Friday, May 3, 2024

Tagged with: Poverty

SF electrician fired after scheduled speech at white supremacist rally

John Ramondetta, a scheduled speaker at the white supremacist rally at Charlottesville in Virginia is no longer employed at an electrical company Rosendin Electric,...

SF tells white supremacists they’re not welcome

San Francisco’s top political leaders stood this week in opposition to a right-wing group's planned rally next week at Crissy Field. At a press...

From the poor house to the jail house

We walk back and forth in a jail cell everyday – it’s called your doorways tent cities Bus benches and Metal chairs...

Homeless — because the rent is too damn high

Valerie Morco, a retired nurse, has been living in a studio apartment at 285 Turk Street for 17 years, since she and her late...

OPINION: Alarming housing bill heading for approval

Senate Bill 35, heading to Assemblymember David Chiu’s Housing and Community Development Committee Wednesday/12, is a potentially serious threat to California’s most vulnerable urban...

Mayor’s budget denies housing groups’ requests

Three months ago, a team of homeless service providers sent the city a proposal for housing San Francisco residents without a home and keeping...

Who are the real hoarders?

“Mr. Allison, Mr. Allison, this is your case-mangler, we are here for your daily, weekly, hourly room inspection.” Covered in face mask, latex gloves and...

Why ABAG housing quotas lead to displacement

The Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA), a product of the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), assigns to each Bay Area Jurisdiction quotas of...

Single-payer’s next step

On April 26, 2017, the Healthy California Act (S.B. 562) was passed with a 5-2 vote at the Senate Health Committee hearing in Sacramento. The...

On the streets, after the Oakland fire

“All fire victims will have to leave the “temporary shelter” with or without any money or housing on April 6th,” reported Audrey Candy Corn, POOR...