Egon Terplan
210 posts
@terplan
Policy strategist (cities/regions/climate), Senior Fellow @BerkeleyITS. Former Senior Advisor @Cal_OPR @CalSGC and Regional Planning Director @spur_urbanist.
Register for the 2023 Silicon Valley Poll Briefing Wednesday, October 4, 10:00 AM - Noon PDT Evergreen Valley College Theatre jointventure.org/events/silicon… @icgee @terplan @seamlessbayarea @DSTNHome
YES to a future where everyone can live closer to jobs, services, and daily destinations! REAP 2.0 announces $352 Million in awards to create sustainable, resilient, and equitable communities that are inclusive and take strong strides toward reducing vehicle miles traveled. 😍
Hotel rates are up across the US, but not in San Francisco. The city's politicians can blame remote work & Covid all they want - but the numbers don't lie. San Francisco is uniquely in trouble - and it's due to policy decisions & poor leadership.
Lots more detail in today's first blogpost. Data on local income, GDP, and cost of living are from @BEA_News -- an essential source of regional economic data. Share your feedback and suggestions for research here: regionalinitiative@doc.gov. commerce.gov/news/blog/2023… 11/end
The CA legislature reached an agreement on a budget deal that provides significant new funding to support transit. Statewide, the package restores $2 Billion in TIRCP from the General Fund and makes this funding flexible for operations.
How can California claim to be a climate leader when we are slashing transit service? CA's plans don't cut greenhouse gas emissions, but CA's actions can. Time for state leaders step up-@GavinNewsom, @PhilTing, @NancySkinnerCA, @toniatkins, @anthonyrendon nytimes.com/2023/06/09/opi…
Transit is essential — not just for mobility, but for our economy, workers, and climate. Today, 60+ CA orgs called on @GavinNewsom @RendonAD62 @SenToniAtkins @NancySkinnerCA @PhilTing to protect the critical budget actions taken last week and also provide new $$$ for transit ops.
There needs to be a lot more attention to the location choices that organizations make on behalf of other people: their employees, their clients etc. 7/
5/1 @KALW @shiramstein @sfchronicle discusses the implications of Senator Feinstein’s prolonged absence Rodney Fong @SF_Chamber, @terplan @UCBerkeley, and @kevinbtruong @SFStandard on how SF can disrupt the "doom loop" Shoshi Park's @7x7 tips for snagging NorCal campsites
How can we revitalize America’s downtowns in this new era of hybrid work? @lohplaces, @terplan, and @82_Streetcar highlight some myths about a popular suggestion: converting offices into housing. brookings.edu/research/myths…
Maps depicted California as an island for hundreds of years after it was discovered to be connected to the mainland. Why? 🧵
On Wednesday, we’re untangling the web that is regional planning in California with experts from the field! Join us to learn more about the challenges architects and planners face when developing projects for metropolitan regions. spur.org/events/2023-02…
Today, I released my “Roadmap for Downtown’s Future”, a comprehensive plan to reinvent and revitalize the core of SF’s economy. The plan includes nine strategies and nearly fifty initiatives because it won’t be any one thing that will save Downtown. bit.ly/3xul2x7
"We're working with outdated... systems & there is an urgency to establish new practices [for] community development" said @terplan during the Building a Framework for Equitable Investment breakout. Signup to receive Summary Papers of breakout discussions: sgccatalyst.org
