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    IDEAS &

    ACTIONFOR A

    BETTERCITY

    SPUR 2015

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    SPUR

    WORKS TOMAKE CITIES

    BETTER

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    BAY AREA ECONOMIC PROSPERITY STRA

    This year we brought together an unprecedented s

    leaders from business, labor and the public sector

    one of the most difficult problems facing our regio

    improve economic opportunities for the region’s 1.

    lower-wage workers. Read more on page 23 .

    2030 TRANSPORTATION TASK FORCE

    San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee asked SPUR Executiv

    Gabriel Metcalf to co-chair a task force that would

    a long-term vision for the city’s transportation sy

    and a funding plan to make it real. The 2030 Task

    proposed nearly $3 billion in key capital investme

    would transform San Francisco’s transportation n

    Read more on page 43.

    WE BRING

    PEOPLETOGETHER

    TO SOLVE BIGPROBLEMS

    SPUR convenes people from across the

    political spectrum to identify pressing

    problems and develop strategies to

    solve them. We come up with answers

    that are practical, hard-hitting and

    results-oriented.

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    SHAPING THE FUTURE OF SAN JOSE

    San Jose’s ambitious Envision 2040 General Plan d

    city’s growth into walkable, mixed-use “urban villa

    transportation corridors. Working with city staff, e

    officials and other advocates, we can make the vis

    ideas of the 2040 plan workable for real-world dev

    Read more on page 15.

    HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IN SAN FRANC

    When San Francisco housing prices skyrocketed, c

    affordability crisis in the city, SPUR emerged as a b

    voice, convening all sides of the issue to develop a

    of action. We directed the debate to focus on the m

    concrete steps we can take at the local level to brin

    back down. Read more on page 31.

    WEADVOCATE

    FOR CHANGE

    We don’t stop at coming up with policy

    proposals; we work to get them put into

    practice. We engage decision-makers

    and drive the conversation in the media.

    Our goal is to create the civic will

    necessary for action.

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    WE

    CONNECTA GLOBALNETWORK

    OF

    URBANISTS

    MISSION CREEK SEA LEVEL RISE CONSOR

    We launched a project with local partners and the

    government to explore climate adaptation strateg

    Mission Creek, one of San Francisco’s most vulnera

    locations for flooding from sea level rise. Drawing

    lessons of water control techniques in the Netherla

    are adapting leading-edge climate science for the

    Read more on page 39.

    THE RESILIENT CITY

    SPUR’s comprehensive Resilient City initiative repr

    some of the most in-depth and influential urban po

    on planning for a major earthquake. Oregon and W

    have developed resiliency plans patterned after ou

    and our policies have informed post-earthquake re

    efforts in Haiti, Chile, New Zealand and Japan. Rea

     page 19.

    SPUR helps people and cities learn from

    one another. We host talks by leaders

    from around the world and connect the

    Bay Area to the forward-thinking cities

    that are inventing the next generation of

    policy solutions.

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    MARKET AND OCTAVIA NEIGHBORHOOD

    More than 10 years in the making, San Francisco’s

    Octavia Neighborhood Plan proposed putting talle

    on Market Street while preserving the residential fa

    nearby neighborhoods. The recession stalled these

    a crop of carefully selected buildings has finally be

    shape on the sites of former parking lots and gas s

    all within walking distance of Muni metro and BAR

    worth the wait.

    TRANSBAY TRANSIT CENTER

    It took decades of advocacy and planning, but tod

    are watching San Francisco’s new Transbay Transi

    rise from the ground. The transit center will suppo

    high-rise district and will ultimately connect San F

    Silicon Valley with an electrified Caltrain line. This

    not done yet, but we are committed to seeing it th

    WE STICKWITH ISSUESOVER THE

    LONG TERM

    Real change doesn’t happen

    overnight — it can take years and even

    decades. SPUR stays with issues across

    mayoral terms and business cycles. As

    a 105-year-old organization, we’re here

    for the long run.

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    GETTING SILICON VALLEY MOVING

    Members flocked to more than a dozen transporta

    at our San Jose office this year. Timely conversatio

    hotly anticipated arrival of BART and bus rapid tra

    Jose packed the building and reasserted the impor

    multi-modal transportation network across Silicon

    UNBUILT SAN FRANCISCO

    Our exhibition Unbuilt SF: The View From Futures Pa

    ambitious five-venue partnership, looked at grand u

    that never came to pass. The show enjoyed our high

    attendance, as well as media coverage from around

    WE ENGAGEPEOPLE INTHE LIFE OFTHEIR CITY

    The urban conversation is taking place at

    SPUR. With more than 200 public events

    each year, an award-winning magazine

    and countless other resources, we foster

    public dialogue about the future of cities.

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    SPUR REPORT

     The Case for Urban Design in San Jose

    SPUR published its first San Jose policy report, Get

    Great Places: How Better Urban Design Can Strength

     Jose’s Future. Working closely with local leaders, we

    question: How do we retool a car-oriented built env

    for a more walkable urban future? Our report identi

    key attributes of walkable places and demonstrated

    importance of urban design to the economy, the en

    and public health. It also made hard-hitting recomm

    about urban village plans, the city’s project review

    planning and zoning codes, the public works code a

    management. SPUR.ORG / GREATPLACES

    Building Out San Francisco’s Neighborhood

    Between 2005 and 2013, San Francisco completed

    11 neighborhood plans, working with community sta

    to guide growth and future improvements in specifi

    the city. This was the main focus of SPUR’s planning

    through those years. Today we are watching the res

    fruit: More than 70 percent of the housing units now

    construction are in those plan areas. We believe the

    nuanced neighborhood planning process that San F

    uses is the right way to guide growth in the city and

    the community.

     COMMUNITY PLANNING

    BUILD GREATNEIGHBORHOODS

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    SPUR REPORT

     Making SF’s Historic Preservation Process

    Work for Everyone

    SPUR worked with San Francisco Architectural Heri

    release a major report, Historic Preservation in San F

    Making the Process Work for Everyone. In this joint

    report, Heritage and SPUR examined the city’s pro

    preservation planning, project review and decision-

    Together we recommended improvements to the pla

    department’s processes for conducting historic surv

    creating historic districts and reviewing proposed c

    historical resources. We presented this work to the

    Preservation Commission, and we will continue to

    Heritage to ensure that our recommendations are a

    SPUR.ORG / HISTORICPRESERVATION

    SPUR REPORT

    The Future of Downtown San Jose

    Downtown San Jose is the center of the Bay Area’s

    city and the most urban place in the South Bay. It isto be the region’s first stop on high-speed rail and a

