Gentrification is when a community undergoes a process of change to transform the community. The Mission District of San Francisco is currently being gentrified. Gentrification is made to benefit the people who are moving into the neighborhood. Not the people who have been living there. The change is usually designed to make the community conform to how most middle-class white Americans want it.
Because of that, the community becomes victim to assimilation. What makes each community so great is the different culture that is in each one. The people who have been living in Mission District most of their lives have shaped the community with their culture. Newcomers have no right to change the culture and displace the residents. We need to protect the people who live in the Mission District and their culture.
Because of the gentrification in the Mission District, houses become more valuable. Landlords realize that they could greatly increase their rent. But, landlords can currently increase rent on their tenants by a small percentage each year. If the landlords increased rent by that small percentage each year, it would never catch up to the market value of what the current rent is worth. Therefore, landlords desperately want to get rid of their tenants, and get new ones so they could increase rent.
They do this by evicting their tenants. San Francisco requires landlords to have a reason to evict. One of the reasons that allows landlords to evict is when a landlord considers their tenant to be a nuisance. Landlords are able to abuse this law, and displace their current tenants. After their current tenants are displaced, they get new ones who pay a much higher rent price. But what is considered a nuisance?
The reason for eviction of being a nuisance is too vague. It allows landlords to evict their tenant for almost any reason. It is extremely unfair to tenants. We have to get rid of this law to protect the residents and culture of the Mission District. Please sign this petition to protect the community.
Updates
October 30, 2017
I have spent this week meeting with displaced families to document their experiences with recent eviction notices. Their personal accounts provide necessary evidence for the formal proposal I am preparing for the city council. The silence from property owners remains disheartening but their lack of response only strengthens our resolve to protect this neighborhood.
October 30, 2017
The momentum behind this petition highlights the urgent need to protect the residents who define the character of our neighborhood. Your collective engagement confirms that the preservation of our community culture remains a priority for many.
4 Comments
my family has been in the mission for 30 years and we are getting pushed out. it isnt fair that money matters more than neighbors and our history.
so sad to see all the murals and shops disappearing. sf is losing its heart.
hi
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Gentrification is when a community undergoes a process of change to transform the community. The Mission District of San Francisco is currently being gentrified. Gentrification is made to benefit the people who are moving into the neighborhood. Not the people who have been living there. The change is usually designed to make the community conform to how most middle-class white Americans want it.
Because of that, the community becomes victim to assimilation. What makes each community so great is the different culture that is in each one. The people who have been living in Mission District most of their lives have shaped the community with their culture. Newcomers have no right to change the culture and displace the residents. We need to protect the people who live in the Mission District and their culture.
Because of the gentrification in the Mission District, houses become more valuable. Landlords realize that they could greatly increase their rent. But, landlords can currently increase rent on their tenants by a small percentage each year. If the landlords increased rent by that small percentage each year, it would never catch up to the market value of what the current rent is worth. Therefore, landlords desperately want to get rid of their tenants, and get new ones so they could increase rent.
They do this by evicting their tenants. San Francisco requires landlords to have a reason to evict. One of the reasons that allows landlords to evict is when a landlord considers their tenant to be a nuisance. Landlords are able to abuse this law, and displace their current tenants. After their current tenants are displaced, they get new ones who pay a much higher rent price. But what is considered a nuisance?
The reason for eviction of being a nuisance is too vague. It allows landlords to evict their tenant for almost any reason. It is extremely unfair to tenants. We have to get rid of this law to protect the residents and culture of the Mission District. Please sign this petition to protect the community.
Updates
October 30, 2017
I have spent this week meeting with displaced families to document their experiences with recent eviction notices. Their personal accounts provide necessary evidence for the formal proposal I am preparing for the city council. The silence from property owners remains disheartening but their lack of response only strengthens our resolve to protect this neighborhood.
October 30, 2017
The momentum behind this petition highlights the urgent need to protect the residents who define the character of our neighborhood. Your collective engagement confirms that the preservation of our community culture remains a priority for many.
4 Comments
THE MISSION ISNT JUST SOME REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITY. stop evicting hardworking people just to charge triple the rent. greedy landlords are destroying everything that makes this city cool.
my family has been in the mission for 30 years and we are getting pushed out. it isnt fair that money matters more than neighbors and our history.
so sad to see all the murals and shops disappearing. sf is losing its heart.
hi
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THE MISSION ISNT JUST SOME REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITY. stop evicting hardworking people just to charge triple the rent. greedy landlords are destroying everything that makes this city cool.