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Another painful eviction as artists leave longtime home

Tim Redmond - April 26, 2017

San Francisco lost another little piece of its soul today when the sheriffs came and forced a group of working-class artists out of a...

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A move to halt condo conversion of Iris Canada’s home

Sana Saleem - April 5, 2017

Housing rights activists are urging the Department of Public Works to halt the proposed condo conversion for the six units at 668-678 Page. The building is...

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She wanted to go home

Tommi Avicolli Mecca - April 2, 2017

she wanted the memories they stole from her the landlords and their high priced lawyers the judge who declared the theft legal the sheriff who was only...

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The life and death of Iris Canada, the 100-year-old victim of eviction

Sana Saleem - March 30, 2017

Iris Canada, 100, sat in a wheelchair looking frail and tired but not without the touch of her impeccable sense of style; yellow blazer,...

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Iris Canada dies a month after her eviction

Sana Saleem - March 27, 2017

Iris Canada, a centenarian who was evicted from her apartment at 670 Page St. last month, has died. Canada was hospitalized shortly after the...

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Racism — and politics — in SF Redevelopment history

John Elberling - February 22, 2017

Bad history -- even when well-intended -- gives me a headache, because it so often misses and conceals far more important truths. To wit,...

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Landlord seizes 100-year-old woman’s possessions

Tim Redmond - February 21, 2017

Iris Canada, the 100-year-old woman who was just evicted from her Page Street home, was back in the hospital Tuesday night when a team...

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Sheriff evicts 100-year-old

Tim Redmond - February 10, 2017

The San Francisco Sheriff’s Office quietly showed up at the home of Iris Canada this morning at around 11:30 and changed the locks. Canada,...

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Who wants to evict a 100-year-old?

David Bogachik - February 6, 2017

Peter Owens feels hurt. That’s what he said in the courtroom to Tommi Avicolli Mecca, a tenant-rights activist. Mecca has spent months fighting for...

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The agenda: What’s ‘divisive’?

Tim Redmond - February 6, 2017

I keep hearing the same song from one side of San Francisco’s Democratic Party, and it goes like this: We are all Democrats here, and...

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Another painful eviction as artists leave longtime home

A move to halt condo conversion of Iris Canada’s home

She wanted to go home

The life and death of Iris Canada, the 100-year-old victim of eviction

Iris Canada dies a month after her eviction

Racism — and politics — in SF Redevelopment history

Landlord seizes 100-year-old woman’s possessions

Sheriff evicts 100-year-old

Who wants to evict a 100-year-old?

The agenda: What’s ‘divisive’?

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