    connection to the East Bay when BART completes i

    extension to Silicon Valley. Yet despite considerable

    downtown still lacks people. To help this urban cent

    its potential, we produced a long-range strategy fo

    The Future of Downtown San Jose. We identified six

    for improvements, including better land use, urban

    pedestrian orientation and opportunities to activate

    with events. The report received significant media c

    including front-page attention in the San Jose Merc

    and a segment on KQED’s Forum that was dedicate

    findings. SPUR.ORG / DOWNTOWNSANJOSE

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    BIG WIN

     San Francisco Votes to Strengthen

    Emergency Response

    In June, voters overwhelmingly approved Prop. A,

    general obligation bond to finance repairs to deter

    emergency facilities throughout San Francisco. Th

    will fund improvements to neighborhood firehouse

    city’s emergency water system — as well as the re

    of important police functions to new, seismically s

    facilities — through the Earthquake Safety and Em

    Response program. This was the second phase of

    part capital plan designed to fund repairs that wil

    the city to respond quickly and effectively after a

    earthquake or other disaster. SPUR called for the c

    of the capital plan and is pleased that San Francis

    now secure its capacity for emergency response i

    critical need.

    Resilience at Home and Abroad

    Since 2007, SPUR’s Resilient City initiative has publ

    seven major reports defining what San Francisco ne

    do to become resilient in a major earthquake. The c

    considers resilience in its 1 0-year capital planning p

    and it has created the nation’s first-ever Lifelines Co

    well as a Community Action Plan for Seismic Safety

    Earthquake Safety Implementation Program. SPUR have presented the Resilient City framework, policie

    recommendations in hundreds of lectures and discu

    worldwide. Oregon and Washington have develope

    plans patterned after our work, and the National Re

    Council’s 2012 study Disaster Resilience: A National

    uses our concepts in many of its recommendations

    U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology

    SPUR’s concepts as the backbone of an all-hazards

    framework that will eventually be used by commun

    craft their own programs. Internationally, SPUR’s po

    informed recovery efforts in areas struck by major e

    such as Haiti, Chile, New Zealand and Japan.

     DISASTER PLANNING

    MAKE OURCITIES RESILIENT

    IN A MAJOREARTHQUAKE

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    Next Steps for Mandatory Earthquake Retrofits in SF

    In 2013, San Francisco passed a landmark law to strengthen

    seismically unsafe apartment buildings. SPUR has long

    advocated for this legislation as part of our Resilient City

    initiative, and we’re pleased to see it underway at last. The city

    is now evaluating all potential “soft story” buildings (those

    with garage doors or large windows on the ground floor) to

    determine whether they need to be retrofitted. This year, San

    Francisco opened the Epicenter, a pop-up collaborative space

    for earthquake policy research and development, and the city

    continues to move the Earthquake Safety Implementation

    Program forward. We are thrilled with the gigantic steps San

    Francisco has taken to become a more resilient city.

    Securing Lifelines After a Disaster

    In spring 2014, the San Francisco Lifelines Council — a

    collaboration among all of the utility providers serving thecity — released a study outlining steps the city needs to take

    to ensure that it can recover from a major earthquake. The

    study looked at the interdependencies among lifelines: for

    example, how road debris could hinder efforts to provide

    water and gas to residences or how damage to our electric

    system could interrupt telecommunications. The study also

    called for several next steps, including further study of

    “choke point” areas (where there are heavy concentrations of

    infrastructure), further coordination among utility providers

    in planning for the days and weeks following a disaster and

    greater collaboration in plans to strengthen lifelines before

    the next earthquake happens.

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     ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

    LAY THEFOUNDATIONSOF ECONOMIC

    PROSPERITY — FOREVERYONE SPUR REPORT

     Building Economic Prosperity for the Bay

    SPUR and a team of partners helped the Bay Area w

    year, $5 million HUD Sustainable Communities Gran

    of the grant funded an Economic Prosperity Strateg

    region. The goal: improve economic opportunities fo

    than 1.1 million workers who earn less than $18 per h

    partners in the project include the Center for the Co

    Study of the California Economy, Eisen Letunic, t he

    County Union Community Alliance and Working Pa

    USA. Together we developed three goals that are n

    implemented through a series of pilot projects and funding across the region. SPUR.ORG / ECONOMICPROSPE

    Strengthening Pathways to Middle-Wage Jo

    Fundamental to improving economic opportunity is

    workers on a pathway to better jobs. Our Economic

    Strategy recommended improving basic skills, estab

    partnerships with employers to develop job training

    helping workers navigate an increasingly fluid job m

    Through support from the HUD grant, SPUR’s partn

    implementing these ideas in health care, tech suppo

    construction.

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     Growing the Economy, With a Focus on th

    There are fewer jobs in the middle than at the top a

    of the pay scale. Growing opportunities in the midd

    increasing housing construction and infrastructure i

    as well as expanding industries like education servicmanufacturing. SPUR supported the implementatio

    Bay Area and local and regional economic developm

    strategies, all of which worked to address these i ssu

    Upgrading Conditions in Lower-Wage Jobs

    Because not everyone can move up to middle-wage

    SPUR explored strategies that could improve the co

    workers who remain in l ower-wage jobs. Among ot

    SPUR supported the successful minimum wage incr

    San Francisco’s November ballot, which will raise th

    minimum wage to $15 by 2018.

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     GOOD GOVERNMENT

    SUPPORT LOCALGOVERNMENT

     San Francisco’s City Budget: Healthier Tha

    The last year has seen San Francisco’s budget fully

    from recession cutbacks to a new record high of nea

    $8 billion. This increase in the city’s resources is driv

    growth of jobs in the central city — the urban future

    that SPUR has identified and advocated. In the last

    Francisco added more jobs than any other large cou

    United States. The 2012 business tax reform measu

    took effect this year, has helped to ensure that a mo

    representative mix of businesses are contributing to

    General Fund.

    SPUR Ballot Analysis and Voter Guide

    SPUR’s seasoned Ballot Analysis Committee and Bo

    Directors deliberated all local measures on San Fran

    June and November ballots. The SPUR Voter Guide 

    comprehensive analysis of each measure, including

    con arguments for each side and a SPUR recomme

    position. This year we also took our first ballot posi

    Jose, recommending support of Santa Clara County

    a parcel tax to generate local funding for open spac

    initiative and the majority in San Francisco, voters s

    our recommendations and approved big wins for tra

    space and higher minimum wages. SPUR.ORG / VOTERG

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    onoring Great Public Sector Leadership

    PUR’s annual Good Government Awards ceremony celebrates

    xemplary leadership by managers who serve the City and

    ounty of San Francisco. These outstanding employees were

    onored for their service at our annual City Hall event, which

    as come to be known as the Oscars for public servants. The

    014 award honored Douglas Legg of the Department of Public

    Works; Zoon Nguyen of the Office of t he Assessor-Recorder;

    sa Wayne of the Recreation and Parks Department; the Office

    f the Public Defender’s Legal Educational Advocacy Program

    LEAP) Team; and the Public Utilities Commission’s Rim Fire

    mergency Response Team.

    orecasting SF’s Economic Fortunesach year, SPUR’s Municipal Fiscal Advisory Committee brings

    ogether top experts on the economy to discuss trends that

    ill affect the budget of the City and County of San Francisco.

    his expertise on real estate, hospitality, retail and other

    ectors helps the city staff develop revenue projections for the

    pcoming fiscal year. The news this year was mostly positive:

    an Francisco’s thriving, exporting tech industry is driving

    rowth across the rest of the local economy, increasing revenue

    r the city and providing funds for investment in improved

    ervices and enhanced infrastructure. SPUR is working to

    nsure that the city makes investments that are vital inputs for

    roadening and sustaining the region’s prosperity.

