Start by voting. Read those tedious propositions and those small offices, and vote on every one of them. Supervisor Julie Christensen was pushed out by anti-housing Aaron Peskin with the approval of 12% of District 3’s residents. And don’t take the shortcut of just voting whichever way your Democrat or Republican voters guide tells you to vote.

Join, or at least follow, a political action group like SFBARF[0]. And when they mention some special committee, then don’t just go to a couple meetings and otherwise leave it alone. You’re supposed to be part of the community. Actually learn from and provide your own input to that community.

If you have some free time, then find what else the SF Planning Department has been doing[1], and attend their public hearings.

[0]http://www.sfbarf.org

[1]http://sf-planning.org