"When we ask readers what they would change about Streetsblog San Francisco, the top result is always the same: they'd like to see more coverage. More coverage of transit agencies and elected boards, more coverage outside of the major Bay Area cities of San Francisco and Oakland, and of course more coverage of their favorite mode of transportation. And we'd love to do all of that, but the reality is it's just not possible to cover everything with one full-time editor."
"If 2026 is the year we're going to change that, we need your help. Our plan is to identify, hire, and train a team of reporters to dramatically increase the amount of stories Streetsblog can cover. The expansion plan, which we're calling the Citizen Journalism Initiative, is similar to the Documenters program run in the Central Valley by Frensoland and in Los Angeles by the LA Local."
"To fund the new part-time team, we're launching a pair of fundraising campaigns. To run this program the way that we'd like, we'll need to raise enough to hire a full-time staff person to manage the team and help get their reports publication-ready. If we can show major donors that our fundraising campaigns are progressing, we believe that the grants for the manager position will follow."
Streetsblog San Francisco will expand reporting capacity through a 2026 Citizen Journalism Initiative to hire and train a team of reporters. Reader feedback shows demand for more coverage of transit agencies, elected boards, areas beyond San Francisco and Oakland, and preferred transportation modes. The initiative will launch first in the East Bay and with focused coverage of transit agencies Muni and BART, modeled on existing Documenters programs in the Central Valley and Los Angeles. Funding will come from two fundraising campaigns aimed at supporting part-time reporters and securing a full-time manager; donated funds not used for a manager will increase designated freelance coverage.
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