SF Examiner
SF Bay Guardian
Mayor’s promised veto becomes reality
SF Chonicle
Black Hole Sucks Up Newsom’s Veto of Tenant-Friendly Laws
SF Weekly
Chronicle and L.A. Times Distort Rent Legislation
Written by Sara Shortt for Beyond Chron
Rent relief needed Letter to the Ed.
SF Chronicle
Renters’ protests aren’t enough to sway mayor
SF Chronicle
Interview on BBC News “Up All Nite” (listen at 3:22)
Renters Protest at City Hall
KPFA Evening News (play at 36.11)
San Francisco Renters Demand Economic Relief
KCBS
Renters demand ideas from Newsom
SF Bay Guardian
San Francisco proposal would cheat landlords
LA Times Editorial
S.F. supes pass new rules on renters’ rights
SF Chronicle
S.F. seeks to strengthen renter protections
SF Chronicle
By Liam Frost, HRCSF Volunteer, Beyond Chron
Chronicle and LA Times Distort Rent Legislation
By Sara Shortt, Beyond Chron
How to Save the Housing Authority
By Sara Shortt, SF Bay Guardian Op Ed
The Attack on Public Housing
Sara Shortt, SF Bay Guardian Op Ed
Save Section 8!
Sara Shortt and Tommi Avicolli Mecca
SF Bay Guardian Op Ed
Opportunism knocks
by Jenny Friedenbach and Robert Haaland
SF Bay Guardian Op Ed
They’re Coming to Evict You!
By Tommi Avicolli Mecca in Beyond Chron
Supes to Hold Hearing on Public Housing “Emergency Transfers”
by Sara Shortt in Beyond Chron
Public Housing Tenants Need Repairs,
Not Promises
by Sara Shortt, Beyond Chron
HOPE SF? The Case for a Public Housing Bond
by Sara Shortt, Beyond Chron
Senate to Decide Whether to Increase
Public Housing Funds
by Sara Shortt, Beyond Chron
Protest Public Housing Cuts!
September 15, 2006, Beyond Chron
San Francisco’s Public Housing Budget Slashed!
Beyond Chron
Section 8 Cuts Could Displace Thousands
Beyond Chron
Section 8 Cuts will likely increase homelessness for SF’s Low Income Renters
Street Sheet
Letters to the Editor
Renters need Relief
Sara Shortt
What would St. Francis say?
Tommi Avicolli Mecca
No Praise for “Hell”
Sara Shortt
Governance by press release
Sara Shortt
HUD’s a dud
Sara Shortt
No compassion at the SFHA
Sara Shortt
Seeing in the Dark
Sara Shortt
in this movie.
General Housing Issues
S.F. sues Postal Service over SRO mail delivery
SF Chronicle
SF Bay Guardian
Housing cuts hurt seniors, PWAs
Bay Area Reporter
Keep The Lights On (City Insider Column)
SF Chronicle
Foreclosures Hit City, Renters
SF Chronicle
New Outreach Program for Tenants of Foreclosed Homes
Beyond Chron
KGO TV Beyond the Headlines
(Interview w/ Assessor, Phil Ting and Sara Shortt: Part 3 &4 )
Podcast of live interview on Pirate Cat Radio (featuring Ben Ehrenreich of the Nation Magazine and Sara Shortt)
Don’t leave Your House
SF Bay Guardian
Renters’ eviction notices often illegal in S.F.
