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WITH DEFEND BOYLE HEIGHTS, PANEL AND MARCH ON 55 DOLORES, 2018

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55 dolores condo building at night with projections on the front reading "GIVE BACK THE HOUSE KEYS AND GET THE FUCK OUT"
David Palmer McCloskey of Urban Green Investments and realtor Erin Thompson (along with the princess of pinkwashing, Carnie Asada) bought the rent-controlled units at 55 Dolores Street and evicted every tenant. What Monsters Bought These Evicted Homes? -Unit #1 APPLE employee: Wyn Wright; Erick Ducut; $1,500,000 -Unit #2 GOOGLE employees: Christopher Bian and Nina Ong; $1,350,000 -Unit #3 Paul Robert and Ann Theresa Kerr; $1,395,000 Unit -Unit #4 APPLE employee: Aaron Thompson; $1,361,000 -Unit #5 TESLA employee: Robert David Sumpf, Jr. $1,459,500 -Unit #6 ZENREACH employee: Daniel Nieh Katherine Chu; $850,000 GIVE BACK THE HOUSE KEYS AND GET THE FUCK OUT <3 GAY SHAME and DEFEND BOYLE HEIGHTS <3
The Condo-Techie Speed-Dating Game (same-condo alternative lifestyles welcome) 1. What’s your fave gentrifier coffee shop in the Mission? 2. Should you trust your post-mate? (Or do you hire a Task Rabbit to keep an eye on them?) 3. What’s after paleo Poké? 4. On a scale of 10-10 how important is your start-up? loud and at her!!! 5. What app does your laundry, or is it still mom? 6. How can we make the LGBT Leather District *focus on the family?* 7. So, 311 or 911, how do you decide?
flyer reading "FIGHTING GENTRIFICATION: A CONVERSATION ON DIRECT ACTION --- DEFEND BOYLE HEIGHTS & GAY SHAME --- IN CONVERSATION SEPTEMBER 22ND, 6PM AT 518 VALENCIA ST -- CONDO-TECHIE SPEEDDATING ACTION AND MARCH TO FOLLOW THE EVENT -- COME DRESSED AS YOUR FAVORITE CONDO OR TECHIE-- ASL SERVICES PROVIDED, SPANISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE IF REQUESTED BY SEPT. 15TH"
5 participants on a panel about fighting gentrification at 518 valencia
signs in the storefront of 518 valencia one of a burning tech bus and two others that read "SONJA TRASH EVICTOR IN CHIEF" and "DYKES HATE CONDOS"
a procession in the street at night heading up 16th street
the crowd gathers at 55 dolores with a banner reading "EVICT THE EVICTORS" and a projection onto the front of the condo building that reads "CONDOS = DEATH -- GENTRIFICATION IS VIRAL"
people holding a banner at 55 dolores that reads "EVICT THE EVICTORS"
a projection onto the 55 dolores condos that reads: "DON'T BUY THE YIMBY LIE -- MORE CONDOS = MORE EVICTIONS"
two protest signs leaning against the wall that read: "OHLONE LAND" and "SONJA TRASH EVICTOR IN CHIEF"
the procession makes its way up dolores with a "evict the evictors" banner out in front
projections on 55 dolores condo complex at night that reads: "WE ARE WATCHING YOU -- GAY SHAME & Defend Boyle Heights"
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