Obama’s gonna pay my mortgage, and buy me gas! And now, we’re going to take your property and give it to someone else.

First, a couple of reminders.

From SF Gate:

(04-04) 19:06 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — A group of homeless people and housing activists took over a privately owned Mission District duplex on Sunday in what served as the climax of a protest designed to promote use of San Francisco’s vacant buildings as shelters for the needy.

But the owner of the property – who was targeted over his eviction of a tenant – said the demonstration was nothing more than breaking and entering.

So now it’s come to this? I have a very good friend who came here from then Communist Romania. He managed to escape while it was ruled under the iron hand of Nicolae Ceausescu. During his reign over 250,000 Romanian homes were seized by the government. Are we heading in that direction?

In this case, what did the police do? Nothing.

…more than fifty people marched in the rain through the Mission District, hoisting picket signs that read “House keys not handcuffs” and chanting “Whose city? Our city.” The action was organized by Homes Not Jails, a 20-year-old group affiliated with the San Francisco Tenants Union.

By the time the tail of the procession reached the duplex on the 500 block of San Jose Street, at least eight people were inside, holding banners from second-story windows. It wasn’t clear how they gained entry, and Ted Gullicksen, leader of the tenant organization, declined to provide details.

More than a dozen police officers were on hand, most standing on the sidewalk on the other side of the street. Asked earlier whether they would take action if protesters occupied the property, officers declined to comment. One said, “We’ll see.”

By 3 p.m., all had left but one, who stayed to ensure that “nobody is out of hand,” said a police official, Sgt. William Escobar. No arrests had been made.

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About 5 p.m. Sunday, he said, police knocked on the door of the building and asked protesters how long they planned to stay. According to Gullicksen, they responded that they had no immediate plans to leave.

They have a tenants union? I checked them out. Here’s their logo. Remind you of anything?

From their web site:

YES on F

Renters Economic Relief Ballot Measure Will Stop New Rent Increases For Tenants Who Are Unemployed or Have Had Wages Cut

Last year Mayor Newsom vetoed Sup. Chris Daly’s Renters Economic Relief Package and the Supervisors were unable to override the veto. On June 8, the main piece of that package will be on the ballot as Proposition F. The measure will let tenants get any rent increases postponed of they are unemployed, have had wages cut by 20% or more or if they did not get a cost of living increase in their government benefits. Tenants must also be paying at least 33% of their income to rent to qualify to get rent increases stopped.

This is telling, “or if they did not get a cost of living increase in their government benefits.“

And now they want to take the personal property of someone and give it to the shiftless.

H/T: Fingers Malloy

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