Press inquiries:
Christopher Gil
Associate Director of Marketing & Communications
Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA)
(415) 282-3334 ext. 152
cgil@medasf.org
8/23/19 – Mission Local
Six-to-Seven Story Mixed-Use Building Approved for Cesar Chavez Street
8/23/19 – San Francisco Chronicle
We Cannot Make a Living’: SF Cabdrivers’ Debts Mount Amid Uber, Lyft Battle
8/16/19 – KTVU
California Girls Launch Creation of 15,000 Butterflies to Represent Migrant Children in U.S. Detention Centers
8/9/19- Mission Local
A Hole in the Donut World as Jelly Donut on 24th Closes for Renovations
8/4/19 – Enterprise
Sharing Food in Pursuit of the American Dream
8/1/19 – La Opinión
Vota Para Apoyar la Equidad Económica
8/1/19- Globe News Wire and Yahoo! Finance
Vote for The 2019 Coors Light Líder of The Year
7/11/19 – San Francisco Chronicle
Redstone, a Refuge for Artists and Activists, Needs $6.5 Million to Save Building
7/7/19 – San Francisco Examiner
Infill Housing for Outside Lands
6/29/19 – 48 Hills
Planners Hear How Nancy Skinner’s Housing Bill Would Hurt SF Communities
6/27/19 – SF Weekly
A Year of Trans Victories
6/26/19 – KQED
Nonprofit Developer Poised to Buy Redstone Building Calls on SF to Close Funding Gap
6/25/19 – ARTFORUM
San Francisco’s The Lab Fights to Save Historic Building from Private Developers
6/24/19 – El Tecolote
Battle to Save the Redstone Symbolizes Fight to Keep Art in the Mission
6/24/19 – Hyperallergic
A San Francisco Art Nonprofit Is Trying to Save Its Building From Developers
6/2019 – FilAm Star
Supervisors Introduce Comprehensive Streamlining and Rezoning Ballot Measure to Build Affordable and Educator Housing
6/20/19 – Mission Local
Redstone Building: Tenants Deliver 7,000 Signatures to Supervisor Hillary Ronen’s Office at City Hall Rally
6/19/19 – Mission Local
Redstone Building: Nonprofit has Two Months to Come Up with Millions for Purchase
6/18/19 – SFist
Day Around the Bay
6/18/19 – San Francisco Chronicle
Four San Francisco Supervisors Propose Ballot Measure for Affordable and Teacher Housing
6/18/19 – SF Weekly
Redstone Organizers Seek City’s Help to Finalize Sale
6/18/19 – San Francisco Examiner
Nonprofit Seeking City Assistance to Buy Historic Mission District Property
6/17/19 – Hoodline
Nonprofit Purchases Page & Shrader Building, Saving Longtime Tenants from Eviction
6/16/19 – SFist
Mayor London Breed’s Plan To Speed Up Affordable Housing Faces Supervisor Opposition
6/16/19 – San Francisco Chronicle
SF Mayor London Breed Struggles to Build Consensus with Supervisors on Housing Plan
6/13/19 – Radio Bilingüe (audio)
Enfrentando la Crisis de Vivienda Asequible
6/12/19 – UnidosUS Blog
How UnidosUS Affiliate Mission Economic Development Agency Fights Rising Housing Costs in San Francisco
6/11/19 – SF Weekly
City Buys New Affordable Housing Site From Luxury Developer
6/11/19 – Mission Local
City to Buy 1515 South Van Ness for 100-Percent Affordable Housing Development
6/5/19 – San Francisco Examiner
SF to Provide $48M to Keep Six Housing Sites Affordable
5/31/19 – Univision (video)
Salen a Relucir Documentos Sobre lo Que hay Detrás del Intento de Incluir la Pregunta Sobre la Ciudadanía en el Censo 2020
5/21/19 – Axios Blog
The Hometown Tour: San Francisco
5/17/19- Hoodline
100% Affordable Tenderloin Building Nears Completion as Similar Mission Project Breaks Ground
5/16/19 – SF Weekly
Best of 2019: People & Places
5/14/19 – Next City
Why Some Tenant Groups Are Opposing California’s Density Bill
5/12/19 – SFGate
Ground Breaks For Casa Adelante’s 143 Affordable Apartments
5/12/19 – KCBS
Ground Breaks For Affordable Apartments In San Francisco’s Mission District
5/10/19 – Mission Local and SFGate
Fifth 100-percent Affordable Project Breaks Ground in SF’s Mission
5/9/19 – Curbed San Francisco
Plan for Red Transit Lanes on 16th Street Draws Ire
