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San Francisco Chronicle
11 hours ago
- Politics
- San Francisco Chronicle
Sara DiNatale joins S.F. Chronicle to report on Trump's impact on the Bay Area
Sara DiNatale has joined the San Francisco Chronicle as a reporter on the politics team. In her new role, DiNatale will chronicle the ways in which the Trump administration is shaping life in the Bay Area, including impacts its policies and decisions are having on local governments, businesses, nonprofits, individuals and communities. She will report to Politics Editor Sara Libby. 'Sara has done incredible work examining the ways in which government systems are impacting people's day-to-day lives,' said Libby. 'As the Trump administration continues to target California's leaders and seeks to override policies it disagrees with, it's more important than ever to dig into the ways these tensions are playing out on the ground.' DiNatale has spent the last decade reporting on a mix of business and breaking news topics across the southern United States. She has worked for the Tampa Bay Times, Mississippi Today and, most recently, the San Antonio Express-News, which is also owned by Hearst, the Chronicle's parent company. DiNatale was the recipient of a 2024 George Polk Award for her investigation on the Texas residential solar industry as an energy reporter at the San Antonio Express-News. The four-part series led Texas to adopt new state laws and licensing requirements to regulate bad actors and door-to-door scammers. In addition to energy, she has reported extensively on labor, health care and retail. She got her start as a night cops reporter in Tampa after graduating from the University at Buffalo with an English degree in 2015. DiNatale's storytelling has spanned power tool theft-driven drug rings, Delta farmworkers fighting racist hiring practices and the complexities of Texas' troubled electric grid. Her reporting has been recognized by a series of state-level and national awards, including top honors from the Headliner Foundation, Best of the West and Bill Minor Prize for Investigative Reporting. She's a native of Western New York. 'I'm so excited to begin this next chapter of my career in the Bay Area,' DiNatale said. 'I look forward to being on the ground, meeting Californians and reporting how they see their lives changing under the Trump administration.' The San Francisco Chronicle ( is the largest newspaper in Northern California and the second largest on the West Coast. Acquired by Hearst in 2000, The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 by Charles and Michael de Young and has been awarded six Pulitzer Prizes for journalistic excellence. Follow us on Twitter at @SFChronicle
The Advertiser
14-07-2025
- The Advertiser
Service gap a revolving door for women fleeing violence
Women and children escaping family violence are being "ping-ponged" between services, as support sectors try to manage inadequate resources and critical underfunding. In Victoria, family violence is the biggest driver of homelessness. In 2022/23, more than half of all women, young people and children who visited a specialist homelessness service reported they were experiencing family violence. Yet a report by Council to Homeless Persons and Safe and Equal found about one in five victim-survivors receives two referrals to homelessness or family violence services, but ultimately ends up with no crisis accommodation. Chronic underinvestment in social housing is being blamed for increasingly long waitlists with women, young people and children who have family violence prioritisation waiting 19 months for accommodation. "What homelessness looks like in Victoria today is a woman aged between 25 and 39 with a child under the age of 11 with her," Council to Homeless Persons chief executive Deborah Di Natale told AAP. "Imagine fleeing violence with your children, knocking on two different doors, and still sleeping in your car that night." Ms Di Natale said a staggering 20 per cent of women fleeing violence experienced a "revolving door" of referrals to various services but ultimately were not able to access accommodation. "Often because the crisis and emergency accommodation isn't there, services end up referring people to hotels and motels which aren't set up to respond to family violence," she said. But women were opting to sleep in their cars or return to their violent partners rather than stay in motels and caravan parks. "People with lived experience say staying in motels is often scarier than staying in a violent household ... they worry they are not safe from the person using violence," Ms Di Natale said. "Being crammed in a hotel with kids after fleeing your home without any wraparound supports like counselling is isolating." The report makes 10 key recommendations to the Victorian government to enable immediate and long-term change. These include building 7990 new and additional social homes every year for 10 years and funding services that provide immediate and appropriate responses to people experiencing family violence and homelessness. It also recommends the state government invest in perpetrator interventions and advocate for all social payments to be brought above the Henderson poverty line of $612.18 per week, per single person. "Women and children are disproportionately affected by homelessness brought on by threats to their physical and psychological safety," Ms Di Natale said. "We must improve our systems to protect them." 