2010.54.11774

Use Vacant Presido Homes
Late 20th Early 21st Century
17 in HIGH x 11.125 in WIDE
(43.18 cm HIGH x 28.26 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.11774

Right of image: "Wherry Housing, Presidio". | Bottom center: "Cosponsored by Act Up SF, SF Earth First!, Coalition on Homelessness, SF Tenants Union, Eviction / Defense Network, SF Food Not Bombs, Prison Radio Project, Art & Revolution Convergence. / Join us. Homes Not Jails (415) 282-5525".

Poster is printed on white paper. Poster is a notice for a march and occupation of abandoned homes. In the center of the poster is a black and white image of a house with people in the windows and a person sitting on the stoop. On top of the black house is a green image of a block of apartments behind a fence. Above the image and on the right side is text that reads: "Use Vacant Presidio / Homes". Below the image is event information that reads: "Gathering, March & Occupation / Ramona Africa ''Justice'' Street Theater / Sat. July 26, 2PM Civic Center Plaza / 466 units of good housing in the Presidio are help empty by the National / Park Service/Presidio Trust, who have already spent 1.3 million dollars demolish- / ing 58 of these houses and plan to destroy or remove the rest at taxpayer expense. / Meanwhile, 154 homeless residents died on the street last year and thousands of / tenants are forced out of their homes by fraudulent "Owner Move In" evictions, / skyrocketing rents, gentrification, demolition of public housing, and cuts in / section 8 housing.". At the bottom of the poster is black text that reads: "For People Who Are Homeless".
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