5/9/19 – Associated Press
HHR: California’s SB 50 (Wiener, D-San Francisco) Faces Groundswell of Opposition From Dozens of Cities Statewide
5/8/19 – SF Weekly
Redstone Sale Is a Win for S.F.’s Only Trans Latina Organization
5/8/19 – SF Weekly
24th and Bryant Will Always Belong to Galería de la Raza
5/8/19 – Mission Local and SFGate
Red Lanes on 16th Street? Not So Fast, Say Mission District Activists
5/6/19 – SocketSite
Affordable Units about to Rise on Previously Prohibited Site
5/4/19 – Word Journal (Chinese)
Redstone Labor Temple Sale
5/2/19 – KALW Crosscurrents (audio)
This Nonprofit is Getting into San Francisco Real Estate to Keep Housing Affordable
5/2/19 – Mission Local
Nonprofit May Purchase SF Mission’s Redstone Labor Temple by Summer
5/2/19 – San Francisco Examiner
Nonprofit Strikes Deal to Buy Historic Mission District Building
4/25/19 – Napa Valley Register
Controversial California Housing Bill to Move Forward after Compromise
4/25/19 – Curbed San Francisco
The Mission’s “Historic Laundromat” Sold
4/24/19 – San Jose Mercury News
Controversial California Housing Bill to Move Forward after Compromise
4/24/19 – San Francisco Business Week 2019 Blog
Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA): Plan your future. Plan your success.
4/24/19 – Daily Breeze
Controversial Housing Bill to Move Forward after Compromise
4/22/19 – Sustainable Development and Land Use Update – April 2019
S.F. Supervisors Vote to Give Nonprofits First Crack at Multifamily Residential Buildings
4/17/19 – San Francisco Chronicle
SF Supervisors Vote to Give Nonprofits First Crack at Multifamily Residential Buildings
4/16/19 – SF Weekly
City Grants Nonprofits First Priority in Building Sales
4/12/19 – NPQ Nonprofit Quarterly
San Francisco Proposal to Boost Nonprofit Housing Providers Nears Approval
4/9/19 – Next City
Nonprofits May Soon Have the First Chance to Buy Apartment Buildings in San Francisco
4/9/19 – San Francisco Examiner (op-ed)
Why SB 50’s Disregard for the Mission District Should Concern Us All
4/9/19 – Senator Kamala Harris News Blog (click Supportive Statements at end)
Harris Reintroduces Legislation to Provide Relief to Americans Facing Skyrocketing Cost of Rent
4/8/19 – Univision (video)
Opciones Cuando No Se Tiene el Dinero Suficiente para Pagar al IRS
4/4/19 – California Political Review
Push for High-Density Housing Clears First Hurdle in California Senate
4/4/19 – Department of Housing and Urban Development News Briefs April 2019
3850 18th St. RAD Rededication
4/4/19 – SF Weekly
The Three Oldest Businesses on Valencia Have One Thing in Common
4/4/19 – Sing Tao Daily (Chinese)
COPA Supported by 11 Supervisors
4/3/19 – StreetsBlog Cal
Housing-Near-Transit Bill Passes Its First Hearing
4/3/19 – Daily Post
Two Bills Pushing Tall, Dense Housing Advance in Legislature
4/2/19 – Courthouse News Service
Push for High-Density Housing Clears First Hurdle in California Senate
3/25/19 – Univision (video)
Alertan Sobre Llamadas Telefónicas Fraudulentas a Nombre del IRS
3/21/19 – La Opinión
Nuevo Edificio de Departamentos en La Misión Será 100% Asequible
3/18/19 – Mission Local
Meet the Two Developers Who Rescued Mission Housing Development Corporation
3/8/19 – Ideo.org
Nine Bada** Women to Know
3/7/19 – San Francisco Chronicle
Neighborhood-Preference Program for Affordable Housing Proves Effective
3/1/19 – San Francisco Examiner
Redstone Labor Temple Tenants Celebrate History, Look Forward to Uncertain Future
3/1/19 – Mission Local
HOMEY Grand Reopening in Mission as Group Seeks to Reach New Levels
3/1/19 – The Registry
Redefining Public Housing in SF: Celebrating the Renewal of 3850 18th Street
2/28/19 – IndyBay
Joint Statement from Manny’s and United to Save the Mission
2/26/19 – BRIDGEtown News
Preserving Homes, Preventing Displacement (Sustaining section)
2/19/19 – 48 Hills
Save the Redstone Building!
