Stephen LaBounty

Stephen Woody LaBounty is a native San Franciscan, writer, and historian. He is the co-founder of the Western Neighborhoods Project, a non-profit dedicated to preserving the history of San Francisco's neighborhoods west of Twin Peaks. In 2005, he led the effort to save and restore four earthquake shacks, temporary refugee housing used after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. He's often quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle as an expert on San Francisco history, on San Francisco's Eye on the Bay television program, and can often be found giving tours of San Francisco neighborhoods.