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What it’s Like Being a Black Gentrifier
Guest post by LeRon L. Barton The story of San Francisco today can be summed up in three words: Housing, Displacement, and Gentrification. The removal of people from their homes, the loss of local business, the reimaging of neighborhoods, and the destruction of community is the number one issue with
SF Artists Courageously Fight Back Against Serial Evictor in the Mission
If you live in San Francisco you are well aware of the steep and brutal rise of tenant evictions in the past few years. As silicon valley employees increasingly move to ‘the city’, and wages for tech jobs soar, so do rental costs, and landlords seek to cash in on the
SF Artists Creatively Fight Back Against Serial Evictor in the Mission
If you live in San Francisco you are well aware of the steep and brutal rise of tenant evictions in the past few years. As silicon valley employees increasingly move to ‘the city’, and wages for tech jobs soar, so do rental costs, and landlords seek to cash in on the
What Happens if They Stop all the Ellis Act Evictions and the Hyper-Gentrification of San Francisco?
Look outside. Did you see the bombs drop this morning? Did you hear the bullets sizzle? Did you cover your ears to protect yourself from the screams of chaos and desperation? Did you smell the smoke? San Francisco is at war right now. Literally, no, but I wouldn’t reduce it down