2/17/19 -San Francisco Chronicle
SF’s Affordable Housing Projects (shows 1266 Shotwell and 2060 Folsom)
2/14/19 – El Tecolote
The Campaign to Save the Historic Redstone from Gentrification
2/13/19 – SF Weekly
Can the Mission Save Itself from Commercial Gentrification?
2/10/19 – San Francisco Chronicle
Breed Prepares Bill to Make Affordable Housing Cheaper to Build
2/10/19 – San Francisco Examiner
City’s Response to Geary Boulevard Disaster Reflects Lessons from Fires of the Past
2/7/19 – Business Wire and Morningstar
Ameriprise Financial and Its Employees and Advisors Donated $17 Million to Nonprofits in 2018
2/7/19 – Mission Local
SF Mission’s “Monster” Hearing
2/6/19 – Affordable Housing Finance
S.F. Development Will Serve Low-Income Residents, Homeless Youth
2/1/19 – Untold Returns (podcast)
Holding Onto Boomtown
2/1/19 – mOppenheim.TV
Nonprofit Spotlight: Mission Economic Development Agency Saving San Francisco’s Diverse Mission District Community
1/31/19 – The Registry
127-Unit Affordable Housing Project Breaks Ground in San Francisco’s Mission
1/31/19 – SocketSite
Approved Dollar Store Development on the Market in the Mission
1/31/19 – Larkin Street Youth Services blog
Larkin Street to Provide Services to Transitional-Age Youth Through Casa Adelante
1/31/19 – SocketSite
Affordable Development in the Mission Finally Breaks Ground
1/31/19 – Sing Tao Daily (Chinese)
Casa Adelante – 2060 Folsom Groundbreaking
1/30/19 – KTSF Channel 26 (Chinese; video)
Casa Adelante – 2060 Folsom Groundbreaking
1/30/19 – Mission Graduates blog
Mayor Breed and Mission Graduates Celebrate the Groundbreaking of 2060 Folsom
1/30/19 – Mission Local
SF Mission’s Fourth 100-Percent Affordable Housing Project Breaks Ground
1/28/19 – San Francisco Chronicle
Developer of Long-Delayed “Monster in The Mission” Apartments Has New Offer
1/27/19 – San Francisco BayView
Keep the Redstone Labor Temple a Community Center
1/25/19 – Neighborhoods.com
First-Time Homebuyers Programs: How to Afford Your Dream Home in San Francisco
1/16/19 – Bay Area Reporter
Redstone Tenants Rally to Save SF Building
1/12/19 – Mission Local
Negotiations Continue Over Historic SF Redstone Building
1/10/19 – SFGate
Mayor Breed, Supervisor Mandelman Tout Newly Renovated Affordable Units
1/10/19 – Univision (video)
Agencias del Área de la Bahía Dan Asesorías Para Presentar Declaración de Impuestos
1/4/19 – San Francisco Examiner
Mission District Civic Engagement Space Met With Protests, Calls for Boycott
1/2/19 – NBC Bay Area (w/video)
Iconic Stores in SF’s Mission District Closing Down for Good