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) Lifeline 13 11 14 Men's Referral Service 1300 766 491 Women and children escaping family violence are being "ping-ponged" between services, as support sectors try to manage inadequate resources and critical underfunding. In Victoria, family violence is the biggest driver of homelessness. In 2022/23, more than half of all women, young people and children who visited a specialist homelessness service reported they were experiencing family violence. Yet a report by Council to Homeless Persons and Safe and Equal found about one in five victim-survivors receives two referrals to homelessness or family violence services, but ultimately ends up with no crisis accommodation. Chronic underinvestment in social housing is being blamed for increasingly long waitlists with women, young people and children who have family violence prioritisation waiting 19 months for accommodation. "What homelessness looks like in Victoria today is a woman aged between 25 and 39 with a child under the age of 11 with her," Council to Homeless Persons chief executive Deborah Di Natale told AAP. "Imagine fleeing violence with your children, knocking on two different doors, and still sleeping in your car that night." Ms Di Natale said a staggering 20 per cent of women fleeing violence experienced a "revolving door" of referrals to various services but ultimately were not able to access accommodation. "Often because the crisis and emergency accommodation isn't there, services end up referring people to hotels and motels which aren't set up to respond to family violence," she said. But women were opting to sleep in their cars or return to their violent partners rather than stay in motels and caravan parks. "People with lived experience say staying in motels is often scarier than staying in a violent household ... they worry they are not safe from the person using violence," Ms Di Natale said. "Being crammed in a hotel with kids after fleeing your home without any wraparound supports like counselling is isolating." The report makes 10 key recommendations to the Victorian government to enable immediate and long-term change. These include building 7990 new and additional social homes every year for 10 years and funding services that provide immediate and appropriate responses to people experiencing family violence and homelessness. It also recommends the state government invest in perpetrator interventions and advocate for all social payments to be brought above the Henderson poverty line of $612.18 per week, per single person. "Women and children are disproportionately affected by homelessness brought on by threats to their physical and psychological safety," Ms Di Natale said. "We must improve our systems to protect them." 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) Lifeline 13 11 14 Men's Referral Service 1300 766 491 Women and children escaping family violence are being "ping-ponged" between services, as support sectors try to manage inadequate resources and critical underfunding. In Victoria, family violence is the biggest driver of homelessness. In 2022/23, more than half of all women, young people and children who visited a specialist homelessness service reported they were experiencing family violence. Yet a report by Council to Homeless Persons and Safe and Equal found about one in five victim-survivors receives two referrals to homelessness or family violence services, but ultimately ends up with no crisis accommodation. Chronic underinvestment in social housing is being blamed for increasingly long waitlists with women, young people and children who have family violence prioritisation waiting 19 months for accommodation. "What homelessness looks like in Victoria today is a woman aged between 25 and 39 with a child under the age of 11 with her," Council to Homeless Persons chief executive Deborah Di Natale told AAP. "Imagine fleeing violence with your children, knocking on two different doors, and still sleeping in your car that night." Ms Di Natale said a staggering 20 per cent of women fleeing violence experienced a "revolving door" of referrals to various services but ultimately were not able to access accommodation. "Often because the crisis and emergency accommodation isn't there, services end up referring people to hotels and motels which aren't set up to respond to family violence," she said. But women were opting to sleep in their cars or return to their violent partners rather than stay in motels and caravan parks. "People with lived experience say staying in motels is often scarier than staying in a violent household ... they worry they are not safe from the person using violence," Ms Di Natale said. "Being crammed in a hotel with kids after fleeing your home without any wraparound supports like counselling is isolating." The report makes 10 key recommendations to the Victorian government to enable immediate and long-term change. These include building 7990 new and additional social homes every year for 10 years and funding services that provide immediate and appropriate responses to people experiencing family violence and homelessness. It also recommends the state government invest in perpetrator interventions and advocate for all social payments to be brought above the Henderson poverty line of $612.18 per week, per single person. "Women and children are disproportionately affected by homelessness brought on by threats to their physical and psychological safety," Ms Di Natale said. "We must improve our systems to protect them." 