Instead of celebrating milestones as they prepare to enter what a few months ago was the best job market in half a century, college students throughout the Bay Area are worrying about their futures as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the historic wave of unemployment it has unleashed.
Author Archives: Leslie Santibanez-Molina
Leslie Santibanez-Molina is a San Francisco State University student, video editor and journalist.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, City Hall, Economy & Business, Health, Homelessness
S.F. Offers Hotel Rooms for Local Homeless, Not Newcomers, Breed Says
As San Francisco officials worked to expand housing options for the homeless, city leaders warned that anyone from outside San Francisco seeking a hotel room or other shelter would be turned away to preserve resources for those who were homeless within city limits before the pandemic hit.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Health, Public Safety
Essential Workers, Symptomatic Residents Can Now Get Coronavirus Tests
City officials on Wednesday announced expanded access to coronavirus testing. Tests have become available to essential workers who must leave their homes to work and to anyone who has symptoms, regardless of ability to pay.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Coronavirus, Health, Homelessness
City Ramping Up Coronavirus Contact Tracing and Testing
San Francisco is training a corps of city workers to trace the contacts of people who may have been exposed to someone suffering from COVID-19.
Posted inCoronavirus, Immigration
Nonprofits Retool to Serve Refugees Struggling During COVID-19 Shutdown
Refugees who arrived in the Bay Area around the time shelter-in-place orders were issued, as well as those who have been here for an extended period, are struggling to stay afloat, organizations who serve them said.
Posted inCoronavirus, Education, Housing
Facing Criticism, SFSU Offers Partial Refund for Students to Leave Housing During Pandemic
San Francisco State University students say they still don’t have clear guidance from the administration about whether they must leave university housing and take all of their belongings with them because of the coronavirus pandemic and statewide shelter-in-place order. With continued uncertainty, more students who had planned to keep their campus housing say they have changed course again and are heading home or to other locations for the rest of the spring semester. Over email, the university housing department confirmed that, “on a prorated basis, refunds for room and board and meal plans will be provided for residential students who have left housing.”
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Coronavirus, Education, Housing
Amid COVID-19 Outbreak, SFSU Students Received Conflicting Messages About Student Housing
Students at San Francisco State University are grappling with conflicting directions from campus administrators about student housing during the coronavirus outbreak.