FINAL STRETCH: We have until the end of this month to meet a $40K matching grant, and we still need 100 more members to sign up at $20-$25 dollars a month to get us there. Saving independent local journalism that speaks truth to power is one of the greatest investments you can make in your community. Read below for just one example of how we are meeting the moment and standing up for San Francisco and the Bay Area!
The San Francisco city budget might seem a little dull—but it’s absolutely critical to the future of this town. And nobody, nobody in the local media has covered it the way we have:
We told you what to expect:
We talked about the community response:
We dug into the details:
We showed you the politics behind the brutal cuts:
We talked about details that nobody else noticed:
And we talked, as nobody else has, about possible solutions and why such a rich city doesn’t need to devolve into austerity:
This is what we do at 48 Hills: In-depth coverage of the news behind the news. This year, 48 Hills won 16 awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association, including General Excellence, the highest award in our category.
And we give it to you free; no paywall, no registration, no hassles.
But it’s not free to produce. That’s why we rely on our readers.
We are very close to making a $40,000 match grant this spring—but we’re not there. And if we don’t make it, we won’t have the resources to continue providing this kind of information to the community.
Not all of our readers can afford to chip in, and that’s fine. But if you can, please donate today! We need to make this match by the end of the month. If you can afford $20 or $25 a month (these days, that’s just a couple of lattes), it helps us plan and budget. Whatever you can do means a whole lot to us.
Don’t sit this one out. As Trump continues to attack democracy and the free press, and as San Francisco fights back against billionaire control, you need us—and we need you!