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    SPUR REPORT

    8 Ways to Make San Francisco More Afforda

    It’s no secret that San Francisco, and most of the Ba

    is in the midst of a terrible housing affordability cris

    worked more on this issue than on anything else ov

    year. We sought to get beyond the debates that hav

    the city’s efforts for too long: Build affordable or m

    housing? Our answer: Do both. While pundits aroun

    debated the cause of San Francisco’s housing afford

    crisis, we focused on practical solutions, releasing a

    plan, 8 Ways to Make San Francisco More Affordable

    of which were echoed by Mayor Ed Lee in his 2014 S

    of the City address and became the subsequent foc

    the Mayor’s Housing Working Group. From protecti

    controlled units to building both market-rate and pe

    affordable housing to launching a wave of experime

    how to produce middle-income homes, SPUR’s amb

    plan advocated to add housing at all i ncome levels.

    MAKESFAFFORDABLE

    Reforming SF’s Housing Approval Process

    In response to San Francisco’s housing affordability

    Mayor Lee formed a Housing Working Group to inv

    ways to produce more new housing and protect exihousing. Some recommendations were immediately

    place. The Planning Department now prioritizes affo

    housing projects in the pipeline and has improved c

    among city departments and transparency in the pe

    process. Additional fixes to the process are in the w

    including code improvements that will address stan

    exceptions and eliminate duplicate reviews, in addit

    to allowing more efficient environmental review wh

    appropriate. SPUR has long advocated for these kin

    process improvements and supports these targeted

    efforts to make the approvals process more efficien

    can build more housing.

     HOUSING

    MAKE ITAFFORDABLE TO

    LIVE HERE

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    BIG WIN

    A New Source of Housing — Legal In-Law Units

    A decades-long debate on legalizing secondary or “in-law”

    housing units in San Francisco finally ended this year when theBoard of Supervisors adopted legislation that sets up a process

    to make existing secondary units legal. Secondary units got a

    further boost from another piece of legislation that permitted

    new secondary units within the Castro neighborhood. Allowing

    homeowners to add secondary rental units to their property

    is one of the most promising strategies we have for increasing

    the supply of housing in San Francisco without significantly

    changing the character of its neighborhoods. SPUR has been a

    long-time advocate for secondary units and hopes the Castro

    legislation serves as a successful pilot for other districts.

    PUR REPORT

    e-Envisioning Public Housing

    013 was the year that San Francisco began to tackle its public

    ousing crisis. The San Francisco Housing Authority (SFHA) ownsnd manages 6,300 public housing units and administers roughly

    000 Section 8 vouchers throughout the city, representing a

    itical part of San Francisco’s affordable housing delivery system.

    ut the SFHA suffers from a structural operating deficit, and the

    gency does not have nearly enough funding to meet its capital

    eeds. A recent SFHA presentation estimated the cost of current

    nfunded capital needs at more than $270 million and funding

    only $10 million. In response to this crisis, SPUR released

    e-Envisioning the San Francisco Housing Authority , a report that

    etails how to offer high-quality affordable housing to public

    ousing residents in a way that is financially sustainable over the

    ng term. SPUR.ORG / HOUSINGAUTHORITY

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     Putting Plan Bay Area Into Practice

    In 2013, the Bay Area adopted its first Sustainable

    Communities Strategy, a state-mandated plan to figchange through land use plans that would reduce d

    This year the focus shifted to implementation. At a

    Plan Bay Area provides a framework laying out whe

    and housing should go in order to reduce our depe

    driving. It also aligns transportation investments to

    these goals. But to make this vision happen require

    our hands dirty with planning, zoning and projects

    and neighborhood level, all across the Bay Area. SP

    shape what was in the plan, and we continue to pro

    core concepts. We are also applying the lessons we

    from decades of planning work to make sure the reg

    cities accommodate their share of growth.

     REGIONAL PLANNING

    CONCENTRATEGROWTH INSIDEEXISTING CITIES

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    iridon Station: Shaping a Major Opportunity

    ear Transit

    ne of the best places to concentrate growth in the Bay Area is

    ound major regional transit hubs. San Jose’s Diridon Station

    ready provides significant transit service, including Caltrain,

    mtrak, Capitol Corridor, the Altamont Corridor Express, VTA

    nd other lines. With plans for BART and California High-

    peed Rail, Diridon will become an even more important node.

    ut it needs more development to match the high level of

    ansit service. This year, San Jose’s City Council unanimously

    pproved the Diridon Station Area Plan, which calls for almost

    million square feet of office space, 2,600 units of housing

    nd 420,000 square feet of retail. It focuses dense mixed-use

    rowth in a transit-rich infill location and includes much-

    eeded improvements to the pedestrian and bicycle network.

    PUR advocated for the plan and will work hard to ensure that

    e project development and transit infrastructure build on this

    rong foundation.

    PUR REPORT

    trengthening the Regional Food Systemhe Bay Area’s food system supports our greenbelt, employs

    undreds of thousands of people and helps reduce our

    reenhouse gas emissions. The food choices we make at

    rocery stores and farmers’ markets have an enormous impact

    n the region. Our report Locally Nourished   recommended

    series of policies that would help us capture more

    enefits from our food system. Our proposals emphasized

    e importance of preserving agricultural land as part of a

    reenbelt strategy, the economic development potential of

    e food industry, and ways the region could reduce its carbon

    otprint by diverting more food waste from landfills.

    UR.ORG / LOCALLYNOURISHED

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     SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

    REDUCE OURECOLOGICAL

    FOOTPRINT ANDPREPARE FOR

    CLIMATE CHANGE

     SPUR + Dutch Water Engineers =

    Sea Level Rise Strategy

    This year SPUR began work with the Dutch engineeARCADIS, the Port of San Francisco, the Bay Conse

    Development Commission and many other partners

    climate adaptation study. The focus is Mission Creek

    vulnerable to flooding as one of San Francisco’s low

    areas. Building on our years of work on climate ada

    and the Dutch government’s decades of experience

    progressive water-management strategies, we are d

    the toolkit of options we will need to protect San Fr

    and other coastal cities. This project marks SPUR’s

    international partnership and follows the Ocean Bea

    Plan in convening and engaging many entities in pla

    sea level rise.

