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SUPERVISOR CAMPOS STRIKES OUT AGAIN
San Francisco Supervisor David Campos had his chance to present his proposal for a moratorium on market rate housing in portions the of Mission during the June 2nd Board of Supervisors meeting. Without doubt this was the longest Board Meeting in recent memory, 2:00 pm through 12:00 am, mostly taken up by public comment, most of which
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CHARLES MURRAY ON REBUILDING LIBERTY
Charles Murray, of The Bell Curve and Losing Ground fame, has a new modest proposal, which he discussed during his presentation at the Commonwealth Club on May 18th. The proposal, outlined in Dr. Murray’s latest book By the People: Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission, suggests that ordinary people who are aware of how far this
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CAMPOS’ MISSION DISTRICT MORATORIUM – OTHERWISE KNOWN AS NIMBY
San Francisco Supervisor David Campos has introduced Ordinance #150461 “Zoning-Interim Moratorium on New Residential Uses and Elimination of Production, Distribution, and Repair Uses in a Portion of the Mission Area Plan of the General Plan.” The progressive faction of the Board – Mar, Kim, Avalos and Yee – are co-sponsors. This “Urgency Ordinance” prohibits the
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ARE LABOR UNIONS OBSOLETE, OR JUST OBSTINATE?
The new factories and machines of the late 19th century changed the world forever. Craftsmen became obsolete and farmers left the land to work in cities. Predictably, as cities became crowded with potential workers, conditions in factories deteriorated. Fourteen-hour work days were common, as was child labor. In this environment, workers organized, formed labor
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MAYOR LEE TO BUILD 30,000 RESIDENTIAL UNITS – BY WHEN AGAIN?
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee wants to resolve the high cost of housing in San Francisco by promising 30,000 residential units by 2020, that’s five years from now. How realistic is that promise? Let’s review. June 2014: Voters approved Proposition B requiring developers to seek voter approval prior to construction of any project on land
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THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN OUR TAX DAY SYMPOSIUM!
The Libertarian Party of San Francisco, host of “Tax Day Symposium 2015: Housing for All – The Supply, The Planning and The Realities,” wishes to thank everyone who gave freely of their time to help make this event a success. Panelists Randal O’Toole and Sonja Trauss, as well as moderator Starchild, kept the audience totally
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PRESS RELEASE – Zombies to Comply with IRS Tax Demands
April 1, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The San Francisco Cemetery Association announced today that zombies will be rising en masse from the dead this coming April 15th in order to pay their taxes. The group received a threatening letter from the IRS after the agency reportedly discovered that many of their residents have not
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WHERE DOES AFFORDABLE HOUSING COME FROM?
In the old days people used to call it “Using OPM.” Today the same phenomenon is called a “Voter Revolt.” Or at least that is what Jon Golinger calls it in his Opinion piece in the S.F. Examiner of March 15. Golinger was the driving force behind the wildly successful “No Wall on the Waterfront”
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LIBERTARIANISM 101
Good job by Starchild, our Outreach Director, explaining the basic principles of libertarianism on Brian Donovan’s “Post News Hour” (KPR1.com). Thank you to Brian for his interest! Starchild’s crucial message: The current political system is rigged in favor of insiders, leaving the majority of us victims of that system. It does not have to be this
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PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT AREAS: BUILT-IN NIMBY PLAN?
Libertarians are forever sounding alarms about the consequences of legislative decisions. Besides challenges to individual self determination, property rights, and voters’ ability to hold accountable via the ballot box individuals who make decisions on our behalf, Plan Bay Area is predictably contributing to the housing crunch. As we noted in our article Priority Development Areas