By Silas Valentino : sfgate – excerpt
In this column, SFGATE’s Silas Valentino prefers the Presidio over pandering to Trumpism
In anticipation of a second Trump administration, a pair of conservative policy advocates published a disturbing vision in a conservative urban policy magazine that calls for destroying the Presidio in favor of building housing.
The authors, Mark Lutter and Nick Allen, suggest that obliterating the iconic San Francisco landmark would “unleash” the city’s full potential by building “Paris-level density and six-story apartment buildings” to “add 120,000 residents.”
Their proposal is a direct appeal to President-elect Donald Trump. Last year, Trump first suggested transforming federal land into housing for an initiative he dubbed “freedom cities.” His plan calls for repurposing federal land to “reignite American imagination” by creating a hub for flying car ports and offering incentives to people who procreate… (more)
This is not the story that is brewing elsewhere. This is proof that the media is not the media she once knew. When you get so many different details from so many different sources it is hard to believe anyone knows of what they speak. On the off chance that any of this may be pushed, you heard it here.