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DESCRIPTION:Press Conference at 1061 Market Street Thursday, March 26, Noon\nContact: 
 Molly Champlin (626) 497-6344, or Joe Bender (415) 271-0760\n\nARTISTS 
 HOMES UNDER ATTACK AS MID-MARKET EVICTIONS CONTINUE\n\nSan Francisco – 
 Twenty-three tenants from 15 units at 1061 Market will announce at a press 
 conference on Thursday, March 26th, 2015 at 12 noon at 1061 Market Street 
 that they are fighting yet another mass eviction of artists from mid-Market 
 where rents have skyrocketed since the city gave tax-break incentives for 
 tech companies to move into the area.\n\nLast week, residents of the 
 collective received 30-day eviction notices from landlord, Jennifer Chen, 
 treating them as if they were not under rent control, which requires a 
 60-day notice and a just cause for tenancies of one year or longer. \n\nIn 
 order to determine if their live-work studios are indeed under rent 
 control, the artists have petitioned the San Francisco Rent Board and 
 expect a hearing on the matter soon. In an effort to avoid a hearing on 
 this case, Chen initially offered tenants a $2,500 dollar (per unit) buyout 
 . Less than a week later on March 13th half of the residents received their 
 eviction notices.\n\nThe 1061 collective says it is no coincidence that 
 another mid-market artist space would be battling an eviction not long 
 after tech companies decided to join the neighborhood. \nSaid Molly 
 Champlin, a tenant at 1061 Market, “This area is hot real estate now and 
 low-income people, including artists like us, are being pushed out in favor 
 of tech companies and others who can pay much higher rents. Still, we’re 
 staying and fighting. Hell, no, we won’t go.”\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/03/25/18770435.php
SUMMARY:Artists' Homes Under Attack as Mid-Market Evictions Continue - Press Conference
LOCATION:1061 Market Street (between 6th & 7th)\nSan Francisco, CA 94103
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/03/25/18770435.php
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