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    PUR REPORT

    Green-Roof Road Map for San Francisco

    he hard, gray, uninteresting rooftops that cover 30 percent

    f San Francisco’s land area could be doing more for

    e city and the environment. But more productive and

    ustainable uses of rooftops — solar panels, wind turbines,reen stormwater infrastructure, urban agriculture, open

    pace and natural habitat — are often more expensive to

    stall and maintain. We convened a task force to identify

    hat can be done to support the development and broader

    mplementation of green roofs in San Francisco. In developing

    is policy road map, we brought together green-roof

    dvocates, building experts and city regulators to create a

    nified vision for how the city can best move forward.

    UR.ORG / GREENROOFS

    dapting to Climate Change at Ocean Beach

    his year we launched three projects to implement the

    ecommendations in our award-winning Ocean Beach Master

    an. The Ocean Beach Coastal Management Framework Team

    orked with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

    n a package of short-term measures to protect Ocean

    each while longer-term plans are in development. The

    cean Beach Transportation Study modeled changes to the

    affic system that will be required in order to close the Great

    ghway south of Sloat Boulevard and replace it with a coastal

    ail. Meanwhile, our design team developed coastal access

    mprovements for the area south of Sloat that are designed to

    dapt to a receding coastline. These projects put SPUR and its

    artners at the leading edge of coastal adaptation planning.

    roviding Incentives for Urban Farms

    PUR was instrumental in building grassroots support and

    dvocating for the Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones Act (A.B.

    51). The state bill, which passed with bipartisan majorities,

    ms to increase land access and land security for urban

    rming projects by allowing local governments to offer private

    ndowners a property tax reduction if they commit their land

    o urban agriculture use for at least five years. SPUR helped

    evelop the legislation, provided testimony and coordinated the

    upport of more than 25 organizations statewide. We are now

    orking to translate the legislation into action at the local level.

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    BIG WIN

     Getting Muni the Funding It Needs

    In his State of the City speech at the start of 2013, S

    Francisco Mayor Ed Lee made an important announ

    Fixing Muni was going to be a major area of focus f

    next two years, and Gabriel Metcalf, SPUR’s executi

    would co-chair a task force on how to do it. Workinco-chair Monique Zmuda from the San Francisco Co

    Office, SPUR helped facilitate a series of key discuss

    explored all aspects of San Francisco’s transportatio

    from pedestrian safety to Muni’s speed and reliabilit

    force presented a visionary set of plans for a compr

    capital reinvestment in the city’s transportation sys

    funded by general obligation bonds, sales tax dolla

    vehicle license fee. In November, voters approved th

    these, Prop. A, authorizing $500 million in bonds to

    Muni and city streets. These funds represent the firs

    obligation bonds for Muni and the l argest investme

    city’s transportation infrastructure ever passed by v

      TRANSPORTATION

    GIVE PEOPLEBETTER WAYS TOGET WHERE THEY

    NEED TO GO

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    A Muni Rapid Network Takes Shape

    San Francisco’s Transit First policy, adopted in 1973, began

    a new era this year. The final approval of environmental

    review for Muni’s Transit Effectiveness Program gives the

    San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) the

    green light to develop its planned rapid network, brandedas Muni Forward. This set of transit network changes and

    on-the-ground improvements will speed travel by 20 percent

    for 80 percent of Muni trips. Red bus-only lanes, new traffic

    signals and more accessible boarding are appearing all over

    San Francisco. The Transit Effectiveness Program is the result

    of the first major evaluation of Muni in 30 years, initiated in

    2006 and sparked by SPUR research. SFMTA collected an d

    analyzed extensive data, which included market research on

    customer preferences and priorities, changing travel patterns,

    and route-by-route Muni ridership data. Muni Forward is

    already reducing trip times, lowering operating costs and

    making Transit First a reality.

    SPUR REPORT

    Better Transportation Choices for Silicon Valley

    To succeed, a transportation system needs to give travelers the right range of choices for how to get around. But in su

    areas that grew up around the car, destinations are too far apart and land uses are not dense enough for transit, biking

    walking to be effective. Meanwhile, driving is reaching its limits as a reasonable solution. As traffic worsens in Silicon V

    it’s stalling economic growth, social equity and quality of life. SPUR took a look at how to get the South Bay, its peop

    economy moving in a more sustainable way. Our report Freedom to Move offered seven strategies that VTA, the count

    cities can use to expand their range of transportation choices. SPUR’s recommendations are informing VTA’s strategic

    process for a possible 2016 sales tax measure and the planning of future transit investments such as BART Silicon Val

    SPUR.ORG / VTA

    us Rapid Transit Breaks Ground in the South Bay

    he dense east side of San Jose, one of the most transit-

    endly corridors in the South Bay, will soon have fast, high-

    uality bus service in the form of bus rapid transit (BRT). In

    014, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)

    roke ground on the Santa Clara/Alum Rock route, the firstRT project in the Bay Area. SPUR advocated for the project

    o include the important features that make BRT unique — like

    edicated bus-only lanes throughout the entire route. While

    ot all of our recommendations prevailed, we’re pleased to

    ee VTA making a commitment to invest in the high-demand

    orridors where transit can best succeed.

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    SAN JOSE

    Our heartfelt than

    who made the SPU

    Jose Urban Cente

    John S. and James

    Foundation

    Cisco

    Barry Swenson Bu

    Gensler

    Toeniskoetter Con

    Adanac Fire Protectio

    Berliner Cohen

    Borelli Investment Com

    COG

    Creative Window Inte

    Elements Manufacturi

    Interface Inc.

    KBM Workspace

    LC Interiors, Inc.

    Maharam

    One Workplace

    Phalanx Plumbing, Inc

    Pivot Interiors

    Pro-Tech Painting, Inc

    Regional Mechanical,

    Roldan Construction,

    Serrano Electric, Inc.

    SIMS Metal Manageme

    VKK Signmakers, Inc.

    West Coast Contract F

    RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY

    In our first San Jose policy reports, we:

    • Explored the power of urban design to retool

    environments built for the car. Getting to Great Places 

    diagnosed the impediments San Jose faces in creating

    excellent, walkable urban places and recommended

    strategies for building a more sustainable future.

    • Identified six big ideas for how downtown San Jose

    could capture a greater share of activity and investment.The Future of Downtown San Jose put forth a set

    of recommendations, from land use and mobility

    opportunities to the use of public spaces.

