2025 Year in Review
In 2025, the movement for disability and senior justice was defined by defense and resolve. Senior and Disability Action stayed firm against mounting threats to essential systems like Medicare, Medi-Cal, public transit, and affordable housing, defending what generations before us fought hard to win. Holding the line was not a move backward, but a powerful act of endurance and a promise to future generations.
We fought for our campaign goals while finding joy in community through masked hangouts, creative actions like a Muni bake sale and Valentines to the Mayor, our variety show fundraiser in August, and more. Joy and creativity sustain us, fortifying our resolve to keep fighting for justice together.
Together, we defended vital programs, trained seniors and disabled people to organize, and fought fascism as part of the Bay Resistance steering committee. We built Covid-conscious community, shared our demands with decision-makers, and launched a new membership model — no dues, no renewals — to welcome everyone in and grow our power. Read on for 2025 highlights that we’ll keep building on in 2026.
2025 By the Numbers
Highlights of 2025
Senior and Disability University
We trained seniors and people with disabilities in leadership and organizing through multiple programs, including:
Know Your Rights, Fight Back!: engaged 160 people in a free virtual teach-in with movement lawyer R. Michael Flynn on protest rights and safety for seniors and disabled activists.
Noncooperation Training: addressed how nonviolent refusal to cooperate with oppressive systems can challenge authoritarianism.
Senior and Disability Survival School
Through presentations, discussions, and popular education, we train seniors and disabled people to access vital resources and exercise their rights.
Working with community leaders at senior centers, schools, and affordable housing complexes, this year, we:
Trained over 230 people across seven Survival School cohorts.
Offered classes in English, Cantonese, Spanish, and Russian.
Developed a menu of 24+ presentation topics, including housing, accessible transit, free food programs, and In-Home Supportive Services.
Pictured above: Survival School locations in 2025
Responding to Federal Attacks
As part of Bay Resistance’s steering committee, we:
Organized community pods to resist fascism.
Trained members in anti-fascist noncooperation tactics.
When Trump tried to send ICE and federal troops to the Bay Area, we mobilized, holding rallies and library meet-ups as thousands joined rapid-response teams to protect immigrants.
Fighting Medi-Cal Cuts
Through the Long-Term Services and Supports for All Coalition, we fought Medi-Cal cuts in the state budget, organizing rallies and member visits to the Capitol. Our advocacy helped block Gov. Newsom’s proposal to impose a Medi-Cal asset limit of $2,000 ( (it became $130,000 for individuals and $195,000 for couples) and stopped the planned 50-hour weekly overtime cap for In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers. Despite these wins, harmful and discriminatory budget measures remain — and we’ll keep fighting to overturn them.
Community Resource Program
Our Community Resource Program, staffed by our dedicated Peer Advocate team, provided year-round information, referral, follow-up, and advocacy services, with a focus on reaching marginalized groups in San Francisco.
In collaboration with the Independent Living Resource Center of SF, we reached around 900 people for information, referral, and advocacy support in the first ten months of 2025. We also added two new Peer Advocates, bringing our team to seven people. Our Peer Advocate language capacity now includes English, Spanish, Tagalog, and Mandarin.
Muni Now, Muni Forever Campaign
With federal transit funding running out and Muni under threat of devastating service cuts, we joined forces with SF Transit Riders and the Transit Justice Coalition to launch Muni Now, Muni Forever. This campaign fights for a long-term vision of Muni services and funding.
This year we:
Saved the 21, 31, and 36 bus lines from suspension.
Mobilized nearly 5,000 residents to send letters to Mayor Lurie demanding progressive Muni funding.
Formed SDA Kalinga (“care” in Tagalog), a team of Filipina seniors and disabled leaders at Canon Kip Senior Center who are organizing with the Muni Forever campaign.
Led 8+ campaign workshops, with up to 100 participants each.
Organized a Valentine’s Day action urging the Mayor to fund Muni.
Held a “bake sale” to bring attention to the Muni funding deficit.
After the Valentine’s Day action, public comment at hearings, and a rally, Mayor Lurie created a committee to develop a 2026 ballot measure for Muni funding — and we’re continuing to fight for a progressive property tax on the ballot next November.
Upzoning and RV Tows Campaigns
We worked with coalition partners on opposing the city’s upzoning and RV tows initiatives, both of which would result in large-scale displacement of low-income SF residents, many of whom are seniors and disabled. These fights are still ongoing, and there will be continued action opportunities in 2026.
Tenant Organizing
SDA organized tenants in Mosser Towers, a 16-story Tenderloin building, to secure elevator repairs after months of outages. Thanks to coordinated pressure, the landlord returned the elevator to service, bringing long-awaited relief to residents.
Fighting Mask Bans and Building Covid-Conscious Community
Amid increasing attacks on public health and the right to mask, the Masks for Equity team has joined forces with the Healthcare Action Team to advocate for a city “Public Health Bill of Rights.” The resolution would enshrine the right to mask in SF and ensure the City of SF is committed to vaccine access. We are currently meeting with city lawmakers in order to get it introduced to the Board of Supervisors.
Throughout the year, 60+ people attend our masked outdoor park hangouts, creating in-person opportunities for Covid-conscious people to socialize and engage with our pandemic justice organizing.