The weekend in 2017 that neo-Nazis descended on Berkeley, California, Brian Nadler* was volunteering with the National Lawyers Guild (NLG). He was manning one of the local hotlines which on-the-ground legal observers could call to share live updates on demonstrations or arrests. That Saturday, a group of white nationalists got ahold of the local NLG […]
“Sorry for the mess!” Greg Morozumi bemoans, as I wind my way past stacks of magazines, books, and framed artwork in the office of Eastside Arts Alliance in East Oakland. As we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the student strikes at UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University, I’m at Eastside Arts to see the […]
In the San Francisco Bay Area, we are often removed from explicitly racist debates and conflicts. But we see the violence in Charlottesville around confederate statues. We see white supremacist rallies being held in other parts of the country. And then we think, “That is what it looks like to have a race problem.” But […]
Listen in as author Bob Friedman, a longtime leader in the field of asset-building is joined by Stockton Mayor Michael D. Tubbs to discuss Friedman’s latest book, A Few Thousand Dollars: Sparking Prosperity for Everyone. In this book, he presents a passionate and practical proposal to build nest eggs for all citizens without spending an […]
Media Contact: Ling Woo Liu, lliu@sff.org SAN FRANCISCO, January 1, 2019 – The San Francisco Foundation announced today that Yvette Radford has been appointed to its board of trustees for a five-year term. Ms. Radford is the regional vice president for external and community affairs at Kaiser Permanente. “I’m very pleased that Yvette has agreed to […]
On behalf of the San Francisco Foundation’s board of trustees and staff, we wish to express our condolences to the family of Justice William Newsom, father of Governor-elect Newsom. In remembrance of Justice Newsom, the family has created the Justice William Newsom Fund at the San Francisco Foundation. The family is requesting gifts to the fund […]
On November 25, as Americans wrapped up our Thanksgiving holiday weekend, we saw horrifying photos of refugees – including barefoot toddlers—running from tear gas that U.S. border protection agents had hurled across the San Diego-Tijuana border. This attack on Central American migrants and their children seeking asylum is profoundly disturbing and counters our country’s founding […]
The wildfires burning in parts of Northern and Southern California are still being contained, and the long-term needs of these communities have only just begun. The Camp Fire, the most destructive wildfire in California history, has already burnt much of the town of Paradise, just outside of Chico. The fire has taken dozens of lives […]
FAITHS (Foundation Alliance with Interfaith to Heal Society), a program founded by the San Francisco Foundation, has issued the following statement in response to the violent incidents across the country. We are living in real times where people are murdered for their religious beliefs and the color of their skin. We are faced with dehumanizing […]
In December 2016, less than a week before Christmas, the Martinez family received a letter from their landlord that instructed them to move out as soon as possible because she planned to sell the building. The owner had bought the three-unit building in 1992 for $290,000; 24 years later, she stood to sell it for […]