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Vanessa Rancano

California

Housing Reporter at KQED-TV (San Francisco,CA)

housing reporter @KQED. previously: @NPR kroc fellow, @LatinoUSA, @ucbsoj. tips for me? [email protected]

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  • 1 week ago | kqed.org | Vanessa Rancano

    May 5Failed to save articlePlease try againCo-owner Ei Kay Khine Zin stands in the doorway of Bay of Burma in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood on May 5, 2025. After years of bearing the brunt of San Francisco’s homelessness crisis, residents and service providers in SoMa and the Tenderloin say it’s time for the rest of the city to step up.

  • 2 weeks ago | kqed.org | Katie DeBenedetti |Vanessa Rancano

    Apr 30Failed to save articlePlease try againApartments at Heritage Park at Hilltop in Richmond on Sept. 28, 2022. Tenants at Heritage Park have successfully organized against rent increases in the past at the affordable housing community for seniors. A bill to lower California’s cap on rent increases and expand tenant protections drew strong opposition from landlord groups and others who argued it would hamper development.

  • 3 weeks ago | kqed.org | Vanessa Rancano

    Apr 24Failed to save articlePlease try againThe Painted Ladies, Victorian homes in San Francisco that are a local architectural landmark, against the city skyline. Lawmakers are taking on the housing crisis with new urgency, focusing on affordability and accountability, but an uncertain economic picture may rein them in.

  • 3 weeks ago | kqed.org | Elize Manoukian |Vanessa Rancano

    Apr 21Failed to save articlePlease try againOakland Mayor-elect Barbara Lee holds a press conference in Oakland on April 21, 2025. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)Former East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee, who Oakland voters chose as the city’s next mayor, promised to continue to represent “all of Oakland” Monday in her first press conference since winning the election.

  • 1 month ago | kqed.org | Vanessa Rancano

    Mar 25Failed to save articlePlease try againA tiny home arrives at the Wood Street Cabin Community in Oakland on Dec. 16, 2022. Homeless services providers say they’re struggling under the weight of massive debt as they wait on the city of Oakland to reimburse them for housing and feeding its most vulnerable residents.  (Beth LaBerge/KQED)Updated 12:07 p.m. TuesdayA year without pay. Millions in debt. Months without a contract.

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25 Feb 25

‘A volunteer jail:’ Inside the scandals and abuse pushing California’s homeless out of shelters https://t.co/nL87iH3g96

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21 Nov 24

SF’s most arrested homeless man sleeps outside his childhood home https://t.co/0lv5RdCjSD via @sfstandard