The Future of Cities: What We Can Learn from San Francisco

Navigating Our World

In this episode, Brown Advisory’s Meredith Shuey Etherington, a San Francisco-based portfolio manager, speaks with Fred Blackwell, CEO of the San Francisco Foundation, and Craig Young, Managing Principal of Tidewater Capital, to examine whether the Bay Area and San Francisco can retain and even enhance their identity as the home of the innovation economy.

San Francisco has been a paradox for decades—at once a stunningly beautiful city at the epicenter of high-tech innovation, and a fragile community grappling with various social crises, the highest cost of living in the U.S. and a vast wealth gap. The pandemic intensified many of the city’s problems, and recent headlines have revealed a string of companies moving their headquarters from the Bay Area to Austin, Miami and elsewhere. Our conversation looks at the challenges and opportunities that will shape San Francisco’s future. Later in the podcast, Brown Advisory’s JJ Baylin and Amy Hauter join Meredith to discuss how we are investing in the future of cities for our clients.

Guests:
Fred Blackwell
CEO, San Francisco Foundation

Craig Young
Managing Principal, Tidewater Capital

Host:
Meredith Shuey Etherington
Portfolio Manager, Brown Advisory

Investment Commentary:

JJ Baylin
Private Equity Analyst, Brown Advisory

Amy Hauter, CFA
Portfolio Manager; Head of Sustainable Fixed Income, Brown Advisory

Background Reading

• Curb-cut effect, Angela Glover Blackwell, Stanford Innovation Review
• Is Silicon Valley Dead? Not According to Venture Dollars, Wired, April 14, 2021
• New California State Credit Will Fund Homes For Mentally Ill People, The Bond Buyer, November 14, 2019
• Solving the Housing Crisis Is Key to Inclusive Prosperity in the Bay Area, PolicyLink; USC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity; The San Francisco Foundation
  

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