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Bowling Alone in San Francisco
Living through the story of collpase and renewal in Robert Putnam's classic on American community.
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Michael Adams
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August 2024

Introducing the SF Government Graph
The first complete map of San Francisco's government
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Michael Adams
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How SF Government Works: Applications Open
Applications for cohort 4 of How SF Government Works are open now until September 2!
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Michael Adams

June 2024

How SF Government Works: Applications Open
Applications for cohort 3 of How SF Government Works are open now until July 8.
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Michael Adams
A Complete List of SF Government Entities
How "bureaucratic" is SF, exactly?
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Michael Adams
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April 2024

Permissionless Politics
You can just do stuff.
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Michael Adams
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How SF Government Works: Applications Open
Applications for cohort 2 of How SF Government Works are open now until April 19.
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Michael Adams

March 2024

How SF Makes Laws
"The city should make a law to do X." Okay, but how?
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Michael Adams

February 2024

How SF Government Works
A civics class delivering expertise on the San Francisco city government.
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Michael Adams

December 2023

Coming Soon: How SF Government Works
A civics class delivering expertise on the San Francisco city government. Launching early 2024.
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Michael Adams
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November 2023

Good Government Requires Good Citizenship
In a self-governing society, government is only as good as we make it.
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Michael Adams
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Introducing the Bay Area Governance Project
Sketching a vision of good government for The Bay.
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