UNHOUSED FAMILIES, faith leaders and educators gathered on the steps of San Francisco City Hall this week to thank the city for securing housing for a disabled child who was living in a shelter. The group also called for the city to continue the momentum in the effort to end child and family homelessness.

Samara Zavala, 7, has a complex medical condition and is recovering from multiple surgeries. For the last two years, she and her family have lived in shelters. 

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.