Natalia Kresich
Natalia Kresich was born and raised in San Francisco. She has been writing about Midtown for several years.
Supes approve rent control for Midtown
After a six-year struggle, tenants win housing stability.
Supes to consider rent control for Midtown
Preston measure would give the largely African-American tenants the protections they lost in 2014.
Two opportunities to address Black housing inequities
Midtown in SF and Golden Gate Village in Marin could become models for Black self-determination.
At Midtown, loud construction disturbs shelter-in-place
At the Midtown housing complex in the Western Addition, tenants are doing their best to comply with the city’s shelter-in-place order, but are facing one major challenge—the loud, disruptive,...
Preston wants rent control for Midtown
Supervisor Dean Preston announced Tuesday the introduction of legislation that would bring the Fillmore-Western Addition’s historic Midtown Park Apartments under rent control.
The rents at the Midtown Park Apartments had...
SF man faces deportation—for a crime he committed at 16
Based solely on appearances, Simon Liu resembles any other tech worker in San Francisco: Clad in a puffy jacket and sneakers, Simon carries his slender laptop so he can...
Two big victories for tenants at Midtown apartments
Five years into the ongoing campaign for tenant ownership and self-management at the Midtown Park Apartments, residents have won two major victories.
Earlier this year, the Mayor’s Office of Housing...
African American displacement — and the Midtown battle — becomes an issue in mayoral debate
The SF mayoral candidates – except for Sup. London Breed -- debated their positions on housing issues Saturday at the Kelly Cullen Community center in the Tenderloin.
It was the...
The battle for Midtown: A community housing struggle
The weekly tenant meetings of the residents of Midtown Park Apartments at the corner of Geary and Divisadero always begin and end with a prayer. For the past year,...