SF Chronicle
SF renters threatened by foreclosures
ABC7
Renters Fighting Back Against Foreclosure Evictions
KTVU2
SF Tenants Suffering from Foreclosure Effects
KCBS
New Help for SF Renters
KGO 810am
KTSF
Outreach Program to Benefit Tenants of Properties Facing Foreclosure
CBS5
Former S.F. Housing Authority director lands in Miami
SF Chronicle
Right of Return: Public Housing in San Francisco‘s Hunters Point
Journal of Race, Poverty and the Environment
Potrero Terrace and Annex to be Redeveloped
Potrero View
S.F. Mayor Names New Head of Housing Authority
SF Chronicle
S.F. Tenants Don’t Trust City’s Motives
SF Chronicle
Housing Authority Looks to 311 to Flush out Backlog
The Examiner
Mayor Newsom Names Interim Head of S.F. Public Housing
SF Chronicle
Gregg Fortner Out as Head of SF Housing Authority
SF Chronicle
Fixing Mess at Hunters View Won’t be Quick, Easy or Cheap
SF Chronicle
Supes Support Alice Griffith Tenants–-But Endorse Lennar
Beyond Chron
What Newsom Faces in Aftermath of Scandal
SF Chronicle
Budget Fears for Public Housing Officials
SF Chronicle
Who’s in Charge Here? Amid Rising Criticism of S.F.’s
Public Housing, Commissioners Often Cancel Their Meetings
SF Chronicle
As Feds Cut Funds, S.F.’s Public Housing is Threatened
SF Examiner
U.S. Cuts Sec. 8 Housing Subsidy Bay Area Rents, Aid
Voucher Values Decline
SF Chronicle
Fortner Tries to Keep His Wits
SF Chronicle
Feds Cut Housing While SF Advances Solutions
Beyond Chron
Section 8 Public Hearing
KFPA Evening News
KALW Radio “Auditing Bureaucracy” Section 8 (click on 2/19/06)
聯 邦住 屋 款削減 金山房客抗議
World Journal
The nation’s biggest player in the apartment rental
business has found huge profits in low-income housing
SF Weekly
Rent Control
Eviction Bill Appears Doomed
SF Examiner
SF Tenants’ Victory Likely to be Short-Lived
SF Chronicle
KPFA Morning Show (starts at 1:05:06), Dec 8th
KPFA Evening News (at 18:34), Dec. 6th
Newsom: I Will Veto Tenant Eviction Legislation
SF Examiner
Interview on BBC News “Up All Nite” (listen at 3:22)
Where Would We Be Without Rent Control?
SF Bay Guardian
Renters’ Protests Aren’t Enough to Sway Mayor
SF Chronicle
Renters Protest at City Hall
KPFA Evening News (play at 36.11)
San Francisco proposal would cheat landlords
LA Times Editorial
Building built in the 80s? Sorry, you’re out
SF Chronicle
San Francisco beefs up renter protections
LA Times
SF Seeks to Strengthen Renter Protections
SF Chronicle
3 New SF Rent Laws in the Works
SF Chronicle
Protesters in Oakland, SF, Gather to Protect Rent Control
March 16, 2008, SF Chronicle
Foes Mobilize to Fight Rent Control Measure
March 13, 2008, Bay Area Reporter
Tenants Protest Rent Control Initiative
November 15, 2007 Golden Gate [X]Press
SFTU Keeps Up Pressure on Ellis ActEvictors
August 29, 2005, Beyond Chron
Tenancies-in-Common Battle Hits Courtroom, North Beach
Owner Wants to Convert a 6-unit Property
SF Chronicle
Rent Control Doesn’t Help Tenants When Landlords Add a New Roof
SF Chronicle
S.F. Extends for One Year Rent-Increase Reprieve to
‘Vulnerable’ Tenants
SF Chronicle
Renters Hope Prop N Will Stunt the Growth of TICs
SF Chronicle
Apartments Go to Highest Web Bidder
SF Chronicle
Planning panel OKs housing project
Bay Area Reporter
Affordable Housing for LGBT Seniors Launched at 55 Laguna
Bay Times
Supervisors Support Strengthening Affordable Housing Law
May 11, 2006, Beyond Chron
City 5,000 Units Behind Affordable Housing Goal
SF Chronicle
Without Housing, the Poor Will Perish
December 2006, The Street Spirit
Supervisors Tackle Mold Issue At Hunters Point Apartments
SF Chronicle
Hunters Point Residents Blame Health Woes on Molds That Thrive in Leaky Apartments
SF Chronicle
Housing Riddled with Violations Neighborhood Survey Shows Rampant Prioblems in Single-Room Occupancy Units
Sept. 23, 2005, SF Chronicle
Gentrification/ Displacement
Blacks Hit by Housing Costs Leave SF Behind
New York Times
Census shows black population plummeting in last decade in SF
SF Chronicle
S.F. Eviction Fighters Given Boot Themselves
Skyrocketing rents forcing out nonprofits
SF Chronicle