Press

2021

april | SF Business Times | S.F. housing production dropped in 2020. Now some want the city to pause efforts to update its housing plan

May | NBC Bay Area | Free Muni Pilot Program to Kick Off July 1

June | SF Weekly | Learn to Make Vegan Chicken Tinola Online

November | SF Examiner | The solution to SF’s affordable housing crisis is simple — build affordable housing

2020

february | sf examiner | Supes back ‘champion’ of working class as Planning Commission appointee

february | sf examiner | Preston Urges Muni to roll back proposed fare hikes

april | SF Business Times | Proposed 27-story Mid-Market tower underwhelms at initial review

april | Bay Area Reporter | SOMA group to hold poetry workshop

MARCH | the gurdsman | Commuters Advocate For Better Muni 29-Sunset Line Service

may |Bindleblast |Giving Tuesday Now

july | SF Business Times| Scaled down plan to rezone Market-Octavia 'Hub District' approved by S.F. supes

september | inquirer | Report surveys chronic diseases among Filipinos in San Francisco

September | FilAm Star | Community Our Health, Our Community Program

September | asian journal | Report Conducted to Gauge chronic diseases among Filipinos in San Francisco

September | Manila Bulletin | Filipino Art takes over San Francisco Neighborhood

2019

january | sf examiner | On her last full day in office, Supervisor Jane Kim cuts the ribbon on one last bike lane project

february | mission local | New Coalition of Activists demand more equitable transportation in SF

february | sf examiner | Support builds for plan to give nonprofits first crack at buying apartment buildings

february | Balitang America | Filipinos Rally for Fair Public Transit in San Francisco

february | sf weekly | SOMCAN-Do It All

FEBRUARY | MISSION LOCAL | New coalition of activists demands more equitable transportation in SF

april | BPO Industry | AT&T workers, Filipino groups in US held protest in support of call center workers union in PH

april | JDSUPRA | First District Rejects Laundry List Of CEQA Challenges To EIR For Mixed Use 5M Project In Downtown San Francisco

april | sf examiner | Supes block SoMa housing development over shadow cast on neighborhood park

April | SF WEEKLY | City Grants Nonprofits First Priority in Building Sales

may | The National Law Review | EIR for Downtown San Francisco Mixed-Use Project Upheld Under Supreme Court’s Newly Articulated Standard of Review

July | inquirer | SF Bayanihan center unveils ‘Heroes in Our Windows’ mural

October | 48 Hills | Filipino language access still lacking in SF

november | inquirer | San Francisco still lags in providing Filipino language access to city services

december | bizjournalz | The Central SoMa plan hit by lawsuit

2018

january | sf Weekly | A Challenge to Gentrification, or a Restriction of Economic Growth?

january | golden gate express | Hundreds march in solidarity to avoid gentrification in Mission District

March | sf examiner | Displacement and gentrification: San Francisco’s new vision for SoMa

April | sf gate | A Citywide Crisis in Gentrification? New SF Residents Make Far More Money Than Those Leaving

April | citylab | What Surfers Understand About Gentrification

June | sf examiner | Advocates Rally for Filipino Families Facing Eviction in SOMA

June | sing tao daily | Four Filipinos in the South Market District Protested the Forced Eviction of Chinese Owners ***title translated from Chinese

June | tfc | SF COMMUNITY SUPPORTS FILIPINO FAMILIES THREATENED WITH EVICTION

June | sf examiner | Prop. F victory in SF could build momentum for statewide rent control fight

july | people power media | 92-Year-Old Among Filipinos Facing Eviction In SoMa

july | sf examiner | Supes Begin Review of Central SoMa Plan Expected to Add 8K Homes, 33K Jobs

july | sf chronicle | Changes to SF’s Central SoMa rezoning plan would result in more housing

july | 48 hills | Too many jobs, too little housing in Soma

july | Sf examiner | #NotAllYIMBYs

july | Sf examiner | Here’s how to combat San Francisco’s affordable housing crisis

july | Sf weekly | Veritas Tenants Urge Costa-Hawkins Repeal

August | sf chronicle | As South of Market burgeons, will the boom leave some behind?

September | sf weekly | The Next Fight over Scooters Is Just Beginning

September | sf chronicle | SF groups to push for changes to major rezoning plan in SoMa

September | 48 Hills | The Utter Absurdity of the Central Soma Plan EIR

September | 48 Hills | The Climate Change Agenda for the week

September | tfc | SF COMMUNITY RALLIES FOR EVICTED FILIPINOS IN THE SOUTH OF MARKET DISTRICT

September | sf examiner | Tenant activists call out Safai for vote on rent control measure

September | sf chronicle | SF supervisors push forward plan for SoMa despite opposition

September | sf examiner | Planning Commission approves SOMA housing development despite community concerns over park shadows

November | mercury news | Rent-control policy `likely fueled the gentrification of San Francisco,’ study finds

december | sf chronicle | Developers jockey to be 1st to build in rezoned South of Market hot spot

2017

january | Sf examiner | Court Rejects Appeal of 5M Project

july | inquirer | Fil-Am news show films camp of homeless Filipinos in San Francisco

december | the greenlining institute | An Open Letter to the Next Mayor of San Francisco: Confront Gentrification

2016

january | Hoodline | SoMa, Tenderloin Activists Suing San Francisco Over 5M Project Approvals

january | Curbed sf | SoMa's Major 5M Project Gets Sued by Local Activist Groups

january | hoodline | SoMa Filipino Community Divided On Costs, Benefits Of 5M Development

April | hoodline | SF Land Trust Acquires Another SoMa Building, Thwarting Future Evictions

April | inquirer | San Francisco Gives Green Light to Filipino Cultural District

july | inquirer | Residents, officials push for free City College in San Francisco

2015

may | aljazeera | San Francisco families facing eviction describe health problems, stress

June | SF gate | Revised 5th and Mission Plan Adds Affordable Housing, Open Space

June | sf gate | 5M Developer Alters Project to Include More Affordable Housing

july | inquirer | Renters rally behind SF official’s anti-eviction measure

August | Sf chronicle | Big SoMa Development Project 5M on Track for First Vote

September | Sf chronicle | Long-Debated SoMa High-Rise Project Coming to Vote

September | Inquirer | Filipinos Up in Arms vs. New San Francisco Building Project

September | Hoodline | SoMa Week: Folsom Street Fair, Oktoberfest, Bay Area Bold Festival and Much More

october | sfist | SoMa Community Groups File Appeal Against Big 5M Development

october | sfist | SoMa Neighborhood Groups Appeal 5M Development Plans

November | Hoodline | Forest City's Massive 5M Development Wins Final Approval

2014

May | SFGate | Hidden SoMa: Safer streets, green alleys treat for walkers

2006

october | fog city journal | Gold medalist Victoria Manalo Draves honored at opening of San Francisco's newest play park