Listen Local

About Listen Local

Mission Local launched in 2008 as part of a foray into hyper-local journalism by UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. It's now an independent news site covering exclusively San Francisco's Mission district in print, audio, video, and in English and Spanish.

Listen Local is our biweekly talk show featuring discussion of recent news.

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  • We talk about local immigration policy and how immigrant lives are affected by a gentrifying San Francisco with scholar Susanne Jonas. Key quote: "When there’s a decreasing…

  • Sam Moss, director of the affordable housing nonprofit Mission Housing, joins us to help dig into the complexities of dealing with our housing crisis.

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  • Two locals with rich histories in community building join us to talk about the Mission's diverse and overlapping communities, getting involved in them, and helping to…

  • In a city and a neighborhood desperate for affordable housing, nonprofits and city agencies are going up against other buyers, hoping to purchase property that can…

  • Hubbub is bubbling up around the presence of luxury car retailer Pagani Automobili and their presence on Valencia street, as well as around a commotion involving…