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Daschle Does D.C. - Minority Leader Livin' Large (in $2.25 million seven-bedroom house)
Who's buying, who's selling in the world of high-end real estate:
Minority Leader Livin' Large
The honorable gentleman from South Dakota....
Posted: Tue, May 6, 2003 8:57pm PDT
50 Low-Income Renters Targeted For Eviction
Wealthy San Francisco State University Board Member Is Behind The Scheme To Evict 50 Units Of Low-Income Housing At The Pacific Renaissance Plaza In Oakland, Ca....
Posted: Sun, May 4, 2003 8:21pm PDT
SF: Tenants May Pay for Landlord's Water Bill
The allegedly pro-tenant San Francisco supervisors, Democrats Chris Daly and Sophie Maxwell, are sponsoring legislation that will allow landlords to pass through the cost of water bonds to tenants. This must be rejected....
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2003 7:51pm PDT
A Quest For Clean Water
Residents In Bay Area Trailer Parks Find That They Are Up Against A Corrupt System In Their Efforts To Obtain Clean Drinking Water!...
Posted: Mon, Apr 21, 2003 6:50pm PDT
SF 49er Andre Carter Teams Up With Pilgrim Center For San Francisco Y:outh
San Francisco 49er Defensive Lineback Andre Carter will be at the Pilgrim Center on Saturday, april 26, 2003 from l:00 to 3:00 pm. to raise money for the youth of the Excelsior and Ingleside Districts of San Francisco in a rare "photo op"....
Posted: Mon, Apr 14, 2003 5:33pm PDT
Billionaires: Kings, Queens & Despots
Valuing these fortunes is a tricky business. We exclude, for example, assets held in trust for a nation--like Buckingham Palace. It belongs not so much to Queen Elizabeth II as to the British state, much as the White House belongs to the U.S. government. Some estimates are fuzzier than others. We calculate Fidel Castro's wealth as a percentage of Cuba's GDP. Why do we separate these folks from our main ranking? They don't exactly represent success stories of entrepreneurial capitalism....
Posted: Sat, Mar 1, 2003 1:09pm PST
Oakland Faces Lawsuit Over Measure EE
Oakland Is Under Attack By Landlords Trying To Over-Turn The Will Of The People!...
Posted: Wed, Feb 26, 2003 1:02pm PST
Protecting The Tenants From Homelessness
Legal Representation For Low-Income Renters Fighting Evictions Is Worth Supporting To Keep The Bay Area Diverse & Vibrant....
Posted: Wed, Feb 26, 2003 12:53pm PST
Oakland Faces Lawsuit Over Measure EE
Landlords Organize To Overturn The Will Of The People Who Voted For Measure EE....
Posted: Sat, Feb 22, 2003 11:12pm PST
"NYPD is the finest police force in the world."
Tell it to Amadou Diallo. ...
Posted: Fri, Feb 21, 2003 8:25pm PST
"Give It or Guard It"
Vacant Housing and the Ultimatum for the City...
Posted: Tue, Feb 11, 2003 10:53am PST
Palestine and Squatting?
Using the Palestinian cause to argue your right to squat a wealthy neighborhood in SF is kind of dumb and just comes off sounding like party-line propaganda.
Both causes are a lot easier to back up separetly then together......
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 5:15am PST
Willie Brown: "You don't know what a killer I am."
The fascist, anti-tenant, organized crime, election-frauding illegal "mayor" of San Francisco, Willie Brown, finally told the truth when he threatened pro-tenant Supervisor Aaron Peskin, stating "You don't know what a killer I am."...
Posted: Wed, Feb 5, 2003 2:37pm PST
Three arrested after re-occupying squatted building
Three arrested after re-occupying squatted building left vacant by real estate corporation....
Posted: Mon, Feb 3, 2003 6:49pm PST
Direct Action Housing, Three Arrested
Three arrests made in Pacific Heights, House re-squatted and traffic blockade conducted...
Posted: Sun, Feb 2, 2003 3:47am PST
U.S. food programs 'make the poor obese'
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. government's food aid programs for low-income people are contributing to the high obesity rates of America's poor, according to a recent report from a Washington think thank....
Posted: Thu, Jan 30, 2003 10:56pm PST
R2K- Feb. 18, 2003 Trial for Tenant Organizer Camilo Viveiros
Camilo Viveiros, a tenant organizer for the Massachusetts Alliance of HUD Tenants in southeastern Mass., was arrested along with over 400 other protesters in Philadelphia in August 2000 during the Republican National
Convention....
Posted: Thu, Jan 30, 2003 7:26pm PST
Squat Forcibly Evicted by Police
Squat in Pacific Heights evicted by police, 30 people are now homeless, direct actions planned in response to corporate greed....
Posted: Tue, Jan 28, 2003 9:35am PST
Squat Forcibly Evicted by Police, 30 Homeless
Squat in Pacific Heights evicted by police, 30 people are now homeless, direct actions planned in response to corporate greed....
Posted: Tue, Jan 28, 2003 9:31am PST