Allyson Aleksey

Nov 27, 2024 | sfexaminer.com | Allyson Aleksey

It has been years since Tristan Warmsley was a student in San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley, but she says the challenges her current counterparts face are similar. Warmsley said there has “always been community struggles, like food insecurity, housing insecurity, and gun violence” in the southeastern neighborhood. “When I was younger, gun violence was very prevalent, and so I just had to learn early on to be hyper aware of my surroundings,” she said.

Nov 26, 2024 | sfexaminer.com | Allyson Aleksey

What do cigarettes, liquor and baby diapers have in common? They are all items ineligible for purchase under SNAP, the leading federal nutrition assistance program formerly known as food stamps. For nearly 10 years, San Francisco has supplied the basic necessity of diapers to residents who otherwise qualify for government assistance.

Nov 21, 2024 | sfexaminer.com | Allyson Aleksey

TikTok awarded San Francisco’s Lincoln High School $3,000 as part of a grant program aiming to foster conversations with students, teachers and parents about safe use of social-media platforms.

Nov 20, 2024 | sfexaminer.com | Allyson Aleksey

Advocates for a local law allowing San Francisco residents who aren’t U.S. citizens but have children enrolled in The City’s public schools to vote in school-board elections say they are confident this year’s results will show growing participation and turnout among such voters. The San Francisco Department of Elections said noncitizen turnout data won’t be available until officials certify the Nov. 5 election results as early as Dec. 3.

Nov 14, 2024 | sfexaminer.com | Allyson Aleksey

Now that the San Francisco Unified School District’s $790 million facilities bond has passed, it’s up to district officials to decide which schools will receive those funds. Proposition A passed with nearly 75% of the counted votes approving the bond measure, which needed 55% to pass.