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This is it. It’s the last day of our fall membership drive, and your last chance to help us reach our goal of adding 25 members, and to own one of these reusable shopping totes with our logo. We’re still just a few members shy of meeting our goal.

We hope you will help us make it happen. 

As you know, we are modeled on, among other things, public broadcasting. Our funding model depends on the support of our readers to keep producing 100 percent ad-free journalism. Our independence from commercial funding allows us to cover stories that see the city and the Bay Area from the viewpoint of average people, and to cover stories and communities that traditionally receive little attention from the press.

But we can’t do it alone. Join us. Memberships start at $35. One benefit of membership across all levels is a subscription to the print edition. Each paper features a special team reporting project that takes an in-depth look at an under-covered news topic. Recent reports include:

• the struggle to fund Healthy San Francisco, the city’s universal health care alternative
• efforts to assess and combat human trafficking in the Bay Area
• financial and political pressures facing Bay Area smart growth planning
• how San Francisco has stumbled in tracking and prosecuting domestic violence cases

As a member, you’ll receive print editions in the mail, hot off the presses, for a year. Don’t miss another issue. Become a member today!

Thank you for your support.

Michael Stoll                 Lila LaHood

Executive Editor           Publisher

We're in the final stretch of our fall membership drive, which runs through Wednesday, Oct. 31. We'd like to give a big THANK YOU to our newest members and renewers — your support is greatly appreciated. With just two days left, we are six members away from reaching our goal of adding 25 members during the fall drive. Time is running out. Please help us meet our goal by joining or renewing your membership today. Memberships start at $35 and come with a host of benefits.

And don't forget, if you join or renew by tomorrow, as a bonus we'll give you a reusable, stuffable shopping tote with our new logo, custom made for us by ChicoBags.

As a member of the San Francisco Public Press, you'll be in good company. Here's what David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for the New York Times, L.A. Times and Philadelphia Inquirer, and author of "The Fine Print: How Big Companies Use 'Plain English' to Rob You Blind," has to say about the work we do:

"I contribute to the Public Press because San Francisco needs serious journalism about issues that affect the quality of life."

The San Francisco Public Press is small but growing. Your support will help us continue to report on undercovered topics, bringing attention to the plights of underserved communities and holding the powerful accountable. If you're a regular reader, then you know that we produce the kind of in-depth, content-rich, investigative stories about issues affecting San Francisco that no one else is covering. You can help us continue to produce important public-interest journalism by becoming a member today.