SF Weekly / March 28, 2018 / Nuala Sawyer Bishari London Breed has skipped nearly half of the dozen mayoral forums hosted by community groups. In contrast, Jane Kim and Mark Leno have only missed one each.
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Campaign trail: Homelessness, superPACs and a weird Chron story
48 Hills / March 19, 2018 / Tim Redmond This was the week of candidates putting forward plans to address homelessness. Mark Leno put forward his plan to end “street homelessness,” and while some of the proposals are similar to ideas we’ve heard before, his plan...
How we beat Airbnb
48 Hills / January 22, 2018 / Calvin Welch The news media have missed the real story of how a community coalition organized, ran campaigns, educated, and eventually forced the giant corporation to quit posting illegal listings.
Together, we can go beyond this moment
Help us resist and build the power of our city's working-class communities of color. Since our launch in 2010, San Francisco Rising has developed into a groundbreaking grassroots alliance with a strong history of building power for our communities. We know that...
No Trump or City Cuts to Affordable Housing
Rally and March April 27, 12PM Federal Building, 450 Golden Gate Facebook Event Affordable housing programs that serve some of the most vulnerable members of our community are under attack! On April 27, neighborhood, labor, and faith organizations from across San...
The SF election: What happened?
48 Hills / December 2, 2016 / Calvin Welch The 2016 election may well be a turning point in our national and local politics. The problem is that it’s unclear what direction the politics will take.
Mayor, Business Groups Line Up to Fight S.F. Tech Tax Proposal
KQED News / Jun 29, 2016 / Ted Goldberg Mayor Ed Lee, at least five members of the Board of Supervisors, the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and a group that represents the city's tech sector are opposed to a new proposal to tax the technology industry.
The Most Important Organizations and Figures in San Francisco Politics Today
The Bold Italic / January 11, 2016 There was a moment in 2011 when progressives thought that all hope was lost in San Francisco. That was the day when the Board of Supervisors “turned.”
Reclaim our resources and build more truly affordable housing
Results of SF Rising Spring 2015 Civic Engagement Program California as a whole and the Bay Area in particular have more than enough wealth to go around. Our state Gross Domestic Product is $2.5 trillion, making us the 10th richest among all countries in the world,...
Black Lives Matter and #BlackFriday14
All day, every day.In San Francisco and Across the Bay, Black Lives Matter The members and staff of San Francisco Rising have been inspired and deeply moved by the events of the last several months, that have put racial justice and the injustices of state violence...
