June 2016 - Beyond Chron

To the Editor…

Posted June 30, 2016 by Beyond Chron

Subject: Will Bay Area Media Blitz Impact Homelessness? Good article on the questionable impact of this week’s media coverage of homelessness. Probably those coordinating the media coverage would answer to your statement: “I asked a lot of politically engaged people Read More »

To the Editor…

Posted June 30, 2016 by Beyond Chron

Subject: Will Bay Area Media Blitz Impact Homelessness? Hi Randy: I find that there are 2 reasons for “homelessness”. #1, which is the most highly covered are the social/economic restraints to providing sufficient housing. Eg. Decline of HUD and other Read More »

Will Bay Area Media Blitz Impact Homelessness?

Posted June 30, 2016 by Randy Shaw

Thanks to the SF Homeless Project, local media has been intensively covering San Francisco’s homeless crisis. Congrats to all involved. Now it’s time to assess whether this coverage will have an impact. If past history is a guide, the answer Read More »

Uncovered California: Why Millions Have Fallen Into Health Care Gaps

Posted June 30, 2016 by Sasha Abramsky

“Right now, I have a medicine sitting at Wal-Mart pharmacy that I can’t purchase till payday,” Jacqueline, a 55-year-old San Diegan told me during a telephone interview in mid-April. She asked that her last name not be used for this Read More »

To the Editor…

Posted June 29, 2016 by Beyond Chron

Subject: Will SFUSD Scratch Cook School Lunch? Ms. Woldow has done a yeoman’s job of researching, analyzing and communicating in very lucid prose what the challenges and opportunities are, if the bond to support creating regional school kitchens goes forward. Read More »

To the Editor…

Posted June 29, 2016 by Beyond Chron

Subject: Blame Reagan for Homelessness Excellent analysis for the substandard housing of so many Americans. I’ll bet the cost of properly funding HUD to solve the issue, and as you mentioned it was somewhat solved in the late 60’s early Read More »

My 34 Years Battling Homelessness

Posted June 28, 2016 by Randy Shaw

Major Progress in Face of Federal Inaction In 1982, I was working fulltime as the only employee of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic when widespread visible homelessness emerged in San Francisco. I was trying to preserve and improve single room occupancy Read More »

Will SFUSD Scratch Cook School Lunch?

Posted June 28, 2016 by Dana Woldow

It looks like scratch cooking of school meals may, some day, come to San Francisco’s public schools. After years of relying on outside vendors like Revolution Foods and Preferred Meals, SFUSD may take the first step this fall on the Read More »