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🏡 TOMORROW: View from Sacramento – State Housing Legislation Updates 🏡 Join SPUR & housing experts to discuss new state housing bills & the future of affordable housing funding in California. 📅 Mar 12 ⏰ 12:30 PM 💻 Virtual 🎟 Register below

SPUR's Quarterly Book Club provides a unique opportunity to explore books that intersect with our core policy areas, all while engaging directly with the authors behind the ideas. This spring, we're excited to host University of California, Berkeley City & Regional Planning Assistant Professor, Zachary Lamb for a lively discussion of his recent book, “The Equitably Resilient City: Solidarities and Struggles in the Face of Climate Crisis”. In "The Equitably Resilient City", Zachary Lamb and co-author Lawrence Vale explore how cities can adapt to climate change while also supporting their most vulnerable residents. The book uses 12 case studies from places like Paris, Bolivia, Bangkok, and New Orleans to examine various urban challenges like heatwaves, droughts, and floods. Through concrete examples of planning, community efforts, and design, the authors show that creating fair and resilient cities is not just an idealistic goal but something achievable when grounded in solidarity and equity. "The Equitably Resilient City: Solidarities and Struggles in the Face of Climate Crisis" has won this year's Urban Affairs Association Book of the Year Award. 📅 Tuesday, March 18, 2025 ⏰ 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. 📍 SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street, SF 🎟 Register 👇

What are downtown San Jose's thought leaders planning for 2025 and beyond? Hear from the experts about what's planned for return to office, housing, small businesses and creating a vibrant entertainment district. Grab your spot today for Silicon Valley Business Journal's "Future of Downtown San Jose" event on Friday March 28th. When: Friday, March 28, 2025 | 8:30am – 11:30am Where: San Jose Marriott | IN-PERSON | 301 S Market St, San Jose, CA 95113 Details and tickets below. #SVBJ

San Francisco’s Vision Zero movement has a lot to learn from the City of Hoboken, where no one has died in a traffic crash in eight years. Mayor Ravi Bhalla joined a panel at the SPUR Urban Center to share how his city has dramatically improved pedestrian safety. Walk San Francisco's Marta Lindsey shares her takeaways from the conversation — including what's needed for Vision Zero to succeed in San Francisco. Read the full post here: https://lnkd.in/gEi4KcNG A big thank you to San Francisco Supervisor Myrna Melgar, Robin Pam of Kid Safe SF and everyone who joined this important conversation.

Today, SPUR and 66 organizations joined forces with Senator Jesse Arreguin and Assemblymember Mark González to urge #California to provide $2 billion more funding for public transit. Read more below. https://lnkd.in/gMkUFw49

Registration Open for the International Parklet Symposium, California! We'll further explore the potential of parklets and open streets as true public spaces; and shape the future of parklet policies, design, implementation, and impact. Architects and designers, urban planners, policymakers, and community leaders are all invited to share and learn about case studies; host panel discussions and interactive workshops; and foster dialogue around sustainable urbanism and placemaking. 🎟️ 🎫 🐥 Earlybird Registration is now open through Wednesday, March 19th, 5:00 PST. The Earlybird Rate is $75.00 USD Late Registration will start Thrusday, March 20th and be open through Saturday, April 12th. The late registration rate is $95.00 USD ☕ 🥐 🥪 Registration includes morning refreshments and lunch on Thursday April 10 and Friday April 11. For more information, and to register, visit https://lnkd.in/gVSzHMje AIA San Francisco / Center for Architecture + Design, San Francisco / SPUR / Museo Spazio Pubblico / studio one eleven / Bela Urbanism + Design / Gehl - Making Cities for People San Francisco Office / Golden Gate Restaurant Association

The Urbanist, Issue 577, "Reimagining the City" | The latest edition of SPUR's Member magazine brings fresh perspectives on civic belonging, transit planning, fair housing & AI governance. Read the digital stories. #TheUrbanist