Friday, Feb 18, 2011 in Pacific Sun Weekly, “Upfront: Yes in my backyard – How Marin should put out the affordable housing welcome mat…,” discusses, on pages 7 and 9, the efforts of Northbay Family Homes buying and refurbishing foreclosed homes and selling them to working families at cost or less. These efforts have been [...]
Saturday, Jan 1, 2011 on housingfinance.com, “TOD Fund established for the Bay Area,” describes the newly formed Bay Area Transit Oriented Affordable Housing Fund, a $50M financial pot for cost effective housing developers. $500,000 of the fund was proudly supplied by The San Francisco Foundation, as an effort to commence low-income housing projects and resurge [...]
(SAN FRANCISCO) – Friday, December 31, 2010 – Dr. Sandra Hernández, CEO of The San Francisco Foundation, announced today $5 million in grants to Bay Area nonprofits in response to the recession. While market indicators signal a measured upswing in the economy, many people in the region continue to suffer residual effects. Informed by community [...]
Monday, Dec. 20, 2010 in SF Public Press, “New ‘Distress Index’ shows San Francisco’s economic pain is getting worse,” discusses the application of the newly formed distress index to help determine economic impact on communities normally relegated by other studies. CEO Sandra R. Hernández, M.D., of The San Francisco Foundation heads the decision making process [...]
Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010 in the San Francisco bay Times, “Honoring latino heritage,” discusses the ceremony where Mayor Gavin Newsom bestowed the Latino Heritage Award on those making an imact in the LGBT latino community including CEO Sandra R. Hernández, M.D. of The San Francisco Foundation.
Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010 in The Stanford Daily, “New San Francisco distress index reveals continued economic struggles,” reports the results from the Distress Index Project, backed by The San Francisco Foundation, which seek to extrapolate the results of particular areas where the distress index is high which would indicate areas where public policy can have [...]
(SAN FRANCISCO) – Wednesday, September 22, 2010 – The San Francisco Foundation announced today its 2010 Community Leadership Award winners: Dr. Washington Burns, Anna Halprin, Sylvia Rosales-Fike, and East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation. The awardees will be honored for their outstanding contributions to the Bay Area community at the Awards Celebration on Tuesday, September [...]
Friday, April 16, 2010 in the San Francisco Business Times, “Creative finance turns blight into might,” discusses the formation of HOPE SF which seeks to curtail the economic trend of lack of urban development and job creation. The San Francisco Foundation provided financial backing.
Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010 in The Western Edition, “Blackwell uses community development background to lead SF Redevelopment Agency,” profiles Fred Blackwell, executive director for SFRA. Previously, Blackwell led community development at The San Francisco Foundation.
Monday, Jan. 25, 2010 in the Mercury News, “Hometown hero: Alameda County sheriff’s sergeant steering kids in right direction,” profiles Sgt. Marty Neideffer’s impact on the local community providing ways for kids to contribute positively and connect with mentors. Susan Beck received a grant from The San Francisco Foundation to create a garden for the [...]