Luke Spray discusses activating the public realm in his piece in the substack "Space Craft"
He says "San Francisco’s public realm is overseen by a dozen departments whose responsibilities are often as singular as a street pole."
There's some truth to that.
But.
I'm one of those departments. And I don't see myself as a street pole so much as a street light, trying to illuminate processes and possibilities for people. And permitting certain kinds of interventions in the public realm is (most of) my job.
If you have ideas for public place-making you'd like to see, reach out to me. You can find me on (shudder) LinkedIn or just look me up in City government.
