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Category Archives: Poverty Issues
Portrait Gallery: Faces of San Francisco Affordable Housing
It's a hard time to find an affordable place in the city. Rents have climbed 10 percentat a time of year when they're normally going down. Exacerbating the problem, San Francisco lost millions of dollars in low-income housing funding when Gov. … Continue reading
News Pix: Giants in the World Series, Occupy Oakland Celebrates Anniversary, Earthquakes Break Ground and More
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Frank and Leticia Romo's shrine to their son Sergio's baseball career in his childhood bedroom in Brawley, California. About 25,000 people live in this farm town, out in the desert scrubland. Main Street is a dusty arcade of shuttered stores. Unemployment … Continue reading
Oakland 'Genius' Grant Winner Hopes to Unleash the 47%
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Awarded half a million dollars by the MacArthur Foundation on Monday, Oakland community activist Maurice Lim Miller knows exactly what to do with it: empower the 47 percent. "The future to us is about taking a whole class of people, … Continue reading
6 Reasons to Live in 'Miserable' Stockton While Working in 'America's Best City' San Francisco
I live in what’s been described as one of California’s most miserable and most violent communities. I work in what’s been described as America’s best city. My job is in San Francisco, which this week was named America’s best city … Continue reading
San Francisco Supes Delay Vote Allowing Tiny Apartments
Update 3:21 p.m.: The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has delayed until at least November a vote on a building code change that could reduce the minimum size of apartments in San Francisco. The board had been set to vote … Continue reading
Occupy Protest Causes Delays
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On the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, Muni is rerouting some service due to a protest. Check here for the latest from Muni. Earlier, protesters blocked the intersection of Market and Drumm… Occupy on the march in SF Financial … Continue reading
Could You Live in an Apartment the Size of a San Francisco Parking Space?
No, that's not a rhetorical question, as KQED's Ian Hill has Storified, below the photo…
Little Money Spent, Few Helped in State Program for Struggling Homeowners
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by Aaron Glantz, The Bay Citizen On June 15, Wells Fargo is set to auction off Gayline Hudson’s home in Oakland’s Fruitvale District. Hudson, who bought the two-bedroom house for $370,000 in 2005, lost her job as an adult education … Continue reading
Exploring Bayview's Food Renaissance; Map of Area Restaurants
Radio Africa & Kitchen is one of a growing list of city- supported food businesses on Third Street in San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood. It's all part of a calculated redevelopment strategy to drive foodies to this long neglected corner of … Continue reading
24 Arrested During Wells Fargo Protest
Maybe 500 people turned out — our reporters' best estimate — for today's protest targeting the Wells Fargo shareholder meeting in San Francisco. Protesters were calling for a moratorium on all foreclosures, as well as principal reductions on mortgages for … Continue reading
