This is the letter for week 112 of a weekly climate strike that went on for 4 years in front of San Francisco City Hall, beginning early March 2019. Public spaces become urban commons when they are used in social actions, protests, and encampments. Public spaces become urban commons when they become community gardens, urban farms, cultural spaces, free stores, or little free lending libraries. Urban commons include share groups, co-op nursery schools, free stores, cruising spots, and much more.7, 8In practice, this means parks that are actually used are urban commons, and so are homeless encampments. Air and water are clearly part of our urban commons, but so are the Emperor Norton, the night sky, the coasts, citizen-made trails, libraries, the Beat and hippy legacies, equitable policing, death and injury-free mobility for all, some murals, and more.9How are SF’s urban commons being destroyed?

Source: Huffington Post October 23, 2023 17:08 UTC