Community Housing Activists Fight Their Own Evictions, Demand Judges Follow SF Rule

San Francisco CA

14 October, 2021

6:39 PM

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By Annika Hom, Mission Local October 12, 2021 Carmelo Foy-Martí slipped on his sneakers then stood in front of his home, prepared to guard it. The 12-year-old knew the owner wanted to move in and relegate Foy-Martí's family elsewhere, so he practiced his press conference talking points with his mom beforehand: he was born in that house, and having to leave it was unfair. "This eviction is awful, but we will push through it," Foy-Martí told the 50-odd activists and politicians crowding his driveway. "To be kicked out from this house that I've lived in all my life is very hard. So thanks everyone for coming and … yeah." The Foy-Martí family may be evicted from the 23rd Street home after the owners, Peter and Tanya Omran, invoked an owner move-in eviction notice in April, 2021. On Tuesday, the Foy-Martí family held a press conference on their front steps to condemn judges for not upholding local eviction protections, which could have prevented their present situation. To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.