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Phil Ginsburg, who’s led S.F. Rec and Parks for 16 years, is leaving. Junyao Yang looks at Ginsburg’s record, his connection with the controversial Sunset Dunes park, and the collapse of the scandal-ridden Parks Alliance.
Joe Eskenazi first wrote about Rachel Church for Mission Local when she was recovering from addiction, jail, and life on the streets. It’s been a rough six years, but today Church is a sober working mom who tells Joe the realโnot the fairy-taleโaccount of what it took for her to get here.
See Rachel Church’s back story from 2019.
Some of last year’s Prop A money will create transitional housing for women and families who are domestic violence survivors. Xueer Lu breaks it down.
More soon,
Sara
Latest News
Rachel Church is 8 years clean and sober, and back in the workforce after cancer
“I like to hear someone else who worked through the craziness that I lived.”
Phil Ginsburg, head of S.F. Rec and Parks, to depart by end of year
“Itโs one-thousand percent his decision.”
S.F. to fund two sites for survivors of gender-based violenceย
Construction begins next spring and will end by late 2027.
Back Story
Rachel Church was homeless. A drug addict. An alcoholic. Sheโs better now.
โItโs you! Youโre alive! Youโre okay! Youโreย beautiful!โ
SNAP
Feline affordable housing
By Zach Smith
Events
Today: Darren Kiely at The Chapel, September 22, 8-10PM
Tomorrow: California Natural Resources in the Age of Trump, Manny’s, September 23, 7:30-8:30PM