I have been a tenant in San Francisco for a long time, and several things I've learned is that San Francisco has changed drastically. I remember when our communities were united. I remember neighborhoods where you could see elders and kids and everyone looked out for each other. For the last 15 years, gentrification has undone our communities and people are getting pushed out and evicted from their places. I see it as my responsibility to stand up and fight for my neighborhood and help get it back to being a community where families and neighbors could breathe and live without having to feel the strain of these high rents. 

I am working to raise funds for the Housing Rights Committee of SF because they helped me when I was being evicted and we want to continue to help tenants. Will you give $40 to celebrate our 40th anniversary? 

Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco has fought for tenants rights since 1979 when a group of seniors at Old St. Marys Church came together to organize against condo conversions displacing the elderly. Here's what we do and offer: 

• Free counseling for San Francisco tenants in all types of housing: rent-controlled units, SROs, public housing and Section 8, serving over 5,000 tenants a year.
• Organize entire buildings to fight against displacement and evictions* Successfully change and support housing-related laws for a fairer San Francisco
•  Help create building and community-wide tenants groups* Coordinate, plan and mobilize protests, actions, and housing justice demonstrations
•  Advocate for tenants in Section 8 and public housing
• Sponsor workshops, community meetings, and other events
• Work with the Anti-Displacement Coalition, a network of tenant organizations and allies to organize against the soaring evictions and rent increases in our city