The documentary “5 Blocks,” by Robert Cortlandt and Dan Goldes, explores the history, economic downturn and efforts to revitalize San Francisco’s mid-Market Street neighborhood, an area whose focal point is just five blocks. Goldes discusses what he learned in his conversations with neighborhood residents from different backgrounds, including an SRO dweller and a tech worker. […]
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Homelessness: Why Some Called for an Oversight Body for a City Department
San Francisco supervisors recently tabled a proposal that would have put the formation of an oversight body on the city ballot. This body would have overseen the city’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing. Sam Lew from the Coalition on Homelessness explains the rationale for such an entity. “It’s one of the largest departments with […]
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A Look at Bay Area Media Coverage of Homelessness
Journalist Sylvie Sturm discusses her analysis of how journalists reported on homelessness starting with what was billed as the S.F. homeless project, annual media blitz coordinated by the San Francisco Chronicle beginning in 2016. One of the upshots of the coverage: Lots of proposed solutions, but scant attention paid to digging into the “whys” of […]