    • Recommended new ways for the Santa Clara Valley

    Transportation Authority to build a great transportation

    network. Freedom to Move offered seven strategies for

    better transit, cycling and walking.

    • Proposed a bold vision for land use planning at San

    Jose’s first BART station. The Future of the Berryessa

    BART Station outlined six ways to make this a

    memorable, walkable place in its own right.

    POLICY IMPACTS

    This year we:

    • Championed the successful passage of the D

    Station Area Plan, a critical opportunity to bu

    and housing near a major transit hub.

    • Worked to support the existing North Sa n Jo

    Design Guidelines through committee meetin

    charrettes with city leaders and stakeholders

    • Advocated for transit improvements, such as efficiency, bus rapid transit, the electrification

    Caltrain system and BART to Silicon Valley.

    • Convened the Urban Catalyst Team, a group

    downtown business, civic and government le

    expand the dialogue on downtown revitalizat

    • Provided expertise and feedback of draft Urb

    plans and processes.

    When we first began working in San Jose in 2012, interest in

    our initiatives and demand for our programs quickly made itclear that our growing membership would need a permanent

    home. In response, we opened the SPUR San Jose Urban

    Center, a place for the San Jose community to come together

    around urban issues and engage with the future of the city.

    Our downtown storefront location has allowed us to expand

    our events calendar, develop more original programming and

    inaugurate exhibitions.

     THE OPENING OF THE

    SPUR SAN JOSEURBAN CENTER

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    We are living through a time of remarkable change. The Bay

    Area continues to generate ideas, companies and jobs — but

    this transformative growth is putting enormous strains on our

    urban systems.

    America is in love with cities again. But here in the

    walkable, urban parts of the Bay Area, the combination of

    our economic strength and our high quality of life is leading

    to astronomically high housing costs and overburdened

    transportation systems.

      We have spent the past year trying to navigate these

    strains while keeping an eye on our long-term agenda of

    sustainable, equitable urbanism. We continue to believe that

    the job-creation engine of the Bay Area economy is a good

    thing. The problem lies in our failed housing policies and our

    under-funded transit systems.

      Our job is to provide solutions to urban problems, and we’ve helped

    make progress on some absolutely critical issues this year, from raising San

    Francisco’s minimum wage to passing a $500 million transportation bond.

    We have deepened our region-wide work on climate change and economic

    development. And we have set forth an urban agenda for San Jose, where we

    are piloting a new set of transportation, land use and urban design solutions.

      On the core issue of housing affordability, however, we have had only

    partial success at best. SPUR has advocated for a clear approach that

    increases affordable, subsidized housing while also adding to the overall

    housing supply at all income levels. If this were easy to accomplish, it would

    be done by now. It’s going to take a long time and a lot of work, but we willstay with this issue for as long as i t takes.

      We live in one of the greatest places on the earth, and the problems we

    face come with the territory. Thank you for investing in our work to promote

    ideas and action for a better city.

    Gabriel Metcalf

    President & CEO

     LETTER

    IDEAS AND ACTIONFOR A BETTER CITY

     FINANCE

    2013-14 FISCAL YEAR

    SPUR INCOME ANDEXPENSES

    INCOME

    Grants $1,446,550 32%

    Membership $1,400,145 31%

    Special events $1,142,786 26%

    Earned revenues $466,108 10%

    Legacies and bequests $15,070 1%

    Tota l $4 ,470, 660 1 00%

    EXPENSES

    Policy, programs and

    publications

    $3,065,638 71%

    Development $643,874 15%

    Urban Center $318,736 7%

    Administration $312,592 7%

    Tota l $4 ,3 40, 84 0 1 00%

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    SPUR AnnualContributors

    We gratefully

    cknowledge the

    enerous contributions

    o SPUR’s operating

    unds made by the

    ollowing organizations

    nd individuals.

    We apologize for any omissions or inaccuracies

    this listing and will publish any corrections

    a future issue of The Urbanist. This list

    presents gifts made between January 1, 2013,

    nd September 30, 2014.

    Foundations & Grant

    Support

    11th Hour Project

    Applied Materials Foundation

    Bay Area Rapid Transit District

    Benevity

    Blum Family Foundation

    California Cultural and Historical

    Endowment

    Clarence E. Heller Charitable

    Foundation

    Clif Bar Family Foundation

    Coastal Conservancy

    Columbia Foundation

    The David and Lucile Packard

    Foundation

    East Bay Community Foundation

    Feldman Family Foundation

    Fletcher Bay Foundation

    Gaia Fund

    Good Ventures

    Herbst FoundationJewish Community Endowment Fund

    John & Marcia Goldman Foundation

    John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

    Joint Venture Silicon Valley

    Koret Foundation

    Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund

    Metropolitan Transportation

    Commission

    National Endowment for the Arts

    National Park Service

    New Belgium Family Foundation

    Northern California Community

    Loan Fund

    Pisces Foundation

    Port of San Francisco

    S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation

    S.H. Cowell Foundation

    San Francisco 49ers Foundation

    The San Francisco Foundation

    San Francisco Public Utilities

    Commission

    San Mateo County Health System

    Seed Fund

    Silicon Valley Community Foundation

    Surdna Foundation

    Tides FoundationToeniskoetter Family Foundation

    Urban Areas Security Initiative

    The Wallace Alexander Gerbode

    Foundation

    Walter and Elise Haas Fund

    Yerba Buena Community Benefit

    District

    Urban Infrastructure

    Council

    ARCADIS

    Arup

    CH2M HILL

    Gensler

    Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co.

    HNTB Corporation

    Parsons Brinckerhoff

    Parsons Corporation

    Perkins + Will

    Rutherford & Chekene

    Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

    Turner Construction Company

    Webcor Builders

    Business Members &

    Donors

    Arup

    AT&T

    Autodesk

    Bank of America

    Barry Swenson Builder

    Cisco Systems

    Clear Channel Outdoor

    Dignity Health

    Forest City Enterprises

    Gensler

    Google

    Hospital Council of Northern and

    Central California

    Kaiser Permanente

    Lennar Corporation

    macys.com

    MJM Management Group

    NRG Energy Center

    Pacific Gas and Electric Company

    Parsons Brinckerhoff

    Perkins + Will

    Recology

    Riverbed Technology

    Shorenstein Company

    Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

    Sobrato Development Companies

    Sutter Health/CPMCThe Swig Company

    Swinerton Builders

    Tishman Speyer

    Toeniskoetter Construction

    Webcor Builders

    Wells Fargo & Co.

    Adobe

    AECOM

    ARCADIS Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.

    Bank of the West

    Blum Capital Partners, LP

    BRE Properties Inc.

    Carmel Partners Inc.

