Galería de la Raza brings the fight to its landlord’s house

Nov 4, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics

At around 10 o’clock on Saturday, the corner of Pacific Ave. and Hyde Street seemed like a typical...

Eviction looming for elderly Bernal woman and more than a dozen tenants

Aug 8, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

“Four judges have looked at this, and four judges are in agreement” regarding scheduled Friday...

SF Mission District drag queens fighting Ellis Act eviction

Aug 7, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Richard Padilla, perhaps better known by his drag name, “Renita Valdez,” stood in a long hallway...

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...

Listen Local: The sad — and sadly typical — tale of San Francisco’s ‘oldest house’

Apr 6, 2018 | Front Page, ListenLoc@l, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Last week, Mission Local columnist Joe Eskenazi and reporter Julian Mark discussed San...

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...

Anne Kihagi, city’s ‘cruelest landlord,’ found in contempt: Judge says pay SF $125K in rent in seven days or go to jail

Mar 1, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

The strange and terrible saga of Anne Kihagi, arguably this city’s cruelest landlord,...

SF tenants win record-setting award in jury trial against landlord

Oct 27, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Two tenants who took notorious landlord Anne Kihagi to court over their eviction from an apartment...

Tenant convention rallies the displaced

Jun 9, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Along with legislative solutions to curtail real estate speculation and luxury developments a...

Chronically ill senior faces eviction from SF apartment of 52 years

May 23, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

A 77-year-old chronically ill woman living at 3309 Cesar Chavez Street is being evicted from the...

Notorious landlord Anne Kihagi fined millions by city (SFGate)

May 3, 2017 | Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

According to reports from the San Francisco Chronicle, a landlord notorious for using both legal...

Tenants plead for better regulation of owner-move-in evictions

May 1, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Housing, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Renters want better protections from landlords who say they’re going to exercise their legal right...

Artist and writer’s new book offers bizarre, healing literary journey

Apr 14, 2017 | Art, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

In the bruising tumult of San Francisco’s housing crisis, Paul Madonna’s On to the Next Dream is...

Artist and Scavenger Stronghold Booted from SF Mission

Feb 9, 2017 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Valencia Street

The new year marked the end of an era for the proprietors of Junko’s, a once clandestine...

Tenants of Deceased Google Exec Win Reprieve on Eviction

Feb 1, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Tenants of 812 Guerrero St, owned by the estate of former Google department head Jack Halprin, won...

Film Review: Mission and Chinatown Struggles Most Compelling in “Company Town”

Oct 31, 2016 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Progressive politicos, activists, and other movie-goers descended on the Roxie Theater on Friday...

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