District 5 Diary
Rob Anderson's commentary on San Francisco politics from District 5
Friday, March 24, 2023
Thursday, March 23, 2023
People in SF moving in "wrong direction"?
SFMTA climate road map |
Labels: Anti-Car, Cycling, Muni, Streetsblog
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
No panic---yet
The Atlantic Daily |
There’s no success story here. The complexity of financial regulations and the dullness of balance-sheet minutiae should not lull any American into misunderstanding what has happened. Nor should the lack of a broad meltdown make anyone feel confident. The bank failed. The government failed. Once again, the American people are propping up a financial system incapable of rendering itself safe.
Labels: History
Diet Pepsi or Diet Coke?
He[Ron DeSantis] is parroting Kremlin propaganda. He’s undermining NATO. He’s endangering America by emboldening other dictators with "territorial disputes," starting with China’s Xi Jinping. He’s betraying the heroism and sacrifice of the Ukrainian people.He’s turning himself into a kind of Diet Pepsi to Trump’s Diet Coke. He’s showing he’s just another George Costanza Republican, whose idea of taking a foreign policy stand is to “do the opposite” of whatever the Democrats do.
Labels: China, Right and Left, Russia, The Repugnant Party, Trump, Ukraine
Monday, March 20, 2023
Monday, March 13, 2023
People's Park
People's Park |
Labels: Bay Area, Berkeley, CEQA, Democratic Party, Environment, Gavin Newsom, History, UC Extension
Sunday, March 12, 2023
Saturday, March 11, 2023
Friday, March 10, 2023
Religious dogma versus reality
Labels: Abortion, Atheism and Religion, The Repugnant Party
Wednesday, March 08, 2023
Tom Cotton
Labels: The Repugnant Party
Tuesday, March 07, 2023
Talking "tough"---and dumb---on CEQA
Labels: Berkeley, California, CEQA, Environment, SF Chronicle
Saturday, March 04, 2023
Zombie high-speed rail project staggers on
Monte Wolverton |
Dan Walters on Cal Matters:
“Ten thousand jobs created is one of many milestones to come on this historic project, and the Federal Railroad Administration remains committed to strengthening state partnerships to advance even more progress and deliver the passenger rail benefits people want and deserve.”
“The project, as currently planned, would cost too much and take too long,” Newsom said as he took office. “There’s been too little oversight and not enough transparency. Right now, there simply isn’t a path to get from Sacramento to San Diego, let alone from San Francisco to L.A. I wish there were.”
Labels: California, Democratic Party, Gavin Newsom, High-Speed Rail, History, The Repugnant Party
Wednesday, March 01, 2023
SF and Vision Zero: "How are we doing?"
Vision Zero |
Labels: History, Slow Streets, Traffic in SF, Vision Zero
Monday, February 27, 2023
High-speed rail project: still dumb
Labels: California, China, High-Speed Rail, History, Rail Projects
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Russia's disastrous invasion of Ukraine
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Monday, February 20, 2023
Help Ukraine beat Russia
Biden and Zelensky |
Cowardly attacks on Bay Area cyclists
Deliberately hit by motorist |
Labels: Bay Area, Cycling and Safety, Hate/Terrorism
Saturday, February 18, 2023
Thursday, February 16, 2023
Waiting to see all the JFK files
Saturday, February 11, 2023
The hidden horror
NY Times |
Labels: Animals
Friday, February 10, 2023
Killing pigs for food in China and the US
24 floors dedicated to breeding and raising pigs. Photo: Gilles Sabrié for The New York Times |
In today's NY Times:
Labels: Animals, California, China, Crime, Environment, Pandemic, SF Chronicle