The election of Donald Trump has cast a pall of fear and uncertainty after passage of Proposition N, as local stakeholders scramble to figure out how to enable the city’s undocumented immigrant residents to vote for members of the Board of Education without increasing their risk of deportation, which the president-elect has threatened.
Author Archives: Helena Ong
Helena Ong is a reporting intern with the San Francisco Public Press. She is an International Relations major at New York University where she also worked for her campus newspaper, Washington Square News.
Posted inCommunity, Elections, Homelessness, News, Social Services
Lack of Shelter for Homeless Collides With Voters’ Wish to Clear Tent Encampments
San Francisco voters narrowly passed Proposition Q, creating new policies for how the city clears tent encampments where homeless people live. But that law may be a nonstarter, because there is virtually no indoor shelter available to get tent dwellers off city streets.
Posted inElections, News, Politics
Record Number of S.F. Voters Cast Ballots
More people voted in this election than in 2008, when Barack Obama was elected president.