""John held the unbending position that everyone in San Francisco had the same rights regardless of interests and status. I don't know if he was controversial. The battle over who San Francisco is for, and who gets to say here, is as old as I am, and I'm as old as dirt.""
""To the extent that he made people angry, it was because he wouldn't bend his principles.""
""For supporters, Elberling's legacy centers on the thousands of permanent affordable homes tied to TODCO's organizing work in South of Market, especially senior housing and residential hotels developed in the 1980s and 1990s on Sixth Street and near Yerba Buena Gardens.""
""Elberling saw South of Market as a neighborhood full of people whose lives, histories and cultural institutions mattered, supporters say.""
John Elberling, founder of the Tenants and Owners Development Corporation, died at 79 after a long career in San Francisco housing advocacy. He was a polarizing figure, admired for defending low-income tenants and criticized for obstructing market-rate development. His legacy includes thousands of affordable homes, particularly for seniors, developed through TODCO's efforts. Elberling believed in equal rights for all San Francisco residents, emphasizing the importance of community and cultural institutions in the South of Market neighborhood.
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