Category: Community
Posted inCommunity, Immigration, Labor, LGBTQ+, Neighborhoods
Latinos in This Liberal City: From San Francisco’s Big Strike to Gay Liberation
Years before charting the evolution and diversity of Latino political life in the city, a historian came here to become an activist. His book recalls major battlegrounds from the 1930s to the 1970s: union campaigns; civil rights organizing; elections; Great Society mobilizations; and feminist, gay and lesbian activism. Read an excerpt from “Latinos and the Liberal City” by Eduardo Contreras.
Posted inCommunity, Education, News, Social Justice, Technology
Charters vs. District: The Battle for San Francisco Public Schools
The conflict between two city schools — and activists on both sides of the issue — reflects a growing battle playing out in San Francisco and across the state.
Posted inCommunity, Education, Social Justice
Bayview School Feeling Squeezed by New Charter
This fall, the 105 students at the district’s Malcolm X Academy began sharing space with 90 pre-kindergartners, kindergartners and first graders attending a new charter school in the same building. “It’s hard to share space,” one staff member said.
Posted inCommunity, Housing, Land use, Law & Justice, Remaking Rent Control
Hey, Can We Talk? Mediation Might Help Reduce Evictions
Amid San Francisco’s growing housing crisis, some now see mediation as an alternative to nasty, expensive court fights to keep tenants housed and property owners content. For more than 20 years, that approach has staved off evictions in the capital of Wisconsin.
Posted inCommunity, Housing, June 2018 Special Election, Law & Justice, Social Justice
Minority Challengers Wake Up Normally Sleepy Superior Court Races
Five men and women of color are challenging four incumbent judges on the state Superior Court in San Francisco. The insurgents — four of whom are public defenders — say the veteran jurists are vestiges of a legal system that punishes minorities disproportionately. The candidates faced off May 5 at a forum focused on African-American issues, and sparks flew. Second of two articles.
Posted inCommunity, Elections, Government & Politics, Health, Housing, June 2018 Special Election, Media, Neighborhoods, News, Social Justice
Candidates Say How They Would Help African-American Community
A trio of African-American organizations aimed to get some answers from aspiring local leaders at “Facing the Voters,” a candidates’ forum hosted by the Public Press and moderated by its publisher. The candidates were given the opportunity to lay out their bona fides with respect to this city’s dwindling, marginalized African-American community; some did that and some did not. First of two articles.
Posted inCommunity, Elections, June 2018 Special Election, Media, Neighborhoods, News
African-American Groups Convene Candidate Forum
Three African-American groups are sponsoring a May 5 candidate forum to focus attention on issues important to the black community. Organizers have invited all candidates running for San Francisco mayor, District 8 supervisor, Superior Court and the 12th Congressional District.
Posted inBay Area, Community, Government & Politics, Health, Homelessness, Neighborhoods, News
Health Funding for Clinics, Kids and the Homeless in Limbo as Congress Fights
Across the country, 1,400 community clinics that care for some of the poorest people in the United States are anxiously making contingency plans for how to cope with potential funding cuts, all because Congress allowed a critical program to lapse. The impact is already being felt in San Francisco and the Bay Area.
Posted inCommunity, Homelessness, Housing, LGBTQ+, Social Justice, Social Services, Solving Homelessness: Ideas for Ending a Crisis
Host Homes Could Get Young Adults Off Streets
San Francisco has the highest percentage of unsheltered youths in the nation — more than 1,200 between 18 and 24 years old, at last count. Host homes could get many off the streets. Would you welcome a homeless youth into your home?