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Noah Arroyo

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As seen in: KQED-TV (San Francisco,CA), San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Weekly, Mission Local, Planetizen, Editor & Publisher, San Francisco Public Press, MindSite News, palabra.
Covers:  Housing, homelessness, governance, politics, future of San Francisco
Enterprise and accountability journalist. Formerly @sfchronicle, @sfpublicpress, @mlnow. muckrack.com/noah-arroyo

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Noah Arroyo’s Biography

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I'm an award-winning journalist who has been reporting on San Francisco issues for over a decade.

My work explains key civic issues, especially within the dual crises of housing and homelessness, to reveal where things are broken and what might fix them. I go deeper than the rest.

My journalism has reset the public narratives about San Francisco's downtown crisis and what that portends for the city's future; a possible solution to that crisis; the inadequacy of local and state rent-assistance …

Noah Arroyo’s Journalist Portfolio

SF Has a Chance to Reinvent Its Mental Health Care System

SF Has a Chance to Reinvent Its Mental Health Care System

Over the next year, San Francisco must examine and potentially redesign its system of behavioral health care,…

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Cities are struggling. San Francisco could be in for the biggest 'doom loop' of all

Cities are struggling. San Francisco could be in for the biggest 'doom loop' of all

San Francisco could be facing a 'doom loop' scenario that will lead it to fiscal calamity.

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Yes, S.F. could turn empty downtown offices into housing. Here's what it would take

Yes, S.F. could turn empty downtown offices into housing. Here's what it would take

Creating housing from office space is helping Calgary, Alberta, bounce back after its downtown hollowed out. …

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SFNext: Downtown San Francisco is on the brink, and it's worse than it looks

SFNext: Downtown San Francisco is on the brink, and it's worse than it looks

The downtown area, the city's primary economic driver, has been teetering on the edge since the pandemic and …

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The Pandemic's 'Shadow Debt' - palabra.

The Pandemic's 'Shadow Debt' - palabra.

In San Francisco and around the country, people who lost their jobs during the pandemic borrowed big to pay t…

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More Homeless Returning to Streets From Navigation Centers

More Homeless Returning to Streets From Navigation Centers

San Francisco's "navigation centers" were lauded as innovative facilities that were effective at getting enti…

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Building news in San Francisco’s Tenderloin through a print-first, multilingual, community-owned newsroom - Editor and Publisher

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By Noah Arroyo Verified, Diane Sylvester
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Posted Wednesday, December 3, 2025 12:00 am It was a pretty easy decision. The Tenderloin was our first stop, and we were going to try a bunch of other places and feel it all out. And then we got there, and we started asking people, ‘Is there an interest in this sort of thing?’ And the answer was yes — very loudly yes.
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San Francisco Has a Chance to Reinvent Its Mental Health Care System

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By Noah Arroyo Verified
| MindSite News Verified
Illustration by Noah Arroyo using Canva AI/San Francisco Public Press “Jail, the streets, psychiatric emergency services — these end up being the points of entry into the city’s mental health care treatment,” said Teng, a private consultant who until recently was the chief executive officer of PRC, formerly called Positive Resource Center, a local provider of mental health care and other social services.
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SF Has a Chance to Reinvent Its Mental Health Care System

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By Noah Arroyo Verified
| San Francisco Public Press Verified
When Chuan Teng looks at San Francisco’s approach to behavioral health care, she sees a fundamental flaw. “Jail, the streets, psychiatric emergency services — these end up being the points of entry into the city’s mental health care treatment,” said Teng, a private consultant who until recently was the chief executive officer of PRC, formerly called Positive Resource Center, a local provider of mental health care and other social services.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Freelance reporter.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

How is social media changing news?

The tail is wagging the dog.
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