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A Face of Mission Displacement: 鈥═enant Gabriela Navarro and Neighbors Subject to Intimidation

It鈥檚 been a sweet home on Alabama for Gabriela Navarro, as she鈥檚 enjoyed her Mission flat and living with a trio of roommates who all equally love life in their diverse community. That all changed recently when the prospective new owners of the property greeted Gaby by initially asking, 鈥淲hat are your plans?鈥 This surprised…

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In Her Own Words: Jennifer Mart铆nez, Mission Techies

Through my time at the Mission Techies聽program, I was able to greatly expand my knowledge regarding technology. Before coming to 黑料社吃瓜, I knew very little about technology and would have a mini-freakout moment whenever our home technology would have problems because I didn鈥檛 know what to do. Through this free program, I believe I am…

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1400 Mission Street Lottery winners
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1400 Mission Now Home to Twice-Displaced 黑料社吃瓜 Clients

Fidgeting. Hair twirling. Foot tapping. Yes, there was an air of nervous anticipation in the air yesterday afternoon at the LGBT Community Center in San Francisco, as the lottery was conducted for below-market-rate (BMR) units at 1400 Mission, a 100 percent affordable-housing development. There were 167 residences for 355 hopeful lottery entrants for these brand-new…

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Youth Jobs+ A Win for the Community this Summer

Ana is at Yerba Buena Alliance planning an event for 2,500 attendees. Demetrios is at Luminalt soaking up knowledge at this solar panel company. Christian spends his summer days surfing, as in gaining web marketing expertise at ROI-DNA. Yes, summer 2015 means getting much-needed employment experience. This contrasts the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of…

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黑料社吃瓜 June 2015 Volunteer of the Month: Cathy Willis

Each month, the 黑料社吃瓜 honors one of its dedicated volunteers鈥攖he people who are an integral part of 黑料社吃瓜鈥檚 ability to provide free services to low- and moderate-income Bay Area residents. Thanks to all of the selfless聽黑料社吃瓜 volunteers聽who choose Plaza Adelante as their second home.聽 Name: Cathy Willis Program: Community Loan Fund Why…

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黑料社吃瓜’s Juan Diego Castro Chosen for National Fellowship Program

Christopher Gil, Senior Content Marketing聽Manager (415) 282-3334 ext. 152 cgil@medasf.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June聽12, 2015 黑料社吃瓜’s Juan Diego Castro Chosen for National Fellowship Program Colegio Fellowship Aims for Latinos to be Strong Leaders in their Fields San Francisco, CA鈥擳he聽National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders聽(NALCAB) announced today that 黑料社吃瓜’s Housing Opportunities Manager…

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Client Success Story: Hector Ayala’s Taxing Situation Remedied

Hector Ayala is a friendly, dignified 82-year-old Mission resident who likes the feel of a paintbrush in his hand. Now, we鈥檙e not talking slapping a new coat of paint on houses: Hector has been painting San Francisco street scenes for years in his rental space on San Carlos聽Street. All was fine until 2007, when a…

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Mission Promise Neighborhood Data Sharing Among Partners Now a Reality

鈥淭he price of light is less than the cost of darkness.鈥 –Arthur C. Nielsen, market researcher and founder of ACNielsen聽 The need and challenge Michelle Reiss-Top (photo, top right) definitely understands the aforementioned quote about data. 黑料社吃瓜鈥檚 technology and data systems manager was tasked with implementing and optimizing Salesforce internally–a Herculean task by itself. Imagine…

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A Movement is Started, Even as a Pause on Mission Luxury Housing Falls Just Short of Passage

As it neared midnight on Tuesday, after many聽hours of impassioned debate and testimony from the community, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors failed to pass a 45-day pause on Mission luxury housing. The vote was seven ayes and four nays, two short of what is required for passage. While District 9 Supervisor Campos鈥 measure went…

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黑料社吃瓜 to Appear at 鈥淪F Housing Expo 2015″ on June 20th

“We are in our new home, which we love! Thanks, 黑料社吃瓜, for the invaluable assistance in putting us on the path that led us here.” 鈥敽诹仙绯怨 First-Time Homebuyer clients Chris and Yayoi Baker It鈥檚 no surprise that buying a home in San Francisco can present challenges, but the above quote from 黑料社吃瓜 clients now enjoying…

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