First Public Action of La Plaza 16 Coalición/ The Plaza 16 Coalition to oppose the proposed development project at Plaza.
16th Street Plaza Anti-Displacement Rally
When: Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014
Where: 16th & Mission streets at BART Plaza
Time: 1pm-3pm
Where: 16th St. BART Plaza Station, SF
Join us Saturday, Feb. 1, to show wide and public opposition for the proposed development near the 16th St. Plaza in San Francisco’s Mission District.
This action is to show wide and public opposition for the proposed development of the 16th St. Plaza. The current proposal seeks to build two 10 story towers in the plaza that would house 350 units of market rate housing condo-apartments and add a 180+ parking lot to the neighborhood.
Given the particular demographics of the 16th and Mission Plaza, SRO Tenants, Long-Term Rent Controlled Tenants, Latino Families, Folks who socialize in the Plaza, 350 units of market rate condo housing would drastically change the ability for these communities to continue to live and thrive in this neighborhood.
Additionally, the development of market rate housing should not be the priority for housing development in the Mission (or SF in general) given that the high need for deeply affordable housing in our neighborhood has not been met.
In fact, it has been made greater by the increase in market rate housing in the Mission along with the increase in Ellis Act and other evictions that target rent controlled housing stock. Market rate housing development should stop until the need for deeply affordable housing has been met fully.
We oppose this project and will continue to oppose it until it reflects both the needs and the voices of the existing residents of the neighborhood.
Please RSVP on Facebook and let us know you will be there and down with us!