Natalia Robyns-Kresich

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Natalia Kresich was born and raised in San Francisco. She has been writing about local issues for 48 Hills for several years.

Housing

Robots in the crash pad: The twisted takeover of the Red Victorian Hotel

September 21, 2021

How Haight Ashbury countercultural ideals were distorted by a tech "co-living" experiment, and a trans performance community was displaced.

Homelessness

Inside the SIP hotels saga

March 15, 2021

How activists and some supes forced the city to put homeless people in hotel rooms.

Housing

Supes approve rent control for Midtown

October 7, 2020

After a six-year struggle, tenants win housing stability.

Housing

Supes to consider rent control for Midtown

October 5, 2020

Preston measure would give the largely African-American tenants the protections they lost in 2014.

Housing

Two opportunities to address Black housing inequities

September 9, 2020

Midtown in SF and Golden Gate Village in Marin could become models for Black self-determination.

Housing

At Midtown, loud construction disturbs shelter-in-place

May 27, 2020

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...

Housing

Preston wants rent control for Midtown

January 9, 2020

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...

News + Politics

SF man faces deportation—for a crime he committed at 16

December 8, 2019

Based solely on appearances, Simon Liu resembles any other tech worker in San Francisco: Clad in a puffy jacket and sneakers, Simon carries his...

News + Politics

Two big victories for tenants at Midtown apartments

November 11, 2019

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,...

News + Politics

African American displacement — and the Midtown battle — becomes an issue in mayoral debate

March 19, 2018

The SF mayoral candidates – except for Sup. London Breed -- debated their positions on housing issues Saturday at the Kelly Cullen Community center...

Natalia Robyns-Kresich

Robots in the crash pad: The twisted takeover of the Red Victorian Hotel

Inside the SIP hotels saga

Supes approve rent control for Midtown

Supes to consider rent control for Midtown

Two opportunities to address Black housing inequities

At Midtown, loud construction disturbs shelter-in-place

Preston wants rent control for Midtown

SF man faces deportation—for a crime he committed at 16

Two big victories for tenants at Midtown apartments

African American displacement — and the Midtown battle — becomes an issue in mayoral debate

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