Treasure Island residents and visitors are beginning to see the artificial place as a landscape where nature is quietly taking hold.
Author Archives: Cami Dominguez
Cami Dominguez is a reporter primarily focused on Latino communities in San Francisco. Their journalistic aspirations started during the 2016 election, where they realized the influence of the media. It’s then that they made it a mission to amplify the voices of often overlooked communities. They write for the San Francisco Public Press as a California Local News Fellow, a state-funded initiative to support and strengthen local news reporting in California. Previously they have reported for El Tecolote and KQED.
Posted inCity Hall, Community, Housing
Entre Chiches y Moho: Pese al Miedo, Residentes Latinos de Viviendas de una Habitación Exigen Mejores Condiciones
En una fresca mañana de enero, un grupo de residentes latinos—una con nueve meses de embarazo y otros acompañados de sus hijos—caminaron juntos tres cuadras desde el Hotel Chase, un edificio de ocupación de habitación individual en Market Street, hasta el Departamento de Inspección de Edificios de San Francisco para testificar sobre las condiciones cada […]
Posted inCity Hall, Community, Housing
Bed Bug Bites and Mold: Despite Fears, Latino SRO Residents Demand Better Housing Conditions
On a brisk January morning, a group of Latino residents — one nine-months pregnant, others accompanied by their children — walked together three blocks from the Chase Hotel, a single-room occupancy building on Market Street, to San Francisco’s Department of Building Inspection to testify about deteriorating conditions where they live. Over four years, people had reported […]
Posted inCommunity, Food Systems, Land use, News
On Treasure Island, One Grocer and a Patchwork of Neighbors Keep People Fed
Treasure Island residents are food insecure because of their geographical isolation. Residents are feeding one another through a community garden, a food pantry and someday soon, organizers hope, an urban farm.
Posted inHealth, Housing
Treasure Island, a ‘Health Care Desert,’ Gains a Clinic on Wheels
Treasure Island has no permanent medical service, nor does the city plan to establish any. One service agency deployed a medical van to bridge the gap.
Posted inCalifornia, Elections, Politics
Souring on GOP Economics, California Latinos Favor Redistricting, Poll Finds
Proposition 50, a contentious California measure to redraw congressional districts, which experts say could flip five Republican seats, is poised to give Latinos a big say at a time when economic pessimism has spread in this voting bloc.