2024-03-01T14:18:51-07:00 2022-12-31 990 2022-01-01 271275141 SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC PRESS SANF 4154957377 44 Page Street Suite 504 San Franciscoo CA 94102 Lila LaHood Treasurer 4154957377 2023-11-12 Lila LaHood 999009999 1 1 11 1 AAL2 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Michael Stoll 44 Page Street Suite 504 San Francisco CA 94102 791692 0 X https://sfpublicpress.org X 2009 CA The mission of the San Francisco Public Press is to enrich civic life in San Francisco by delivering public-interest journalism to broad and diverse audiences through print and interactive media not supported by advertising. The San Francisco Public Press is a nonprofit, noncommercial news organization that publishes independent public-interest journalism about under-covered topics, with a focus on under-served audiences. Online and on community radio station KSFP-FM, we offer local investigative and solutions reporting. Coverage areas include environmental protection, housing affordability, public health, transportation safety, homeless services, digital privacy, immigration and elections. 8 7 16 8 0 0 835143 791665 26 27 0 0 0 0 835169 791692 260887 362472 0 0 427904 438180 0 0 93399 131845 125927 820636 926579 14533 -134887 190460 55575 0 0 190460 55575 The mission of the San Francisco Public Press is to enrich civic life in San Francisco by delivering public-interest journalism to broad and diverse audiences through print and interactive media not supported by advertising. The San Francisco Public Press (sfpublicpress.org) is a nonprofit, noncommercial news organization that produces independent public-interest journalism about under-covered topics, with a focus on under-served audiences. Online and via community radio station KSFP-FM, we offer local investigative and solutions reporting. Coverage areas include environmental protection, housing affordability, public health, transportation safety, homeless services, digital privacy, immigration and elections. For every local election, we produce a comprehensive, multimedia nonpartisan voter guide. 0 0 410169 0 0 The San Francisco Public Press (sfpublicpress.org) is a nonprofit, noncommercial news organization that produces independent public-interest journalism about under-covered topics, with a focus on under-served audiences. Online and on community radio station KSFP 102.5 FM, we offer local investigative and solutions reporting. Coverage areas include environmental protection, housing affordability, public health, transportation safety, homeless services, digital privacy, immigration and elections. For every local election, we produce a comprehensive, multimedia nonpartisan voter guide. (See our November 2022 guide here: https://www.sfpublicpress.org/november-2022-sf-election-guide/) In 2022, "Civic," our local public policy interview podcast and radio show, produced a smaller number of episodes as we transitioned to a new model involving more in-depth reporting and highly produced episodes. For "Civic," Laura Wenus and Sylvie Sturm conducted original reporting on a range of topics and also built episodes around reporting by other journalists in our newsroom. Other reporters also contributed occasional episodes. (See: https://www.sfpublicpress.org/civic) In February and March, we published two investigations by reporter Nuala Bishari as the culmination of her one-year ProPublica Local Reporting Network Fellowship, through which she investigated San Francisco's methods for getting people out of tents or other short-term shelter and into permanent supportive housing. Her two-part investigative project that was co-published by the Public Press and ProPublica in 2022. (See: https://www.sfpublicpress.org/series/left-out) Throughout 2022, many of our reporters cover issues related to homelessness and housing insecurity. Noah Arroyo and Madison Alvarado reported on how the city and advocacy groups were helping people who might lose their housing as pandemic eviction protections expired. (See a few examples: https://www.sfpublicpress.org/state-not-on-track-to-pay-most-sf-rent-assistance-before-eviction-protections-expire/, https://www.sfpublicpress.org/california-extends-eviction-protections-for-some-kills-local-protections/, https://www.sfpublicpress.org/tens-of-thousands-vulnerable-to-eviction-as-california-protections-poised-to-end/, https://www.sfpublicpress.org/as-statewide-eviction-protections-expire-sf-measure-kicks-in/). Yesica Prado and Jenny Kwon examined fire incident data and reported on the increase in fires at encampments of unhoused people. (See: https://www.sfpublicpress.org/sf-fires-linked-to-homeless-surged-as-pandemic-set-in/) Prado