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Supes refuse to allow building owners to profit from evicting senior

Tim Redmond - April 24, 2018

The Board of Supes sent a clear message today that people who evict seniors shouldn’t get a lucrative permit to turn former apartments into...

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Supes asked to allow condos where centenarian was evicted

Tim Redmond - April 22, 2018

The owners of a Page Street building who evicted a centenarian who died shortly after losing her home are asking the Board of Supes to...

The Agenda

The Agenda: Taxing Uber and Lyft …

Tim Redmond - March 4, 2018

THE AGENDA There’s not a lot going on at City Hall this week; everyone seems to be too busy campaigning. But Sup. Aaron Peskin...

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Planning Commission rejects condo application after 100-year-old was evicted

Tim Redmond - January 11, 2018

The San Francisco City Planning Commission unanimously rejected an attempt by the building owners who evicted 100-year-old Iris Canada to convert their property to...

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Will SF allow the owner who evicted a 100-year-old to get a condo conversion permit?

Tim Redmond - January 10, 2018

The SF Planning Commission is set to vote Thursday/11 on allowing the owners of the building where Iris Canada was evicted to convert to...

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For seniors, eviction can be a death sentence

David Bogachik - October 3, 2017

DIALOGUES FOR LIFE When I was studying to be a psychoanalyst, one of my teachers, Dr. Irma Birman, shared a recollection from her childhood...

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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...

News + Politics

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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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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Supes refuse to allow building owners to profit from evicting senior

Supes asked to allow condos where centenarian was evicted

The Agenda: Taxing Uber and Lyft …

Planning Commission rejects condo application after 100-year-old was evicted

Will SF allow the owner who evicted a 100-year-old to get a condo conversion permit?

For seniors, eviction can be a death sentence

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

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

Iris Canada dies a month after her eviction

Landlord seizes 100-year-old woman’s possessions

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