Building A Legacy: Rachel Townsend Apartments

Building A Legacy: Rachel Townsend Apartments

The Rachel Townsend Apartments at 1750 McAllister Street rise twelve stories above San Francisco’s Western Addition. Rachel Townsend’s legacy stands taller. The daughter of prominent Fillmore minister and NAACP Vice President, Reverend Arnold Townsend, political...
Community Housing Partnership is now HomeRise

Community Housing Partnership is now HomeRise

More than 30 years ago, the norm for helping someone experiencing homelessness was to put them up in a small, furnished room — and hope for the best. That changed when nonprofit housing developers and homelessness advocates came together and formed Community Housing...
SF expands civilian response to mental health 911 calls

SF expands civilian response to mental health 911 calls

San Francisco Examiner, by Joshua Sabatini San Francisco is expanding a new program to the Bayview that aims to be an alternative to policing by having a team of behavioral health professionals and paramedics respond to certain 911 calls. The Street Crisis Response...