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DESCRIPTION:Supervisor Chris Daly, Public Defender Jeff Adachi,   and Sheriff Michael 
 Hennessey  invite you to a special screening of:  The Fall of the I- Hotel  
  Monday, March 22  6-8pm  City Hall, North Light Court  The fight to save 
 the International Hotel (I-Hotel) in the 70’s was an historic battle in 
 San Francisco history.   Low-income tenants, a great majority of whom were 
 elderly Filipino Manongs, fought to preserve their low-cost homes and the 
 Manilatown community against downtown expansion & developer’s greed.  
 Hundreds of tenants were forcibly evicted, some carried and dragged out of 
 the building before it was demolished.  All was not lost.  The broad 
 community outrage following the demolition stopped the new development and 
 led to the enactment of renter protections in 1979.    Today, as we watch 
 the triumphant rise of the new I-Hotel, we are also confronted with the 
 possible loss of Trinity Plaza, home to a diverse community of working 
 class families, seniors, and many disabled folks, living in 370 
 rent-controlled units.  Like the I - Hotel, the fight to save Trinity Plaza 
 promises to be another historic battle to preserve sound rent-controlled 
 housing, the dignity of the Filipino community and the diversity of San 
 Francisco.    The film will be preceded by a brief panel on the Lessons 
 from the I-Hotel Struggle.  Panelists include: Bill Sorro and other 
 veterans of the I-Hotel struggle, Chris Daly and Jeff Adachi, Lolita 
 Kintanar and other Trinity tenants.  Poetry will also be read by Al Robles. 
    This event is co-sponsored by: Asian Law Caucus, Council of Community 
 Housing Organizations, Central City SRO Hotel Collaborative, Chinatown 
 Coalition for Better Housing, Chin Jurn Wor Ping (CJWP), Coalition on 
 Homelessness, Community Tenants Association, Filsglobe, Housing Rights 
 Committee, Locus Arts, Mint Mall Organizing Committee, Filipino American 
 Development Foundation, Kearny Street Workshop, Mission Agenda, Nosei, 
 Queers for Peace & Justice, Right 2 a Roof, Religious Witness, Senior 
 Action Network, South of Market Community Action Network, Stanford Asian 
 American Issues, Tenants Union, Veterans Equity Center.    THIS EVENT IS 
 OPEN AND FREE TO THE PUBLIC.  LIGHT REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED.   For more 
 information, please call Rachel Redondiez at 415-554-7973.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/03/22/33913.php
SUMMARY:The Fall of the I- Hotel video screening @ SF City Hall
LOCATION:City Hall, 1st floor North Light Court  between Van Ness and Polk and Grove 
 and McAllister
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/03/22/33913.php
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