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Re:Changing San Francisco is foreseen as a haven for wealthy... by dcposch on Monday January 23, 2017 @05:28PM (#13466735)
I made a zoning map of SF yesterday. A lot of our city is sprawl, too: one house, one driveway, one garage per lot.

https://dcpos.ch/yimby/zoning

We can get two birds with a stone by building housing: make our city more walkable and beautiful, and also alleviate the housing shortage .

Want to support infill, upzoning, and want to beat the NIMBYs? Consider joining SF Yimby.

It's a small group of ppl who care a lot about this, they're smart and effective, and many of these local issues are right on the bubble around 50% support in low turnout elections. This means, with a bit of activism, you can swing the outcome.

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Re:Changing San Francisco is foreseen as a haven for wealthy... by nshelly on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @01:22AM (#13469223)
I'd also recommend joining the efforts to put "split roll" (removing the Prop 13 restrictions for commercial property) on the ballot in 2020. The biggest turnouts are in presidential election years and there should be an electrified voter base then. Zoning is often favored by well-heeled incumbents, many who get a free ride on new homeowners, and with a stable tax base cities can begin to invest again in more infrastructure, schools, parks, etc.

https://www.facebook.com/MakeItFairCA/videos/164108883947055...

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Re:Changing San Francisco is foreseen as a haven for wealthy... by who_is_firing on Monday January 23, 2017 @07:46PM (#13467840)
This is awesome. I'd like to support yimby efforts. Do you have a link where I can see how I can contribute as developer?
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Re:Changing San Francisco is foreseen as a haven for wealthy... by cwsmith17 on Monday January 23, 2017 @09:22PM (#13468306)
Their website is SFYIMBY.org. I work for another organization that does similar work called the San Francisco Housing Action Coalition.

There are plenty of pro-housing organizers in San Francisco if you're willing to get plugged in and volunteer.

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Re:Changing San Francisco is foreseen as a haven for wealthy... by schrodinger on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @05:18AM (#13470155)
Clickable: https://sfyimby.org
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Re:Changing San Francisco is foreseen as a haven for wealthy... by dcposch on Friday January 27, 2017 @08:40PM (#13504289)
@who_is_firing what's your Github?
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Re:Changing San Francisco is foreseen as a haven for wealthy... by foggyeyes69 on Monday January 23, 2017 @08:57PM (#13468199)
How do you join?
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Re:Changing San Francisco is foreseen as a haven for wealthy... by SonjaKT on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @12:32AM (#13469056)
Add the sfbarf/ sfYimby calendar to your google calendar: http://www.sfbarf.org/

As you can see, there's at least one thing to do per week. Our monthly meetings are the 1st Wednesday of the month but there is a ton of stuff to do besides that.

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Re:Changing San Francisco is foreseen as a haven for wealthy... by dcposch on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @12:27AM (#13469034)
sfyimby.org !

there are meetings every month, next one should be posted soon. https://facebook.com/pg/sfyimbyparty/events/

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Re:Changing San Francisco is foreseen as a haven for wealthy... by dcposch on Friday January 27, 2017 @09:24PM (#13504457)
Also @foggyeyes69, do you have a Github?

Putting together a list of technologists who care about Yimby stuff.

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