    CH2M HILL

    Charles Salter Associates

    City of San Jose

    Comcast

    Crescent Heights

    Deloitte

    Deutsche Asset and Wealth

    Management

    DPR Construction, Inc.

    EHDD Architecture

    Emerald Fund, Inc.

    Genentech

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP

    Golden Gate University

    Hanson Bridgett LLP

    Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co

    HNTB Corporation

    Lend Lease

    LinkedIn Corporation

    MBH

    McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLPMcKesson Corporation

    Parkmerced Investors Properties

    Parsons Transportation Group/PTG

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

    The Prado Group

    Presidio Trust

    Related California

    ROMA Design Group

    Rutherford + Chekene

    Salesforce

    San Francisco Business Times

    San Francisco Giants

    San Francisco State University

    San Francisco Waterfront Partners II LLC

    Seifel Consulting, Inc.

    Solomon Cordwell Buenz

    TMG Partners

    TPG

    Turner Construction Company

    UCSF

    Union Bank

    Westfield San Francisco Centre

    Wilson Meany LLC

    Zynga

    AirbnbAnchor Brewing Co.

    AvalonBayCommunities

    BAR Architects

    Beacon CapitalPartners LLC

    Bohlin CywinskiJackson

    Boston Properties

    BRIDGE HousingCorporation

    Buchalter Nemer

    Cahill ContractorsCalifornia Academy

    of Sciences

    California CleanEnergy Fund

    Cannon ConstructorsNorth, Inc.

    Cathedral HillAssociates

    Coblentz Patch Duffy& Bass LLP

    Cox Castle &Nicholson, LLP

    Cubic TransportationSystems

    David BakerArchitects

    Degenkolb Engineers

    Deutsche Bank

    Devcon Construction Inc.

    Eastdil Secured

    Farella Braun + MartelLLP

    Fehr & Peers

    Gensler

    Gerson Bakar &Associates

    Goodyear PetersonHayward &Associates

    Handel Architects, LLP

    HDR Architecture

    Heffernan InsuranceBrokers

    Hines Interests

    JJardine Catering &Events

    The John Stewart

    CompanyJones Hall

    Kilroy RealtyCorporation

    KMD Architects

    KPMG LLP

    Langan Treadwell &Rollo

    Lyft

    MacFarlane Partners

    Metrovation

    Microsoft Corporation

    Millennium Partners

    Mission BayDevelopmentGroup, LLC

    Mithun | Solomon

    Moscone EmblidgeSater & Otis

    Nelson\NygaardConsulting Associates

    Nibbi BrothersGeneral Contractors

    Nishkian Menninger

    Northern CaliforniaCarpenters RegionalCouncil

    Nossaman LLP

    OJK Architecture +

    PlanningOld Republic Title

    Company

    Oracle

    Pfau LongArchitecture, Ltd.

    PIER 39/Blue andGold Fleet

    Plant ConstructionCompany

    Polaris Pacific

    Project ManagementAdvisors, Inc.

    Public FinancialManagement, Inc.

    Reuben, Junius &Rose, LLP

    Saint FrancisMemorial Hospital

    San FranciscoAssociation ofRealtors

    San Francisco ParksAlliance

    San Francisco Travel

    Santa Clara ValleyTransportationAuthority

    Sheet Metal WorkersInternationalAssociation LocalUnion No. 104

    Silicon Valley BusinessJournal

    SKS Investments, LLC

    SPI Holdings, LLC

    Steinberg Architects

    Studio T-SQ.

    Suffolk Construction

    CompanySwinerton Builders

    TEF

    Tivo, Inc.

    Tom Eliot Fisch

    Trumark Urban

    Twitter

    Universal ParagonCorporation

    University of SanFrancisco

    URS Corporation

    U.S. Bank NorthernCalifornia

    Vassar Properties LLC

    WRNS Studio LLP

    WSP Group

    Zendesk

    A.R. Sanchez-Corea &Associates

    Academy of Art University

    ADCO Group

    Allen Matkins

    Aperture Group LLC

    Arquitectonica

    The Aspen Group

    Avant Housing

    Avila and AssociatesConsulting Engineers, Inc.

    Backstrom McCarley Berry& Co., LLC

    Baker Street Associates

    Baldauf Catton VonEckartsberg Architects

    Balfour BeattyConstruction

    Barbary Coast Consulting

    Bay Area Air QualityManagement District

    The Bay Institute

    BCCI Construction

    Bentall Kennedy

    BergDavis Public Affairs

    Beveridge & Diamond, PC

    Bingham, Osborn &Scarborough LLC

    BitMover

    Blue Shield of California

    The Boldt Company

    BombardierTransportation

    Brian Spiers Development

    Build, Inc.

    Burke, Williams andSorensen, LLP

    Buro Happold ConsultingEngineers, Inc.

    Burr Pilger Mayer, Inc.

    Carollo Engineers

    Caruso Affiliated

    Cassidy Turley

    CCI General Contractors

    Chinatown CommunityDevelopment Center

    Christiani JohnsonArchitects

    CHS Consulting Group

    Circlepoint

    City CarShare

    City National Bank

    Clark Construction Group -California, LP

    CMG LandscapeArchitecture

    Colliers International

    Comerica

    Commune Hotels &Resorts

    Continental DevelopmentCorporation

    Cordoba Corporation

    DZH Phillips

    Economic & PlanningSystems, Inc.

    Elements ManufacturingInc.

    Ellis Partners LLC

    Environmental BuildingStrategies

    Environmental ScienceAssociates

    Equity Community Builders

    Everything AV

    Fine Arts Museums of SanFrancisco

    Fisherman’s WharfCommunity BenefitDistrict

    Flad Architects

    Flood Building

    Flynn Investments

    Forell/Elsesser Engineers,Inc.

    Fritzi Realty

    GCI General Contractors

    Golden State Warriors

    Goodyear Peterson

    Gould Evans

    Grocery Outlet Inc.

    Grosvenor Americas

    Group I

    Gruen Gruen + Associates

    Harsch InvestmentProperties

    Hastings College of the Law

    HDR Architecture

    The Hearst Corporation

    Heller Manus Architects

    HKS Architects, Inc.

    Holliday Development, LLC

    Holmes Culley

    Hornberger + Worstell

    Hotel CouFrancisc

    Hugh Gro

    Hunt Con

    Hyatt RegSan Fra

    IBM

    Internatioof ProfeTechnicLocal 2

    J & R Asso

    Jackson P

    J.E. RobeCorpora

    Jones Lan

    Keyser MaAssocia

    Laborers’Union oAmerica

    Leddy MaArchitec

    Local 22 C

    Lowney A

    Lubin OlsNiewiad

    MacKenziCommu

    The Mark

    Mark Thom

    McCarthyCompan

    Mercy Ho

    MIG, Inc.

