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Tag: Tommi Avicolli Mecca

Posted inObituaries, Voices

She just wanted to go home: Elderly woman dies after being evicted

by El Tecolote Staff April 10, 2017April 10, 2017

  Iris Canada, the 100-year-old woman who died within weeks of being evicted, had only wanted to return to her beloved home. But she was evicted by landlords Peter Owens, Carolyn Radische and Stephen Owens, who want to convert her building to condos to make more money. She was evicted by landlord attorneys Andrew Zacks […]

Posted inObituaries

Mourn and organize: Remembering SF’s greatest tenant advocate

by El Tecolote Staff November 20, 2014
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