Troy Sambajon

Prior to covering City Hall and federal impacts for the San Francisco Public Press, Troy Sambajon covered housing and affordability for The Christian Science Monitor, where his work earned awards for best housing story and best human-interest feature in New England. He writes stories on housing and solutions, from church-to-housing conversions to workforce housing for teachers and the nation’s broader housing shortage. He also covers how institutions expand – or fail to expand – access, from free community college in Massachusetts to statewide public defender strikes. Sambajon began his journalism career at his college newspaper, The Bottom Line, eventually serving as national beat reporter. He studied Global Studies and French at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

San Francisco Public Press

Founded in 2009, the San Francisco Public Press is a nonprofit, noncommercial news organization publishing and broadcasting independent public-interest journalism about under-covered topics, focusing on under-served audiences. We offer local investigative and solutions reporting at sfpublicpress.org and via “Civic,” a public affairs podcast also airing on KSFP 102.5 FM, our low-power community radio station. Coverage includes homelessness, housing affordability, public health, sea level rise, environmental equity, transportation safety, digital privacy, immigration and elections.