Unfamiliar Terrain

Navigating complex Bay Area land use and real estate issues
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  1. calendar Sep 8th, 2023
    Shape What We're Reading
    By Matthew S. Stone, Craig Spencer
    What We're Reading, Watching, and Listening To: September 2023
    A roundup of news and multimedia from the Unfamiliar Terrain team: San Francisco These three new blocks of housing are among S.F.’s best. They’re for the formerly homeless (S.F. Chronicle): Exploring three recently completed complexes in San Francisco, and how they provide both shelter and services to improve lives. More than a dozen small businesses […]
  2. calendar Aug 7th, 2023
    Shape What We're Reading
    By Matthew S. Stone, Craig Spencer
    What We’re Reading, Watching, and Listening to: August 2023
    A roundup of news and multimedia from the Unfamiliar Terrain team: San Francisco San Francisco isn’t doomed. These 6 places show why (S.F. Chronicle): The City is not without its current challenges but, for most of its 49 square miles, its stories are more complex. Here are six vignettes that hint at the facets of this […]
  3. calendar Jul 10th, 2023
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    By Matthew S. Stone, Craig Spencer
    What We’re Reading, Watching, and Listening to: July 10, 2023
    A roundup of news and multimedia from the Unfamiliar Terrain team: San Francisco National Insight on Downtown San Francisco Recovery (Urban Land Institute): San Francisco can create a more commercially vibrant and socially inclusive downtown that attracts a diverse range of industries and employers, advances housing attainability, and promotes stronger leadership. Why SF’s ‘doom loop’ […]
  4. calendar Jun 2nd, 2023
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    By Matthew S. Stone, Craig Spencer
    What We’re Reading, Watching, and Listening to: June 2, 2023
    A roundup of news and multimedia from the Unfamiliar Terrain team: San Francisco The Luxury Shopping Oasis Emerging in San Francisco’s Struggling Downtown (Wall Street Journal): Although local foot traffic may be down, high-end stores are filled with luxury-shopping tourists. Here’s Mayor Breed’s new plan to fill vacant storefronts near Union Square (San Francisco Chronicle): […]
  5. calendar May 5th, 2023
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    By Matthew S. Stone, Craig Spencer
    What We're Reading, Watching, and Listening to: May 5, 2023
    A roundup of news and multimedia from the Unfamiliar Terrain team: San Francisco Housing Wonks on a Mission to Shorten S.F.’s Permitting Process (Fixing Our City Podcast): Assemblymember Matt Haney and YIMBY advocate Bilal Mahmood explain how to spur housing construction. Planning Commission approves major legislative package to boost downtown San Francisco (San Francisco Business […]
  6. calendar Apr 7th, 2023
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    By Matthew S. Stone, Craig Spencer
    What We're Reading, Watching, and Listening to: April 7, 2023
    A roundup of news and multimedia from the Unfamiliar Terrain team: San Francisco S.F. housing production slows to crawl as state goals loom (San Francisco Chronicle): The Planning Department’s annual housing inventory showed housing production plummeted. 87 permits, 1,000 days of meetings and $500,000 in fees: How bureaucracy fuels S.F.’s housing crisis (San Francisco Chronicle): […]
  7. calendar Mar 3rd, 2023
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    By Matthew S. Stone, Craig Spencer
    What We're Reading, Watching, and Listening to: March 3, 2023
    A roundup of news and multimedia from the Unfamiliar Terrain team: San Francisco ‘It’s insane’: Only-in-S.F. tactic to kill or slow housing might be on the chopping block (San Francisco Chronicle): Assembly Bill 1114 could bar San Francisco from allowing building-permit appeals. Everything Is About the Housing Market (The Atlantic): Examining the impacts of high […]