“WE ARE NOT DISPOSABLE”: BLACK SENIORS AT KING–GARVEY CO-OP DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY AS RESIDENTS ALLEGE INTIMIDATION, EVICTION THREATS AND ABUSE OF POWER
Residents accuse powerful actors inside historic Black cooperative of weaponizing legal pressure against elders while city officials vow hearings and possible investigations Photo credits:https://www.pexels.com/@gale-sanders-1349874640/downloads/ (question marks)Top Left: Dorothy Ward and Loloa JacksonBottom row: Mawuli Tugbenyoh, Arieann Harrison, Bilal Mahmood, and Dede Hewitt SAN FRANCISCO — The room inside the King–Garvey Co-Op on Friday evening did […]
BLACK SENIORS TARGETED FOR EVICTION AT MARTIN LUTHER KING–MARCUS GARVEY SQUARE CO-OP
Part 1: A Quiet Removal in the Fillmore Photo Credits:https://opensfhistory.org/opensf/moreNeighborhoodPhotos.php?n=Western_Addition&bn=6 (top row)https://rentbt.com/neighborhood/western-addition/ (bottom left)https://rentbt.com/neighborhood/western-addition/ (bottom center)https://www.facebook.com/groups/1435627060034188/posts/4113178255612375/ (bottom right) The more things change, the more things stay the sameModern day gentrification San Francisco – Malik Washington San Francisco likes to tell a story about itself. A story about progress.About equity.About inclusion. But in the Fillmore District—once […]
THE PRICE OF BEING POOR – PART 7
“Built on Promises, Standing on Questions: What Is Really Happening Inside Alice Griffith Apartments?”A MALIK WASHINGTON INVESTIGATION Photo Credits:Bottom: https://www.kqed.org/news/38840/feds-award-30m-to-remake-sf-housing-projectTop: https://tyrafennell.wordpress.com/tag/double-rock/Background: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Kg077PO80 background The land was studied. The risks were known. The mitigation was required. So why are residents now asking whether the system designed to protect them is failing in real time? THE BODIES […]
THE PRICE OF BEING POOR — PART 3: Silence Is a Choice
The Case Against City Attorney David Chiu and Mayor Daniel Lurie A Special Investigation by Journalist Malik WashingtonDestination Freedom Media Group & The Davis Vanguard SAN FRANCISCO — Let me be direct. This is not a matter of policy disagreement. This is a matter of enforceable law, documented violations, and the deliberate non-use of government […]