A healthcare corporation threatened to shut down a critical hospital for low income San Franciscans. The story of how community and labor groups successfully saved a hospital and forced real benefits over profit.

[people. power. media] believes that our communities’ struggles for self-determination are inextricably linked to this moment – to the Palestinian movement for freedom from Israeli occupation and an end to the ongoing genocide against Palestinian people.

Richmond District Neighborhood Center hosted a forum on that addresses Asian Pacific Islander and Black solidarity featuring Dyan Ruiz, Co-Founder of People Power Media, San Francisco District 1 Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer, and Kevine Boggess, Education and Policy Director at Coleman Advocates.

Your landlord is cashing in on the latest real estate scam that's inflating the most dangerous housing bubble yet. The industry calls it “Property Technology.” Insiders refer to it as “PropTech.” [people. power. media] and the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project have been researching this voracious beast devouring housing units all over the world. We've dubbed it a title that better describes the impact of this disruptive tech: “Landlord Tech.” In this [people. power. media] in-depth exclusive, we dig deep to expose just how insidious, pervasive and largely unregulated Landlord Technology is.

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As we continue to shelter-in-place, we know that everyone is doing their best to stay healthy and help each other. The landscape keeps shifting minute by minute. People Power Media will keep doing our best to bring you the latest ways to stay engaged. If you missed the first resource guide, you can view it here. This list of actions and resources is focused on San Francisco, the East Bay and California.

We hope that every one of you is able to stay safe and healthy during this time. This list of actions and resources is for San Francisco and California. If you don't live there and would like us to circulate a similar guide for your area, please let us know!

SAN FRANCISCO — Shouts of “The Monster is dead!” roared through the jubilant crowd at the 16th Street BART Plaza in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District on Thursday afternoon. Over a hundred people celebrated with music, dance, and chants their defeat of a luxury housing development that Maximus Real Estate Partners had proposed to build at this location.

Priced Out is an engaging animated web series that follows a young couple as they discover why housing is so expensive and what we can all do about it. Our goal is to empower people to demand real solutions for housing affordability.

Nonprofits running affordable housing in San Francisco will soon be granted the first-right-to-bid priority in the market if there are multi-unit buildings for sale.

Meet Curtis, a high school teacher, and Riley, a tech gig worker, in their micro-unit in San Francisco. They've just received a rent increase and need to figure out how to keep their growing family in the City.

I'm Fred Noland. I'm the lead illustrator on “Priced Out.”

We're here with Bob Herman who has developed many affordable housing developments throughout San Francisco, the Bay Area, and California through his architecture firm which we are here today.

Every few years, a Proposition appears on our California ballots that reminds us why we vote and that we really do have a chance to make a difference. Proposition 10, called The Affordable Housing Act, is truly exciting. Why? If passed this November, it would repeal Costa-Hawkins, the 1995 law that limits rent control across the State.

Senior and Disability Action (SDA) hired [people. power. media] to help raise awareness on the conversion of Single Room Occupancy buildings (SROs) into luxury dorms in the San Francisco neighborhood of the South of Market. SRO Resident Leaders and SDA Organizer Tony Robles worked together to share with other residents the signs to look out for for conversions in their buildings.

A San Francisco tenant rights coalition released a report today that shows the impacts of a California law that limits rent control throughout the state.

The Anti-Displacement Coalition authored the report called, “The Cost of Costa-Hawkins.”

It looks like the local initiative that aims to end homelessness in San Francisco will be on the City’s ballot for the upcoming November election.

Four Filipino-American families, including a 4-year-old girl and a 92-year-old grandmother, are being evicted from their homes in the South of Market neighborhood in San Francisco. The De Vera, Bustos, Bonifacio and Mac Coll families have lived in this Natoma Street building for 25 years.

A Proposition is on the June ballot that, if passed would provide free legal representation for tenants facing threat of eviction. The measure, designated as Proposition F is also called "Defend San Francisco Against Evictions." It was put on the ballot through a grassroots effort to gather signatures. That effort resulted in thousands more signatures than needed.

Led by youth and adults from around the State, hundreds of tenants rights activists came together to turn in signatures hoping to qualify the Affordable Housing Act for California’s November ballot. The Affordable Housing Act would repeal the Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act, a law that limits rent control.