The Costa-Hawkins Housing Rental Act (or “Costa-Hawkins” for short) is a California state law which limits local rent control laws in two major ways…

On the morning of Tuesday, December 9, dozens of Bay Area housing rights activists and Filipino-American community advocates rallied outside the Daly City office of private money lender Saxe Mortgage in protest of the wrongful eviction case against SoMa residents Alex and Melinda Cortez.

Big thanks to the 250+ community members who attended, took part in, and volunteered at SOMCAN’s 17th anniversary gala held last November 3rd at 180 ELEVEN in San Francisco.

Greater Good Studio, a social impact design firm headquartered in Chicago recently announced that the South of Market Community Action Network (SOMCAN) will participate in Raising Places, an innovative project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).