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Mission Yuppie Eradication Project

2010-01-10T19:46:20Z

Jamesrtracy:

The Mission Yuppie Eradication Project began in the summer of 1998. It was best known for wheat-pasting posters imploring direct action property destruction of the cars and businesses of dot.com-era gentrifiers of the Mission District.

Mission Yuppie Eradication Project

2010-01-10T19:45:41Z

Jamesrtracy: Created page with 'The Mission Yuppie Eradication Project began in the summer of 1998. It was best known for wheat-pasting posters imploring direct action property destruction of the cars and busin...'

Mission Anti-Displacement Coalition

2010-01-10T19:41:39Z

Jamesrtracy: Created page with 'Founded in 1999, the Mission Anti-Displacement Coalition (MAC) is a coalition of community organization and individuals whose goal is to stop the displacement of working class pe...'

Founded in 1999, the Mission Anti-Displacement Coalition (MAC) is a coalition of community organization and individuals whose goal is to stop the displacement of working class people in the Mission District and San Francisco.

Mission Agenda

2010-01-10T19:39:28Z

Jamesrtracy: Created page with 'The Mission Agenda was a San Francisco-based organization focused on fighting for the rights of residential hotel tenants. Founded by Chris Daly and Richard Marquez, the group wa...'

The Mission Agenda was a San Francisco-based organization focused on fighting for the rights of residential hotel tenants. Founded by Chris Daly and Richard Marquez, the group was initially named the 520 Agenda, after the Mission Hotel (520 South Van Ness) where the duo recruited the first tenant volunteers.

Mission Agenda gained visibility in the community by hosting weekly speak-outs at the 16th and Mission BART station. These open-mics were a chance to hotel residents to voice their opinions on the conditions they faced living in dilapidated buildings.

San Francisco Community Land Trust

2010-01-10T19:34:07Z

Jamesrtracy: Created page with 'In 2001 a number of people who had been involved in tenant, anti-displacement and affordable housing activism came together to form the San Francisco Community Land Trust Collabo...'

In 2001 a number of people who had been involved in tenant, anti-displacement and affordable housing activism came together to form the San Francisco Community Land Trust Collaborative. The Collaborative was an organizing committee that initially developed a vision of a network of neighborhood-based community land trusts emerging in San Francisco to create affordable, resident-controlled housing. The Collaborative did outreach to community groups and did many presentations, to popularize the community land trust idea.

Eventually the Collaborative decided to initiate a single community land trust, and the S.F. Community Land trust was incorporated in 2003. Initially SFCLT focused on a proposed piece of legislation that would allow tenants in buildings to buy their apartments as limited equity condominiums with permanent resale restrictions on the prices. Only community land trusts could do these conversions and the apartments would be offered to tenants at a price determined by their ability to pay. This was presented as a progressive alternative to landlord-initiated market condo conversions like the HOPE plan.

After a series of discussions with tenant organizations in 2005, SFCLT modified its program, to advocate conversions of rental buildings to limited equity cooperatives rather than condos. Shortly after this change in orientation, SFCLT began working with the Asian Law Caucus and the tenants at 53 Columbus Avenue, to do a coop conversion of their building. The tenants had been engaged in a seven-year fight against the demolition of their homes. In December, 2005, an agreement was reached with the Community College District to sell the building so as to enable SFCLT to convert it into a limited equity housing cooperative for the existing tenants.

Eviction Defense Network

2010-01-10T19:31:13Z

Jamesrtracy: Created page with 'Eviction Defense Network (1992-2001) was a San Francisco-based tenant rights organization. The group went through several incarnations during its short life and is best know for ...'

Eviction Defense Network (1992-2001) was a San Francisco-based tenant rights organization. The group went through several incarnations during its short life and is best know for work in solidarity with public housing residents and direct action against evictions.