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Homes Not Jails! – “They Just Want Attention” (Photo)

by B. Marsh (subbrian3 [at] yahoo.com)
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they_just_want_attention.jpg

Photo:
8-12-01
San Francisco, CA
Sergeant Roche of the San Francisco Police Department tells the media:
“We’ve dealt with them (Homes Not Jails) before…they just want attention…they want conflict….”
He explained that the SFPD would keep a car at 170 Fell to “monitor the situation” because they are worried about fire hazards - but would otherwise leave the squatters alone - at least until Monday.

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Homes Not Jails Occupying Vacant City Property

Eight or nine people entered vacant city-owned property at 170 Fell Street Saturday Night.
They announced the location of the “squat” Sunday morning and held a press conference at noon.
Ted Gullicksen of Homes Not Jails told the assembled crowd of supporters and media that 170 Fell St. “could house well over 100 people…the same amount of people who died on the street last year”.

Information from Homes Not Jails Press Release:

170 Fell has been vacant for 11 years!
San Francisco has over 12,000 people who are homeless who are living on the streets. Each year, well over a hundred people die from being homeless in San Francisco.

“Empty public property should become housing for people who are homeless…
The state & federal governments have laws requiring vacant public property be used for housing people who are homeless (enforced?). San Francisco should too.”

Proposed legislation - as posted on http://www.sf.indymedia.org by Homes Not Jails:
http://www.indybay.org/display.php3?article_id=102934

Homes Not Jails’ website:
http://www.sftu.org/hnj.html
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