TysforSupervisorBlog

ask yourself these questions:

what's your vision for San Francisco?

I find a lot of people, myself included sometimes, fall into the trap of only seeing the city through a narrow personal perspective. It's a valid perspective, of course, but often we forget that other people have different ways of seeing it.

I just read a great article in SPUR's newsletter written by the very active and intelligent Ms. Sullivan, the founder of City Car Share. She wrote a great article about how growing density in SF can help families live here.

Though her article really only looks at things from the perspective of a new mother. Of course, that's where she's seeing things from, so it makes sense... but it's important to see things from many perspectives: historical, economic, cultural...

"...I used to be a hammer salesman, and every problem I saw looked like a nail... "

Being a part of a community also includes trying to understand different people, and so we have to listen to them. As a neighborhood leader trying to solve problems, I've gained some ability to do this, but it's amazing how we can still learn so much more.

Think again of your 'vision'.. does it include new immigrants coming to the city? from Asia? from Latin America? From Ohio? What about families? Does it include changes in your neighborhood, or only in other neighborhoods?