Homes for San Francisco’s Working Class

A Social Housing Teach-In

Sponsored by the University of San Francisco, the San Francisco Labor Council, and the Council of Community Housing Organizations

·      Tenant, Labor, & Housing Leaders on the Political Pathway for Social Housing in San Francisco. Keynote panel with Shanti Singh (Tenants Together), Kim Tavaglione (San Francisco Labor Council), and Fernando Marti (Council of Community Housing Organizations)

·      Social Housing Past, Present, and Future

·      Tools for funding and maintaining a sustainable social housing program

·      Creating a labor, tenant, & community centered social housing program for the climate emergency

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Please join us for an After-Event Happy Hour, 6pm, at the Mothership Bar SF, 3152 Mission Street

Program and Guests:

2:30 – Welcome:  Rachel Brahinsky (University of San Francisco)

2:35 - Intro Plenary: Kim Tavaglione (SF Labor Council), Shanti Singh (SF DSA and Tenants Together), and Fernando Marti (CCHO), moderated by Rachel Brahinsky (USF)

2:50 - Break                                      

2:55 - Social Housing Models: John Baranski (El Camino College), Laksh Bhasin (SF Berniecrats Housing Committee), Zachary Marks (Montgomery County MD), Hope Williams (San Francisco Community Land Trust), moderated by Fernando Martí (CCHO)

3:40 - Small Group Reflection

4:00 - Break

4:10 - Workers, Climate, and Housing Justice perspectives on Social Housing: Rudy Gonzalez (SF Building & Construction Trades Council), Cynthia Gómez (UNITE HERE Local 2), Dan Aldana Cohen (UC Berkeley), Reina Tello (PODER), Cleve Jones (Tenant and LGBTQ activist), and Sulaiman Hyatt (Housing Rights Committee), moderated by Alex Lantsberg (IBEW Local 6)

5:00 - Break

5:10 – Closing thoughts: Dean Preston (San Francisco Board of Supervisors), Shanti Singh (SF DSA and Tenants Together)