Community News

[city_news_13]

19128146_051826-kgo-sf-seniors-evict-img

At least 10 San Francisco seniors on verge of eviction, fearing homelessness

  They’re urging the city to take action By Luz Pena  Monday, May 18, 2026 10:31PM SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — In San Francisco, a group of seniors is on the verge of eviction – and asking the city to intervene. Residents accuse their property’s management company Domus Management of poor communication and bad bookkeeping. For…

19087083_051226-kgo-sj-safe-sleep-3-img

San Jose to close only homeless safe sleeping site over a year after opening amid budget shortfall

San Jose is planning to shut down its Taylor Street Navigation Hub by the end of the year due to a budget shortfall of $56 million. By Tim Johns Tuesday, May 12, 2026 SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — San Jose is planning to shut down its Taylor Street Navigation Hub by the end of the year.…

6a03c1a3d0cd0.image

Arizona, California senators call on Congress, White House to find solution for Dreamers

Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly and California Sen. Alex Padilla spoke to the growing threats that Dreamers and DACA beneficiaries face under the Trump administration Joanna Jacobo Rivera May 12, 2026 As processing delays for DACA renewals and increased detentions continue to upend beneficiaries’ lives across the U.S., lawmakers from Arizona and California joined immigration advocates…

18888823_041426-kgo-san-leandro-chief-split-img

I-Team talks with homeless man at center of San Leandro police ‘dumping’ controversy

The I-Team tracked down the homeless man who in 2024 was violently detained and “dumped” by San Leandro police, seven miles away in Oakland. By Dan Noyes  Wednesday, April 15, 2026 SAN LEANDRO, Calif. (KGO) — The ABC7 Eyewitness News I-Team has tracked down a homeless man at the center of a controversy involving San Leandro…

18857376_040826-kgo-sf-homeless-director-new-clean-vid

SF names new Department of Homelessness director as city faces $643 million deficit

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie announced Mike Levine as the new executive director of the city’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing. By Zach Fuentes and Luz Pena  Wednesday, April 8, 2026 9:48PM SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — San Francisco’s Mayor Daniel Lurie announced the appointment of a new executive director of the city’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive…

18804795_032926-kgo-half-moon-bay-homeless-img

Half Moon Bay considers enforcement, fencing as homelessness along creek raises concerns

By Lyanne Melendez  Sunday, March 29, 2026 HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (KGO) — Half Moon Bay officials say a growing homelessness crisis along Pilarcitos Creek has become an environmental threat, prompting the city to consider new enforcement measures while continuing outreach to unhoused residents. City leaders say most of the community’s unhoused population is living along the…

Local Organizations

[city_organization_13]

Black Earth Farms

We need clean land, clean water, clean air, and reparations for all colonized and oppressed peoples on the planet. Black and Indigenous Women, non-binary, trans, and queer folks are the leaders of the movement for food sovereignty and must be centered and uplifted in order to achieve true and absolute liberation.

 

Color of Change

Color Of Change is the nation’s largest online racial justice organization.

We help people respond effectively to injustice in the world around us. As a national online force driven by 7 million members, we move decision-makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for Black people in America.

 

Black Organizing Project
The Black Organizing Project is a grassroots organization in Oakland working on issues of racial, social, and economic justice

 

People's Kitchen Collective
People’s Kitchen Collective is a food-centered, Oakland-based political education project offering educational workshops, exhibitions, and community dining events to discuss social justice issues.

 

East Oakland Collective
The East Oakland Collective (EOC) is a member-based community organizing group invested in serving the communities of deep East Oakland by working towards racial and economic equity. They are also currently collecting money to bail out protesters and bringing meals to those on the front lines of protesting.

OCCUR
OCCUR is a community capacity building organization supporting the economic development and civic inclusion of marginalized communities.

 

Ella Baker Center
Ella Baker Center is a grassroots organization in Oakland that focuses on shifting resources away from incarceration and punishment toward opportunities.

 

La Cocina
La Cocina is a nonprofit working to solve problems of equity in business ownership for women, immigrants, and people of color. They are also currently raising money for a COVID-19 relief fund to help business born out of their program.

 

Mandela Grocery Cooperative
Mandela Grocery Cooperative is a worker-owned grocery store located in West Oakland working to strengthen and diversify the local economy. They source from local entrepreneurs and farmers in California with a focus on black and brown farmers and food makers. Their Karma Jar fund helps people in need purchase food.

 

Cycles of Change
Oakland-based creates healthier East Bay communities by helping youth and adults gain tools for more environmentally and economically sustainable living through school-based bicycle education, job training, watershed education, and community earn-a-bike programs. By exploring our neighborhoods and beyond on bicycles, we are more connected to the people and the land that sustain us.

Upcoming Events

capitalcafe

Earth Day Clean Up 2024

Join Scottsdale Fashion Square, as we team up with Scottsdale Police Department, for an Earth Day clean up of Old Town Scottsdale! Let’s come together to make a positive impact on our environment by beautifying our local community around the center and surrounding areas! Meet at Capital One Cafe at 7am – we will provide…

Race to Cure Sarcoma

The Race to Cure Sarcoma (RTCS) brings together hundreds of members of the community who have been impacted by this disease. Each year, the Sarcoma Foundation of America raises awareness and funds for much-needed research, through RTCS events across the country.

The Boston Dyke March

Since 1995, the Boston Dyke March has remained committed to offering a non-commercial, intersectional, and fundamentally grassroots alternative to Boston’s Pride celebration. We strive to elevate voices marginalized in society and even within the lgbtq+ community.

overnightwalk

Out of the Darkness Overnight Walk

Every year suicide claims more lives than war, murder, and natural disasters combined, and yet suicide prevention doesn’t get anywhere near the funding given to other leading causes of death. It’s up to Walkers like us to make a difference. Together we can change the conversation about mental health and put a stop to this…

GTGAB 2023 8.5x11 - 1

11th Annual Get Tested Grab A Bite

We would love for you all to show up for Get Tested Grab A Bite. Just a heads up, it is normally REALLY HOT! Come prepared, LOL! We will have a cooling station for folx that over heat. But, a little information about the event is that we have GTGAB annually. It is a way…

hood yoga

Hood Yoga

This is Yoga for the people! A safe space created for black womxn / black folk to explore beginner Yoga. All classes are 90-minute beginner sessions that include 25 minutes of journaling. Evening sessions are held in a heated room. Bring water, a towel, a journal, and an open mind and heart!

[city-event13]

Local Hero Spotlight

Members can nominate a local hero for recognition on their local LoveJustice.com city page!

Anyone and everyone can make an impact, and at LoveJustice we believe that they deserve to be recognized for their good, necessary work!

Local Hero

Recommend A Local Hero

San Fran in Action!

Featured Charities