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Noah Arroyo

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As seen in: The Tenderloin Voice, 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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Articles

We’re taking a break

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By Laura Wenus Verified, Noah Arroyo Verified, Daphne Magnawa
| The Tenderloin Voice
latest Noah, Daphne, and Laura. Photo by David I. Lewis. Hi neighbors! What an incredible month it’s been. Nearly 200 people rallied against cuts to the Tenderloin in the city’s proposed budget, many shared their funding priorities at Public Comment Day, and then huge swaths of the cuts to nonprofit organizations and programs were restored.
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Tenderloin talent gets the spotlight

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By Noah Arroyo Verified
| The Tenderloin Voice
Note: After a month away, the Tenderloin Voice is happy to be back! This week we resume publishing stories. There’s a lot of negativity going around these days, and good reasons for it, says Ray Orfiano. Homelessness, drug overdoses, the perennial housing affordability crisis, politics in general — it’s all quite depressing, he told me. He knows many people who feel that way. In recent months, the stressors escalated.
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Service providers say: If City Hall slices, this is who gets hurt

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By Noah Arroyo Verified
| The Tenderloin Voice
latest Tenderloin organizations are facing budget cuts — including Hospitality House, shown here outside their Sixth Street Self-Help Center, which is slated to lose funding. The cuts would weaken the city’s social safety net, says Executive Director Joe Wilson, right. Photo courtesy Hospitality House.
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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.