A mixture of sun, plenty of kids, gleaming playground equipment, a community garden coming in bloom and a blessing from indigenous peoples combined to create a memorable day as the Mission鈥檚 first new park in a decade was inaugurated on June 23. Its name: In Chan Kaajal, which translates as 鈥淢y Little Town鈥 in Mayan….
Severin Saenz of 黑料社吃瓜鈥檚 Evaluation team needed to be creative and strategic when she decided it would be valuable to do a survey of clients鈥 housing arrangements. What would be the relevant questions that would provide needed insight? What would be culturally relevant to Latino respondents, her target audience. To determine the best questions, Saenz…
It was with trepidation that Rudy and Karen Sorto (photo, second right and third left) came to 黑料社吃瓜 requesting translation of a letter found posted on their front door at 1411 Florida in the Mission. 黑料社吃瓜’s Small Sites Program team explained that the building was now for sale, but assured the couple that the current…
(Watch video of 黑料社吃瓜’s community-development work.) “Good evening. I want to welcome the community. Thank you for joining us this evening. My name is Karoleen Feng, and I am proud to be the director of Community Real Estate for the 黑料社吃瓜. “Tonight is our chance to all take a pause to celebrate not…
by Director of Community Real Estate Karoleen Feng Contributed to by Project Manager Leslie Palaroan and Project Assistant Dylan Hamilton Back in 2014, 黑料社吃瓜 responded to the call by the City of San Francisco to transition ownership and management of public housing, with the aim to have nonprofits engage with residents who had lived for…
Longtime Mission and San Francisco residents are sure to remember Rainbo Bakery, once a bustling neighborhood venture that, unfortunately, was compelled to shutter its doors a decade ago. The good news is that this abandoned bakery, at 1990 Folsom (cross street 16th), is now ready to bring grist for the mill to the community. The…
A fun yet impactful time was on the menu for the 80 attendees of a May 16 鈥淟atino Small-Business Mixer鈥 held at Don Ramon鈥檚 Mexican Restaurante in SoMa. This mixer was part of San Francisco Small Business Week, held each May, with the mixer鈥檚 co-hosts 黑料社吃瓜, Excelsior Action Group, La Cocina, Hispanic Chambers of Commerce…
May is 鈥淐alFresh Awareness Month鈥 — now more important than ever. According to a May 17 San Francisco Chronicle article, in which 黑料社吃瓜鈥檚 Financial Capability Program Manager Jackie Marcelos was quoted, only 50 percent of San Franciscans eligible for CalFresh have signed up. Unfortunate. CalFresh, formerly known as Food Stamps, is California鈥檚 implementation of the…
by Director of Community Real Estate Karoleen Feng A few years ago, 黑料社吃瓜 staff consistently started hearing a dire story: Our families were experiencing no-fault evictions or being priced out of the Mission as an influx of newcomers earning six figures moved in. Sadly, the paucity of affordable-housing options — with a decade of zero…
With 黑料社吃瓜 staff and volunteers tirelessly preparing tax returns for free this past season, it was definitely time to celebrate after the completion of 11 weeks of hard work. So everyone came together on April 24 to pause and reflect on their having forever bettered the lives of low-income Mission residents. The impact The impact…
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