Home | SPUR Decisions made this year will not only directly affect the size of the city’s deficit but also set a precedent for negotiations with other employees next year SPUR’s latest research illuminates the labor negotiations process and the trade-offs involved
Candidate Event Series: Meet Californias Next Governor | SPUR This page serves as a landing page for all planned gubernatorial events These events are designed to introduce candidates to the SPUR community while offering a deeper look at their policy priorities, leadership approach, and vision for California’s future
Our Mission | SPUR What Is SPUR? SPUR — the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association — is a nonprofit public policy organization We bring people together from across the political spectrum to develop solutions to the big problems cities face
Events Calendar | SPUR SPUR hosts a conversation with Mayor of San José Matt Mahan to explore his policy priorities and vision for the future of California This session offers a deep dive into his leadership approach and strategies for addressing state challenges like housing, transportation, and climate resilience
SPUR Leads a Big Push for Transit Funding as California Legislative . . . SPUR will continue to focus on the critical issue of transit funding and, over the coming weeks, will have more to say about important bills for transit, including SB 71 and SB 79, which the legislature approved earlier in the 2025 session
SPUR 2024-2025 Annual Report Since 1910, SPUR has been a stabilizing force for the Bay Area, holding a long-term vision of a region where all people thrive Today, as communities grapple with significant change at the city, state, and federal levels of government, SPUR’s point of view remains clear
Greenlighting Clean Heat | SPUR SPUR offers five recommendations to streamline and standardize permits to improve safety, lower costs, reduce burdens on contractors and consumers, and create a fairer, more efficient system
SPUR Publications In a new brief, SPUR proposes establishing a quasi-public entity to plan and deliver capital projects, negotiate real estate deals, and provide public financing We asked SPUR’s Sujata Srivastava how the envisioned authority could tackle downtown’s challenges
Balancing San Francisco’s Budget, Part 2: Revenues and Expenditures | SPUR Source: SPUR analysis of the 16 largest departments in the Data SF “Budget” dataset Additional constraints come from spending mandates and restrictions imposed by grants that the city receives from the State of California and the federal government
Why SPUR Is Supporting SB 63, a Tax Measure to Keep Transit Alive SPUR believes that SB 63 addresses the near-term financial crisis transit faces while balancing local control and regional action and advancing important reforms for both riders and taxpayers And most importantly, we believe that a measure authorized by SB 63 can be successful at the ballot