Bay Guardian Demeans Sixth Street Tenants Over Club SixPaul Hogarthbyline‚ May. 22‚ 2007Besides being Managing Editor of Beyond Chron, I also do legal counseling and community organizing for the Tenderloin Housing Clinic. I help some of the most low-income tenants get by in this very expensive city. As one of my projects in recent months, I have helped organize residential hotel tenants around Club Six, a nightclub on Sixth Street that was caught violating its permit with excessive noise levels. But the San Francisco Bay Guardian is siding with the lucrative nightclub, who also happens to be one of its steady advertisers. On the Guardian’s “Pixel Vision” blog covering art and nightlife in the City, Cultural Editor Marke Bieschke dismissed the Sixth Street residents as “whiny NIMBY’s,” and even went so far as saying “the rowdies on the street fart louder than Club Six.” While activists should not expect the media to always side with their cause, calling SRO tenants “rowdies” is deeply offensive to a population who cannot afford to live elsewhere, and is unbecoming of a paper with a proud tradition of progressive advocacy. |