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Holding Our Ground: Tenant Organizing in San Francisco’s Mission District

NonProfit Quarterly

The law was meant to allow landlords to retire from the rental business, not to evict tenants and flip property, but abuses are common. This allows more opportunity for racial, class, and cultural diversity within San Francisco. Often, this is done by converting rental housing to condo ownership.

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The Big Chill: Why Nonprofits Should Care about Affirmative Action

Blue Avocado

As a result, nonprofits may be discouraged from exercising their current legal rights to the full extent out of fear of violating the law. Reality 2: Commitments for this work were likely more performative than constructive. Some may be actively educating themselves about their legal vulnerabilities and ways to defend against them.