The street team that builds compassion through pigeon first aid
These rescuers help pigeons whose feet have become tangled in debris. Spending an afternoon with them changed the way I see urban wildlife.
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As city budget nears passage, TL demands all funds restored to neighborhood services
All day at City Hall, people queued up for their last chance to urge lawmakers to preserve the programs that had helped them or others.
Living in Block’s World
Cheryl Block Shanks recalls her father, and his poetry about what can divide us — even though we’re all kin.
Protesters bring budget outrage to the mayor’s door
Over a hundred people assembled Thursday outside Daniel Lurie’s office, in a show of force.
Service providers say: If City Hall slices, this is who gets hurt
Local leaders map the damage to vulnerable groups, if lawmakers pass the proposed budget.
Budget battle status report: Millions still to be cut from TL organizations
See the list of Tenderloin programs under threat and learn what you can do.
Advocates gear up for City Hall actions against budget cuts
Events are coming up to push legislators to restore funding for programs and services that are slated for cuts.
Tenderloin rallies at City Hall to fight program and service cuts
The message at the rally was clear. “Mayor Lurie: ‘Let’s go, San Francisco,’ but please don’t leave us behind!” said one speaker, from an organization facing cuts.
Fire displaces residents of O’Farrell Street building
Tenants were dismayed to find evidence that their units had been looted shortly after the fire.
TL faces $6.8 million in cuts — so we’re helping the community mobilize
The community will rally at City Hall to protect vital services. Here’s how you can get involved.
Gotta go? Use our guide to find the TL’s better public restrooms
The Tenderloin’s bathrooms, mapped and reviewed. Many were fine — some, impossible to use or even find.
Government cuts are coming. Here’s how to learn more, and make your voice heard.
Find out what's on the chopping block, and how to press politicians to change that.
Leaders in early childhood services see kids falling through the cracks. They also see solutions.
More than half of kids with special needs aren’t developmentally ready for kindergarten. Many families can’t access the critical services they need.