Episode 8: REP-SF’s [Race & Equity in all Planning of San Francisco] Citywide People’s Plan For Affordable Housing

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Race & Equity in all Planning Coalition (REP-SF) and People Power Media

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“It's about forcing the city to make sure that they build affordable housing. And there's lots of, programs that we have in the Citywide People's Plan that can make, huge steps towards, building affordable housing” - Dyan Ruiz

This episode is part of our ongoing Special Series on How the Arts and Culture sector is coming back from the covid 19 pandemic. In our co-production of Arts For A Better Bay Area’s [ABBA] State of the Arts Summit on June 28th 2023 one of the breakout sessions was focused on the work in our community to develop affordable housing for our creative workforce.

The summit breakout panel discussion on “Housing for the Artist Workforce: Revisiting Artists’ Housing” is featured in episode four of this series. We received a lot of feedback from ABBA's State of the Arts Summit attendees that they wished the session on affordable housing was longer and they could spend more time diving into the work being done.

Based on this feedback we have created three follow up episodes focused on three of the topics that were discussed in the arts for a better bay area’s state of the arts summit affordable housing session. This episode is focused on the the Race & Equity in all Planning of San Francisco [REP-SF] coalition’s work to create the Citywide People’s Plan for affordable housing in San Francisco and features the voices of the co-founder and reporter of people power media Dyan Ruiz and the President and Resident Chair of Calle 24 Latino Cultural District Erick Arguello.

Dyan Ruiz - Co-Founder & Reporter, People Power Media

Dyan was born in Quezon City, Philippines, grew up in Toronto, Canada, and currently lives in San Francisco. Dyan has reported for U.S. independent media, Canadian mainstream and ethnic media, and the largest daily newspaper in the Philippines. She has a Masters degree in Journalism from Ryerson University in Toronto. Dyan has also worked as a Legislative Aide in San Francisco City Hall, a communications consultant for grassroots organizations, and as the Communications Director for a successful progressive candidate campaign for the SF Board of Supervisors. She is Co-Director of the award-winning animated short: "Priced Out: Why You Can't Afford a Place in San Francisco," and the forthcoming documentary, "Sa Amin: Our Place".

Erick Arguello - President & Resident Chair, Calle 24 Latino Cultural District

Erick Arguello is the Advocacy Manager under the Center for Social Justice at GLIDE. Erick’s work spans over 25 years advocating to preserve and protect the Missions Latinx Cultural Assets and Latinx immigrant community. He is the Founder and President of Calle 24 Latino Cultural District. There are now 10 cultural districts throughout San Francisco aimed to preserve San Francisco’s cultural diversity. He is the recipient of the 2011 KQED Latino Heritage Month Local Hero Award, 2014 Cesar E. Chavez Legacy Award, 2014 San Francisco Latino Heritage Award, 2008 LGBTQ Individual Community Grand Marshall, and the 2003 Instituto Familiar De La Raza, Ollin Rodrigo Reyes Award.

People Power Media

People Power Media’s mission is to build power for housing justice and equity in land use. We do this through multimedia popular education, policy innovation, and organizing. Our work as a nonprofit builds equity at the city planning level by strengthening communities’ expertise in all aspects of land use. People Power Media is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California and is a federally registered 501(c)(3). We are funded by individual donations and a grant from the San Francisco Foundation. Be part of the housing justice movement and consider contributing a tax-deductible donation today.

Race & Equity In All Planning Coalition (REP-SF)

Dozens of grassroots organizations from across San Francisco have come together to form the housing justice coalition, Race & Equity in all Planning Coalition [REP-SF]. Our mission is to build a future with diverse communities, stable, affordable housing and equitable access to resources and opportunities. REP-SF envisions a San Francisco that empowers historically marginalized communities in housing justice and equity in land use. REP-SF’s [Race & Equity in all Planning of San Francisco] Citywide People’s Plan.

Calle 24 Latino Cultural District

Calle 24's mission is to preserve, enhance and advocate for Latino cultural continuity, vitality, and community in San Francisco’s touchstone Latino Cultural District and the greater Mission neighborhood. Calle 24 is in the center of San Francisco’s Historic Mission District. The stretch of 24th Street running from Mission Street to Potrero Avenue boasts a vast number of colorful and unique specialty stores, restaurants, taquerias, Mexican bakeries, fresh produce grocers, butchers, cafes, and art galleries, as well as the greatest concentration of murals and Latino Businesses in the city. Get involved through volunteering, membership and making a donation.

Videos

Find out more about the People Power Media and REP-SF’s work and watch the award-winning animated short: “Priced Out: Why You Can't Afford a Place in San Francisco”

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“We need to affirmatively further fair housing. It’s a civil right requirement that the city and the state are not, doing, they’re ignoring in favor for, developer giveaways. And we need to keep fighting to make sure that all of the things we were able to get into the housing element, to actually create affordable housing in the city, and this is all of the things that the Rep SF Coalition is fighting for. ”

— Dyan Ruiz,Co-Founder & Reporter, People Power Media

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