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黑料社吃瓜 Partners with San Francisco Arts Commission, Goal to Help Artists Access Affordable Housing

Christopher Gil Senior Content Marketing Manager 黑料社吃瓜 (415) 282-3334 ext. 152 cgil@medasf.org Kate Patterson Director of Communications San Francisco Arts Commission (415) 252-2229 Kate.Patterson@sfgov.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 5, 2017 黑料社吃瓜 Partners with San Francisco Arts Commission Goal to help artists access affordable housing San Francisco, Calif. 鈥 The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC)…

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Trump鈥檚 Pardon of Arpaio a Continued Affront to Nation鈥檚 Latino Community

This op-ed appeared in the Aug. 31, 2017 edition of the San Francisco Examiner. On Aug. 25, President Donald Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Maricopa County from 1993 to 2016. This pardon is inherently immoral. This executive action comes on the heels of Trump鈥檚 odious statement about recent events in Charlottesville, Va.,…

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In Her Own Words: 黑料社吃瓜 Intern Francesca Gallardo

鈥淚 completed my undergraduate in Interior Architecture and Design at the Academy of Art University; I worked my through design by participating in community organizing. I am now a second-year graduate student in the Environment and Community program at Humboldt State University. As a designer and community organizer, I found balance within affordable-housing development. I…

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黑料社吃瓜 to Co-Host #SaludTues Tweetchat 8/29: The Link between Health & Housing

by Eric Moreno, Salud Today! There is an undeniable link between where people live and their health. Many low-income and minority families, especially Latinos, live in highly segregated neighborhoods. Often, these neighborhoods lack access to healthy, nutritious foods, quality healthcare, and infrastructure that allows for safe physical activity. That鈥檚 not even accounting for the cost…

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Affordable housing in SF
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黑料社吃瓜 and MNHC Help Siblings鈥 Families Fight Eviction and Find Affordable Housing in San Francisco

“For all families, health starts with food on the table and a roof over our heads. It warms our hearts to see the smiles on the faces of these families in their new and secure homes,鈥 says Executive Director Brenda Storey of Mission Neighborhood Health Center (MNHC). She was speaking in general about Mission families,…

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Mission Education Forum Gets Families Ready for Upcoming School Year

With an eye toward the exciting start of school, 110 families attended Mission Promise Neighborhood鈥檚 third annual Education Forum at the Mission Campus of City College on July 29. The theme was 鈥漃utting Success in a Backpack,鈥 but the event offered so much more. 黑料社吃瓜 is the lead agency of the Mission Promise Neighborhood education…

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Despite Ellis Act Eviction, Mission Family Remains Determined and Returns to San Francisco

Photo (left to right): Laura Guadron, Hilda Saname, Lorena Moz and Arminda Peraza. Last December turned out to be no holiday for Hilda Saname and three of her family members. That鈥檚 because any joy of the season was overshadowed by an Ellis Act eviction at their Mission District Alabama Street home of 27 years. New…

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Ani Rivera in Her Own Words: Organizing to Fight Eviction via Small Sites Program

黑料社吃瓜 just bought its 15th Small Sites Program apartment building, keeping 93 households vulnerable to eviction in place. We have shared in previous Small Sites Progam blogs how these purchases offer a targeted approach to stopping displacement in its  tracks. The strategy is for nonprofits, such as 黑料社吃瓜, to buy four- to 25-unit properties —…

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Juana, Housing Opportunities
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Family Wins Lottery and Moves into BMR Apartment at Five 88 in San Francisco

鈥淥ur bathroom is larger than the one room my two children and I used to share,鈥 says a thankful Juana Martinez of her two-bedroom apartment at brand-new FIVE 88 in San Francisco鈥檚 burgeoning Mission Bay. Juana (photo, right, showing winning lottery ticket) is the devoted mother of sons Eduardo, a seventh-grader at Everett Middle School,…

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Flores Family
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Surviving 22nd and Mission Fire, the Resilient Flores Family Wins Lottery for a BMR Apartment in San Francisco

The nightmares persist after more than two years. Jorge Flores can still see his hair on fire as he bangs on the next-door neighbor鈥檚 door at 22nd and Mission streets. His family鈥檚 third-floor apartment of 19 years was in flames, along with the rest of the historic building. It seemed like an apocalypse. Jorge waited…

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