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Joel Pomerantz is a San Francisco-based writer who is recognized for his work in journalism, public art and community service. Joel was founding newsletter editor for the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, and he helped conceive and create Critical Mass, the noncommercial monthly bicycling event, which has spread to more than 400 cities worldwide.

For uncountable years, Joel has written for non-profits and community networks. He edited The Tube Times and The Haight Ashbury Voice and produced resource manuals for the Smithsonian Institution, Antioch College, the San Francisco Folk Music Club, the AIDS Legal Referral Panel and many other community groups, organizations and businesses.

One of Joel's ongoing local interests is the hidden groundwater in San Francisco. City Lights commissioned Joel's 2004 research essay “San Francisco's Clean Little Secret,” which explores the politics and natural history of San Francisco's drinking water supply. The piece appeared in the City Lights anthology, The Political Edge. He regularly conducts presentations and walking tours based on this research.

Joel’s areas of interest focus on urban, natural and social landscapes, language and history.