Born with a manong’s eyes and a manong’s heart and a manong’s mind that would not forget.

The new Central SoMa Plan is a rezoning of the South of Market that caters to private interests and highlights the ongoing struggle of working-class communities in San Francisco.

Community-led planning has always been integral to the work of SOMCAN.

Congratulations to YOHANA for being selected by the Youth Leadership Institute to receive funding for the first-ever San Francisco City Youth Conference (SFCYC)!

SOMCAN added a new tenant counselor to our growing staff! Please welcome Gene Alejo (son of longtime Galing Bata educator Tina Alejo) who will be providing tenant outreach, counseling, and legal referral services to the Filipino American community in the Excelsior and SoMa.

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).

Boy Bonifacio’s Filipino-American migration story is a familiar one.

In September 2000, five long-time Filipino businesses and organizations – Arkipelago Books, New Filipinas Restaurant, Super Reproductions, Teatro ng Tanan, and Filipino American Music & Arts Society – were served eviction notices at the Mint Mall located at 953 Mission Street.

Over 60 tenants and community advocates from San Francisco's District 6, which encompasses SoMa, Tenderloin, and Treasure Island, congregated on June 28th at the Bayanihan Community Center for a tenants convention.

We at SOMCAN are beyond excited that Theresa Imperial of the Veterans Equity Center, our longtime ally and a staunch SoMa community advocate, was recently appointed to serve on the Eastern Neighborhoods Citizens Advisory Committee.

In Part I of this interview with Jerome Reyes (May 2017 Kapitbahay Newsletter), Leslie Rabine asked him why he, an internationally recognized artist, researcher and educator, is so passionately devoted to working with the staff and young people at SOMCAN.

Ignite Open Mic, SoMa’s monthly all-ages performance showcase, produced and presented by SOMCAN’s Youth Organizing for Home and Neighborhood Action (YOHANA).

Barrio Fiesta 2017 was filled with laughter and fun activities for all ages to enjoy.

If you’re walking along 7th & Folsom, you may notice a slight change in the flow of traffic.

Unity and cooperation. The driving forces behind the joint immigrant rights workshop held last month at St. Patrick’s Church.

A few days after Jerome Reyes launched his public art project Abeyance (Draves y Robles y Vargas) on April 22nd, with a celebratory ribbon-cutting ceremony at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, he sat down to talk to SOMCAN supporter Leslie Rabine.

Growing up along San Francisco’s Sixth Street, an area notorious for poverty and blight, it was common for Philip Maverick Ruiz, 19, and Alexa Drapiza, 20, to see adults drinking in the middle of the day or shooting up on the sidewalks.