    Moss Ada

    MPA Desi

    Municipal Associa

    Murphy B

    Network F

    NicholsBoArchitec

    Office of CBloszie

    Ogden CoInterior

    Paramoun

    Paul Hast

    Platinum

    Presidio B

    Presidio G

    Price Arch

    Red and W

    Retail We

    R.N. FieldConstru

    Robson H

    ROEM DevCorpora

    Safeway I

    Salas O’B

    San FrancCommis

    San FrancTranspoAuthori

    San Franc

    San Jose

    Sedgwick

    Seligman Enterpr

    Sheppard& Hamp

    SherwoodEnginee

    SHN

    Sierra Mae

    Simpson GHeger I

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    MS Metal Management

    ohetta

    ein & Lubin LLP

    rada Investment

    UDIOS Architecture

    mmerHill Homes, LLC

    A Architects

    nderloin NeighborhoodDevelopmentCorporation

    an Management Group

    rnstone ConsultingCorporation

    nion Square BusinessImprovement District

    e Unity Council

    lley Oak Partners, LLC

    alden Development LLC

    endel, Rosen, Black &Dean LLP

    est Coast ContractFlooring

    lbur-Ellis Company

    lliam McDonough +Partners

    oods Bagot Architects

    California Street

    0 Paul WaveExchange LLC

    5 Market Street, Inc.

    35 Market Street, LLC

    DIS Architects

    I Consultants

    typic

    a Tech Enterprise, Inc.

    en Matkins Leck GambleMallory & Natsis LLP

    derson Brulé Architects

    vil Builders Inc.

    chitectural ResourcesGroup

    gonaut Hotel

    nold & Porter LLP

    R. Sanchez-Corea &Associates

    tik Art & Architecture

    Bank of America

    Barrett Block Partners, LP

    Bay Area Urban OrganicResource Network

    Bechtel Corporation

    Benson Industries

    Black & Veatch

    Bogdan & Frasco

    Brereton Architects

    Brown and Caldwell

    Build Group, Inc.

    Buttrick Wong Architects

    CAC Real Estate Manage-ment Company, Inc.

    Caltrain

    Casto Travel

    CB2 Builders

    CBRE

    CDM Smith

    CGI

    Chancellor Hotel

    Charles A. Long PropertiesLLC

    Chop Bar

    CirclePoint

    City of Fremont

    Coalition for BetterHousing

    Core Companies

    Creative DevelopmentPartners

    Daniller Consulting

    DCI Dettaglio Construction

    De La Rosa & Co.

    DLA Piper

    DM Development Partners,LLC

    D.N. & E. Walter & Co.

    D.R. Young Associates

    ENGEO Incorporated

    EnviroFinance Group

    Exploratorium

    The Fairmont San Jose

    Field Paoli Architects

    FME Architecture + Design

    Fort Mason Center

    Fougeron Architecture

    Garden City Construction

    Gensler

    GFDS Engineers

    GHD

    Glumac

    Goodwin Procter, LLP

    Hargreaves Associates

    Hilton San Francisco UnionSquare

    HMC Architects

    HMH Engineers

    Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel

    HOK

    Holland & Knight

    Howard Properties

    The Hudson Companies

    ICF International

    Impark

    InterContinentalSan Francisco

    Jackson Pacific Ventures

    JRDV Architects

    Jurika, Mills & Keifer LLC

    Kennerly Architecture

    Kittelson & Associates, Inc.

    Kohn Pedersen Fox

    Larkin Street YouthServices

    LECET Southwest

    Lightner Property Group

    LSA Associates, Inc.

    Madison MarquetteProperty Investment

    Madison Park FinancialCorporation

    Mark CavagneroAssociates

    Marstel Day

    Meyers Nave LLP

    Mill Creek Residential Trust

    Mineta TransportationInstitute

    Moffatt & Nichol

    Mosaic Financial Partners,Inc.

    Moss Adams

    Nick Podell Company

    Northern California DistrictCouncil of Laborers

    Notre Dame High SchoolSan Jose

    The Oakland AmericaCompany

    Oakland VenueManagement

    Omega Pacific ElectricalSupply

    PAE Engineers

    Panoramic Interests

    Pelosi Law Group

    Perkins Eastman

    Populous

    PSAI Old OaklandAssociation

    Ratcliff

    Ritchie Commercial, Inc.

    RMW Architecture &Interiors

    Royston Hanamoto Alley& Abey

    Rudolph & Sletten

    San Francisco Bay Ferry

    San Francisco Buildingand Construction TradesCouncil

    San Francisco Departmentof Public Works

    San Francisco ElectricalConstruction Industry

    San Francisco Examiner 

    San Francisco InternationalAirport

    San Francisco MunicipalTransportation Agency

    San Francisco Zoo

    San Jose State University

    San Jose Water Company

    San Mateo County TransitDistrict

    San Mateo CountyTransportation Authority

    Santa Clara County OpenSpace Authority

    Santa Clara ValleyTransportation Authority

    Santa Clara Valley WaterDistrict

    SARES Regis Group ofNorthern California

    S.F. Firefighters Local 798

    Shartsis Friese LLP

    Simeon Properties Inc.

    SITELAB urban studio

    SmithGroupJJR

    srmERNST DevelopmentPartners

    SRT Consultants

    SSL Law Firm

    Sterling Bank & Trust

    St. Patrick’s Church

    Sun Light & Power

    Vanmark Group, Inc.

    Tim Kelley Consulting

    Transbay Joint PowersAuthority

    Troon Pacific

    Uniqlo

    United Way of the BayArea

    University of San Francisco

    Urban Pacific Group ofCompanies

    Urban Planning Partners

    Veritable Vegetable

    Wallace Roberts & ToddWPA

    Wood Partners

    YMCA of San Francisco

    Legacy SocietyIndividuals who have made or pledged a life

    estate gift to SPUR

    Anonymous

    North Baker*

    Andy & Sara Barnes

    John P. Behanna*

    Jim Chappell

    Eunice Elton*

    John M. Erskine, M.D.

