Community members gather at Balmy Alley on May 14 in San Francisco\u2019s Mission District, bidding a final farewell to longtime resident, Andres Hernandez Rojo. Rojo, better known as the \u201cMayor of Balmy,\u201d was recently evicted from his Balmy Alley residence after living there for more than a decade. From his garage, Rojo would routinely create art and repair bicycles. As folks attended the goodbye party, which included music and dance, Rojo shared what the gathering meant to him. \u201cWe\u2019re celebrating the time that I was here, and the different communities that came to interact with me\u2014my bicycle customers, but also the neighbors.\u201d One of those who attended the party was Denhi Donis, known as the \u2018Flower Lady,\u2019 who is facing her own battle with eviction. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Community members gather at Balmy Alley on May 14 in San Francisco\u2019s Mission District, bidding a final farewell to longtime resident, Andres Hernandez Rojo. Rojo, better known as the \u201cMayor of Balmy,\u201d was recently evicted from his Balmy Alley residence after living there for more than a decade. From his garage, Rojo would routinely create […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":51593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,3562],"tags":[],"coauthors":[18445],"class_list":["post-51592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multimedia-en","category-photo","post_format-post-format-gallery","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n