to @missionlocal.org for reporting on our request: missionlocal.org/2025/04/sf-u...

On April 26, Join D9 Neighbors for Housing for a Forbidden Housing Tour, where you'll uncover the zoning outlaws and architectural rebels housing hundreds of San Franciscans in plain sight. Space is limited, so secure your spot today. actionnetwork.org/events/forbi...

Today is SF Transit Operator Day. It’s a great day to ride Muni to work, to school, to the park, to the shops, to City Hall. And it’s a great they to thank your operator, taking you there safely. www.sftransitoperator.day

Join D9 Neighbors for Housing for a tour of the DignityMoves tiny-home village on Sat., 3/8. Space is limited - RSVP required. We'll debrief over lunch afterward for those who are interested. actionnetwork.org/events/tour-...