PROPOSITION A AND THE QUESTION OF ALIGNMENT: WHAT SAN FRANCISCO’S OWN RECORDS SAY ABOUT ITS EMERGENCY WATER STRATEGY
A review of public documents, engineering design, and oversight findings raises key questions about scope, structure, and delivery Photo credits: https://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/earthquakes/san-francisco (top) https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2025/01/photos-palisades-fire-los-angeles-california/681241/ (bottom) San Francisco’s relationship with fire is not abstract. The destruction that followed the 1906 earthquake—and the fires that spread when water infrastructure failed—directly led to the creation of the City’s Auxiliary […]