Tag: Housing Justice

Dr. Butch Ware has earned the full and official endorsement of the San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper for governor of California in 2026.

The first round of San Francisco’s housing cooperatives supported by HUD was intended to be a shield against displacement, but many of these same housing cooperatives are now on the brink of disaster, leaving Black people and poor people of all nationalities to wonder how “ownership” has become another word without meaning. This feature begins our ongoing series of stories tracing the money, the paper trail, and most importantly, the people fighting for their homes.

The light from their eyes was missing; in its place was the color of fear. This was the scene at City Hall last week as the people stood up to behemoth developer Forest City, about to build multiple luxury condominium towers and office buildings that will span almost an entire city block in San Francisco’s long-time Filipino community, effectively wiping out the last shred of this working class community of color.

A march called Real Deal or No Deal, expected to be the biggest of the season, will take off at 3 p.m. Wednesday from Hallidie Plaza to City Hall. San Franciscans hit hard by the recession will join with city workers and the working poor to march against Mayor Gavin Newsom’s proposed city budget.