Left Coast City Progressive Politics in San Francisco, 1975-1991

Name: Left Coast City Progressive Politics in San Francisco, 1975-1991
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ISBN: 9780700605552

ISBN-10: 070060555X

ISBN-13: 9780700605552

Edition: 1992

Authors: Richard Edward DeLeon

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When Art Agnos campaigned for mayor of San Francisco in 1987, he articulated and defended the "left" isms-liberalism, environmentalism, and populism. He won. Seeing Agnos as a defender of slowgrowth vs. progrowth, the city's progressives had high hopes. But to their disappointment, in the wake of the passage of Proposition M-the most restrictive growth control legislation of any large U.S. city-Agnos supported waterfront development and proposals to build a new baseball stadium in China Basin and a large residential and business development in Mission Bay. In 1991 Agnos ran for reelection. He lost. Left Coast City provides insight into how San Francisco's progressive coalition developed…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Publication date: 9/23/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments



The Capital of Progressivism



Economic Change and Social Diversity: The Local Culture of Progressivism



The Invention and Collapse of the Progrowth Regime



The Birth of the Slow-Growth Movement and the Battle for Proposition M



From Social Movement to Political Power: The Election of Mayor Art Agnos



Protecting Community from Capital: The Urban Antiregime



Save Our Giants: Political Hardball in China Basin



The Politics of Urban Deals: The Mission Bay Project and the Waterfront



Creating a Progressive Urban Regime: The Architecture of Complexity



Postscript: The 1991 Mayoral Election and Beyond


Appendix A: Data Sources


Appendix B: Empirical Evidence of the Three Lefts and Progressivism in San Francisco Voting Patterns


Appendix C: Regression Analyses


Notes


Bibliography


Index