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In the instance of the Albany Bulb, the Sierra Club was actually assisting gentrification. John Reimann On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Jeffrey Masko <j.alan.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Local politics make strange bedfellows. Yes, I have no illusions about the > Sierra Club, but it is a political active force in SF that has some power. > Since our local supervisor, London Breed, is a sycophant to development, > we are forced to find allies where we can. Gus Hernandez , who made the > presentation about the garage, is well aware of this and as a Mexican > American who owns neither a car, nor a house can hardly be characterized as > a white property owner as the article asserted. Neither can his work > locally as an advocate for stable rental prices and protections be compared > with what happened in Albany or elsewhere. > > In the area in question, the so-called NOPA area, where I have lived for > nearly 15 years, is overrun by rich white silicon valley techies in > neighborhoods long occupied by the African-American community. The > so-called low income housing provided by new lofts and apartments is a > joke. The fact is this area has some of the only concentrations of poor and > working people of color in this part of the city and that is worth keeping. > > Surely you understand the continuing gentrification and the continuing > economic divide in SF caused by the influx of the newcomers who are pricing > everyone else out of the market? If the Sierra club gives us tools and > support to help arrest some of the more egregious flaunting of zoning laws, > then so be it. We have no allegiance or support for them other than this > particular matter. > > On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 12:40 PM, John Reimann via Marxism < > marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > >> ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** >> #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. >> #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. >> #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. >> ***************************************************************** >> >> >> A little tid bit about the Sierra Club for which they should never be >> forgiven: >> >> The Albany Bulb is a little spit of land going out into the San Francisco >> Bay in the city of Albany, just north of Berkeley. Living at the Albany >> Bulb for many years was a homeless community. Some lived there for as long >> as 20 years. It was really a very nice community. The people kept good >> care >> of it. It wasn't trashy. They were friendly with the many people who used >> to walk along there - many (including my wife and I) who walked their >> dogs. >> I always said that if I were homeless, that's where I'd like to live - >> beautiful view of the Bay, semi-country, no traffic noise. >> >> Then, about 5 years ago, the City of Albany decided to kick them all out. >> I >> think it was part of the general process of trying to encourage the >> gentrification of the whole East Bay. And, to their everlasting disgrace, >> the Sierra Club supported evicting them. >> >> What a disgusting group of people the Sierra Club is. >> >> John Reimann >> Oakland, CA >> >> -- >> "No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them." >> Asata Shakur >> Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com and // >> www.facebook.com/WorkersIntlNetwork?ref=stream >> _________________________________________________________ >> Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm >> Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/opt >> ions/marxism/mediacrusher%40gmail.com >> > > > > -- > > J.A. Masko > College of Communications > Penn State University > State College, Pa 16801 > > "The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without > becoming disillusioned." > > Antonio Gramsci. > -- "No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them." Asata Shakur Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com and // www.facebook.com/WorkersIntlNetwork?ref=stream _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
