Chronicle Promotes Showroom that Housed Evicted TenantsPaul Hogarthbyline‚ Apr. 25‚ 2008Two weeks ago, we reported that the Marine View Residence – a Pacific Heights SRO that housed 56 low-income tenants until the landlord did an Ellis Act eviction – is now an elite decorator’s showroom. This week, the Chronicle wrote a puff piece promoting the showroom’s grand opening – in a shocking display of arrogance to the plight of San Francisco tenants. At a time when the Chronicle berates our homeless, the article in their “Home & Garden” section was oblivious that the two issues are somehow connected. Maybe because Chronicle editor-at-large Phil Bronstein spends too much time at lavish parties in Pacific Heights – where he learned at Dede Wilsey’s mansion last week that Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier wants to repeal district elections. According to Alioto-Pier, her own constituents complain to her that they're not well represented. |