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DESCRIPTION:LATINO CULTURAL ENCLAVE FACES ILLEGAL EVICTION AFTER TELLING THE PORT OF 
 SAN FRANCISCO THAT THE PORT'S SEWAGE SYSTEM IS BROKEN AND\nCAUSING RAW 
 SEWAGE TO LEAK INTO THE BAY\n\nJelly's A Dance Café,\nA Woman-Owned 
 Landmark And Latino Cultural Resource,\nFaces Eviction By Port of San 
 Francisco On August 18th\n\nPlease join us for a Protest Rumba at Pier 1 on 
 the Embarcadero, San Francisco in front of the Port Authority's main 
 offices on Friday August 13 from 4pm - 7pm.\n\nBackground:\nJelly's A Dance 
 Café, is located at Pier 50 in San Francisco. For over 16 years, Jelly's 
 has served as one of only two woman-owned businesses on the Port of San 
 Francisco, and as a resource and cultural enclave for the Bay Area's Latino 
 community, through weekly events such as "Club Havana."\n\nOn July 19th, 
 however, the Port of San Francisco served Jelly's with a notice of 
 eviction, which seeks to evict Jelly's from its location after 16 years of 
 service to the community. The eviction is currently scheduled for August 
 18.Jelly's is vigorously fighting this unfair and illegal eviction. To 
 date, the Port has refused to meet with Jelly's attorneys, Matt Gonzalez 
 and G. Whitney Leigh, of Gonzalez & Leigh, LLP.\n\nWe encourage members of 
 the community to support Jelly's at this protest rumba.\n\nThe Port first 
 issued an eviction notice immediately following false news reports 
 suggesting that a fatal shooting that took place on Sunday, July 11 had 
 originated in an argument inside of Jelly's. Within days, the homicide 
 inspectors handling the incident confirmed that these early reports were 
 inaccurate, and the San Francisco Entertainment Commission conceded that 
 these reports were false at a public hearing on July 27.\n\nYet, despite 
 the fact that both the San Francisco Police and the San Francisco 
 Entertainment Commission have admitted that the early reports linking 
 Jelly's to the July 11th shooting were false, the Port has continued to 
 seek eviction. Why?\n\nThe answer is simple. The Port's eviction came 
 within less than a month after Jelly's paid over $20,000 to replace 
 rotting, rusting sewage pipes owned by the Port that were spewing raw 
 sewage into the Bay, as they're still doing. Jelly's repeatedly told the 
 Port that the Port's sewage system was broken, and that there were likely 
 other sewage pipes on the Port's property that were causing raw sewage to 
 leak into the Bay. The Port refused to listen and days later, served 
 Jelly's with an eviction notice.\n\nThe Port has alleged that Jelly's 
 eviction is proper because Jelly's does not serve food during its many 
 events for the Latino community, in violation of the terms of its lease. As 
 anyone who has attended "Club Havana" knows, this allegation is 
 demonstrably false. More importantly, Jelly's has been operating in the 
 same manner for over 16 years. Why is the Port only now seeking eviction? 
 Jelly's is operating just as other restaurants leased by the Port with the 
 same leases, such as Kelly's Mission Rock or the Ramp. The only difference 
 is that these other establishments are owned by men, they serve a more 
 homogeneous clientele, and they did not recently repeatedly tell the Port 
 that the Port was causing raw sewage to leak into the Bay.\n\nWith the 
 Port's action, San Francisco faces the loss of a unique community venue for 
 dance and entertainment. As a supporter recently stated before San 
 Francisco's Entertainment Commission:\n"I've been a patron of Jelly's since 
 before the ballpark. I stop in for a drink before Giants games. I 
 frequently attend Club Havana on Sundays and I have even rented out the 
 place for family parties. I have also made Jelly's a must-see destination 
 for my out-of-town guests. This is a wholesome, family-friendly 
 establishment that means so much to so many in the San Francisco 
 community."\n\n- Clarice and Ricci, Owner of Jelly's A Dance Cafe.\nJoin us 
 on August 13 to voice your support for Jelly's\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/08/11/18655908.php
SUMMARY:Protest Rumba to Save Jelly's A Dance Café from Eviction
LOCATION:Port Authority - Main Office\nPier 1, on the Embarcadero, San Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/08/11/18655908.php
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