spoke with people employing a grassroots approach to fire prevention in their communities. (https://www.sfpublicpress.org/grassroots-nonprofits-and-homeless-communities-create-their-own-fire-prevention-solutions/). Later in the year, in "'Everything Is Gone, and You Become More Lost': 12 Hours of Chaos as Berkeley Clears Encampment," Prado produced a comprehensive report and photo essay documenting what it's like for people who don't have control over the place where they live. Prado spent 12 hours documenting this episode in which a vulnerable group had their lives thrown into chaos through deliberate action of local government agencies. (See: https://www.sfpublicpress.org/everything-is-gone-and-you-become-more-lost-12-hours-of-chaos-as-berkeley-clears-encampment/) In a three-part series, Viji Sundaram investigated the inconsistent application of a California law enacted in 2021 that allows domestic violence victims to claim coercive control - a broad range of behaviors including humiliation, surveillance, intimidation, gaslighting and isolation that strips an intimate partner of a sense of autonomy and personhood. (See: https://www.sfpublicpress.org/how-californias-coercive-control-law-could-help-women-manipulated-by-partners/, https://www.sfpublicpress.org/expanding-view-of-domestic-violence-gives-survivors-new-tool-but-unsympathetic-judges-remain-an-obstacle/, and https://www.sfpublicpress.org/i-was-not-allowed-to-have-my-own-thoughts-california-courts-start-penalizing-psychological-domestic-abuse/). Seth Rosenfeld followed up on his previous Public Press investigation of California's regulation of the ride-hailing industry with ongoing coverage of the California Public Utilities Commission. (See: https://www.sfpublicpress.org/utilities-agency-admits-more-problems-in-tracking-ride-hailing-assaults/, https://www.sfpublicpress.org/how-california-utilities-commission-undermines-the-public-records-act/, https://www.sfpublicpress.org/court-says-california-utilities-commission-must-obey-state-public-records-act/, https://www.sfpublicpress.org/uber-lyft-must-adopt-measures-to-prevent-sexual-assaults-california-regulator-rules/) In the summer, we hosted Columbia-INN Reporting Fellow Camellia Burris (See: https://www.sfpublicpress.org/would-tax-on-vacant-homes-push-owners-to-lease-empty-sf-units/) and Dow Jones News Fund Fellow Jordyn Gleaton, who worked on data analysis and graphics (See: https://www.sfpublicpress.org/california-indian-tribes-denied-resources-for-decades-as-federal-acknowledgement-lags/). For additional reporting by the San Francisco Public Press, please visit our website at sfpublicpress.org. 362472 362472 0 The San Francisco Public Press served as fiscal sponsor for Mission Local. The following details are repeated on Schedule I, Part I, Line 2: We monitored the use of grant funds by Mission Local through regular conversations - at least monthly - with Lydia Chavez, executive director of Mission Local. All grants and donations received by the Public Press and distributed to Mission Local in 2022 were used to pay staff salaries and freelance journalists. In 2018 we began fiscally sponsoring Mission Local, a news organization focusing on San Francisco's Mission District. Mission Local's journalistic work is in a similar educational vein as the Public Press's and is aligned with our charitable purpose. 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Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A copy of the 990 will be shared with board members. Their questions and feedback are invited and will be incorporated as needed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The board reviews and discusses possible conflicts of interest and takes action as needed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The executive director's salary is discussed annually by the board as part of the budget approval process. Members of the board research salaries for similar roles at comparable organizations, and this information is taken into consideration when the executive director's salary and organizational budget are approved. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Our governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public and are provided by email upon request. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 We believe this to be a minor rounding error. This filing was late due to challenges we encountered reconciling accounts for 2022. Because of funding constraints and limited staff availability, we needed more time to verify expenses in order to submit an accurate filing. We have made changes to our accounting procedures to avoid such delays for future filings.