San Francisco’s housing and homelessness service providers worry that City Hall’s budget decisions will leave them unprepared to face an expected wave of housing displacement. Interviews with staffers at a dozen nonprofits found that calls for assistance have increased by at least 30% and at some organizations by as much as 200% since March when […]
Category: Coronavirus
Posted inCity Hall, Coronavirus, Health
Major COVID-19 Surge in S.F.
The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in San Francisco is rising rapidly and the city is facing “a major surge.” Department of Public Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax said. “In April, we experienced a surge of COVID-19 cases, which at its peak, saw 94 San Franciscans in the hospital. That number dropped to just […]
Posted inCoronavirus, Driving Home: Surviving the Housing Crisis, Homelessness, Housing
In the City, Off the Map: San Franciscans Struggle to Keep Their Mobile Residences
In San Francisco, stringent and widespread parking restrictions are a fact of life. But to the hundreds of city residents who live in their vehicles, these regulations can also be an obstacle to maintaining stability and getting off the streets. Vehicle dwellers play cat-and-mouse with the government’s enforcement apparatus, violating local laws to survive outdoors.
Posted inCoronavirus, Driving Home: Surviving the Housing Crisis, Homelessness, Housing
En la Ciudad, Fuera del Mapa: Los Franciscanos Luchan por Mantener sus Residencias Móviles
En San Francisco, las restricciones de estacionamiento estrictas y generalizadas son una realidad. Pero para los cientos de residentes de la ciudad que viven en sus vehículos, estas regulaciones también pueden ser un obstáculo para mantener la estabilidad y salir de las calles. Los habitantes de los vehículos juegan al gato y al ratón con el gobierno, violando las leyes locales para sobrevivir al aire libre.
Posted inCoronavirus, Driving Home: Surviving the Housing Crisis, Homelessness, Housing
San Franciscans Struggle to Keep Their Mobile Residences
This photo essay accompanies the story “In the City, Off the Map: San Franciscans Struggle to Keep Their Mobile Residences,” which is part of the “Driving Home: Surviving the Housing Crisis” project.
Posted inCoronavirus, Driving Home: Surviving the Housing Crisis, Homelessness, Housing
Los Franciscanos Luchan por Mantener sus Residencias Móviles
Este ensayo fotográfico acompaña a la historia “En la Ciudad, Fuera del Mapa: Los Franciscanos Luchan por Mantener sus Residencias Móviles,” que forma parte del proyecto “Conduciendo a Casa: Sobreviviendo la Crisis de la Vivienda” (Driving Home: Surviving the Housing Crisis).
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Coronavirus, Economy & Business
Working From Home May Drastically Change the Workplace Even After the Pandemic
Zoom meetings and other communications tools have made it possible for many white collar workers to remain employed as they work from home. Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom says what had once been uncommon, is now a necessity. “Before COVID, about 5% of working days were spent at home and that was done by about 15% […]
Posted inCoronavirus, Government & Politics, Homelessness, Housing
Homeless Service Providers Ask City for $43 Million to Handle Pandemic Fallout
As San Francisco leaders look for ways to slash spending in the face of a huge budget shortfall, a coalition of homeless service providers is asking for an increase in funding over the next two fiscal years to address an expected surge in demand due to economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The 30-plus-member Homeless […]
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Coronavirus, Essential Workers, Health
Months Into Pandemic, Physician Reflects on Developing Coronavirus Knowledge
In March, Dr. Monica Bhargava, a pulmonary critical care physician at the county hospital in Oakland, predicted on “Civic” that the novel coronavirus would deeply affect the region’s health care system for many months to come. That, and some of her other observations, turned out to be correct. In recent months, scientists and doctors have […]
Posted inClimate Change, Coronavirus, Environment, Homelessness
As Fire Season Approaches, COVID-19 Strains Mask Supplies
The last few years’ fires are all blurring into one for Jessica Tovar, an Oakland resident and advocate at the nonprofit Local Clean Energy Alliance, a renewable energy advocacy group. “I had an office that you could see the port of Oakland from, and in those times, you could not see the port because the […]