Newsletter
Jobs-Housing Linkage Fee Legislation Rally
The Jobs-Housing Linkage Fee is a legislation from 1996 that is meant to fund housing construction to offset the demand for housing that new office employment creates.
Natoma Block Party Kick Off, A Success
A series of block parties scheduled on the last Saturday of the month until October on Natoma Street, between 6th and 7th.
The Census is Important and Everyone Counts
It is important for the entire population of the country, regardless of citizenship or immigration status, to be counted.
New Shadow of Eight-Story Tourist Hotel a Threat to Gene Friend Rec Center
The Gene Friend Recreation Center is the only recreation center in the entire South of Market.
Identifying Community Priority Sites in the SOMA
The sites with votes become a priority and the sites with the most votes will get developed into various spaces for the community.
July 2019: Unveiling of Heroes in Our Windows Mural
The mural artists, Mel Vera Cruz and England Hidalgo, have promoted the collective goal of achieving this project completely through volunteer community efforts.
Staff Spotlight: Ericka Martynovych
“The working class is powerful. We can create change and it doesn’t always have to be like this.”
February 2019: Bring Down the MUNI Fares!
SOMCAN and Allies Rally to Demand Transit Justice
EMERGING LEADERS SPOTLIGHT: KAITLYN EVANGELISTA AND RAMON BONIFACIO
This article appears in the July 2018 issue of Kapitbahay Times, the monthly newsletter of the South of Market Community Action Network (SOMCAN).
The Central SoMa Plan, Part 2: Community-Based Solutions
The Central SoMa Plan represents a plan by and for developers, not the existing community in the South of Market. The plan prioritizes office space for tech companies and new luxury, market-rate housing.
Little Masantol on Natoma Street by Leslie W. Rabine
Since 1992, Orlando De Vera, the Bustos family, and the Bonifacio family have lived in the apartments at 657-659 Natoma Street. Mr. De Vera says they “all came from the village of Masantol near Angeles City in the Philippines” and recreated their village within the walls of their adopted home.
Preserving Affordable Housing in the Excelsior
The Excelsior district is one of the last remaining neighborhoods in San Francisco that has a large concentration of working-class Filipino and Latino families. Despite the current challenges of gentrification and displacement, there are ways to mitigate these ongoing threats and stabilize vulnerable populations.
Right of Passage: YOHANA's Pedestrian Safety Campaign
This article appears in the August 2018 issue of Kapitbahay Times, the monthly newsletter of the South of Market Community Action Network (SOMCAN).
A Century of Resistance: The Gran Oriente
This article appears in the August 2018 issue of Kapitbahay Times, the monthly newsletter of the South of Market Community Action Network (SOMCAN).