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Chinatown fights gentrification.(Brief article)

Colorlines Magazine

| September 01, 2006 | Chaddha, Anmol | COPYRIGHT 2006 Color Lines Magazine. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

With sky-high rents in San Francisco, low-income communities and communities of color have been pushed out of the city over the past decade. When the City College of San Francisco sought to buy property and displace residents of Chinatown, tenants organized and fought back. After an ...

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