A panel of experts and stakeholders explained the state of the homelessness crisis at our January 2018 event, Solving Homelessness: a Community Workshop, an event that overlapped with our continuing print and online coverage of the issue. Photo by Garrick Wong // San Francisco Public Press/Renaissance Journalism We honestly didn’t expect the issue of […]
Author Archives: Michael Stoll
Michael Stoll is senior editor and co-founder of the San Francisco Public Press. Formerly executive director, he has also been a reporter and freelance writer for local and national outlets, including the San Francisco Examiner and the Philadelphia Inquirer. He has taught journalism at two Bay Area universities, and researched media ethics. He was selected as the 2026 medial fellow with the Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford.
Posted inFrom the Newsroom, News
10 Things I Learned About Homelessness at Our Community Workshop
It was a dizzying day at our Jan. 25 conference, Solving Homelessness: A Community Workshop. By engaging the community, we opened ourselves up to criticism but also reaped the reward of an activated public. Many attendees — neighbors distressed by the sight of people living on the sidewalks and in marginal shelters, as well as subject […]
Posted inEducation, From the Newsroom, Homelessness, Media, Solving Homelessness: Ideas for Ending a Crisis
Brainstorming the Future to Help Resolve Homelessness
Starting this fall, the Public Press is reporting on new and creative solutions to homelessness. And because we know we don’t have all the answers, we’re engaging the community to gather fresh ideas and inspire action.
Posted inFrom the Newsroom, Navigating Homelessness: Which Way Home?, News
From the Editors: A City in Flux
In the Summer 2017 issue of the San Francico Public Press, we examine the city’s efforts to help homeless people through initiatives in place for years and ones that are expanding under the new Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing. Some are experimental, which can be challenging for the people seeking services and for those trying to administer them while working out policy kinks.
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Community Outreach for LPFM Radio Project Kicks Off
Thank you to the 40+ people who showed up last Thursday for our community meeting to discuss ideas for a start-up radio venture in San Francisco! The background: The San Francisco Public Press is exploring the possibility of setting up a new low-power FM radio station after winning a permit from Federal Communications Commission to broadcast […]
Posted inCampaign Finance: The Rising Cost of Winning Votes, News
In Bid for Dominance, Mayor’s Allies Flood S.F. Politics With Corporate Cash
Last year spending on local elections was the highest on record, reaching nearly $28 million. The infusion of cash demonstrates how politicians and their powerful associates wield an influence on the political process that our campaign finance laws cannot effectively or appropriately manage.
Posted inEconomy & Business, The Cost of Living Here
You’re Not Crazy: Data Show Housing Saps Our Checkbooks
In the Bay Area, spending on housing has grown at twice the national rate. This graphic explains what’s grown how fast in the last four years.
Posted inClimate Change, Environment, Housing, Land use, Neighborhoods, News, Sea Level Rise: 1st in a Series, Technology
Major S.F. Bayfront Developments Advance Despite Sea Rise Warnings
Builders plan to invest more than $21 billion in offices and homes in flood-prone areas, where waters could climb 8 feet above today’s high tide by the end of this century. Land-use records reveal that the building boom, fueled by a white-hot tech economy, is moving too fast for regulators to keep pace. (Cover story from the summer 2015 print edition)
Posted inArts & Culture
Traumatized by the Streets: Illustrated Report on Finding Housing in San Francisco
As seen in our fall issue, this illustrated report tells the true story of two individuals as they struggle to find housing in San Francisco. Follow the different paths of David and Laura as they navigate the city’s supportive housing system.
Click through to view the full story.
Posted inFrom the Newsroom, News
Public Press News Editor Rich Pestorich Moves On to SFChronicle.com
Photo: News Editor Rich Pestorich, Executive Director Michael Stoll, Publisher Lila LaHood, and reporters Ambika Kandasamy and Barbara Grady. I’m writing with some bittersweet news. The sweet: Rich Pestorich, who’s been with us as news editor since the fall of 2010 (issue No. 2) has scored himself a prominent full-time job: online producer for SFChronicle.com! […]