After 30 Years, Tenderloin Housing Clinic Still Going Strong
By Randy Shaw, THC Executive Director

On March 3, 1980, the Tenderloin Housing Clinic opened its doors in a one-room office in Glide Church. We paid $70 in monthly rent, which left us with $50 each month to cover the rest of our expenses. Our main funder was the Associated Students of Hastings Law School, which was ironic since our plan to open a legal clinic in the Tenderloin was prompted by Hastings Administration refusal to provide a public interest clinic in the community.

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