| By Yael Chanoff : SF Bay Guardian
Many residents feel they're moving from the frying pan of Housing Authority control into the fire of developer and nonprofit management. Like so many San Franciscans, Sabrina Carter is getting evicted. The mother of three says that if she loses her home in the Western Addition, she'll have nowhere to go. It's been a tough, four-year battle against her landlord à ‚¬" a St. Louis-based development company called McCormack Baron à ‚¬" and its law firm, Bornstein & Bornstein. That's the same law firm that gained notoriety for holding an "eviction boot camp" last November to teach landlords how to do Ellis Act evictions and sweep tenants out of rent-controlled housing. But Carter's story isn't your typical Ellis eviction. Plaza East, where she lives, is a public housing project. |
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