Tag: ellis act

Senior tenants brace for new round of eviction fights at Folsom house

Jan 15, 2019 | 24th Street, Featured, Front Page, Housing, Immigrant Life, Inequality, Mobile, Today's Mission, Topics

Raul Vasquez had only been in San Francisco for a few days when he found a listing for a room for...

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Google executive Jack Halprin is dead. His former tenants are still facing eviction.

Jul 23, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Google executive’s heirs have re-evoked the dreaded Ellis Act Evan Wolkenstein has a lot on his...

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Eviction, displacement, misery: The sad — and sadly typical — tale of San Francisco’s ‘oldest house’

Mar 29, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

Maria Fuentes’ room is dark and the curtains are drawn. A portrait of Jesus overlooks the prone...

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Rent control advocates tussle with realtors

Apr 13, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

When a dozen or so tenant rights advocates arrived on the doorstep of the San Francisco...

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Housing Advocates Speak Out Against Evictions with Block Party

Jun 20, 2016 | Events, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

As 14 rent-controlled tenants of one Folsom Street building prepare to fight their evictions,...

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SF Artists Sued For Thousands in Relocation Aid

Nov 5, 2015 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

A group of artists displaced by a fire at their home on Stevenson Street in January 2014 are being...

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Halprin Appeals Ruling Against Tenants’ Evictions

May 20, 2015 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Today's Mission

Tenants at 812 Guerrero, who have been fighting their evictions by Google employee Jack Halprin...

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Ellis Act Evictions Fall, Illegal Use Evictions Jump

Apr 20, 2015 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Today's Mission

A handful of activists and tenants stood on the blustery corner of Mission and Cesar Chavez...

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Listen Local: Thanksgiving Story Hour

Nov 27, 2014 | Featured, Front Page, ListenLoc@l, Mobile, Today's Mission

Happy Holidays! The Mission Local crew is (mostly) out of the office, and we hope you’re...

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Tenants’ Ellis Eviction Quashed in Court, For Now

Sep 17, 2014 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Today's Mission

Tenants Patricia Kerman and Thomas Rapp, longtime tenants on 20th and Folsom streets who have...

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Valleywag: Do Anti-Tech Protests Still Matter?

Jun 26, 2014 | Mobile, Today's Mission

Or so asks Kevin Montgomery, founder and editor of Uptown Almanac, in a post this afternoon for...

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Housing’s Latest Legislation, a User’s Guide

Jun 23, 2014 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Today's Mission

Last week was a full one in the legislative debate about fixing San Francisco’s housing crisis....

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State Senate Committee Rejects Ellis Act Reform

May 29, 2014 | Mobile, Today's Mission

A Senate committee voted 19-18 against the legislation by Mark Leno to reform the Ellis Act,...

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VIDEO: Ellis Act evictions at 23rd and Florida Streets

Dec 21, 2013 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Multimedia, Today's Mission, Video

Ellis Act evictions are on the rise and in the news almost daily  – so much so that Mission...

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Benefit for Mission Artists Attracts Latino All Stars

Oct 26, 2013 | Art, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, SNAPS, Today's Mission

The fundraiser tonight for leading cultural figures Rene Yañez and Yolanda Lopez, who are being...

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“Royalty” of the Mission Art Scene Faces Eviction

Oct 2, 2013 | 24th Street, Art, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Today's Mission

Spanning three decades in the Mission District, prominent San Francisco artist and curator René...

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