    Rob Evans & Terry Micheau

    Diane Filippi

    Linda Jo Fitz

    Jean S. Fraser & Geoff Gordon-Creed

    Anne Halsted & Wells Whitney

    David & Jane Hartley

    Vincent & Amanda

    Hoenigman

    Toby & Jerry Levine

    Samuel & Florence Scarlett*

    Stephen & Sarah Taber

    Peter Tannen & David StrachanFrances Varnhagen*

    Michael Alexander & Dianna Waggoner

    Brooks Walker III

    Benefactors

    Anonymous

    Andy & Sara Barnes

    Richard C. Blum & the Honorable

    Dianne Feinstein

    Steven & Roberta Denning

    Rob Evans & Terry Micheau

    Linda Jo Fitz

    David Friedman &

    Paulette J. Meyer

    John & Marcia Goldman

    Anne Halsted & Wells Whitney

    David & Jane Hartley

    Vince & Amanda Hoenigman

    Nicholas Josefowitz

    John Kriken & Katherine Koelsch Kriken

    Frankie & Frances Lee

    Richard & Marilyn Lonergan

    David Marin & Amanda Halpin

    Barbara McMillin & Richard Smith

    George Miller & Janet McKinley

    Bill & Dewey Rosetti

    Paul Sack

    Dan & Jackie Safier

    Charles & Trudy Salter

    Charles Schwab

    Lynn & Paul Sedway

    Libby Seifel

    Leslie Tang Schilling & Andy Schilling

    Urban Leaders Cou

    Michael Alexander & Dianna

    Lynn Altshuler & Stanley D. H

    Alan Billingsley

    Michaela Cassidy & Terry Wh

    Jim Chappell

    Gretchen Cotter

    David A. Coulter

    Lynne Deegan-McGraw

    Oz Erickson & Rina Alcalay

    Doris Fisher

    Robert & Randi Fisher

    Frannie Fleishhacker

    Jean Fraser & Geoff Gordon-

    Roderick Freebairn-Smith & J

    Robert Gamble

    Alfred E. & Ruth Heller

    Ron & Barbara Kaufman

    Lisa Klairmont & Harold Kleid

    Toby & Jerry Levine

    Dan Martin

    Jacinta McCann & Joe Brown

    Ezra & Carol Mersey

    Beverly Mills

    Robert Mittelstadt & Lynda S

    N. Teresa Rea

    Toni Rembe

    Sanford Robertson

    Toby & Sally Rosenblatt

    Robert Steinberg

    Luke Swartz

    Roselyne C. Swig

    Steven Swig

    Elizabeth & Martin Terplan

    Irene Lindbeck Tibbits

    John D. Weeden

    Allison G. Williams

    Mrs. Alfred S. Wilsey

    Jacqueline Young

    Bruce & Tessa Agid

    Yosh Asato

    David Baker

    Alvin H. Baum, Jr.

    Jennifer & DougBiederbeck

    Annette L. Billingsley& Terry Bergmann

    Chris BlockTerry Gamble Boyer &

    Peter Boyer

    Richard Brand

    Thomas Brutting

    James C. Buie, Jr.

    Laurence Burnett

    Jim Canales

    Michael J. Castro

    Claudine Cheng

    Madeline Chun

    Paula Collins

    Edward Conne

    Katherin

    Gregory

    Robert D

    Robert &

    Oscar De

    Lynette

    Frank & Christina

    Delia F.

    Scott Em

    John M.

    Brooke Jack C

    Gary & J

    Diane F

    Frannie

    Anne Fo

    Aaron Fo

    In your opinion, what’s the biggest challenge

    facing the Bay Area right now?  Learning to

    think, plan and act as a megaregion. We all drink

    the same water, breathe the same air, travel

    the same highways, enjoy the same natural

    amenities and compete for the same jobs and

    housing. In this growth cycle more than the

    last, the world is increasingly more mobile, and

    overbuilding could really hurt this place.

    If you could wave a magic urbanism wand

    and have one long-term project completed

    tomorrow, what would it be? Putting policies in

    place for adaptation to sea level rise. We need

    to set priorities in protecting existing urban

    areas and implement technologies vital for

    future sustainable development in places like

    this around the world.

    What’s a recent innovation or project that

    makes you excited about the future of cities? 

    Increasing awareness of the need to evaluate,

    plan for and implement projects to improve

    urban resiliency to major disasters. For

    example, the UN Disaster Resilience Scorecard

    initiative and The Rockefeller Foundation’s 100

    Resilient Cities Challenge.

    What SPUR initiative are you most passionate

    about? SPUR’s increased regional leadership

    and expansion to San Jose and Oakland

    to address integrated planning, smart

    development, growth, transportation needs,

    affordable housing and energy and resource

    demands from a comprehensive Bay Area

    perspective.

    What’s your best-kept local secret? There is a

    lot less fog in the Inner Richmond District than

    everyone thinks. And Golden Gate Park at the

    site of the museums is among the most civic

    places in the city.

    Allison Williams

    FAIA Vice President,

    Design Director, AECOM

    SPUR Board of Directors

    *deceased 

    Samuel Lloyd Scarlett, M.D.

    This year SPUR received a generous bequest made by Florence McCormack Scarlett and

    Samuel Lloyd Scarlett, M.D. A loyal donor to SPUR, Samuel passed away in November of 2011

    at the age of 96. He and Florence, who died in 2001, were married for 57 years. A graduate

    of Stanford University and Medical School, Samuel was chief assistant surgeon and clinical

    professor at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital and Medical School in London, England, and served

    on the USS New Jersey as a junior medical officer during the war in the Pacific. He practiced

    internal medicine and immunology in San Francisco for 41 years.

    We are grateful to Samuel and Florence Scarlett and to everyone who remembers SPUR

    through a planned gift. Their support strengthens and ensures the future of our organization

    and the Bay Area.

    SPUR LEGACY SOCIETY PROFILE

    SPUR.ORG/LEGACY

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    ffrey Grafton

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    In your opinion, what’s the biggest challenge

    facing the Bay Area right now? The drought

    and the long-term water supply, without which

    the region will not be sustainable. It’s difficult

    to focus on long-term issues when people are

    trying to get by day to day, but this drought is

    a reminder of the critical need for investment in

    water infrastructure.

    If you could wave a magic urbanism wand

    and have one long-term project completed

    tomorrow, what would it be? BART to San

    Jose. Traffic is becoming untenable again,

    which inhibits people’s movement and quality

    of life and requires Bay Area commuters to rely

    on, and spend far too much on, cars.

    Wha’s a recent innovation or project that

    makes you excited about the future of cities? 

    San Jose’s Urban Villages Plan is a reminder

    that we can all live more simply and compactly.

    My husband and I are selling our ranch style

    home on a big lot and buying a townhouse.

    It’s time to downscale so we can live the urban

    lifestyle we like.

    What SPUR initiative are you mos

    about? Good government. As a (re

    public employee, I am repeatedly s

    smart and talented our staff mem

    how hard they work to provide ser

    very much behind the scenes. Part

    special district, our efforts can be

    I’m proud of my agency and hope

    others to believe in the institutions

    serving the public.

    What’s your best-kept local secre

    Park. It’s my favorite place. As a fo

    trail runner, I have had some very

    experiences there.

    Teresa Alvarado

    Deputy Administrative Officer, Santa ClaraCounty Water District 

    SPUR’s San Jose City Board 

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