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SAN FRANCISCO LATINO TASK FORCE

LTF News/Press Archive:

Community in Action:

Pandemic-born Latino Task Force turns five and longtime activists pass the torch - Mission Local

Hundreds of S.F. protesters demand ‘no more deportations’ amid Trump’s immigration crackdown - El Tecolote

FY 2021-2022:

"San Francisco Leads Lawsuit Against Trump’s Threats to Punish Sanctuary Cities" – KQED

February 2025

"San Francisco reaffirms sanctuary city policy amid Trump threats" - The San Francisco Standard

January 2025

"Protests Ignite the Streets of San Francisco in the Days Leading Up to Trump’s Inauguration" – The Guardsman

January 2025

"Service Providers Demand Access to Latinx Jail Inmates"– SF Public Press

February 2024

"Mission COVID Site: SF’s First Hub Has Its Final Day"– Mission Local

February 2024

"SF COVID Vaccination Sites" – SF Chronicle

January 2024

"Latinx Organizations Rally for Their Piece of the Budget Pie"– Mission Local

June 2023

"The Future of the Mission Food Hub" -El Tecolote

January 2023

What’s Driving the Spike in Homelessness for Latinos in San Francisco?" – KQED

October 2022

"Mission Community Asks for Peace" – Mission Local

September 2022

"San Francisco, San Mateo Co. Residents Urged to Share Long COVID Stories" – UCSF

August 2022

"Latino Coalition Urges S.F. to Replace Nighttime" – SF Chronicle

June 2022

FY 2022-2023:

FY 2023-2024:

FY 2024-2025:

FY 2019-2020:

"Carnaval hosts health and resource fair" – SF Examiner

October 2020

"Two dozen people at SF's Mission District housing program test positive for COVID-19" – FOX 2 KTVU

September 2020

"Latinx Positivity Still High as Task Force and UCSF Test City Residents, Essential Workers" – NBC Bay Area

August 2020

"The Grassroots Activists Who Protected San Francisco’s Most Vulnerable—and the City—From COVID" – Mother Jones

July 2020

"Coronavirus California: SF expands COVID-19 outreach, funding to Latino communities" – ABC News 7

June 2020

"Huge shipment of PPE arrives in San Francisco for small businesses" – FOX KTVU 2

June 2020

"Coronavirus continued to spread among San Francisco's low-income Hispanic population despite lockdown, study finds" – CNN

May 2020

"San Francisco to Replace Wages for Low-Income, Undocumented Workers Who Have COVID-19" – KQED

May 2020

"Latinos On Front Lines Face Dilemma: Test For COVID-19 Or Lose Income While Quarantined" – KPIX 5 News

May 2020

"SF expands funds aimed to assist Latino community severely impacted by COVID-19" – KRON4 News

May 2020

"Results presented from Mission and Pride COVID-19 testing" – EBAR.com

May 2020

"Positive COVID-19 rates in Mission District four times higher than San Francisco average" – FOX KTVU 2

May 2020

"SF: Data Released From COVID-19 Tests on Nearly 3K Mission District Residents" – NBC Bay Area News

May 2020

"BART partners with Latino Task Force on COVID-19 and UCSF for testing at 24th St. Mission plaza" – BART.gov

May 2020

"Free COVID Testing Offered for LatinX Community at 24th Street BART" – SFist.com

May 2020

"UCSF to offer free coronavirus testing at Mission BART station" – SF Chronicle

May 2020

"Mass coronavirus testing plan for 2 different worlds: Bolinas and a section of SF’s Mission District" - SF Chronicle

April 2020

"With SF’s Latino community hit the hardest by COVID-19, testing in the Mission is set to get underway" – El Tecolote

April 2020

"The Latino Task Force emerges to take on COVID-19" – Mission Local

April 2020

"Initial Results of Mission District COVID-19 Testing Announced" – UCSF.edu

April 2020

"Why researchers are testing 5,700 people for COVID-19 in San Francisco’s Mission District" – Mercury News

April 2020

"Coronavirus Testing In SF's Mission To Study Prevalence Among Latinos" – KCBSRadio.com

April 2020

"The Key To Coronavirus Testing Is Community" – NPR.org

April 2020

"Half of San Francisco's COVID Cases Are Hispanic and Latino, Despite Community Making Up 15% of Population" – Newsweek.com

April 2020

"When hard data are ‘heartbreaking’: Testing blitz in San Francisco shows Covid-19 struck mostly low-wage workers" – STAT News

April 2020

"San Francisco Enlists A Key Latino Neighborhood In Coronavirus Testing" – KPBS.com

April 2020

"Latinos make up half of SF's COVID-19 cases, despite community making up 15% of population" – SF GATE

April 2020

FY 2020-2021:

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