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) Lifeline 13 11 14 Men's Referral Service 1300 766 491 Women and children escaping family violence are being "ping-ponged" between services, as support sectors try to manage inadequate resources and critical underfunding. In Victoria, family violence is the biggest driver of homelessness. In 2022/23, more than half of all women, young people and children who visited a specialist homelessness service reported they were experiencing family violence. Yet a report by Council to Homeless Persons and Safe and Equal found about one in five victim-survivors receives two referrals to homelessness or family violence services, but ultimately ends up with no crisis accommodation. Chronic underinvestment in social housing is being blamed for increasingly long waitlists with women, young people and children who have family violence prioritisation waiting 19 months for accommodation. "What homelessness looks like in Victoria today is a woman aged between 25 and 39 with a child under the age of 11 with her," Council to Homeless Persons chief executive Deborah Di Natale told AAP. "Imagine fleeing violence with your children, knocking on two different doors, and still sleeping in your car that night." Ms Di Natale said a staggering 20 per cent of women fleeing violence experienced a "revolving door" of referrals to various services but ultimately were not able to access accommodation. "Often because the crisis and emergency accommodation isn't there, services end up referring people to hotels and motels which aren't set up to respond to family violence," she said. But women were opting to sleep in their cars or return to their violent partners rather than stay in motels and caravan parks. "People with lived experience say staying in motels is often scarier than staying in a violent household ... they worry they are not safe from the person using violence," Ms Di Natale said. "Being crammed in a hotel with kids after fleeing your home without any wraparound supports like counselling is isolating." The report makes 10 key recommendations to the Victorian government to enable immediate and long-term change. These include building 7990 new and additional social homes every year for 10 years and funding services that provide immediate and appropriate responses to people experiencing family violence and homelessness. It also recommends the state government invest in perpetrator interventions and advocate for all social payments to be brought above the Henderson poverty line of $612.18 per week, per single person. "Women and children are disproportionately affected by homelessness brought on by threats to their physical and psychological safety," Ms Di Natale said. "We must improve our systems to protect them." 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) Lifeline 13 11 14 Men's Referral Service 1300 766 491
Perth Now
14-07-2025
- Perth Now
Service gap a revolving door for women fleeing violence
Women and children escaping family violence are being "ping-ponged" between services, as support sectors try to manage inadequate resources and critical underfunding. In Victoria, family violence is the biggest driver of homelessness. In 2022/23, more than half of all women, young people and children who visited a specialist homelessness service reported they were experiencing family violence. Yet a report by Council to Homeless Persons and Safe and Equal found about one in five victim-survivors receives two referrals to homelessness or family violence services, but ultimately ends up with no crisis accommodation. Chronic underinvestment in social housing is being blamed for increasingly long waitlists with women, young people and children who have family violence prioritisation waiting 19 months for accommodation. "What homelessness looks like in Victoria today is a woman aged between 25 and 39 with a child under the age of 11 with her," Council to Homeless Persons chief executive Deborah Di Natale told AAP. "Imagine fleeing violence with your children, knocking on two different doors, and still sleeping in your car that night." Ms Di Natale said a staggering 20 per cent of women fleeing violence experienced a "revolving door" of referrals to various services but ultimately were not able to access accommodation. "Often because the crisis and emergency accommodation isn't there, services end up referring people to hotels and motels which aren't set up to respond to family violence," she said. But women were opting to sleep in their cars or return to their violent partners rather than stay in motels and caravan parks. "People with lived experience say staying in motels is often scarier than staying in a violent household ... they worry they are not safe from the person using violence," Ms Di Natale said. "Being crammed in a hotel with kids after fleeing your home without any wraparound supports like counselling is isolating." The report makes 10 key recommendations to the Victorian government to enable immediate and long-term change. These include building 7990 new and additional social homes every year for 10 years and funding services that provide immediate and appropriate responses to people experiencing family violence and homelessness. It also recommends the state government invest in perpetrator interventions and advocate for all social payments to be brought above the Henderson poverty line of $612.18 per week, per single person. "Women and children are disproportionately affected by homelessness brought on by threats to their physical and psychological safety," Ms Di Natale said. "We must improve our systems to protect them." 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) Lifeline 13 11 14 Men's Referral Service 1300 766 491
